Fans only had to wait until later in that first year, when George Harrison released his triple album, All Things Must Pass. Within those six sides was “My Sweet Lord,” the first track by an ex-Beatle to hit No. 1. (source Cheatsheet.com)
In the coming decades, Harrison would find himself on top of the charts with two more singles and as many albums. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon (the last) followed their old bandmate to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the coming years as well.
by the late 1970s, McCartney had taken his place as the hit-maker of the bunch. He never looked back.
After All Things Must Pass, George’s Living in the Material World (1973) would be his second and final No. 1 record. (Harrison passed away in 2001.)
Following Imagine (1971) and Walls and Bridges (1974), Lennon’s final No. 1 album, Double Fantasy, was released two weeks before his death.
Ringo Starr never had a No. 1 album, but his Ringo did reach No. 2 in 1973, while Goodnight Vienna made it as high as No. 8 in 1975.
Paul’s run of No. 1 records began with McCartney (1971) and continued with Egypt Station, which topped the Billboard 200 in September 2018.
