John Lennon has continued to inspire millions of people with his music despite his death in 1980. However, what inspired him? Among various musicians, such as Elvis and Chuck Berry, Lennon was ...

John Lennon wrote a poem using the N-word before he became famous. The former Beatle penned a racist verse during the band’s Hamburg residency in 1961. In the short poem, he uses the term ...

A shocking racist poem penned by John Lennon has been discovered after 64 years. The Beatle told the story of an unemployed boy named Tom who was 'black and dirty' and looking for work.

A new film documents that period. This is FRESH AIR. In 1971, the year after The Beatles broke up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved from London to New York. They spent the next 18 months living in a ...

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 ...

However, plans to mark the Edinburgh home where John Lennon spent his childhood holidays have collapsed following a bitter fall out among officials. As a schoolboy Lennon regularly spent part of ...

This is FRESH AIR. In 1971, the year after The Beatles broke up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved from London to New York. They spent the next 18 months living in a small Greenwich Village apartment ...

One of the many great things about John Madden were the legendary things he said during his days. And not all of them were serious: Let's take a look back at some of the best Madden quotes.

Many would chalk up a supernatural visit to a bunch of mumbo jumbo. John Lennon would likely include himself in that camp, but his first wife, Cynthia, would claim herself to be a true believer ...

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 ...