Drift Away by Ringo Starr – ***

First released: 1998

I’ve never been a huge fan of this song originally recorded by Dobie Gray in 1973, but Ringo seemed to like it and recorded a version with Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith) and Alanis Morrisette taking lead vocals on a couple of verses. Greedy Columbia Records said “no no” to Tyler’s performance and so after a promotional only release of Ringo’s "Vertical Man", Tom Petty was recruited to replace Tyler’s vocal. Petty replaced most of it, but there’s a little bit of Tyler’s laugh left off of the final released version.