Marketed as a return to roots, the album instead revealed tensions that had been simmering for years—fueling the belief it sealed the group’s fate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Preston's life and his contributions to the Beatles final studio album are explored in the documentary 'Billy Preston: That's the ...

Paul and John Lennon wrote most of the songs that put The Beatles on the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. That hierarchy persisted even as George developed as a songwriter. He once said he’d have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Beatles during the filming of Let It Be in Twickenham Film Studios, 7th January 1969. - Credit: Ethan A. Russell/© Apple Corps ...

The “Get Back” sessions were a mess. While it led to their final album, Let It Be, the recording sessions consisted of a bunch of pitches for different songs played lackadaisically by the band members ...

In 1970, it looked like a portrait of the Beatles breaking up. Now it looks like the first rock 'n' roll reality show — and a vision of them coming together. The Beatles, in their early years, looked ...

Adam Behr has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the British Academy. In one sense, Let It Be director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film documenting The Beatles’ ...

Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s unloved — or misinterpreted? — 1970 documentary, the source for Peter Jackson’s “Get Back,” will stream on Disney+. By Alex Williams In 2021, the director Peter Jackson’s ...

For some of the sessions, and at the concert, The Beatles famously were joined by keyboardist Billy Preston. Hours of unused film shot for Let It Be was later turned over to director Peter Jackson and ...

The Beatles have long been regarded by fans and rock historians as the Fab Four, but toward the end of their '60s run as a band, an honorary fifth member arrived to give them a much-needed creative ...