John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs. As the following countdown shows, five of his 14 trips to Billboard’s ...

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, ...

John Lennon didn't have the big-bang decade-opening album like his former bandmate George Harrison. He didn't turn to more homespun music like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Instead, he simply bared ...

John Lennon is celebrated and remembered for 'Imagine', but it was far from his magnum opus. Instead, 'Across the Universe' was definitively a better song.

The stories, tensions, and surprises behind John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison’s solo albums post-Beatles.

John Lennon’s songwriting catalog with the Beatles was robust. His songs were characterized by off-kilter, heady lyrics (sometimes even nonsensical) that somehow spoke to audiences on a real level.

The new book "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" traces the relationship between Lennon and McCartney through their tunes. When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” it was a new day for The Beatles — ...

John Lennon and The Beatles might have revolutionised the album, but he still preferred listening to the records that came before the Fab Four.

Writing hits songs doesn’t always come easy for Paul McCartney. Sometimes, he needs a little help from beyond the grave. When Paul first started writing songs, he did it with the help of his friend ...

When it came to The Beatles, members John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the lyrical geniuses of the group. From McCartney’s “Yesterday” to Lennon’s “Hard Day's Night”, the songwriting powerhouses ...

Each of the Beatles was well acquainted with John Lennon’s vicious streak. Lennon had a temper and could be biting in his treatment of others. He could even be callous towards people he liked. In the ...