After John Lennon and Paul McCartney reignited their friendship, they toyed with the idea of reuniting The Beatles for a one-off performance.
When The Beatles broke up it broke hearts around the world. The impact of The Beatles' music on popular culture cannot be overstated, as they became the most successful and significant act in music history.
The songwriting partnership of Lennon/McCartney (or McCartney/Lennon depending on your disposition) revolutionised pop music and the way people listened to it. But with unimaginable highs, there will always be inevitable lows, and the Fab Four weren't impervious to the pitfalls of fame, fortune, inflated egos and creative tensions.
Though they were only together for ten years, The Beatles transformed popular music in that time, so called it a day in 1970 having released thirteen studio albums.
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