All of us were like, ‘Wow!’, it was a very big moment.” Despite that, McCartney explained, if Free As A Bird hadn’t been up to spec, it never would’ve been released.

John even bet Lennon that if it did top the charts, he’d have to perform it live with him on stage. Upon its release on September 23, 1974, “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night,” topped the ...

By that time, John Lennon most likely was already pronounced dead. Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, appears in a Dec. 9, 1980, police photo.

The demo of “Now and Then” was given to McCartney, Starr and Harrison by Ono in 1994, along with Lennon’s demos for “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love,” which were completed and ...

John Lennon On Real “Hypocrisy” Of Songwriting Even at their most psychedelic and avant-garde, the Beatles maintained a pop sensibility that kept the majority of their musical catalog radio ...