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1970 singles

  • Get Ready (The Temptations song)Smokey Robinson produced the original 1966 version of Get Ready for The Temptations. This single marked a turning point in Motown history because it…
  • Let It Be (song)Paul McCartney dreamed of his mother Mary Patricia McCartney in 1956 after she had died of cancer. He was fourteen years old at the time.
  • The Long and Winding RoadPaul McCartney sat at a piano inside High Park Farm, his property near Campbeltown in Scotland. The year was 1968 when he began writing the melody that would…
  • Here Comes the SunThe early months of 1969 were a difficult period for George Harrison. He had quit the Beatles temporarily and was arrested for marijuana possession.
  • Instant Karma!In the Danish city of Aalborg, John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent New Year 1970 with artist Tony Cox and his partner Melinde Kendall.