Bob Dylan was both idolised by David Bowie in Song for Bob Dylan and criticised by John Lennon in God. The tributes show his ...

How a late night TV show inspired John Lennon’s only solo No. 1 and how Elton John helped turn it into a chart topping hit.

John Lennon loved Elton John's cover of "Lucy In The Sky Of Diamonds", and he wished more musicians would cover The Beatles because of it.

John Lennon wrote the most songs out of all The Beatles, but his creative process took time. By the latter half of the 1960s, Paul McCartney began to churn out songs at a greater pace. Lennon still ...

Rubber Soul was a defining album for The Beatles. It drastically changed their sound from what they had been doing up until that point, with groundbreaking songs like "Norwegian Wood", "Nowhere Man," ...

From its buzzing guitar drone to its clattering drums, Ticket to Ride was certainly a step forward for the Beatles sonically ...

John Lennon‘s Double Fantasy will always have a complicated legacy. It was released to mixed reviews, but then became the last completed blockbuster album in his lifetime after the former Beatles star ...

When The Beatles were in the studio, Paul McCartney was most often the one driving everyone nuts during the recording process. That was certainly the case with “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” the Abbey ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney clearly knew they were a talented pair. Lennon only praised McCartney on occasion, though.

John Lennon only issued seven solo albums in the 10 years after the Beatles broke up. The posthumously released Milk and Honey and Menlove Ave. made for a total of nine. With such a small sample size, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Throughout his solo career, John Lennon released a number of ...