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"Let It Be"
The Beatles
"Let it Be", the title track from the troubled documentary on The Beatles in studio. The Phil Spector post production was not a hit with Paul McCartney.
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Composers
Paul McCartney
Genre
Pop
Album
Let It Be
Year of Release
1970
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