John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday. John Lennon is being ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Julian Lennon has not enjoyed the same commercial success as his ...

When John Lennon released the iconic single "Imagine" in 1971, he was listed as the sole songwriter. He later admitted that his wife, Yoko Ono, inspired the concept and cowrote the lyrics. "I wasn't ...

Fifty-five years after Imagine first played on the airwaves, John Lennon's call for peace still echoes in a world fractured by conflict. Every October 9, the world remembers John Lennon not just as a ...

Yoko Ono receiving the honor of having her name added to “Imagine” might have seemed like a bit of an insult to some. There are plenty of people out there who still believe that Yoko Ono broke up The ...

Some songs are so timeless, so anthemic and so succinct that audiences can’t help but return to them again and again. John Lennon‘s “Imagine” is almost certainly one of them. In October of 1971, ...

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The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of capitalism. The body of the late former United States president James Earl ...