During a recording session for '' The Beatles '' in 1968 , the two got into an argument over McCartney 's critique of Starr 's drum part for " Back in the U.S.S.R. " , which contributed to Starr temporarily leaving the band . Starr later commented on working with McCartney : " Paul is the greatest bass player in the world . But he is also very determined ... to get his own way ... thus musical disagreements inevitably arose from time to time . " McCartney and Starr collaborated on several post-Beatles projects starting in 1973 , when McCartney contributed instrumentation and backing vocals for " Six O'Clock " , a song McCartney wrote for Starr 's album '' Ringo '' . McCartney played a kazoo solo on another track from the album " You 're Sixteen " . Starr appeared ( as a fictional version of himself ) in McCartney 's 1984 film '' Give My Regards to Broad Street '' , and played drums on most tracks of the soundtrack album , which includes re-recordings of several McCartney-penned Beatles songs . Starr played drums and sang backing vocals on " Beautiful Night " from McCartney 's 1997 album '' Flaming Pie '' . The pair collaborated again in 1998 , on Starr 's '' Vertical Man '' , which featured McCartney 's backing vocals on three songs , and instrumentation on one . In 2009 , the pair performed " With a Little Help from My Friends " at a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation . They collaborated on Starr 's album '' Y Not '' in 2010 . McCartney played bass on " Peace Dream " , and sang a duet with Starr on " Walk with You " . On 7 July 2010 , Starr was performing at Radio City Music Hall in New York with his All-Starr Band in a concert celebrating his seventieth birthday . After the encores , McCartney made a surprise appearance , performing the Beatles ' song " Birthday " with Starr 's band . On 26 January 2014 McCartney and Starr performed " Queenie Eye " from McCartney 's new album '' New '' at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . McCartney inducted Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2015 , and played bass on his 2017 album '' Give More Love '' . On 16 December 2018 , Starr and Ronnie Wood joined McCartney onstage to perform " Get Back " at his concert at London 's O2 Arena . Starr also made an appearance on the final day of McCartney 's Freshen Up tour in July 2019 , performing " Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( Reprise ) " and " Helter Skelter "
56th Annual Grammy Awards
56th Annual Grammy Awards
Paul McCartney