article_snippet.sent: It's easy to talk of such spirit when Paul McCartney is there to honor Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono is on hand as well.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking briefly backstage, Yoko Ono expressed feeling that it was wonderful for Ringo Starr to be honored, "just sad John and George aren't here," referring to Ringo Starr late husband John Lennon and Beatles guitarist and fellow songwriter George Harrison.
article_snippet.sent: Ringo Starr was certainly happy to be there
article_snippet.sent: — after a long wait, Ringo Starr's the final Beatle to be inducted as a solo act.
article_snippet.sent: I've finally been invited, and I love it," said the 74-year-old drummer.
article_snippet.sent: I got lucky, and it was actually in Cleveland," Ringo Starr said to enormous applause.
article_snippet.sent: Fifty-one years earlier, Ringo Starr had been in town to play the very same Hall; Ringo Starr admitted backstage that Ringo Starr didn't remember the cops stopping the show during "All My Loving" and making the Beatles return to the dressing room for ten minutes until the fans could be calmed.
article_snippet.sent: Ringo Starr said in a backstage interview that Ringo Starr couldn't recall the incident specifically, but admitted that there had been a lot of shows in between.
article_snippet.sent: I'll remember this one," Ringo Starr promised.
highlights_snippet.sent: Paul McCartney honors Ringo Starr at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony .
  