Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"I'm the Greatest\" is a song written by English musician John Lennon, released in 1973 on the album Ringo by Ringo Starr, his former bandmate in the Beatles. With Starr, Lennon and George Harrison appearing on the track, the song marks the only time that more than two ex-Beatles recorded together between the band's break-up in 1970 and Lennon's death in 1980. Lennon wrote \"I'm the Greatest\" in December 1970 as a wry comment on his past as a Beatle, and later tailored the composition for Starr to sing.Recording for the song took place in Los Angeles in March 1973 during a time when tensions among all the former members of the Beatles had eased, after Starr, Lennon and Harrison had severed ties with their manager, Allen Klein. News of the Richard Perry-produced session led to speculation that the Beatles might re-form. The presence on the recording of bassist Klaus Voormann and keyboard player Billy Preston, as supposed stand-ins for Paul McCartney, created a line-up that the press had dubbed the Ladders since 1971.\"I'm the Greatest\" appeared as the opening track on the well-received Ringo album and was later included on Starr's compilations Blast from Your Past (1975) and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (2007). Starr has performed the song in concert with his All-Starr Band, whose second album, Live from Montreux (1993), opens with the track. A version with Lennon on lead vocals appeared on the 1998 box set John Lennon Anthology."@en }
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- Im_the_Greatest abstract "\"I'm the Greatest\" is a song written by English musician John Lennon, released in 1973 on the album Ringo by Ringo Starr, his former bandmate in the Beatles. With Starr, Lennon and George Harrison appearing on the track, the song marks the only time that more than two ex-Beatles recorded together between the band's break-up in 1970 and Lennon's death in 1980. Lennon wrote \"I'm the Greatest\" in December 1970 as a wry comment on his past as a Beatle, and later tailored the composition for Starr to sing.Recording for the song took place in Los Angeles in March 1973 during a time when tensions among all the former members of the Beatles had eased, after Starr, Lennon and Harrison had severed ties with their manager, Allen Klein. News of the Richard Perry-produced session led to speculation that the Beatles might re-form. The presence on the recording of bassist Klaus Voormann and keyboard player Billy Preston, as supposed stand-ins for Paul McCartney, created a line-up that the press had dubbed the Ladders since 1971.\"I'm the Greatest\" appeared as the opening track on the well-received Ringo album and was later included on Starr's compilations Blast from Your Past (1975) and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (2007). Starr has performed the song in concert with his All-Starr Band, whose second album, Live from Montreux (1993), opens with the track. A version with Lennon on lead vocals appeared on the 1998 box set John Lennon Anthology.".