# Collaborations between ex-Beatles

After the break-up of the Beatles in April 1970, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr enjoyed success as solo artists and collaborated with each other on numerous occasions, including on both studio and live recordings. However, only three of these collaborations included all four members: "Free as a Bird" (1995), "Real Love" (1996) and "Now and Then" (2023).
In the early 1970s, collaborations were common between Harrison and Starr, and between Lennon and either Harrison or Starr, but none of the three worked with McCartney over that time. The only album released during Lennon's lifetime that included compositions and performances by all four ex-Beatles, albeit on separate songs, was Starr's 1973 album Ringo. Starr's Ringo's Rotogravure (1976) also included compositions by all his bandmates (although Harrison did not play on the album), and the 1996 Carl Perkins album Go Cat Go! contained individual contributions by McCartney, Harrison and Starr, together with a Lennon recording from 1969. With Starr's participation, Harrison staged the Concert for Bangladesh in New York City in August 1971. Other than an unreleased jam session on March 28, 1974, later bootlegged as A Toot and a Snore in '74, Lennon and McCartney never recorded together again. Starr and McCartney have performed and recorded together on several occasions since Harrison's death in 2001.
Collaborations by the four ex-Beatles since the break-up are listed below. Collaborations that began before the break-up are included for historical interest. The start date of the collaboration, e.g., the recording start date, governs the initial display sequence. Other display sequences may be seen by clicking the buttons in the column headers.

## Albums

| Year of recording | Year of release | Album | Credited to |
| 1967−68 | 1968 | Wonderwall Music | George Harrison |
| 1968−69 | 1969 | Is This What You Want? | Jackie Lomax |
| 1969 | 1970 | Leon Russell | Leon Russell |
| 1969–70 | 1970 | Doris Troy | Doris Troy |
| 1969−70 | 1970 | Sentimental Journey | Ringo Starr |
| 1969−70 | 1970 | Encouraging Words | Billy Preston |
| 1969 | 1972 | Some Time in New York City (Live Jam) | John Lennon & Yoko Ono |
| 1969–70 | 1970 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison |
| 1970 | 1970 | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon |
| 1970 | 1970 | Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band | Yoko Ono |
| 1971 | 1971 | Imagine | John Lennon |
| 1971 | 1971 | Fly | Yoko Ono |
| 1971 | 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh | George Harrison & Friends |
| 1972 | 1972 | Bobby Keys | Bobby Keys |
| 1971 | 1972 | Brother | Lon & Derrek Van Eaton |
| 1972 | 1974 | Son of Dracula | Harry Nilsson |
| 1972 | 1973 | Living in the Material World | George Harrison |
| 1973 | 1973 | Ringo | Ringo Starr |
| 1973 | 1974 | Shankar Family & Friends | Ravi Shankar |
| 1973 | 1974 | Dark Horse | George Harrison |
| 1974 | 1992 | A Toot and a Snore in '74 (bootleg) | Various artists |
| 1974 | 1974 | Pussy Cats | Harry Nilsson |
| 1974 | 1974 | Goodnight Vienna | Ringo Starr |
| 1975−1996 | 1996 | Go Cat Go! (Carl Perkins tribute) | Various artists |
| 1976 | 1976 | Ringo's Rotogravure | Ringo Starr |
| 1980−81 | 1981 | Somewhere in England | George Harrison |
| 1980−81 | 1981 | Stop and Smell the Roses | Ringo Starr |
| 1981−82 | 1982 | Tug of War | Paul McCartney |
| 1981−82 | 1983 | Pipes of Peace | Paul McCartney |
| 1982−83 | 1984 | Give My Regards to Broad Street | Paul McCartney |
| 1987 | 1987 | Duane Eddy | Duane Eddy |
| 1987 | 1987 | Cloud Nine | George Harrison |
| 1989–90 | 1990 | Armchair Theatre | Jeff Lynne |
| 1990 | 1990 | Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal | Various Artists (compiled by George Harrison) |
| 1992 | 2014 | Extra Texture (Read All About It) (2014 remaster) | George Harrison |
| 1995−97 | 1997 | Flaming Pie | Paul McCartney |
| 1997−98 | 1998 | Vertical Man | Ringo Starr |
| 2000 | 2001 | Zoom | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 2009 | 2009 | A Sideman's Journey | Klaus Voormann |
| 2009 | 2010 | Y Not | Ringo Starr |
| 2017 | 2017 | Give More Love | Ringo Starr |
| 2019 | 2019 | What's My Name | Ringo Starr |
| 2023 | 2023 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton |

## Singles

| Year of recording | Year of release | Single | Credited to |
| 1967 | 1967 | "We Love You" | The Rolling Stones |
| 1968 | 1968 | "Sour Milk Sea" | Jackie Lomax |
| 1969 | 1969 | "New Day" | Jackie Lomax |
| 1969 | 1969 | "Carolina in My Mind" | James Taylor |
| 1969 | 1970 | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Mary Hopkin |
| 1969 | 1969 | "Cold Turkey" | Plastic Ono Band |
| 1969 | 1969 | "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" | Plastic Ono Band |
| 1970 | 1970 | "Instant Karma!" | Lennon, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band |
| 1970 | 1971 | "It Don't Come Easy" | Ringo Starr |
| 1970 | 1970 | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison |
| 1970 | 1970 | "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison |
| 1970 | 1970 | "Mother" | Lennon, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band |
| 1970 | 1970 | "Why" | Lennon, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band |
| 1970 | 1971 | "Touch Me" | Lennon, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band |
| 1971 | 1971 | "Bangla Desh" | George Harrison |
| 1971 | 1972 | "Sweet Music" | Lon & Derrek Van Eaton |
| 1971−72 | 1972 | "Back Off Boogaloo" | Ringo Starr |
| 1972−73 | 1973 | "Photograph" | Ringo Starr |
| 1972 | 1974 | "Daybreak" | Harry Nilsson |
| 1973 | 1973 | "You're Sixteen" | Ringo Starr |
| 1974 | 1974 | "Only You" | Ringo Starr |
| 1974 | 1975 | "It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna" | Ringo Starr |
| 1974 | 1974 | "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" | George Harrison |
| 1977 / 1994 | 1995 | "Free as a Bird" | The Beatles |
| 1979 / 1995 | 1996 | "Real Love" | The Beatles |
| 1979 / 1995 / 2023 | 2023 | "Now and Then" | The Beatles |
| 1980−81 | 1981 | "All Those Years Ago" | George Harrison |
| 1980−81 | 1981 | "Wrack My Brain" | Ringo Starr |
| 1981 | 1982 | "Take It Away" | Paul McCartney |
| 1982 | 1983 | "So Bad" | Paul McCartney |
| 1987 | 1987 | "Devil's Radio" | George Harrison |
| 1987 | 1988 | "When We Was Fab" | George Harrison |
| 1996 | 1997 | "Beautiful Night" | Paul McCartney |
| 1997 | 1998 | "La De Da" | Ringo Starr |
| 2009 | 2010 | "Walk with You" | Ringo Starr |
| 2017 | 2017 | "Show Me the Way" | Ringo Starr |
| 2017 | 2017 | "We're on the Road Again" | Ringo Starr |
| 2019 | 2019 | "Grow Old with Me" | Ringo Starr |
| 2020 | 2020 | "Here's to the Nights" | Ringo Starr |
| 2023 | 2023 | "Let It Be" | Dolly Parton featuring Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood |
| 2023 | 2023 | "Feeling The Sunlight" | Ringo Starr |