The Beatles' Breakup: Inside Their 1969 Split — and How They Kept It a Secret for Months
Photo: Apple Corps Ltd. Fifty years ago, in 1969,The Beatles' created two classic albums —Abbey RoadandLet It Be—but outside the studio the four young men had started living very different lives. This reality would lead them to quietly decide to break up in September 1969. Now, a new PEOPLE special edition,The Beatles: 1969,examines how a year filled with weddings, babies, musical side gigs and money disputes set the stage for the Beatles' dissolution and the creation of four new careers....