in PicturesJANUARY SAW THE BEATLES PLAY THEIR LAST CONCERT,
ON APPLE CORPS’ ROOF. BY DECEMBER THEY HAD WRAPPED
TWO ALBUMS AND WERE ON TO SOLO CAREERS
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SINGING GOODBYE
On Jan. 30, 1969, the Beatles (and keyboardist
Billy Preston) retreated to the rooftop of Apple
Corps at 3 Savile Row for an unannounced
45-minute set. “It was cold and windy
and damp, but all the people looking out from
offices were really enjoying it,” Ringo Starr later
said. Filmed for the 1970 documentary Let It
Be, the concert was the Beatles’ last.
But they weren’t done yet and headed back to
the studio to complete that and another album.