John Lennon

Take a stroll down memory lane and see what happened this week in music history, July 23-29.

The Allman Brothers Band temporarily disband, Madonna is found guilty in a lawsuit, and Bruce Springsteen kicks off the European leg of his Born in the USA world tour. It all happened this week in music history.

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons have a new album, John and Yoko begin their eight day "bed in", and David Bowie appears as Ziggy Stardust. It all happened this week in music history.

Steve Trevelise was moved by the loss of the legendary John Lennon. What celebrity death affected you the most?

I can’t believe it was 35 years ago today that John Lennon was silenced by an assassin’s bullets. Former Beatle George Harrison describes Lennon’s murderer as ‘The man who’s name we must never mention.”

"Imagine" by John Lennon is known as one of the greatest songs of all time and a song of peace and hope. One musician decided to perform that legendary song in a place that has been surrounded by tragedy over the past few days.

November 14th, 1975 – Queen plays the first of two nights at the Empire Theatre in England to kick off the first night of their 78-date ‘A Night at the Opera’ world tour.

An acoustic guitar that John Lennon used to record and write "Love Me Do," "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and other hit songs sold for $2.4 million at auction.

October 3rd, 1999 - Tom Jones goes to No.1 with his new album 'Reload', making the singer the oldest artist to score a No.1 album with new material. The album featured a collaboration with DJ Mousse T which was later used in an episode of The Simpsons.

July 25th, 1970 - The Carpenters start a four week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Close To You'. It's the first of three No.1's and 17 other Top 40 hits.