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This Day in Rock History – August 20th

1969: This is the day the 60’s officially ended as The Beatles are together in the studio for the very last time as a group, laying down tracks for “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” and finalizing the playing order for the final album they recorded, Abbey Road.

Three of the band would be together a year later to provide overdubs for the shelved and then resurrected Let It Be album. And of course, the three surviving Beatles were together in the studio in 1995 to complete John Lennon's unfinished songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" for their Anthology CD set.