Don't Pass Me By

Don't Pass Me By is a song written and sung by Ringo Starr, and was the first one he wrote. He says in Anthology that he only knew three chords on the piano and guitar, and would bang away until he found a melody.

Background
The song is led in by Rocky Raccoon. Only two Beatles participated (Ringo and Paul), while Jack Fallon helped with the violin part.

Recording
6 takes of it were recorded June 5th 1968. Overdubs to take 5 were recorded the next day, creating take 7. More overdubs to this take were done on 12th of July. The starting edit piece was recorded 22nd of June. The pianos were both recorded into a Leslie 147 speaker.

Personnel

 * Ringo Starr — lead vocals, sleigh bell, drums, cowbell, maracas, congas, tack piano
 * Paul McCartney — grand piano, bass guitar (1964 Rickenbacker 4001S)
 * Jack Fallon - violin