Today in Music History for July 18: In 1903, Canadian soprano Beatrice LaPalme made her Covent Garden debut. She was a last-minute substitute in the role of "Musetta" in a gala performance of "La ...

The Beatles recorded "Helter Skelter"; Sly and The Family Stone got into trouble with the law; John Lennon was ordered to leave the country; Nico passed away; and the first year of Lollapalooza took ...

The pressure is on Amanda Serrano to convert her promotional advantages into victory against a confident-looking Katie Taylor ...

Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife ...

Far beyond 15 minutes, fame is what he lived and famous is what he was. He didn’t earn it, he was born with it. When I think of Andy Warhol, I don’t think of a banana peel. I think of the American ...

An exhibit at a Dupont Circle museum in D.C. highlights the period of time John Lennon, of The Beatles, described as “The Lost Weekend.” ...

Which perhaps requires a re-read of the quote that begins what is a review of Ian Leslie’s excellent new book about John Lennon and Paul McCartney, John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs.

After the Beatles split, the media began to portray John Lennon and Paul McCartney as polar opposites. Lennon was the caustic rebel, an edgy, serious, avant-garde artist, whereas Paul McCartney was ...

John Lennon Despite some rock fans thinking that the genre was the death of music, Lennon always had a soft spot for the song ‘Rock You Baby’ by George McCrae, telling SPIN in 1975: “‘Rock Your Baby’, ...

A proper Beatles reunion never happened, but it almost did in the 1970s before George Harrison shut it down.

There was one studio session wherein John Lennon accidentally took LSD, luckily leading to one of the Beatles' best psychedelic songs.