The Beatles: Timeline 1970

Jan 03
Saturday Studio 2. 2.30pm-12.15am. Recording: `I Me Mine' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Last song recorded by the Beatles. During the session, George improvises a version of `Peggy Sue Got Married'.
Jan 04
Sunday Studio 2. 2.30pm-4.00am. Recording: `Let It Be' (overdub onto take 27, tape reduction edit of take 27 into takes 28-30 with simultaneous overdub, overdub onto take 30). Stereo mixing: `Let It Be' (remixes 1, 2, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Recording of brasses and second guitar solo for `Let It Be' (included on the LP version). Last recording session of Paul, George and George Martin. Last recording session of the Beatles as a band.
Jan 05
Monday Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `I Me Mine' (remix 1, from take 16); `Across The Universe' (remix 3, from take 8). Master tape banding and compilation: `Get Back' LP. Producer, Engineer and 2nd Engineer: Glyn Johns.
Jan 08
Thursday Re-recording of lead vocal for `For You Blue'.
Jan 09
Friday UK LP release: `The Magic Christian'.
Jan 10
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', number 136, 1st week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jan 15
Thursday John inaugurates `Bag One', an exhibition of some of his lithographies and drawings at the London Arts Gallery.
Jan 16
Friday The police closes John's exhibition at the Arts Gallery, London, under the charge of obscenity.
Jan 17
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 2nd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jan 20
Tuesday John and Yoko cut their hair in Denmark.
Jan 21
Wednesday `Daily Express' publishes that John cut his hair to be able to travel without being recognized.
Jan 24
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 3rd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jan 26
Monday Morning: John composes `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'.
Jan 26
Monday Ringo and Maureen fly from London to the US to attend the `The Magic Christian' premiere.
Jan 26
Monday UK single release: `My Sweet Lord'.
Jan 27
Tuesday Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00-11.30am. Stereo mixing: `The Inner Light' (remix 1, from take 6). Producer: Geoff Emerick; Engineer: Peter Bown/Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: John Barrett. Remix of `The Inner Light' for eventual future use. Last session of Emerick.
Jan 27
Tuesday Studio 3. 7.00pm. John starts recording of `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'. Upon George's suggestion, Phil Spector produces the session.
Jan 28
Wednesday End of John's lithographies exhibition at the London Arts Gallery.
Jan 31
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 4th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Feb 04
Wednesday The Black Centre, London. Roof of a single storey workshop to the rear. John and Yoko give Michael X a bag with their recently shorn hair in exchange for a pair of Muhammed Ali boxing shorts.
Feb 06
Friday UK single release: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'/`Who Has Seen The Wind'.
Feb 07
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto' number 10, 1st week, its highest position; 5th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Feb 08
Sunday
Tony Cox frilms "3 Days In The Life" at Tittenhurst Park.
Feb 09
Monday
Tony Cox films "3 Days In The Life"
Feb 10
Tuesday
Tony Cox films "3 Days In The Life"
Feb 11
Wednesday `The Magic Christian' premiere in New York.
Feb 11
Wednesday Studio 8. BBC Television Centre, London. John, Yoko, Klaus Voorman, Alan White and Mal Evans appear on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' performing `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'.
Feb 12
Thursday BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' first broadcasts John's performance of `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' (filmed 11 February 1970).
Feb 14
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 6th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Feb 16
Monday The `Beatles Book' ends being published.
Feb 20
Friday US single release: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'/`Who Has Seen The Wind'.
Feb 21
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 7th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' enters the ranking; 1st week in the Top 20 (Billboard).
Feb 22
Sunday New York premiere: `The Magic Christian'.
Feb 25
Wednesday De Lane Lea Sound Centre, 75 Dean Street. Ringo tapes `You Always Hurt The One You Love'.
Feb 26
Thursday US LP release: `Hey Jude'.
Feb 26
Thursday A New York newspaper says that John declared that there is no point in doing the Peace Festival in Toronto, since the money is not being used for peace but for others to have profits.
Feb 28
Saturday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `For You Blue' (remixes 1-8). Producer: Malcolm Davies; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.
Feb 28
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 8th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 2nd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Mar 01
Sunday Transmision, on the Ed Sullivan Show, of `Let It Be' and `Two Of Us' clips. Last time, in life of the group, they appear in the programme.
Mar 05
Thursday John and Yoko ara admitted into the London Clinic.
Mar 06
Friday Transmision, on the Ed Sullivan Show, of `Let It Be' and `Two Of Us' clips. Last time, in life of the group, they appear in the programme.
