The news that The Beatles had broken up appeared in newspapers on April 10th, 1970, although the press release announcing it was actually serviced the day before. Ironically, “Let It Be” hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 where it stayed for 2 weeks. Paul McCartney explains that he wrote “Let It Be” at about the time The Beatles had begun the contentious recording sessions for the album of the same title. And he tells us that it was literally inspired by seeing his late mother, Mary Patricia Mullen McCartney, in a dream.
“We were all getting a little crazy, and I’d gone to
