John Lennon
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The John Lennon albums you should definitely own
By Rob Hughes published
Iconic Beatle John Lennon's solo albums are full of timeless pop, but be prepared for avant-jazz, birdsong, politics and primal screaming too

"I wish I'd had Rick on Cold Turkey – Clapton choked up": What happened when John Lennon hired Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play on Double Fantasy
By Fraser Lewry published
Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen has never hidden his admiration for The Beatles, and in 1980 he got a call from John Lennon himself

"I am the Eggman!" Eric Burdon was the character referred to in The Beatles classic I Am The Walrus – and the story behind it is kinda filthy
By Tom Poak published
How John Lennon took an amazing x-rated story – told to him at an orgy – and turned it into part of a psychedelic masterpiece

John Lennon screamed and he screamed, and he learned to feel his fear and pain
By Bill DeMain published
"I am myself and I know why" - How John Lennon used primal therapy to create the Plastic Ono Band album

Freddie Mercury once revealed the two famous people, alive or dead, he'd most want to meet, and it'd make a hell of a dinner party
By Merlin Alderslade published
One was a fellow music icon that Mercury idolised, the other was an infamous royal

A legal document signed by John Lennon on the day of his murder is up for auction
By Liz Scarlett published
A letter that John Lennon signed on the day of his murder in 1980 is being auctioned tomorrow (October 5)

Watch Foo Fighters’ John Lennon/Van Halen mash-up
By Scott Munro last updated
Foo Fighters sing Van Halen’s Jump along to the music of John Lennon’s Imagine at their show in Curitiba, Brazil

The day John Lennon became a disc jockey on New York's biggest radio station
By Bill DeMain last updated
What happened when John Lennon showed up at WNEW-FM and broadcast for two hours – a show that's still talked about nearly 50 years later
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