Freddie Mercury Once Wrote a Song for John Lennon — Decades Later, It Became One of Queen’s Most Unexpected Hits

Freddie Mercury, in particular, contributed greatly to the band’s extensive discography. Not only was he a celebrated and powerful vocalist, but he also had a remarkable talent for songwriting. He ...

This #1 hit Beatles masterpiece landed John Lennon in serious legal trouble

A Beatles song reached No. 1 on Billboard, but its influence from rock and roll legend Chuck Berry later led to legal trouble ...
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3 Times John Lennon and Paul McCartney Wrote the Perfect Song for Ringo Starr To Sing

Ringo Starr’s solo career proved that he could write some excellent songs. But while he was with The Beatles, he lacked the confidence in that department to stack up against the work of John Lennon, ...
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John Lennon Spent Months Writing This 1970 Beatles Song and Called It His Best Lyrics

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...
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Did You Know That Queen Wrote a Song About John Lennon in 1982?

Queen wrote about a lot of things throughout their long and storied career, from love to loss to complex storylines found in rock operas like “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Queen also paid homage to one of ...