Parsons had already acted as assistant engineer on The Beatles ' Abbey Road and Let It Be, had recently engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and had produced several acts for EMI Records.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

Records such as " Let Me Be the One " by Safire, " I Remember What You Like " by Jenny Burton, " Running " by Information Society, " Give Me Tonight " by Shannon and " It Works For Me " by Pam Russo enjoyed heavy New York radio airplay.

Her first solo single was " She'll Be Sorry / Let Me Go Baby " ( 1965 ).

After the death of Brian Epstein and the unpopular surreal television film, Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles returned to a more raw style with The Beatles ( 1968 ), Abbey Road ( 1969 ) and Let It Be ( 1970 ), before their eventual break up.

Also, when The Beatles ' Let It Be was released in 1970, the magazine originally gave the album a poor review, yet in 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 86 in the magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

* Let There Be Reign ( 1977 )

" Guitarist Richard Thompson has openly acknowledged the album's influence on Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief, and journalist John Harris has suggested that The Band's debut also influenced the spirit of The Beatles ' back-to-basics album Let It Be as well as The Rolling Stones ' string of roots-infused albums that began with Beggars Banquet.

Following several critically acclaimed albums, including Let It Be and Tim, Bob Stinson left the band in 1986 and the band experienced several line-up changes ; Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist and Steve Foley replaced Chris Mars in 1990.

Let It Be was released in October 1984 to critical acclaim.

Robert Christgau gave the album an A +, and Seattle Rocket critic Bruce Pavitt called Let It Be " mature diverse rock that could well shoot these regional boys into the national mainstream ".

In 1989, Let It Be was ranked No. 12 on Spin magazine's list of The 25 Greatest Albums Of All Time and No. 15 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest Albums of the 1980s.

Let It Be < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s release had attracted attention from the major record labels, and by late 1984 several had expressed interest in signing the Replacements.

Twin / Tone was not being paid reliably by distributors and the sales of Let It Be were not high enough to justify extra promotion.

The Decemberists ' frontman Colin Meloy wrote a memoir centered around the album " Let it Be " for the 331 / 3 imprint in the early 2000s.

** The Beatles release their 12th and final album, Let It Be.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo, included the number one single " Dub Be Good to Me ", which caused a legal dispute revolving around allegations of infringement of copyright through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the bassline was a note-for-note lift from " The Guns of Brixton " by The Clash and the lyrics borrowed heavily from " Just Be Good to Me " by The S. O. S.

" The album Waylon and Willie followed in 1978, producing the hit single, " Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys ".

Subsequent singles including " Banks of the Ohio " ( No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC ) and remakes of George Harrison's " What Is Life " ( No. 34 AC ) and John Denver's " Take Me Home, Country Roads " ( No. 119 Pop ) made minimal chart impact until the release of " Let Me Be There " in 1973.

The album, Let Me Be There, charted No. 1 on Country Albums for two weeks as well as No. 54 on the Billboard 200.

The Long Live Love album was released in the United States as If You Love Me, Let Me Know with the six Eurovision songs dropped for four different, more country-oriented tracks intended to capitalize on the success of " Let Me Be There ".

In addition to her Grammy for " Let Me Be There ", Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974, defeating more established nominees Loretta Lynn, Canadian Anne Murray, Dolly Parton and Tanya Tucker.

Key influences include Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force's " Planet Rock " ( 1982 ) and Shannon's " Let the Music Play ," the latter of which was a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit as early as 1984.

* Chester Himes ( 1909 – 1984 ), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go

In 1984, Vaughan participated in one of the more unusual projects of her career, The Planet is Alive, Let It Live a symphonic piece composed by Tito Fontana and Sante Palumbo on Italian translations of Polish poems by Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II.

In 1984, The Replacements released a cover of " 20th Century Boy " as a B-side to the single " I Will Dare "; it is also included on the reissue version of their album Let It Be.

The Twin Cities rock scene came to national prominence by 1984, when the Village Voices critics poll, Pazz and Jop, named three Minneapolis recordings among the top ten of the year: Prince's Purple Rain, The Replacements ' Let It Be, and Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade.

Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning " Let It Whip " ( 1982 ), " Joystick " ( 1983 ), and " Let It All Blow " ( 1984 ).

He then released three solo studio albums with EMI – Let's Dance ( 1983 ), whose title track became his first single to reach number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States, Tonight ( 1984 ) and Never Let Me Down ( 1987 ).

Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning " Let It Whip " ( 1982 ), " Joystick " ( 1983 ), and " Let It All Blow " ( 1984 ).

They would go on to score R & B hits with the songs " Party Right Here " ( 1983 ), " Joystick " ( 1984 ), and " Let It All Blow " ( which was also their biggest UK hit single, peaking at # 12 ) ( 1984 ).

Covers have been fairly rare, including John Fahey's cover on his 1984 album Let Go, a cover by session musician and smooth jazz guitarist Larry Carlton, a cover by Les Fradkin on his " Hyper MIDI Guitar " album in 2010, and a cover by Impulsia from their debut album Expressions in 2009.

In 1984 Green Jellö released Let It Be, an 8 song 7-inch 45 EP, on their own label, American Jello Parti Productions, Inc.

* 1984: Let It Be

Baker and Robie eventually copied his sound three months later on Jenny Burton's " Remember What You Like " ( released three months after " Let the Music Play ") Tina B's " Honey to a Bee " ( 1984 ) and the Goon Squad's " Eight Arms to Hold You " ( 1985 ).

* Let Go ( John Fahey album ), 1984

While engaged to her future husband David Hasselhoff, she appeared in three episodes of his series Knight Rider: " White Bird " ( March 4, 1983 ), " Let It Be Me " ( May 13, 1984 ), and " The Scent of Roses " ( January 3, 1986 ).

Released in January 1984, the album yielded two moderately successful hits, " Don't Let Go " ( No. 38 US ) and " Dance Hall Days " ( No. 16 US, No. 21 UK ).

* Robert Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America ( 1984 ; Twayne Publishers, 1997 ).

* 1984: When They Let the Hammer Fall ( Bear Family )

* Live and Let Dance EP ( 1984 )