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
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles is a television program and tribute to English rock group The Beatles. It aired on CBS on February 9, 2014 and was reshown on February 12, 2014. The tribute, presented by the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the CBS television network, commemorated the legacy of the band and marked the 50th anniversary of their first performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Kenneth Ehrlich served as executive producer, with Rac Clark as co-executive producer. The production was written