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This is a list of events that occurred in 1970.

Contents 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 July 6 September 7 To be added soon 7.1 March 7.2 April 7.3 May 7.4 July 7.5 September 7.6 October 7.7 November 7.8 December

January

• January ??, 1970: John records home improvisations with Kyoko. →

• January 3, 1970: Final group recording session. →

• January 4, 1970: Overdubs onto Let It Be →

• January 5, 1970: Master Tape Banding for 2nd Get Back Tracklisting →

• January 8, 1970: Mixing and vocal overdubs onto For You Blue →

• January 14, 1970: Ringo solo recording session. →

• January 15, 1970: John's exhibition, Bag One, opens. →

• January 16, 1970: John's exhibition, Bag One closes. →

• January 20, 1970: John and Yoko shave their hair. →

• January 22, 1970: Paul begins recording his first solo album, McCartney →

• January 27, 1970: Remixing The Inner Light. →

• January 27, 1970: The Plastic Ono band recording session. →

• January 27, 1970: Ringo appears on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" →

• January 29, 1970: The Magic Christian premieres. →

February

• February 3, 1970: Ringo solo recording session. Songs Recorded: Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing. →

• February 4, 1970: John and Yoko trade the hair they cut off for a pair of Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts. →

• February 5, 1970: Ringo solo recording session. Songs Recorded: Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing. →

• February 6, 1970: Single Release: John Lennon/Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. Instant Karma/Who Has Seen The Wind? in UK. →

• February 6, 1970: John and Yoko are interviewed for the BBC's program Scene And Heard. →

• February 7, 1970: John and Yoko appear on The Simon Dee Show. →

• February 9, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. →

• February 10, 1970: Recording Session: John Lennon. Songs Recorded: Instant Karma →

• February 10, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Dream. →

• February 10, 1970: Recording Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Recorded: Hot As Sun. →

• February 11, 1970: John appears with The Plastic Ono Band on "Top Of The Pops." →

• February 11, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: I'm A Fool To Care. →

• February 11, 1970: The Magic Christian opens in New York. →

• February 12, 1970: Recording Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Recorded: Kreen-Akore. →

• February 12, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Let The Rest Of The World Go By. →

• February 17, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: I'm A Fool To Care and Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing. →

• February 18, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Let The Rest Of The World Go By, and It Don't Come Easy. →

• February 19, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing and It Don't Come Easy. →

• February 20, 1970: Mixing Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Mixed: Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing, Dream, Sentimental Journey, I'm A Fool To Care, Let The Rest Of The World Go By and I'm A Fool To Care. →

• February 21, 1970: Mixing Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Mixed: The Lovely Linda, Momma Miss America, Glasses, and Singalong Junk. →

• February 22, 1970: Mixing and Recording Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Mixed: That Would Be Something and Valentine Day. Songs Recorded: Maybe I'm Amazed and Every Night →

• February 23, 1970: Hey Jude (a.k.a. The Beatles Again) is released. →

• February 24, 1970: Mixing Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Mixed: Hot As Sun and Every Night. →

• February 24, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Blue Turning Grey Over You. →

• February 25, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: You Always Hurt The One You Love. →

• February 25, 1970: Recording Session: Paul McCartney. Songs Recorded: Man We Was Lonely. →

• February 25, 1970: John's Mosport Peace Festival is cancelled. →

• February 28, 1970: Mixing Session. Songs Mixed: For You Blue →

March

• March 5, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: Whispering Glass and Bye Bye Blackbird. →

• March 6, 1970: Recording and Mixing Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: You Always Hurt The One You Love. Songs Mixed: Bye Bye Blackbird, Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing, Whispering Grass, and You Always Hurt The One You Love. →

• March 8, 1970: Recording Session: Ringo Starr. Songs Recorded: It Don't Come Easy. →

April

• April 2, 1970: Mixing Session. Songs Mixed: The Long And Winding Road, I Me Mine, and Across the Universe. →

