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Leon Wildes Dead: John Lennon’s Deportation Lawyer Dies at 90 – Billboard

    Leon Wildes Dead: John Lennon’s Deportation Lawyer Dies at 90 – Billboard

Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive

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The Meaning Behind “Fame,” David Bowie’s First No. 1 Hit; It Followed John Lennon’s One Secret to Songwriting (and Had Lennon as Co-Writer for Good Measure) – American Songwriter

    The Meaning Behind “Fame,” David Bowie’s First No. 1 Hit; It Followed John Lennon’s One Secret to Songwriting (and Had Lennon as Co-Writer for Good Measure) – American Songwriter

“I’ll never forget something John Lennon told me,” David Bowie told Aussie journalist Molly Meldrum in 1983. “All you have to do is say what you mean, make it rhyme,

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The 50 greatest Beatles songs | Yardbarker

    The 50 greatest Beatles songs | Yardbarker

Though the band was only together for a little less than a decade, their catalog is arguably the most influential collection of popular music since the advent of rock ‘n’roll.

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The song John Lennon was afraid to record as his own

    The song John Lennon was afraid to record as his own

A prolific songwriter, John Lennon seemed too big to fail by 1973. Having left The Beatles firmly established as one of his generation’s best pop music craftsmen, he then provided

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The John Lennon song that makes David Byrne cry

    The John Lennon song that makes David Byrne cry

How can a song make a person cry? If any musician were to muse over the whys and wherefores of

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The John Lennon song Paul Simon called “a poor record”

    The John Lennon song Paul Simon called “a poor record”

Paul Simon has never been one to mince words about the music that he liked. Even at the expense of

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‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial’ Apple TV Plus Review: Stream It Or Skip It?

    ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial’ Apple TV Plus Review: Stream It Or Skip It?

The three-part documentary series John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+) returns to the scene of the crime outside

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Terri Hooley Voices Regret for Punching John Lennon, Reveals Lennon’s Ex-Wife Said “You Should Have Hit Him Harder”

    Terri Hooley Voices Regret for Punching John Lennon, Reveals Lennon’s Ex-Wife Said “You Should Have Hit Him Harder”

Terri Hooley, an influential figure on the Northern Irish music scene, has revealed that he once punched John Lennon after

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The Beatles song Paul McCartney called “bland”

    The Beatles song Paul McCartney called “bland”

Despite the myriad of brilliant songwriting duos over the years, no one comes close in impact or significance to John

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How John Lennon became a “father figure” to Chris Cornell

    How John Lennon became a “father figure” to Chris Cornell

From an early age, music offered a source of escapism to the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, allowing him to escape from his surroundings and immerse himself in a much

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