The Beatles Last Photo Session
On August 22, 1969 in Tittenhurst Park, the Fab Four gathered together for their very last photo session
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Yoko Ono
On July 1969 over 100 U.S radio stations banned The Beatles song “The Ballad of John and Yoko”
The song chronicles the events associated with Lennon’s marriage to Yoko Ono and its lyrical content that included the line “Christ, you know it ain’t easy” was found to be offensive by the U.S mainstream radio stations
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In 1969 The Beatles reach the UK No,1 chart for the last time as a band with the controversial song “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
“The Ballad Of John And Yoko” chronicles the events associated with Lennon’s marriage to Yoko Ono and it’s lyrical content caused some controversy in some countries, mainly the U.S and Spain
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20 Wise and Inspirational Quotes by Yoko Ono
Yoko turns 90 today, we remember 20 of her best and most inspirational quotes, including some taken from her famous 1964 book, “Grapefruit”
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Watch the 1969 documentary “Bed Peace” made by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
In 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono went on a famous protest against the war that saw the couple spending a week in hotel beds on Amsterdam and Toronto. The documented journey was made into a documentary by Lennon and Ono themselves
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Yoko Ono turns 90 today
The artist Yoko Ono is most famous for her marriage and relationship to John Lennon, but she has had a long and productive artistic career on several fields and her experimental music influenced many of the early Alternative Rock and Art Rock movement
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In 1970 John Lennon becomes the first solo Beatle to appear on Top Of The Pops when he performs his single “Instant Karma!”
John Lennon was officially still a Beatles member when he performed his hit single “Instant Karma!” on BBC’s Top Of The Pops. The song, which is considered one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history scored a big hit for Lennon and remains one of his most popular ones
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The Last Official John Lennon Photo Session
John Lennon’s was murdered on the 8th of December 1980, 42 years ago today. On that tragic day, the photographer Annie Leibovitz met Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono at their flat in The Dakota building in New York to shoot a photo for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Five hours after the image was taken, Lennon was killed by Mark David Chapman.
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Revisiting John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1980 comeback album “Double Fantasy”
Released in November 1980, “Double Fantasy” was the comeback album from John Lennon and Yoko Ono after five years away from the music industry. We revisit one of the finest albums of the 1980’s and of John Lennon’s career
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The Beatles “White Album”: A collection of stunning songs by a fragmented band
On November 22nd 1968 The Beatles released their only double studio album and the first on their newly created label Apple, self titled “The Beatles”, more commonly known as “The White Album”. We revisit the 1968 classic album and the impact it had on the band’s career
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Revisiting John Lennon’s “Imagine”
Released in September 1971 in the U.S and on October 8th, 1971 worldwide, “Imagine” it’s definitely John Lennon’s most popular solo album, it includes some of his most enduring and famous songs such as “Imagine” and “Jealous Guy”, we revisit this enduring Rock classic
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Philip Norman “John Lennon: The Life”
With over 500.000 words to read, there may be countless John Lennon’s biographies Philip Norman’s “John Lennon: The Life” is the definitive one
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