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LEFT: John Lennon performing live in his last public performance on the ABC tv special 'Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman' at the Grand Hilton Hotel. RIGHT: UNITED STATES - MAY 01: Photo of WINGS and Paul McCARTNEY; performing live onstage with Wings, playing Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar

Paul McCartney on the time he and John Lennon nearly accepted an offer for the Beatles to appear on Saturday Night Live

By Christopher Scapelliti published

How a $230 million bid to reunite the group led to a comically low bid that Lennon and McCartney nearly took

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The Beatles, one of the most famous groups in the history of pop music; from left to right, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), and in front, Paul McCartney, at the EMI studios in Abbey Road, as they prepare for 'Our World', a world-wide live television show broadcasting to 24 countries with a potential audience of 400 million.

Producer Mark Ronson on why Paul McCartney deserves a fresh look for his work in the Beatles and as a solo artist

By Phil Weller published

The man behind Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga records explains why McCartney stands apart from the Beatles for his musical innovation

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LEFT: Paul McCartney, fronts his next band "Wings" in May 1976 in Los Angeles, California. CENTER: David BOWIE, performing live onstage on Philly Dogs Tour, 1975. RIGHT: John LENNON, performing live onstage - last live appearance, with Elton John, 1975

David Bowie on how he almost got former Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney back together in 1974

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Bowie and the ex-Beat;es discussed forming a trio at a time when Lennon was hungering to collaborate on music for the first time in years

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LEFT: John LENNON, performing live onstage - last live appearance, with Elton John, playing Fender Telecaster guitar . RIGHT: David Bowie is performing with his band at the Fresno Convention Center in Fresno, California on April 2, 1978,

David Bowie said John Lennon revealed his three rules for songwriting to him

By Elizabeth Swann published

The two musicians met in New York City in 1974 and went on to build a friendship that led to their hit co-write, "Fame"

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono in charity concert in New York.August 1972

John Lennon's sessions for a classic solo album were chaos. Larry Carlton reveals what made him quit after just one day

By Jonathan Graham last updated

He's often credited with performing on the album, but Carlton says his work never made the final cut

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LEFT: "One to One" Concert - 8/30/72 At the request of Geraldo Rivera, shortly after the release of his album "Sometime in New York CIty, agreed to headline two charity concerts to benefit the Willowbrook Home, a facility for learning disabled children. The event was called "One To One", both concerts were filmed and recorded, with excerpts broadcast on ABC. RIGHT: Frank Zappa in his studio 1974 in Los Angeles, California..

John Lennon looked to Frank Zappa for career guidance. Zappa said the former Beatles guitarist got considerably more

By Phil Weller published

Zappa accused Lennon of repackaging his song “King Kong” as if he and Yoko Ono had written it themselves

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Musician George Harrison (1943 - 2001) poses for a portrait at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, circa 2000.

George Harrison reveals the Beatles' early struggles in a newly discovered interview

By Phil Weller published

From the group's failed auditions to the black eye he earned defending Ringo Starr, Harrison charts the band’s early years and Anthology-era reunion

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The Beatles — John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — in a 1969 file photo.

John Lennon said the Beatles wrote better music after the band broke up. Here's why

By Phil Weller published

An interview from 1972 finds him praising his former bandmates and how they’ve “flowered” as solo artists

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1968: Three Beatles; from left to right John Lennon (1940 - 1980), George Harrison (1943 - 2001) and Paul McCartney, record voices in a studio for their new cartoon film 'Yellow Submarine'.

Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits

By Phil Weller published

It was the first time the trio had entered the studio without John Lennon, who McCartney claims made his presence known from beyond the grave

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Ringo Starr & John Lennon (playing Gibson J160E acoustic guitar) performing during the filming of "A Hard Day's Night", at the Scala Theatre

How an unreleased John Lennon demo saw three-quarters of the Beatles write a song together, 40 years after Lennon's death

By Phil Weller published

Starr was shocked to hear what Lennon said in the original demo tape, and saw it as a sign to get the Beatles back together in a roundabout way

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