John Lennon: Songbook

Covering John Lennon means tackling anything from hopeful romanticism to powerful protests and primal rock. The Rolling Stones let it all hang out on a fuzzy take of “I Wanna Be Your Man” early in their career, while Johnny Cash made a stately version of the nostalgic ballad “In My Life” near the end of his own. And Marianne Faithfull truly tapped the raw emotions of “Working Class Hero.”