Why Did The Beatles Break Up

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Today the Beatles are still well known for their hit songs and albums back from the 1960s. But why didn’t they stay together longer than that? Even though the White Album was a huge success, it also hinted towards the end of the Beatles. This 2-disc hit was long past due and left Beatles fans thirsty for more. The album was ninety-four minutes of pure entertainment. The individual songs on the album, background stories, and relationships held during the recording of this album are thought to be some of the main reasons as to why the Beatles broke up.
The White Album was the Beatles first and only double album. It consists of 30 songs but none of which were similar to their songs in previous albums. Instead of the strong songs composed of the team of Lennon and McCartney, their songs were written individually and were more diverse. According to Rolling Stones magazine, each member had grown in creativity. Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono had put a spark in his writing and “his creativity apparently revivified by the relationship”. (Gilmore, 2009) Even Ringo and Harrison were beginning to …show more content…

During the recording of the song “OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA”, McCartney wanted to release it as a single but it was overridden by the votes of Lennon and Harrison. Also in some of Lennon’s songs that he had written, Yoko Ono had been on backing and harmony vocals and was occasionally given a solo. This could have caused tension between the rest of the members and Lennon if it wasn’t agreed to by the others. Also Harrison’s gutsy move to bring in Eric Clapton to play guitar for his song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” created some noise and heat from the other members. These background stories of the making of the White Album are just a few incidents that may have led to the breakup of the

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