Ringo Starr, Green Day headline eclectic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2015

People look at the Class of 2015 exhibit at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Friday, April 17, 2015, in Cleveland. Ringo Starr, who was previously enshrined with the Beatles in 1988, will be honored along with pop punks Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground icon Lou Reed, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The "5" Royales.

By Associated Press April 18, 2015 4 min read

Ringo Starr poses for a portrait at The London Hotel, in West Hollywood, Calif., in this March 30, 2015 photo.

CLEVELAND – Ringo Starr was always behind the other Beatles.

Bobbing his head as he sat at his drum kit, Starr kept the steady backbeat for Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, a once-in-a-century group that conquered the music world. Starr got fourth-billing, the adored and yet overlooked sideman to his more celebrated bandmates.

John, Paul, George … and Ringo.

Once he stepped from their shadows, Starr proved he could hold his own.

Forever a Beatle, Starr will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday, inducted along with an eclectic class of musicians.