Buck Owens & The Buckaroos hit #1 on the country chart in 1963 with the Johnny Russell-penned "Act Naturally". Capitol label-mates the Beatles covered it 2 years later with Ringo Starr taking a turn on vocals.
24 years after the Beatles' cover, Starr & Owens teamed up, and hit #29 on the country chart. The video has the guys on a movie set, and dueling over who should get top billing. Vic Tayback (ex-Alice) appears in the role of a bartender in a movie scene.
Ringo wasn't the first Beatle to go country. Paul McCartney holds that distinction with Wings in the mid-70's with "Sally G", although I'd imagine at least one or two country artists might've taken a stab at John Lennon's "Imagine" somewhere along the way......
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