John Lennon didn't have the big-bang decade-opening album like his former bandmate George Harrison. He didn't turn to more homespun music like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Instead, he simply ...
Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.
John Lennon made a few enemies in his lifetime, which isn’t all that surprising when you consider his enormous influence on popular culture. With The Beatles, he was one-half of perhaps the greatest ...
Meanwhile, the Fab Four won best rock performance for their “final” song Now and Then, featuring John Lennon’s vocals. Giles Martin, who mixed the record with Paul McCartney, wasn’t there ...
When John Lennon wrote songs, he always wanted one pivotal factor at the heart of them: the truth. He tried to write as much honest music as possible in The Beatles; however, this came with pushback ...
It seems the review written by John Lennon meant far more given the context surrounding their relationship. Following the single’s release, Lennon wrote a review of the song in the now-non ...
Unless you’re a pretty hardcore fan, you might not know that Bob Dylan had a profound effect on The Beatles, especially on John Lennon, in particular. Bob Dylan had a big creative impact on John ...
More than 50 years after the official dissolution of the Beatles, there's still fascination with the band's impact and influence, particularly the legacy of John Lennon and what he might have ...
When the 100-year-old former president’s funeral service was held in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., it was odd that there was a mixture of beautiful Christian sacred music, along with ...
A Face In The Crowd John At Disney World by May Pang. John Lennon. Courtesy May Pang. May Pang with her artwork, including photographs of John Lennon, in 2023. Courtesy May Pang. John Lennon’s “Lost ...
John Lennon's relationship with Yoko Ono led to disagreements among The Beatles and the mood within the band was strained in the late 1960s. Yoko and John first met at an art exhibition in ...