John Lennon's "Imagine" may be the most celebrated protest anthem in history, but its true creative origins were long obscured by the song's author — or, more accurately, by one of its authors.

just before Imagine arrived. After years of attempts in the early-'70s, Lennon ended up giving this song away to Johnny Winter for 1974's John Dawson Winter. A Lennon version wouldn't arrive until ...

John Lennon may have given as much as he could while on this Earth, but sometimes pieces are best left as a moment in time.

Beatles chart-topper signaled the beginning of a new creative chapter for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, forever changing ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, ...

“The song ‘Imagine’ could never have been written without her.’” “It was natural. John moved on,” Voorman says in the book. Sheff writes that Lennon’s 1971 hit “Imagine,” his ...

“ ‘Yesterday’ feels like a shift in the balance of power,” says Leslie. “From the beginning they were equals, and ‘Yesterday’ wasn’t only just a hit, but the song that more artists covered than any ...

John Lennon ... collaborating on songs almost as soon as they met, scribbling lyrics and chords in a notebook with every entry emblazoned: “ANOTHER LENNON-McCARTNEY ORIGINAL.” ...