What if John Lennon auditioned for The Voice? It’s true, these shows do foster a rather conventional idea of what a popular singer should be, a bit like saying that the only valid art is realism.
JOHN Winston Ono Lennon’s 73rd birthday today coincides with the publication in Britain of a rare Lennon and McCartney picture (above) taken a year before they hit the big time. The two were photographed in the summer of 1961, a year before the Beatles scored a record deal and became, well, rock and roll history.
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A new US poll reveals that 12 per cent of American voters believe the government was engaged in the assassination of Lennon.
This supports the theory that you can get 12 percent of people to agree to just about anything.
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Some smart cookie imagines what would happen if a young Lennon auditioned for The Voice.
The Crayon Files 