John Lennon was a perfectionist of sorts, both as a solo artist and as a part of The Beatles. Like anyone with a perfectionist bone in their body, he outright criticized and slandered a few of his own ...
John Lennon only issued seven solo albums in the 10 years after the Beatles broke up. The posthumously released Milk and Honey and Menlove Ave. made for a total of nine. With such a small sample size, ...
In 1975, David Bowie and John Lennon teamed up to write Fame, a collaboration that gave Bowie his first U.S. No. 1 single.
John Lennon admitted he found Yesterday frustrating since people assumed he helped write it, even though it was Paul ...
The new book "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" traces the relationship between Lennon and McCartney through their tunes. When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” it was a new day for The Beatles — ...
NEW YORK -- Music fans in New York City and around the world are marking what would have been John Lennon's 80th birthday. Lennon was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He grew up to be one ...
This might just be one of the biggest songs of the 20th century. “Come Together”, released in 1969, is a blues-rock venture that went on to be one of the most-covered songs of all time. And according ...
In the later years of his career, John Lennon stopped wearing rose-tinted glasses when it came to the Beatles' songs — in particular, his own. He continued to hold a warm spot for some of the group's' ...
John Lennon‘s Double Fantasy will always have a complicated legacy. It was released to mixed reviews, but then became the last completed blockbuster album in his lifetime after the former Beatles star ...
In 1965, McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” a song he says came to him in a dream. It’s one of The Beatles’ most celebrated tracks and has been covered endlessly by other artists. According to McCartney, ...