Ringo Starr - Sentimental Journey ( d1 )

Sentimental Journey is the debut studio album by English rock musician and former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, released in 1970, as the band was splintering apart. Although Starr was the third member of the group to issue solo work (after George Harrison and John Lennon), Sentimental Journey is notable for being the first non-avant-garde studio album by a member of the band, in light of the experimental, soundtrack or live releases his aforementioned bandmates had already released. Paul McCartney's debut, McCartney, would follow three weeks after Sentimental Journey's release. Recording of the album was completed in early March 1970, with Sentimental Journey being rushed out a few weeks later to avoid clashing in the shops with the Beatles' impending final album Let It Be in May.

Track listing

Side one No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length 1. "Sentimental Journey" Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer Richard Perry 3:26 2. "Night and Day" Cole Porter Chico O'Farrill 2:25 3. "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" Fred Fisher, Doris Fisher Ron Goodwin 2:37 4. "Bye Bye Blackbird" Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson Maurice Gibb 2:11 5. "I'm a Fool to Care" Ted Daffan Klaus Voormann 2:39 6. "Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish Paul McCartney 3:22

Side two No. Title Writer(s) Arranger Length 1. "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" Andy Razaf, Fats Waller Oliver Nelson 3:19 2. "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster Quincy Jones 3:05 3. "Dream" Johnny Mercer George Martin 2:42 4. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher John Dankworth 2:20 5. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" Scott Wiseman Elmer Bernstein 2:44 6. "Let the Rest of the World Go By" Ernest Ball, Karen Brennan Les Reed 2:55

Personnel

• Ringo Starr – vocals
• All instruments performed by the George Martin Orchestra