“Julia” is John Lennon’s only solo contribution to any Beatles record. Some Beatles scholars believe that the song was written as a tribute to Lennon’s late mother, who was run over by an off-duty ...

Songs by rock artists about their mothers are relatively few and far between. Those that there are tend to go to one of two extremes. You’ll get the occasional gushing tribute, à la Bruce ...

The Beatles‘ “Julia” includes some beautiful surrealist imagery. Donovan said he might’ve written one of the tune’s most striking lines. Subsequently, Donovan unambiguously said he wrote the line.

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono includes an interview from 1980. In it, John was asked about The Beatles’ “Julia.” John said the song was partly ...

John Lennon was born to his parents, Alfred and Julia Lennon, on Oct. 9, 1940 Jeff Hochberg/Getty John Lennon's parents, Alfred and Julia Lennon, inspired the musician’s career before his death on Dec ...