While songwriters never really stop, John Lennon felt that these demos from the Beatles days were worth fleshing out into ...

John Lennon's (Just Like) Starting Over is a masterpiece in melody and harmony. He wrote it as a tribute to his heroes like Elvis, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, but it's much more intricate and deep ...

It remains a fascinating exercise to wonder how John Lennon and Paul McCartney felt about each other’s songs. Bands, and especially a band’s primary songwriters, are famously competitive. This ...

One John Lennon song needs to be accepted as a New Year’s standard. It mentions the holiday in its chorus! John Lennon wrote a song that’s a New Year’s resolution for all of us When people ...

John Lennon was often quick to critique Paul McCartney's song writing. But when it comes to the lyrics of these four songs, ...

"One of my favourite songs because of its structure is Cheek To Cheek," revealed McCartney of the 1930s influence of American ...

However, John Lennon swore that the song was not about ... ‘That’s beautiful.’ I immediately wrote a song about it.” 2. “Got To Get You Into My Life” The Beatles allegedly wrote ...

Lennon said the hit ... John's voice is just so raw and emotional with this track. One of the best songs John ever wrote.' A third said: 'I don't care what John thought, this was a great ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were an unrivalled ... "He'd been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, "Too many people preaching practices", I ...

Caroline Sanderson reports on the latest and perhaps most insightful book to explore the phenomenon that was the Lennon and ...

John Lennon (right) smiles as Paul McCartney ... In 1 1972 interview with Hit Parader he confirmed the song was written by McCartney alone, and described it as "a great one of his." ...