April 1970 Paul McCartney revealed to the press why he broke away from The Beatles.

His reasons included differences musically, personal, business and wanting to be with his family more versus the band. April 17th, 1970, Paul released the album 'McCartney' in the UK and April 20th in the US.

'McCartney' went to number one on the US album charts and number two in the UK. It produced a hit in 'Maybe, I'm Amazed' which peaked at number 10 on the US singles charts. Watch this version of the song from a show in Seattle 1976, our Classic Rock Throwback Thursday.

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