The Beatles are one of those bands that have too many hits to list them. But if there's one that stands out, that would be ...

It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me”: guitarist Graeham Goble explains how learning this extended chord ...

John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs. As the following countdown shows, five of his 14 trips to Billboard’s main singles chart weren’t originally part of any original album. Included ...

According to Mark Lewisohn’s The Complete Beatles Recordings Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970, ...

Though released ahead of Christmas 1971, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and its origins go back several years earlier. The song's context is the Vietnam War era and the 1960s counterculture, when Lennon ...

McCartney and Lennon wrote “Baby’s in Black” in 1964 and recorded it together, singing cheek to cheek into the same microphone. They performed it live in very much the same way. Because the song ...

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, ...

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," ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” returns as a holiday ...

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