John Lennon had already made some of the biggest classics of his time, but he was in for a surprise when working with Phil Spector again.
I’ll see you in town.’ I was in town with Phil Spector, said to Phil, ‘Why don’t you come to the session?’ "There were just four people: John played piano, I played acoustic guitar ...
John Lennon was a visionary artist and vocalist. But on this one occasion, even Hollywood A-listers were left speechless.
The Righteous Brothers’ blue-eyed soul classic “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” topped the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 sixty years ago.
Lennon was inspired by a conversation between himself, Yoko Ono, Ono’s ex-husband Tony Cox, and Cox’s wife Melinde Kendall. The group discussed the concepts of ultimate fates and karma. Lennon was ...
It might be more usual to walk in gilded splendour. Maybe that’s what Mac “Dr John, the Night Tripper” Rebennack was ...
John Lennon didn't have the big-bang decade-opening album like his former bandmate George Harrison. He didn't turn to more homespun music like Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Instead, he simply bared ...
Barry Goldberg, a Paul Butterfield Blues Band member who backed Bog Dylan at Newport '65, and later recorded an album produced by Dylan, died at 83.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been subject to criticism over not just which acts get inducted, but which members of those ...
and essentially self-produced these sparse rhythm-section sessions because producer Phil Spector never showed up. It was recorded in New York City. New York’s grit and passion renewed John and ...
As Frampton explained to Reverb, their friendship began when he was invited to attend a recording session Harrsion was producing for Doris Troy, his latest signing to the Beatles ...
But the saxophone sounds come courtesy of Steve Douglas, long a stalwart of Phil Spector recording sessions. “Chinese Rock” is more stripped down, however, and that’s in keeping with its subject ...