John Lennon was born John Winston Lennon on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He had a turbulent and artistic childhood. When he was five years old, his parents, Alfred and Julia Lennon, separated. Later, his mother placed him with her sister Mimi Smith in the suburb of Woolton fo...
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With this post (No. 413), we mark the tenth anniversary ofThe New Yorker.Since I beganA New Yorker State of Mindin March 2015, I’ve attempted to give you at least a sense of what the magazine was like in those first years, as well as the historical events that often informed its ...
This apparently drew some backlash from Moffat and Clennon: "They're like, ‘This is f***ing bullsh**, man! This is so arbitrary! What are you doing, letting him call himself Windows and wear sunglasses inside?!’ John…I don't think he gave a f*** what they said. I think the...
In 1974, he collaborated withJohn Lennonon a rendition of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” In 1997, in honor ofDiana, Princess of Wales, John released a version of his hitCandle in the Wind. That became the world’s biggest selling single of all time. It sold 37 million copies with...
Lot 294 is a contract signed by both John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon, dated September 11, 1975, relating to their production company, Bag Productions, which the couple had established in the late 1960s and which later produced the 1971 solo album “Imagine.” The contract outlines terms of...
John Lennon/Yoko Ono (1980):After a five-year break from music to focus on being a husband and father, Lennon returned with a bunch of songs ... about being a husband and father. Three weeks after its release, he was killed, instilling the work (a collaboration with wife Ono) with...
though others have said he gave it up after the death of a friend who had died from drink. In addition to his illness, Fields had trouble with his equilibrium. Every few feet of walking he'd fall over. This happened so often that the director placed people on the ground along his path...
The death of John Lennon in 1980 was a huge blow for Elton John, who had become good friends with the former Beatle. This song is his and Taupin’s tribute to Lennon, and it’s a stunning, moving moment on an otherwise tin-eared album. In general, the '80s were a period of contin...
Look no further than John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who referred to themselves as "the British Everly Brothers" in the Beatles’ early years, or Paul Simon, who called the Everly Brothers “the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard.” Don and Phil Everly were vital in shaping the sound...