Break-up of the Beatles Lennon was in a fragile state of mind after returning from the band's sojourn in India in early 1968 and was disillusioned and resentful that their Transcendental Meditation guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, had not fulfilled Lennon's expectations. Lennon became discontented over his personal identity and his artistic role within the Beatles and entered another period of drug use, which coincided with a deterioration in his marriage and family life. He began to develop an intense interest in the work of Yoko Ono, a Japanese-American conceptual artist whom he had first met at one of her exhibitions in 1966. The pair
A Letter to the Beatles sends in the money. The track was co-written by two of the Four Preps, Glen Larson and Bruce Ballard and includes parts of the Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand." "A Letter to the Beatles" rose to number 85 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, however, the single was soon deleted by Capitol after Duchess Music, the publisher of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," refused to give permission for a parody version. The recording was later included on a compilation CD by the Four Preps. A Letter to the Beatles "A Letter to the Beatles" is a novelty