John Lennon

Today is John Lennon’s Birthday. The former Beatle and peace activist, murdered outside his home on Dec 8th 1980 would have been 72 years old.

October 7th 1967 - Cass Elliot from The Mamas And The Papas spends the night in jail after being accused of stealing from a hotel in London. An appearance on TV and concert had to be cancelled as a result.

October 6th 1969 - George Harrison's hits a milestone in his career when his song 'Something' was released as the "A" side of a Beatles' 45, a first for Harrison. Along with Lennon and McCartney's Come Together

Fans can see another artistic side of John Lennon in New York City this week.

September 29th 1967 - The Beatles are mixing John Lennon's 'I Am The Walrus' at Abbey Road Studios. Lennon had combined three unfinished songs together to form 'I Am The Walrus', and when he learned that a teacher

September 23rd 1968 - The Beatles recorded a new John Lennon song ‘Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand’ while working on their next album. The title of the song comes from the cover of a gun magazine that their producer, George Martin, had showed to John.

The man who murdered John Lennon has once again been denied parole.

John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said.

The man who shot John Lennon is once again coming up for parole this week. I will not write his name because George Harrison asked us never to speak it when the unspeakable happened on Dec 8th, 1980.

August 3rd 1966 - The Beatles are banned by the South African government and can no longer be played on the radio. The decision stemmed from the controversy surrounding John Lennon's remarks on his band being "more popular than Jesus."