On this day: May 20, 1970

May 20, 1970 was a big day for the Beatles, their feature film, Let it Be premiered in both London and Liverpool. It would be their final feature film. A week earlier it had premiered in the USA. None of the fab four attended any of the events, furthering the poplar belief the group had called it quits for good.

Paul McCartney actually released his debut solo album on the same day as the Let it Be album was released, a few weeks before the movie.

It was obvious to many the group was not interested in either the film or album. In fact, the original title for both of these projects was Get Back, but delays in editing the film initially put it on hold and even at one point led the group to abandon the project entirely. The audio tapes were given to American record producer Phil Spector when it became clear the group was unlikely to ever work together again, and Spector remixed and re-sequenced them into Let it Be.

McCartney was reportedly unhappy with some of Spector's work, such as his addition of an orchestra to the Long and Winding Road.

Other notable events for May 20:
-Ruth Brown's US hit Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean was banned in Britain on May 20, 1955 by the BBC as it was felt to suggest wife-beating
-Jimi Hendrix signed to Reprise Records in the USA on May 20, 1967. He was already signed to Track/Polydor in Britain
-The Buddy Holly Story, the film biopic with Holly played by Garey Busey was premiered on May 20, 1978 in Holly's hometown of Lubbock, Texas