The Beatles Unravelled #91 - Ringo, "I'm a Mocker"

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Ringo was asked if he was a mod or a rocker. His reply, “Er, no, I’m a mocker.”
Mods were clean-cut, wore sharp Italian suits and parkas, rode scooters fitted with a dozen or more rear-view mirrors and liked R&B, soul, ska
and beat groups like The Who and Small Faces.
Rockers wore black leather, rode motor cycles and liked rockabilly and American rock’n’roll - Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent.
In the mid-1960s they famously battled it out at popular UK seaside resorts
on summer Bank Holiday weekends.
As rock and psychedelic music developed in 1967, the British Mod movement faded away.

Lots more on my website..: Rock'n'Roll Unravelled - the story of rock'n'roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk. Not just the music but also the social factors which influenced the music of the time.


Author of Rock'n'Roll Unravelled, Derek Shelmerdine - fortnightly guest appearances on the Mop Tops and The King radio show; with his alternating segments, The Beatles Unravelled and Elvis Presley Unravelled.

The show is syndicated on over 110 radio stations worldwide.
This segment was a part of Mop Tops & The King #683.
First broadcast on 10 to 16 January 2025.