We are celebrating NPR's 50th anniversary this year by revisiting some cultural milestones from 1971, the year we went on air. And today we have a great one. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Yeah. Exactly five ...

John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday. John Lennon is being ...

John Lennon‘s “Imagine” (1971) is his most famous ballad — but it wasn’t his last. One of his later ballads has a lot in common with “Imagine” musically. However, the two songs have very different ...

The consensus on John Lennon‘s solo career is that his first two post-Beatles albums were his best. It’s a testament to his versatility that these two albums (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine) ...

When John Lennon released the iconic single "Imagine" in 1971, he was listed as the sole songwriter. He later admitted that his wife, Yoko Ono, inspired the concept and cowrote the lyrics. "I wasn't ...

Yoko Ono receiving the honor of having her name added to “Imagine” might have seemed like a bit of an insult to some. There are plenty of people out there who still believe that Yoko Ono broke up The ...

The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of capitalism. The body of the late former United States president James Earl ...