• April 10, 1970: George Harrison records an appearance on Fact Or Fantasy?. →

July

• July 11, 1970: Live Peace In Toronto 27th week in Billboard ranking. →

• July 31, 1970: Cynthia marries Roberto Bassanini. →

September

• September 25, 1970: LP Release: Ringo Starr. Beaucoups Of Blues in UK. →

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[edit] March

• Unknown - George Harrison backing Ashton, Gardner, and Dyke. Songs recorded: I'm Your Spiritual Breadman.
• Unknown - Ringo Starr backing Steven Stills. Songs recorded: To A Flame, We Are Not Helpless, and As I Come of Age.
• March 1 - Two clips from the Let It Be movie, of the songs Two Of Us and Let It Be, are aired on the Ed Sullivan Show.
• March 5 - Final recording session for Ringo's Sentimental Journey album. Songs recorded: Whispering Grass and Bye Bye Blackbird.
• March 6 - Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) single release.
• March 11 - Recording session: Ringo Starr with George Harrison. Songs recorded: It Don't Come Easy (unused takes).
• March 12 - George and Pattie move to Friar Park, a mansion in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
• March 15 - Ringo shooting promo film for his song Sentimental Journey. The clip was aired on May 17 on The Ed Sullivan Show.
• March 23 - Phil Spector mixing Let It Be.
• March 25 - Phil Spector mixing Let It Be.
• March 26 - Phil Spector mixing Let It Be.
• March 27 - Release of Ringo's "Sentimental Journey" LP in UK.
• March 30 - Phil Spector mixing Let It Be album.

[edit] April

• April 1 - Final Beatles recording session. Songs recorded: Across The Universe (Ringo and Orchestra Overdub), The Long And Winding Road (Ringo and Orchestra Overdubs), and I Me Mine (Ringo and Orchestra Overdub).
• April 2 - Phil Spector finishes mixing Let It Be.
• April 10 - Paul McCartney announces the breakup of The Beatles.
• April 17 - Release of McCartney LP in UK.
• April 20 - Release of McCartney LP in US.
• April 23 - John and Yoko go to Los Angeles to take primal therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov.
• April 24 - Release of Ringo's Sentimental Journey LP in the US.
• April 27 - The court declares that the confiscated lithographs from John Lennon's "Bag One" show are not indecent and are returned to John.

[edit] May

• May 4 - In The Beginning (Circa 1960) released on Polydor. It includes many of the Tony Sheridan recordings, all of which were recorded in 1961 and 1962.
• May 8 - Let It Be album release.
• May 9 - Ringo and Maureen fly to Nice to be guests of honor at a screening of "Woodstock" at Cannes film festival.
• May 11 - The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue single release.
• May 13 - Let It Be film premiere. None of The Beatles attend.
• May 20 - Let It Be film released to public.

[edit] July

• July 7 - George's mother, Louise, dies.

[edit] September

• September 20 - George goes to the opening night of 'A Festival of Arts of India' at Royal Festival Hall, London.
• September 25 - Release of Ringo's second album, Beaucoups of Blues in UK.
• September 28 - Release of Ringo's second album, Beaucoups of Blues in US.

[edit] October

• October 15 - Ringo Starr single release: Beaucoups of Blues/Coochy-Couchy in US only.

[edit] November

• November 11 - A daughter, Lee Parkin, is born to Ringo and Maureen.
• November 23 - George Harrison single release: My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A Pity in US.
• November 27 - Release of George Harrison's LP All Things Must Pass in US.
• November 30 - Release of George Harrison's LP All Things Must Pass in UK.

[edit] December

• December 8 - Famous John interview with Rolling Stone conducted on this date.
• December 11 - Release of John's LP John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band worldwide.
• December 18 - The Beatles Christmas Album released to US fan club members. In England, it is called "From Then To You," although with the same tracklisting and cover art.
• December 31 - Paul files a lawsuit to dissolve "The Beatles & Co."