1967 Track Named 'Best Song' From 'The Ultimate Rock Star'
John Lennon's songwriting and Beatles legacy form the foundation of his cultural impact. "Strawberry Fields Forever" tops recent rankings, praised for its production and experimental sound. The song’s inspiration stems from Lennon’s Liverpool childhood and personal struggles.
John Lennon is famous for many reasons. His songwriting genius, his activism, his enduring cultural impact. But his rise to fame with The Beatles is the foundation on which everything was built.
In 1956, Lennon founded the Quarrymen, described as a skiffle group. Four years later, the band composed of Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, solidified their core, changed their name, and never looked back.
With Harrison contributing to the Fab Four‘s songwriting further into their meteoric career, and two songs coming from Starr, most of the writing was shared by Lennon and McCartney. But for our purposes here, we’re focused on the masterworks that sprung from the heart, mind, and soul of the bespectacled, shaggy-haired rock pioneer.
In a recent roundup published by Uncut, the team, including Paul Weller, guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of The Jam, picked 30 songs from the music legend’s discography, and the results range from “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” “Dear Prudence,” and “Across the Universe,” to “Revolution,” “Imagine,” and “Give Peace a Chance.”
Source: parade.com/DeAnna Janes
