The Beatles add lead vocal to ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 1 1969)


Video: 'The Beatles - 1969 The Abbey Road Comp.' (take 30 of 'You Never Give Me Your Money' in mono at 45:35)

(Tuesday, July 1, 1969, 3:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. BST; during sessions for Abbey Road) — Paul McCartney was the only Beatle present today as he overdubbed a lead vocal onto the May 6 backing track of “You Never Give Me Your Money” at EMI Studio 2 in London.

Also on this day, Beatle John Lennon crashed his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car near Durness in the Highlands while holidaying in Scotland with his wife, Yoko Ono, her daughter, Kyoko, and his son, Julian.