Among a litany of Billboard Hot 100 milestones and achievements, the first artist to reach number one in a band and later solo may surprise you.

According to John Lennon’s first wife, Paul McCartney was one of the few people Lennon trusted. McCartney knew his bandmate well, even though their relationship hit a rough patch in the 1970s.

John went mad, suspecting some plot. Then he bought some.” He said Lennon never seemed to trust him and always suspected he was up to something nefarious. “He was always thinking I was cunning ...

John Lennon’s muse waxed and waned at times during his solo career. But you could always count on him to be honest. You could be pretty certain when you heard one of his songs that you were ...

John Lennon’s “Imagine” is one of the most ... The company included the song on their “do not play” list along with several other politically subversive singles. Given the political ...

or listen to demos or different takes that aren't polished." They continued, stressing Lennon's distinctive contributions to the band: "There are too many examples to mention where John has such ...

Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, but as Bob Dylan and John Lennon learned during a tense interaction one night in London, that flattery falls flat to someone who prioritizes ...

McCartney reflected on the fact that both he and Lennon lost their mothers while in their mid-teens, "Actually, that was one of the things that brought John and me very close together," he recalled.

We were just about to break up, and that was tense in itself" and John Lennon later added: "The break-up of The Beatles can be heard on that album." Creative differences and Yoko Ono's presence in the ...

After the killing of John Lennon in 1980, an activist painted an image of the Beatles' lead singer on the wall opposite the French Embassy. This small act of deviance (Communist Czechoslovakia ...

Chad Pecknold, a professor at the Catholic University of America in a post on X: "Cardinal Tagle's performance of John Lennon's infernal song "Imagine" comes not, I think, from a future successor ...

Following a bitter custody battle, Yoko Ono’s ex-husband Anthony Cox ran away with their daughter and brought her up in a cult – here’s what happened next Japanese multimedia artist, singer ...