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The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution
By Neil Crossley published
“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

“John Lennon said that it’s the one song he wished he would have written”: The disco classic that influenced songs by Lennon and ABBA
By Paul Elliott published
How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler

"Apparently it was the one song that got John recording again’”: The story of the last entry in Lennon and McCartney’s musical conversation
By Beth Simpson published
Track apparently inspired Lennon to record Double Fantasy

"Lot after lot, we felt like we were making history”: John Lennon’s Broadwood piano goes for £2.5 million
By Will Simpson published
He used it to write A Day In The Life

"The greatest pop record ever made”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – John Lennon's masterpiece
By Neil Crossley published
Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

Lennon was clutching the tape of the final mix as he and Yoko left for the Dakota: John Lennon’s final creative act
By Neil Crossley published
The lyrics to this left-field song would prove tragically prophetic

“John and I would be standing there like two school children": What did producer Jack Douglas do to provoke the ire of Yoko Ono?
By Will Simpson published
She threatened to hire Spector for Double Fantasy

“John said we were the best stuff he'd heard since the Beatles”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s collab with John Lennon
By Jonathan Horsley published
How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit
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