Mar 06
Friday UK single release: `Let It Be'/`You Know My Name (Look up the Number)'
Mar 07
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 9th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 3rd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Mar 09
Monday John and Yoko leave the London Clinic.
Mar 11
Wednesday US single release: `Let It Be'/`You Know My Name (Look up the Number)'.
Mar 13
Friday End of sessions for LP `Sentimental Journey'.
Mar 14
Saturday `Let It Be' enters the ranking as number 6 (new record), 1st week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 10th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' number 1, 1st week; 4th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Mar 15
Sunday Ringo shoots a `Sentimental Journey' clip. One location is the Cabaret venue `The Talk Of The Town', London.
Mar 17
Tuesday US gold certification: single `Let It Be'. US gold certification: `Live Peace In Toronto 1969'.
Mar 21
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 2nd week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 11th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 5th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Mar 23
Monday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `I've Got A Feeling' (remixes 1, 2); `Dig A Pony' (remixes 1, 2); `I've Got A Feeling' (remixes 3-6); `The One After 909' (remixes 1-3); `I Me Mine' (remixes 1-3, from take 16); `Across The Universe' (remixes 1-8, from take 8). Editing: `I've Got A Feeling' (of stereo remixes 1, 2, called remix stereo 3; of stereo remixes 4, 5, 6, called remix stereo 4); `I Me Mine' (of stereo remixes 1, 2, 3, called remix stereo 2). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris. Mixes of `I Me Mine' and `Across The Universe', guides for the orchestra. Start of work of Phil Spector and on `Let It Be'.
Mar 23
Monday Studio 3 (control room only). 3.00-7.00pm. Paul and Tony Clark oversee the making of copy master tapes for LP `McCartney'.
Mar 25
Wednesday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `For You Blue' (remix 1, remixes 2-8 of edit piece only); `Teddy Boy' (remixes 1, 2); `Two Of Us' (remixes 1, 2). Editing: `For You Blue' (of stereo remixes 1, 5, called remix stereo 1); `Teddy Boy' (of remix stereo 2). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris.
Mar 26
Thursday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `The Long And Winding Road' (remix 1): `Let It Be' (remixes 1-4, from take 30); `Get Back' (remixes 1-5); `Maggie Mae' (remixes 1, 2). Editing: `Let It Be' (of stereo remixes 1-4, called remix stereo 1); `Get Back' (of stereo remixes 3, 5, called remix stereo 3). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris. Mix of `The Long And Winding Road' for the orchestra.
Mar 27
Friday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `Dig It' (remix 1); dialogue and miscellaneous pieces (remixes 1-8). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Mike Sheady; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris.
Mar 27
Friday UK LP release: `Sentimental Journey'.
Mar 28
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 3rd week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 12th week in the ranking (Billboard). `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 6th and last week in the ranking (Billboard).
Mar 29
Sunday Ringo appears on the `David Frost Show', singing `Sentimental Journey'.
Mar 29
Sunday John and Yoko announce they will have a son in October.
Mar 30
Monday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `For You Blue' (unnumbered stereo remix). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Mike Sheady/Eddie Klein; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris.
Apr 01
Wednesday Studio 1 and control room Studio 3. 7.00pm-? Recording: `Across The Universe' (tape reduction take 8 into take 9, overdub onto take 9); `The Long And Winding Road' (tape reduction of 31 January 1969 recording into takes 17-19, overdub onto take 18); `I Me Mine' (tape reduction extended edit of take 16 into takes 17, 18, overdub onto take 18). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Orchestra and choir overdub. Last session of Ringo. Last recording session for a Beatles album.
Apr 01
Wednesday The London Art Gallery appeals for the closing of John's exhibition.
Apr 02
Thursday Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `The Long And Winding Road' (remixes 10-13, from take 18); `I Me Mine' (remixes 10-12, from take 18); `Across The Universe' (remixes 10-13, from take 9). Editing: `The Long And Winding Road' (of stereo remixes 10, 13); `I Me Mine' (of stereo remixes 11, 12). Producer: Phil Spector; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Roger Ferris. Editing of `I Me Mine' to make it appear longer. Mixing of tracks recorded yesterday. Last session of Spector. End of `Let It Be' sessions. Last Beatles session.
Apr 02
Thursday In an interview for the `Evening Standard', Paul speaks about the state of the relationship among the Beatles. He says his first solo LP is delayed because they don't want it to be released simultaneously with `Let It Be'.
Apr 03
Friday UK LP release: `Sentimental Journey'.
Apr 04
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 4th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 13th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Apr 10
Friday UK LP release: `McCartney', according to Paul initial plans.
Apr 10
Friday Paul announces to the press that he quits the Beatles.
