This day in 1968

On October 1, 1968, The Beatles continued to work on the rather long-winded album, The Beatles, more commonly known as the White Album. It took months to create The Beatles' biggest album, the longest it ever took them to churn out songs. In the early '60s, the boys recorded entire albums within 24 hours. This day in the process, they worked on Paul's 1920s-style love song, "Honey Pie." Paul later said that this song was in honor of his father, who in the 1920s led a swing and jazz band in Liverpool, called Jim Mac's Jazz Band.