{"id":29463,"date":"2024-05-08T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-may-8-1970-the-beatles-released-their-final-album-let-it-be\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:02:48","slug":"on-this-day-may-8-1970-the-beatles-released-their-final-album-let-it-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-may-8-1970-the-beatles-released-their-final-album-let-it-be\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, May 8, 1970: The Beatles released their final album, &#8216;Let It Be&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-08\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, May 8, 1970 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One month after they broke up, <strong>The Beatles<\/strong> released their 12th and final studio album, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Let It Be<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although released after the split,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Let It Be<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> was actually recorded before their previous album\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Abbey Road<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which was released in September 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Let It Be<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> spent four weeks at #1 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> Album chart, thanks to future Beatles classics like the title track, \u201cGet Back,\u201d \u201cThe Long and Winding Road\u201d and \u201cAcross The Universe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A documentary about the making of the album, also called <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Let It Be<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, was released to coincide with the album. 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