Apr 11
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 14th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Apr 12
Sunday Paul incorporates McCartney Productions Ltd.
Apr 17
Friday UK LP release: `McCartney'.
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Apr 17
Friday John interview for `Rolling Stone'. John comments on Paul's leaving the Beatles.
Apr 18
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 6th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 15th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Apr 20
Monday US LP release: `McCartney'.
Apr 24
Friday US LP release: `Sentimental Journey'.
Apr 25
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 7th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 16th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Apr 25
Saturday George Harrison interview in New York City before return to England.
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Apr 27
Monday John is cleared of the indecency charge in the High Court and the case is dismissed. John's lithographies return to the London Arts Gallery.
May 02
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 8th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 17th week in the ranking (Billboard).
May 08
Friday UK LP release: `Let It Be'.
May 09
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 9th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 18th week in the ranking (Billboard).
May 11
Monday US single release: `The Long And Winding Road'/`For You Blue'.
May 13
Wednesday World premiere of `Let It Be' in New York.
May 16
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 10th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 19th week in the ranking (Billboard).
May 18
Monday US LP release: `Let It Be'.
May 18
Monday Premiere of `Let It Be' in New York.
May 20
Wednesday Premiere of `Let It Be' at the London Pavilion and Liverpool.
May 20
Wednesday Evening: George goes to the studio with Phil Spector, beginning work on LP `All Things Must Pass'.
May 23
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 11th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 20th week in the ranking (Billboard).
May 26
Tuesday EMI Studios. Start of recording of LP `All Things Must Pass'.
May 26
Tuesday US gold certification: `Let It Be'.
May 30
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 12th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 21st week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jun 02
Tuesday Abbey Road. Start of recordings of `Isn't It A Pity'.
Jun 06
Saturday `Let It Be' single, 13th and last week in the Top 30 (Billboard). `Live Peace In Toronto', 22nd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jun 11
Thursday John and Yoko announce they will continue their vacations in the state of California for some time.
Jun 13
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 23rd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jun 19
Friday UK LP release: `Delaney And Bonnie On Tour'.
Jun 20
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 24th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jun 27
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 25th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jul 03
Friday Beginning of peace festival in Toronto.
Jul 04
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 26th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jul 05
Sunday End of peace festival in Toronto.
Jul 07
Tuesday Louise French dies in Liverpool.
Jul 10
Friday Louise French's body is cremated.
Jul 11
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 27th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jul 18
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 28th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jul 25
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 29th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Jul 25
Saturday Magazine `Record World' publishes that the incorporation of Ono Music Ltd., to publish Yoko's music, is false.
Jul 27
Monday Opening of the revue `Oh! Calcutta!', at the Roundhouse, London. Pattie Harrison and Eric Clapton attend.
Jul 31
Friday Cynthia marries Roberto Bassanini.
Aug 01
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 30th week in the ranking (Billboard).
Aug 01
Saturday Yoko suffers a miscarriage.
Aug 08
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 31st week in the ranking (Billboard).
Aug 15
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 32nd week in the ranking (Billboard).
Aug 22
Saturday `Live Peace In Toronto', 33rd and last week in the ranking (Billboard).
Sep 26
Saturday Abbey Road. Start of recordings for `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' LP.
Oct 09
Friday Abbey Road. End of recordings for `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'.
Nov 11
Wednesday Lee Parkin Starkey is born at the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London. [17 November?]
Nov 17
Tuesday Lee Starkey is born at the Queen's Charlotte's Hospital, London. [11 November?]
Nov 26
Thursday John and Yoko travel to New York.
Nov 30
Monday UK LP release: `All Things Must Pass'.
Dec 11
Friday UK LP release: `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'. US LP release: `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'. UK LP release: `Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'. US LP release: `Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'.
Dec 12
Saturday `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' number 23, 1st week in the ranking (Billboard).
Dec 14
Monday Gold certification: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' Gold certification: `My Sweet Lord'.
Dec 18
Friday An eighth `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the Fan Club. It is an LP containing all previous 7 Christmas records.
Dec 24
Thursday `Rolling Stone' publishes the 1st part of an interview to John. [?]
Dec 28
Monday US single release: `Mother'/`Why'.
Dec 30
Wednesday `Rolling Stone' publishes its director's interview to John. [?]
Dec 30
Wednesday Paul begins High Court proceedings to end the Beatles partnership. [31 December?]
Dec 31
Thursday Paul begins High Court proceedings to end the Beatles partnership. [30 December?] Peter Brown renounces.
Dec 31
Thursday John reveals that he took drugs since he was 17, and blames Paul for the dissolution of the Beatles since he wanted to dominate them all.