75 Shocking Moments in The Beatles History

75 Shocking Moments in The Beatles History

We have a list of Amazing Shocking moments in The Beatles History, here our list, hope you like

74. Paul McCartney is a father again at the age of 61
73. Ringo collapses and undergoes surgery
72. The National Enquirer’s “John’s last picture” cover.
71. Yoko’s attempts to get Kyoko back.
70. The Magical Mystery Tour (The Movie)
69. Patti Boyd-Harrison marries George’s friend, Eric Clapton.
68. The gates to Strawberry Fields are stolen.
The gates to Strawberry Fields are stolen.
67. “Two of Us” (the movie)
66. Yoko auctions John’s pianos, instead of giving them to his musician sons.
65. Yoko’s “Season Of Glass” album cover (with John’s blood-stained glasses)
64.The Beatles and world find out the Maharishi, wasn’t the “clean old man” he appeared to be, he wanted to fool around with the young ladies.
63. George Harrison and Patti busted on marijuana possession in 1969.
62. On july 20,1968, Jane Asher announced on national television in Britain that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. McCartney reportedly was watching and was surprised by the news.
61. Paul’s 1970s hair-do mullet.
60. John Lennon gets sued by Chuck Berry for using lyrics from one of his songs in “Come Together”.
59. The BBC banning “A Day In The Life”
58. BBC bans several songs from Magical Mystery Tour on basis of “drug references” and “obscenity.”
57. John and Yoko co-host “The Mike Douglas Show”.
56. John returns his MBE in protest to Britain’s involvement in Vietnam.
55. The Rooftop Concert
54. John and Yoko’s very public honeymoon/bed-in.
53. Peter Brown’s book The Love You Make
52. The song “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” is released, scandalous for those times, even though mindsets were changing rapidly in the 60’s
51. Beatles 1, Anthology CDs, Anthology DVD to #1 in charts (or maybe it isn’t so shocking…)
50. Revolution 9
49. Wings records outsell Beatles at one point
48. The Lennons being followed by the FBI/John barely getting his green card.
47. Julian Lennon is left with very little after his father’s death.
46. John Lennon’s “How Do You Sleep?”
45. Paul marries a much younger woman after Linda’s death.
44. The Beatles “reunite” for the Anthology and two “new” songs.
43. John leaves wife Cynthia and son Julian for Yoko
42. Squabble between Macca and Yoko over whose name appears on the credits first: Lennon-McCartney or McCartney-Lennon.
41. Michael “Wacko Jacko” Jackson buys the rights to the Beatles’ music catalogue.
40. the Plastic Ono Band LP
39. John and Paul refuse to play at Concert for Bangladesh
38. Warner Brothers rejects first version of Somewhere in England
37. Beatles’ fail to take Lorne Michaels’ offer to reunite on Saturday Night Live.
36. George getting deported from Germany for being underage.
35. George’s “He’s So Fine”/”My Sweet Lord” lawsuit.
34. Englebert Humperdink’s “Release Me” keeps Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields stuck at number 2 and the beatles fail to score a number one hit for the first time in uk breaking their unequalled string of eleven consecutive number 1s dating back to 1963 starting with “From Me To You”.
33. John’s ‘Lost Weekend’
32. The apalling conditions the Beatles lived in, places they played, hours on end, in Hamburg Germany, while seeking their fortune and fame
31. The loss of john’s mum,julia, in late 1950s.
30. Ringo Beats the heck out of Barbara Bach, admits he has a drug and alcohol problem (no kidding, ya think?)
29. Beatle Meet Elvis
28. Decca says “No”
27. Shanghai Surprise
26. Heather impregnated
25. Paul is Dead rumours
24. MMT film hated by U.K. critics
23. Mal Evans tragic death
22. Geoffrey Giuliano
21. Pete Best replaced by Ringo.
20. the Sgt. Pepper movie
19. the end of live performances. or in 1964 when the concert was halted in cleveland because of fans, it happened again in 66.
18. Stu Stucliffe’s sudden death.
17. John and Yoko’s naked album cover.
16. John and Yoko’s drug bust, leading to her miscarriage
15. Cynthia misses the train.
14. Paul’s admission that he uses LSD.
13. Ringo and Barbara’s car crash.
12. Maureen Starkey dying so young.
11. Paul says “It’s a drag” about John’s death
10. the attack on George (1999)
9. the death of Brian Epstein
8. Paul McCartney’s marijuana arrest
Paul McCartney's marijuana arrest
7. Paul McCartney sues the Beatles
6. The Manila incident
5. Linda’s death
4. The Beatles break up
3. More popular than Jesus
2. George Harrison dies
1. John Lennon’s murder

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