Ringo Starr makes music.
`` Back Off Boogaloo '' is a song by English musician Ringo Starr , released as a non-album single in March 1972 . Richard Starkey , ( born 7 July 1940 ) , known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an English drummer , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles . He also wrote the Beatles ' songs `` Do n't Pass Me By '' and `` Octopus 's Garden '' , and is credited as a co-writer of others , including `` What Goes On '' and `` Flying '' . `` Yellow Submarine '' is a 1966 song by the Beatles , written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon , with lead vocals by Ringo Starr .