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John Lennon was entrenched in the music industry since his early 20s, and he credits one facet of his life for helping him break free.

John Lennon was a British musician, singer, and songwriter who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most influential bands in the history of popular music. Born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, Lennon was known for his distinctive voice, innovative songwriting, and outspoken views on

For decades, Buffy Sainte-Marie was celebrated as Americas most famous Indigenous musician. Recent revelations force a reconsideration of her music.

LONDON (AP) -- Before there was John and Yoko -- and after -- there was just Yoko Ono.

LONDON (AP) – Before there was John and Yoko – and after – there was just Yoko Ono. The Japanese-American artist became a global celebrity through her marriage to John Lennon, her partner for more than a decade until his murder in 1980, as well as her collaborator on peace-protest “bed-ins” and in the Plastic […]

More than 200 artworks — including film, music, soundscapes, paintings, drawings and sculptures — trace Ono’s career from the 1950s and 1960s New York, where her apartment became a hangout for bohemian artists, to Japan, where she brought together artists from east and west.

The opening of an exhibition in London is dedicated to the Yoko Ono, the Japanese-American artist, married to John Lennon.

LONDON--Before there was John and Yoko — and after — there was just Yoko Ono.

M Japanese-American artist Yoko Ono became a global celebrity through her marriage to John Lennon, her partner for more than a decade until his murder in 1980, as well as her collaborator on peace-protest "bed-ins" and in the Plastic Ono Band. Yet that period forms just a small part of an exhibition opening this week at the Tate Modern gallery in London. One of the largest shows of Onos work ever mounted, it includes seven decades of work by the artist, who turns 91 Sunday. More than 2...

The Japanese-American artist became a global celebrity through her marriage to John Lennon, her partner for more than a decade until his murder in 1980