by his former bandmates around this time: Lennon's "Power to the People", Paul McCartney's "Another Day" and Harrison's "Bangla Desh". Fans' attention was also drawn to the B-side, to which Lennon and Harrison had contributed, as Starr offered his view of how likely each of the other ex-Beatles was to make music with him again. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 3 August, signifying US sales of 1 million. The assuredness and commercial success of "It Don't Come Easy" came as a surprise to commentators who had written off Starr's potential as a solo artist. Author Peter Doggett writes that with Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" easily outselling any of the former bandmates' singles in the year after their break-up, Starr's achievement was similarly part of a "decisive shift in power" and encouraged speculation that competition between the four solo artists could inspire "the quartet to new creative heights". In an interview with Melody Maker that summer, Starr said he hoped to record a full album in the "poppy" style of "It Don't Come Easy" once he had completed filming his role in the Spaghetti Western Blindman. Although he recorded a follow-up single with Harrison, "Back Off Boogaloo", Starr avoided committing to a new album project for two years, and instead took on further film roles. The 22 April 1971 edition of the BBC TV show Top of the Pops showed the promotional film for the song, prepared by Apple. On 27 April, Starr was in Norway to shoot another promo clip for "It Don't Come Easy", which was broadcast two days later on Top of the Pops. Starr was filmed performing the song live in Stockholm on 24 June backed by an orchestra, for the BBC TV show Cilla, which aired on 27 November. Further to his breakthrough as a solo artist, Starr's public profile was lifted by the formation of the first fan club devoted to him, and he was voted Top Drummer in the NME readers' poll for 1971. Performance at the Concert for Bangladesh Backed by Harrison and a large band that included Voormann, Keltner and Badfinger, Starr performed "It Don't Come Easy" as his vocal turn at the two Concert for Bangladesh shows, held at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 August 1971. Starr had been among the first musicians to respond when Harrison began organising the