He formally announced his break from music in Tokyo in 1977, saying, "we have basically decided, without any great decision, to be with our baby as much as we can until we feel we can take time off to indulge ourselves in creating things outside of the family.
Napisal je pesem "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)" za Starrov album "Ringo's Rotogravure" (1976) in jo odigral junija, kar je bilo njegovo zadnje snemanje do leta 1980.