[1] As the follow-up to I Wanna Be Santa Claus (1999), it continues Starr's alliance with Mark Hudson as well as most of his collaborators from that last project.

Annoyed that Mercury had not put enough promotion towards I Wanna Be Santa Claus,[2] Starr left the label in 2000.

[1] Contributors this time around include Willie Nelson, Charlie Haden, Van Dyke Parks, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Shawn Colvin, Timothy B. Schmit, and Eric Clapton.

[1] With George Harrison's late 2001 passing before Ringorama was started, Starr composed "Never Without You" in tribute to his friend,[8] having Clapton perform the guitar solo duties.

"[15] "English Garden", which mentions Starr's wife Barbara Bach and their dog Buster, includes in the final part some verses taken from Paul McCartney's "Let 'Em In".

[17] Released by Koch on 25 March 2003,[nb 2][19] Ringorama managed a number 113 peak in the US on the Billboard 200, his first album in the 21st century to do so.

[nb 3][3] To help promote the album and the "Never Without You" single, Starr appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the US on 13 March.

[21] During a show arranged for the press on 22 March, Starr and The Roundheads performed "Memphis in Your Mind" and "Never Without You", at the Bottom Line Club in New York City.

[21] Starr again performed "Never Without You" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on 25 March; later that day for MTV's Total Request Live; and for Good Morning America on 9 April.

[21] On 21 October it was announced that a 3-disc version of the album would be released on 11 November, and included three bonus tracks, an interview disc and a DVD containing a "Making Of" documentary and the music video for "Never Without You".