“John Lennon’s death had a huge effect on me”: How Foreigner’s Mick Jones connected with a hero
On December 8, 1980, the day John Lennon was shot dead outside the Dakota, Mick was just a short distance away, recording ...
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The Story Behind “Dear Yoko” by John Lennon and How David Geffen Landed a Recording Contract with the Ex-Beatle
After John Lennon released Rock ‘N’ Roll in 1975, he took a five-year break from recording. His son Sean was born in October ...
John Lennon Reportedly Told Disney to ‘F*** Off’ and ‘Get Elvis Off His Fat Arse’ When Asked to Appear in a Film
Disney wanted the Beatles to voice characters in a film, which John Lennon rejected. Here's why he suggested they hire Elvis instead.
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John Lennon’s 84th Birthday Honored With Various Celebrations
John Lennon is being celebrated on what would have been his 84th birthday with a number of different celebrations.
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When John Lennon thought he was Robin Hood
A new documentary sheds light on the 18 months that the former Beatle and Yoko Ono spent in a small New York apartment, becoming standard-bearers for leftist movements ...
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Inside John Lennon's Last Birthday and the Strange Saga of His Lost Gift from Yoko Ono
A rare watch given to the music icon on his 40th birthday is now at the center of a bizarre international legal dispute. In the summer of 1980, John Lennon recorded a demo of a new song he’d ...
In 1972, for five weeks, John Lennon and Yoko Ono came to Philly every Thursday. Here’s why.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono cohosted a full week of The Mike Douglas Show, the afternoon talk show that reached a nationwide audience of 40 million. And they didn’t come alone to the KYW television ...
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John Lennon's Son Hits Back Over Late Dad Comment—'Insulted My Father'
The younger son of The Beatles legend John Lennon has hit back at a social media user who "insulted" his father. Sean Ono Lennon, 48, son of the late rocker and his wife Yoko Ono, posted a comment ...
Songwriters Have Long Revealed The Ugly Side Of 'Love' From John Lennon To Mariah Carey
Elsewhere, alt-rock band Weezer's song No One Else is described by its songwriter Rivers Cuomo as being “about the ...
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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: A Revelatory Inside Look at John Lennon, in Concert and in the World
which has never been widely talked about outside of Albert Goldman’s scandalous deep-dive biography “The Lives of John Lennon”). “One to One” deals with the period just before the Lost ...
"Daytime Revolution": How John and Yoko brought counterculture to America’s living rooms
Documentary director Erik Nelson shows how John Lennon and Yoko Ono transformed daytime TV into a platform for change.
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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: A Revelatory Inside Look at John Lennon, in Concert and in the World
Director Kevin Macdonald channel surfs through the early '70s, luring us into John and Yoko's lives — and the entire period — in an uncanny way. The film takes off from something that Lennon ...