caption associated_acts death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
photo by astrid kirchherr rory storm and the hurricanes , ringo starr 28 september 1972 broadgreen , liverpool , england 1958 -- 72 rory storm stoneycroft , liverpool , england oriole , parlophone , rockstar rory storm solo_singer 7 january 1938 vocalist skiffle , rock n roll rory storm photo.jpg rory storm
 alan ernest caldwell musician , songwriter
rory storm

rory storm -lrb- 7 january 1938 -- 28 september 1972 -rrb- was an english musician and vocalist .
born alan ernest caldwell in liverpool , storm was the singer and leader of rory storm and the hurricanes , a liverpudlian band who were contemporaries of the beatles in the late 1950s and early 1960s .
ringo starr was the drummer for the hurricanes before joining the beatles in august 1962 , replacing original drummer pete best .
the hurricanes were one of the most popular acts on the liverpool and hamburg club scenes during their existence , although their attempt at a recording career was not successful .
they released only two singles -lrb- and one additional compilation track -rrb- during their early 1960s heyday , and none of their material made the charts .
their second and final single was a version of the `` west side story '' song `` america '' , and was produced by the beatles ' manager brian epstein .
when storm 's father died , he returned from amsterdam to liverpool to be with his mother at `` stormsville '' , at 54 broadgreen road , broadgreen , liverpool .
on 27 september 1972 , storm developed a chest infection and could not sleep properly , so he took sleeping pills .
the next day storm and his mother were both found dead .
a post mortem determined that storm had not taken enough pills to kill himself , but it was suspected that , after finding her son 's body , his mother had .
