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55 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Makes the Beatles Break Up Official

55 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Makes the Beatles Break Up Official

55 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Makes the Beatles Break Up Official
April 10
12:16 2025

The Beatles broke up slowly – and then all at once.Cracks began spreading in the group’s foundation when original manager Brian Epstein died in 1967. Fractious sessions for 1968’s White Album, as both George Harrison and Ringo Starr briefly quit, certainly marked the beginning of the end. Some blamed arguments over hiring Allen Klein as a business manager, others the failing Get Back sessions. Everyone else blamed Yoko Ono.John Lennon quit next – but unlike Starr and Harrison before him, he meant it: By February 1970, he’d already released three solo singles (“Give Peace a Chance,” “Cold Turkey” and “Instant Karma”). He played a concert with his new ad-hoc group, too.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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