When did George Harrison leave the Beatles?

Answer 1

He quit for a couple weeks, during the White Albumsessions in 1968, but was persuaded to come back. (Paul and George covered his drums with flowers and welcome-back messages.) He attended the last overdub sessions for Let It Be, playing drums to help the strings and singers keep time. So he was arguably the last to go.

Answer 2

In April 1970, as he released his first solo album. (Review copies of the album included an interview, with questions written by the Apple Corps press office, and song-by-song notes by McCartney.) John Lennon had already left The Beatles in September 1969, but made no public announcement.

Answer 3

Ringo left a while during the White Album sessions in 1968 but later came back after pleas from the other members. When he returned, George had decorated his drum kit with flowers. While he was away, Paul played the drums on Back In the USSR and Dear Prudence, the first two songs on the album.

Answer 4

Although the previous week John Lennon had decided to leave The Beatles, Allen Klein persuaded him to keep quiet in public. Nonetheless, on 20 September 1969 Lennon chose to tell the rest of the group.

Answer 5

George Harrison was already a member of John Lennon's band when it was renamed "The Beatles" in January 1960. There was not a specific moment when he joined the Quarrymen (a previous name for the band) as he simply hang around during their gigs in early 1958 with his guitar in hand, ready to play when invited to do so, which he sometimes was. After a bit of this, he became considered part of the band without the others really consciously realising it.

Answer 6

He walked out during the Get Back/Let It Berehearsal sessions in January 1969, but turned up at a band business meeting a few days later.

Answer 7

Harrison had just turned 27, when Paul McCartney announced he no longer planned to work with the Beatles (which effectively broke up the group), in April 1970.

Answer 8

Paul McCartney left the Beatles in 1970.