Quick question– what song prevented the Beatles’s “Let It Be” from hitting #1 on the UK charts in March of 1970? It had to be pretty amazing, because “Let It Be” was their swan song as a band. I’ll give you another hint: it was played at Joe Strummer’s funeral (may he rest in peace).
If you don’t know off the top of your head, what would you guess? March of 1970– could be another Beatles song, or maybe the Rolling Stones. Possibly an American interloper, like Simon and Garfunkel. Now we’re getting closer, at least, because it was an American, though not Paul or Art. He didn’t chart another single before or since, actually, and was known mainly as an actor– Lee Marvin.
