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On This Day: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Debut ‘Two Virgins’ Gets Confiscated at the Airport for its “Pornographic” Cover – American Songwriter

    On This Day: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Debut ‘Two Virgins’ Gets Confiscated at the Airport for its “Pornographic” Cover – American Songwriter

On January 2, 1969, more than 30,000 copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins were seized by police at Newark Airport in New Jersey.

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Paul McCartney on the one “miraculous” thing about John Lennon

    Paul McCartney on the one “miraculous” thing about John Lennon

Many things contribute to a great songwriting partnership. Naturally, talent is fundamental to the entire endeavour, but friction is the second most essential piece in the puzzle. In any partnership,

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The chords that John Lennon used as a weapon

    The chords that John Lennon used as a weapon

Over the course of his illustrious career, John Lennon used his songwriting to convey a multitude of different messages. From the teeny-bopper love songs of the early Beatles to the

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The Black Sabbath Song Recorded at John Lennon’s Home – American Songwriter

    The Black Sabbath Song Recorded at John Lennon’s Home – American Songwriter

Ozzy Osbourne once said The Beatles had turned his world from black-and-white to color. Though Osbourne was only 13 years old when The Beatles released their first single in 1962,

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On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980: John Lennon & Yoko Ono hit #1 with ‘Double Fantasy’ – The Bull

    On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980: John Lennon & Yoko Ono hit #1 with ‘Double Fantasy’ – The Bull

On This Day, Dec. 27, 1980 …John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s fifth studio album, Double Fantasy, hit #1 on the

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‘Epic’ Beatles songs written by Paul McCartney that John Lennon said were ‘junk’ – Liverpool Echo

    ‘Epic’ Beatles songs written by Paul McCartney that John Lennon said were ‘junk’ – Liverpool Echo

As the 1960s drew to an end, artistic differences within The Beatles began to take their toll. John Lennon and

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The Beatles’ song that was Paul McCartney’s ‘best’ but John Lennon hated – Liverpool Echo

    The Beatles’ song that was Paul McCartney’s ‘best’ but John Lennon hated – Liverpool Echo

John Lennon was never afraid to speak his mind or cause controversy. He famously declared that The Beatles were “more

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The only time Roger Waters met “snotty” John Lennon

    The only time Roger Waters met “snotty” John Lennon

While Pink Floyd never set out to be the successors to The Beatles, they were greatly inspired by the Fab

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Now caretaker of his dad’s work, Sean Ono Lennon seeks to innovate, not merely repeat | AP News

    Now caretaker of his dad’s work, Sean Ono Lennon seeks to innovate, not merely repeat | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — Only recently given stewardship over his late father’s work, Sean Ono Lennon is on a remarkable

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The ‘Let It Be’ Beatles Track That John Lennon Allegedly Wrote as a “Dig” At Mick Jagger – American Songwriter

    The ‘Let It Be’ Beatles Track That John Lennon Allegedly Wrote as a “Dig” At Mick Jagger – American Songwriter

The Beatles’ John Lennon was never one for mincing his words in speech or music, and the Let It Be track that many speculate was a “dig” at Rolling Stones

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