text: p>Ringo Starr briefly left The Beatles while recording <a href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/money/news/a45650/valuable-vinyl-records/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:the White Album" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">the White Album</a> because he said at the time he wasn't playing his best, which made him feel like an outsider in the group. Paul McCartney had to step in to play drums on "Back in the U.S.S.R" that year.</p