‘Here Comes the Sun’ is one of the record’s best moments (Abbey Road album) and one of The Beatles’ definitive numbers. It was the first proper appearance of the captivating folk he would produce in his solo career on classics such as 1970’s All Things Must Pass.
Ringo Starr produced several technically excellent performances, including ‘The End’, which features his only drum solo for them, and the expressive ‘Carry That Weight’.
For many, though, ‘Here Comes the Sun’ is also Ringo’s highlight. Perfectly carrying the vibe of the song while adding an array of stirring fills and accentuating the winding “Sun, sun, sun, here it comes” segment, it demonstrates his skill at serving the song and his technical ability.
According to the late engineer Geoff Emerick, who recorded Abbey Road and engineered Paul McCartney and Wings’ masterpiece Band on the Run, Ringo had a problem with the track.
George really shone when assembling the track. They gradually added orchestral twists and attempted to make the final product sound as expansive as possible, concentrating heavily on Phil Spector’s innovative ‘Wall of Sound’ approach. This is another aspect that would come to the fore on All Things Must Pass.
During a 2014 interview with Music Radar, Emerick recalled how annoyed Ringo was with himself when recording his parts for ‘Here Comes The Sun’- the now-iconic tom fills- because he could never recreate them from one take to another, meaning he was up against it each time, striving for new greatness each time.
“Ringo’s tom fills really make the song, but funnily enough, he hated doing them because he could never remember what he did one take to the next,” Emerick said.
“I think that’s why his fills are so spectacular — he felt that he would never reproduce them, so he’d better get ’em right.”
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