Goodnight Vienna
Album by Ringo Starr
Released	15 November 1974
Recorded	August 1974
Genre	Rock
Length	33:40
Label	Apple/EMI
Producer(s)	Richard Perry
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Ringo Starr chronology
Ringo (1973)	Goodnight Vienna (1974)	Blast From Your Past (1975)

Goodnight Vienna is the fourth solo album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released later that year. It followed the commercially successful predecessor Ringo, and Starr used many of the same players, including Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Robbie Robertson, Harry Nilsson, and producer Richard Perry. Image File history File links GoodnightVCover. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Richard Perry is an American record producer and musician. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... Ringo is the third solo album by Ringo Starr and was released in 1973. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... See also: 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January - The Ramones form. ... Ringo is the third solo album by Ringo Starr and was released in 1973. ... // Biography Soul musician Billy Preston was born on September 9, 1946 in Houston, Texas and raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Klaus Voormann (born April 29, 1942) is a German artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg and later designed the cover of their album Revolver. ... Jaime Robert Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band. ... Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American songwriter, singer, pianist and guitarist, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. ... Richard Perry is an American record producer and musician. ...

However, while all three other Beatles had contributed to Ringo, only John Lennon contributed to Goodnight Vienna. Like Ringo, Goodnight Vienna also became a hit, though a slightly less successful one. The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their ground-breaking role in the history of popular music. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE, (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an iconic 20th century singer-songwriter of popular music with Paul McCartney as Lennon-McCartney throughout the 1960s, and was a founding member of The Beatles. ...

An advance single from the album, Starr's cover version of The Platters' "Only You (And You Alone)", reached #6 on the U.S. charts, before the album was released in November. Goodnight Vienna peaked at #8 in the US, ultimately going gold, and its reviews were generally favorable. A second single, "No No Song" reached #3 in the American charts. However, the album reached only #30 in the UK, and would be Starr's last chart album in his homeland. In popular music a cover version is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... The Platters were a very successful doo wop group, formed in 1953. ... Only You (And You Alone) (often shortened to Only You) is a song composed by Buck Ram and Ande Rand. ...

The cover artwork for Goodnight Vienna' was based a still from the classic science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still, with Starr's head replacing that of actor Michael Rennie. The robot in the foreground is the character Klaatu, who shares his name with a Canadian band falsely rumored to be the Beatles under a pseudonym. Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema. ... The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 science fiction film which tells the story of a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to warn its leaders not to take their conflicts into space, or they will face lethal consequences. ... Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (August 25, 1909 - June 10, 1971) was a British actor who made the transition to Hollywood with moderate success. ... Klaatu is one of the principal characters in the classic science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. ... Klaatu was a Canadian progressive rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ...

Goodnight Vienna was remastered and reissued on CD in 1992 with three bonus tracks: 1972 hit single "Back Off Boogaloo", its B-Side "Blindman" and an extended version of the McCartney-penned "Six O'Clock", a shorter version of which had earlier appeared on Ringo. Ringo is the third solo album by Ringo Starr and was released in 1973. ...

Track listing

1. "(It's All Da-Da-Down To) Goodnight Vienna" (John Lennon) - 2:35
   • features John Lennon on opening count-in and piano and Billy Preston on clavinet
2. "Occapella" (Allen Toussaint) - 2:55
   • features Dr. John on piano
3. "Oo-Wee" (Vini Poncia/Richard Starkey) - 3:45
   • features Dr. John on piano
4. "Husbands And Wives" (Roger Miller) - 3:34
5. "Snookeroo" (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) - 3:27
   • featuring Elton John on piano and Robbie Robertson on guitar
6. "All By Myself" (Vini Poncia/Richard Starkey) - 3:21
   • features John Lennon on guitar
7. "Call Me" (Richard Starkey) - 4:07
8. "No No Song" (Hoyt Axton/David Jackson) - 2:33
   • features Harry Nilsson on backing vocals and Nicky Hopkins on electric piano
9. "Only You (And You Alone)" (Buck Ram/Ande Rand) - 3:26
   • features John Lennon on guitar, Billy Preston on electric piano and Harry Nilsson on backing vocals
10. "Easy For Me" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:20
11. "Goodnight Vienna (Reprise)" (John Lennon) - 1:20
    • features John Lennon's intro, 'OK, boys, with gusto, with gusto!'

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External link

• JPGR's Goodnight Vienna site

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