Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
Related session
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
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The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 5
Jan 08, 1969
From Wikipedia:
“MacArthur Park” is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris in 1968. Harris’s version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. “MacArthur Park” was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1969 Grammy-winning version by country music singer Waylon Jennings and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco arrangement by Donna Summer in 1978.
In 1967, producer Bones Howe had asked Webb to create a pop song with different movements and changing time signatures. Webb delivered “MacArthur Park” to Howe with “everything he wanted”, but Howe did not care for the ambitious arrangement and unorthodox lyrics and the song was rejected by the group the Association, for whom it had been intended. […]
On January 8, 1969, during the Beatles’ “Get Back” sessions, Paul McCartney and John Lennon played a brief version of “MacArthur Park.”
Bootlegs
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A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 8th, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
4:20 • Rehearsal • Jan.08 - D1-30 - MacArthur Park 8.26
Performed by : Paul McCartney • John Lennon
Session Recording: Jan 08, 1969 • Studio Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
