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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
