On 'Let It Be,' a song credited to all 4 Beatles got cut down from an original running time of 12 minutes to a fraction of that. by Eric Schaal. Published on July 7, 2020. 2 min read.

Over a roughly one-year period, Harrison tracked a quartet of solos on the recording. Here's the story behind each of them ...

“Let It Be” was released March 1970 as the band’s final single before McCartney’s departure. It bowed at No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, the highest debut for a song at the time, and later ...

"Let It Be" was a huge hit when it was released as a single in 1970 and became a favorite of other artists from the start. The song has been covered by dozens of artists over the years.

Released on May 8, 1970, nearly a year and a half after it was recorded, Let It Be served as the Beatles' swan song. The record, and its accompanying documentary, began life as a project ...

The Beatles‘ John Lennon was inspired to write a prolific tune for their 12th studio album Let It Be about his wife and mother of his son Julian, Cynthia Lennon. However, the song was more about ...

Fifty-one years later, how do we appraise “Let It Be,” the Beatles’ swan song, the document of their breakup, the one that the bandmembers themselves initially disliked so much that Paul ...