Sean, John Lennon and The Beatles
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In “Glass Onion” from the 1968 White Album, Lennon references a number of the Fab Four’s recent hits. The lyrics drop nods to Beatles classics like “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Lady Madonna ,” “Fool on the Hill” and “Fixing a Hole.”
The iconic Christmas song Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was released as a single by the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir in 1971 - written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
It was an indelible TV moment, much like Walter Cronkite’s trembly announcement in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas.
Lennon was clutching the tape of the final mix from this session as he and Ono stepped into a limo on the street outside the Record Plant. They had planned to go and eat at the Stage Deli, a well-known delicatessen just two blocks from Carnegie Hall, but decided instead to head home.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono — under the moniker John & Yoko — hit the top 10 for the first time on a U.K.-based chart as “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” climbs again.
A close confidant revealed John Lennon used to get "insanely jealous" over Paul McCartney hits in the post-Beatles years.
It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me”: guitarist Graeham Goble explains how learning this extended chord unlocked LRB's “pinnacle song” in half an hour
George Harrison’s unreleased song took a quiet jab at John Lennon following India, yet never made the White Album.