There was Ringo Starr, wailing away on his Ludwig Downbeat oyster black pearl drum kit. “It changed me,” Astridge recalled. “He was my guy. That moment in time made me a Beatles fan and I ...

It was just the kit for me.” Those drums also meant something to Ludwig, especially after 73 million people tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, and saw the Beatles in America ...

The Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit that Ringo Starr used in the early days of the Beatles is no longer in the hands of the drummer. It was sold last week at an auction for $2.11 million.

The drum kit used on The Beatles’ first single Love Me Do has emerged for sale for the first time and could fetch £200,000. The Ludwig kit was made famous during a three-hour session at EMI ...

Ringo Starr was so proud to play a Ludwig drum set during the Beatles’ first televised appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 that he asked William F. Ludwig II to build a special set ...

Jim Irsay is reuniting the Beatles piece by piece. The Indianapolis Colts owner made his latest pricey purchase Friday, picking up Ringo Starr’s first Ludwig drum set at auction for $1.75 million.

The legendary Beatles drummer affably fielded a question from The Charlotte Observer about sticking with Ludwig for over 60 years. The iPhone 16 is official. These are the biggest changes and new ...

By heading to Charlotte, that means the tour also will bring the Beatles drummer ... thought of his Ludwig drums this way: “Mainly, my heart swells when I look at my (drum) kit, you know ...

“It’s American, you know. It was just the kit for me.” The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964. Demand for Ludwig drums exploded after 73 million people in the U.S. watched ...