In 1973, John Lennon threw fuel on his already-chaotic Lost Weekend when he started recording with producer Phil Spector. While some of their recording sessions were productive, many others devolved ...

Fifty years ago, the pair put aside the pain of the band's breakup to quietly reunite in the studio — and the result is not what you'd expect. Getty Images Last fall the Beatles released “Now and Then ...

On June 1, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded the anti-war tune “Give Peace A Chance”. The song would be officially released a few days later, but the scenario surrounding the recording of the ...

The famous photo of John Lennon wearing a “New York City” T-shirt was taken on the rooftop of the 52nd Street apartment Lennon shared with his girlfriend, muse and collaborator May Pang. To get up to ...

Among them was a song that was the first ever written expressly for drummer Ringo Starr: “If You’ve Got Trouble.” Composed by John Lennon for inclusion on 1965’s Help!, the song was a riff-driven ...

John Lennon was fatally shot outside of his New York City apartment on Dec. 8, 1980 Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...