When manager Brian Epstein passed away in 1967, the first cracks were showing. By the time of the recording of the 1968 double-record set ‘The White Album’ things had gotten worse. The Beatles were working less and less like a band, with each member focusing on their own compositions in the studio and treating the others like sidemen. The Beatles is a legendary rock and pop group that officially split up in 1970. This was when one of the band members Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving the group. This group was active from 1960 to 1970. Many people blame John Lennon's second wife, Yoko Ono.