John Lennon

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.

May 30th, 2004 - Madonna was found guilty in a lawsuit for duplicating content from French photographer Guy Burton, which she used for her 'Hollywood' music video. She was forced to pay nearly 500,000. May 31st, 1968 - Working on what will become The White album, Yoko Ono attends her first session with The Beatles...

I cannot believe it’s been 34 years since we lost John Lennon to an assassin’s bullets. To me it still seems like yesterday.

If you were to ask any member of the “Greatest Generation” where they were when they heard the news about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, they could probably tell you chapter and verse as to where they were. And since yesterday was the 73rd anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy,” I’m sure it conjured up many memories among those who’ve lived through it...

November 15th, 1980 - Blondie has their fifth No.1 single in the UK with 'The Tide Is High,' written by reggae star John Holt. It's their third UK No.1 of this year and also a No.1 in the US.

Imagine what was going through John Lennon’s mind as his life was passing before him after being shot. The play “Lennon, Through A Glass Onion” is all about that concept. The show is now playing at the Union Square Theatre in New York.

Imagine working with John Lennon while he was producing the song “Imagine.” That was a “Day in the Life” of music engineer Dennis Ferrante, who told me that the iconic song took about 12 hours to produce.

Fresh off what would have been John Lennon’s 74th birthday comes a play called “Lennon Through A Glass Onion.” The play takes the songs and essence of the man who started the Beatles and and puts them into a concert with stories and anecdotes between the songs.

October 4th, 1970 – Janis Joplin is found dead on the floor beside her bed at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood California. The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.

NEW YORK (AP) -- John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his eighth appearance before a parole board, correction officials said Friday.