Ringo, Paul & George Together Again

Look for Ringo Starr to release a new album this summer, with some high-profile guest stars.

According to the Denver Post, the set, Vertical Man, unites Starr with Beatle-mates George Harrison and Paul McCartney, as well as Alanis Morissette and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler (who join Starr on a remake of "Drift Away") and Brian Wilson; Mark Hudson produced.

According to a source, Starr is in talks with Mercury about releasing the album. In other news, Starr will tour Europe this summer with his All-Starr band, which includes Peter Frampton, Mark Rivera and Jack Bruce.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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