Even 50 years later, it seems that the issue of the dissolution of the Beatles will never calm down.
Now Paul McCartney insists it was his bandmate and songwriter John Lennon who decided the Beatles "could not get along" in 1970 and neither did he, as reported for five decades.
"No I initiated the dissolution. It was our Johnny," McCartney told BBC Radio 4 in an interview to be aired later this month.
This is when asked about his decision to announce the end of the band's journey in April 1970. "I'm not the one who decided on the breakup, oh, no no," he says in an interview teaser, published in the Guardian.
"John came into the room one day and said 'I'm leaving the Beatles.'
McCartney said the group's new manager, Alan Klein, advised them to remain silent about the liquidation while he negotiated contracts for them.
But now, at 79, he is tired of being thought to be the man behind the breakup of one of the most beloved ensembles in the history of music.
"I'm tired of hiding it," McCartney told the BBC.
The veteran musician also said that Lennon's new adventures with his wife Yoko Ono at the time, including their famous 1969 "Bed for Peace" strike, did not work out logistically with his continued activities in the band, such as writing and recording.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono on the famous bed strike, Photo: AP
"John always wanted to break free from the shackles of society because he was raised by his aunt Mimi, who oppressed him, so he was always looking to break out," McCartney says.
Witness said Lennon called the decision to leave the Beatles "really exciting."
In the same submission McCartney described Lennon and Yoko as "a great couple."
The BBC interview will air on October 24, about a month before Peter Jackson's expected docu-movie about Liverpool's marvelous quartet, 'Get Back', will be released.