"Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles was recorded on April 14, 1969

"Ballad of John & Yoko" by The Beatles was recorded on April 14th of 1969 by John Lennon & Paul McCartney at Abbey Road studios in London.

The song is not a "ballad" in the sense usually used today but a ballad in the sense that it's a story set to music. The lyrics describe John & Yoko's recently completed honeymoon.

John had the inspiration for the song and did not want to wait for George & Ringo who were not available at the time due to a vacation (George) and working on a film (Ringo) so he called up Paul and they laid it down just with the two of them on this day April 14th, 38 years ago. Paul played drums, bass, piano, maracas, and provided backing vocals while John played the guitar and sang lead vocals.

It was released as a single only 6 weeks later and went to #1 in the UK (#8 in the US) The song did not do as well in the US because of the use of the word "Christ" and the lyric "They're gonna crucify me." The song was actually banned by a number of radio stations in the US.