Ringo Starr is the only member of the Beatles who actually legally changed his name, as his real birth name was the remarkably less rock-and-roll sounding Richard Starkey;…

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Ringo Starr is the only member of the Beatles who actually legally changed his name, as his real birth name was the remarkably less rock-and-roll sounding Richard Starkey; meanwhile, Paul McCartney's actual first name is James, making his full title James Paul McCartney, which sounds more like a Victorian bank manager than a psychedelic rock god; the greatest rock band in history was essentially just a bunch of regular guys named Jim, John, George, and Richard who got famous enough to convince the entire world to ignore their incredibly boring legal documentation