The Let It Be documentary film followed later that month, and would win the 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. The sessions initially yielded the non-album double A-side single " Strawberry Fields Forever"/" Penny Lane" in February 1967; [198] the Sgt. The next morning, the Beatles awoke to a largely negative critical consensus in the US, [98] but a day later at their first US concert, Beatlemania erupted at the Washington Coliseum. Originating as a skiffle group, the Beatles quickly embraced 1950s rock and roll and helped pioneer the Merseybeat genre, [401] and their repertoire ultimately expanded to include a broad variety of pop music.

In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. Gould observes: "The more traditional sound of strings allowed for a fresh appreciation of their talent as composers by listeners who were otherwise allergic to the din of drums and electric guitars. Unterberger considers it "a fitting swan song for the group", containing "some of the greatest harmonies to be heard on any rock record". The record received some airplay in the Tidewater area of Virginia from Gene Loving of radio station WGH and was featured on the "Rate-a-Record" segment of American Bandstand, but it failed to catch on nationally.The coroner ruled the death an accidental carbitol overdose, although it was widely rumoured to be a suicide. As icons of the 1960s counterculture, Gould continues, they became a catalyst for bohemianism and activism in various social and political arenas, fuelling movements such as women's liberation, gay liberation and environmentalism.

the Past Masters compilation of singles and EP tracks was originally released as two separate albums, Volumes One and Two in 1988. Snider, Eric (19 September 2012) "Eric's Bad Movies: Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)" Archived 26 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine MTV. Loder, Kurt (17 January 1985) "Give My Regards to Broad Street (Soundtrack)" Archived 26 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Rolling Stone. In anger, Lennon wrote a scathing song titled "Maharishi", renamed " Sexy Sadie" to avoid potential legal issues. On 13 October, the Beatles starred on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, the UK's top variety show.

Between 1976 and 1982, EMI/Capitol released a wave of compilation albums without input from the ex-Beatles, starting with the double-disc compilation Rock 'n' Roll Music. They have had more number-one albums on the UK charts, fifteen, [447] and sold more singles in the UK, 21. Along with innovative studio techniques such as sound effects, unconventional microphone placements, tape loops, double tracking and vari-speed recording, the Beatles augmented their songs with instruments that were unconventional in rock music at the time.