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20 Forthlin Road
20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is the house in which Paul McCartney lived for several years before he rose to fame with The Beatles. It was also the home of his brother Mike.
The house was built by the local authority and the McCartney family moved into the house in 1955. In 1965, Paul bought his father, James, a house on The Wirral. The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1995. The Trust markets the house as "the birthplace of the Beatles", since this is the place where The Beatles composed and rehearsed their earliest songs. Unlike Lennon's house, Mendips, 20 Forthlin Road does not have a blue plaque – and is currently ineligible to receive one – English Heritage issue a plaque once the figure has "been dead for 20 years, or [has] passed the centenary of their birth".
The house was the birthplace of the group The Scaffold, of which Mike was a member.
It is a Grade II listed building.
The Magical Mystery Tour stops at the house for tourists to view the house from the outside. Visits within the property are run by The National Trust, and start from The Beatles Experience at the Albert Dock.
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251 Menlove Avenue
251 Menlove Avenue, named "Mendips", was the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with the Beatles, and is now preserved by the National Trust.
Mendips is a 1930s semi-detached property in Woolton, South Liverpool, England. The house belonged to Lennon's Aunt Mimi and her husband George Smith. The couple took John in at the age of five, after his mother, who was living with her boyfriend, was persuaded that it would be better for Mimi and George to take care of him. He remained at Mendips until mid-1963, when he was 22 years old.
Despite having purchased the childhood residence of Paul McCartney, the National Trust showed no interest in acquiring the Menlove Avenue property, claiming that, unlike McCartney's home, no Beatles' songs had been composed at Mendips. It was eventually bought by Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, who then donated it to the National Trust. After much restoration work to return it to a 1950s style, it was opened to the public on 27 March 2003.
Said Ono, "When John's house came up for sale I wanted to preserve it for the people of Liverpool and John Lennon and Beatles' fans all over the world." (Associated Press, 14 February 2003).
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Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner. It is most notable as being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Badfinger, and others.
Towards the end of 2009, the studio came under threat of sale to property developers, however the British Government protected the site, granting it English Heritage Grade II listed status in 2010, thereby preventing the building from subjection to major alterations.
Originally a nine-bedroom Georgian townhouse built in the 1830s on the footpath leading to Kilburn Abbey, the building was later converted to apartments where the most flamboyant resident was Maundy Gregory. The premises were acquired by the Gramophone Company in 1931 and converted into studios. Pathé filmed the opening of the studios, when Sir Edward Elgar conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in recording sessions of his music. The neighbouring house is also owned by the studio and used to house musicians. During the mid-1900s the studio was extensively used by leading British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent, whose house was just around the corner from the studio building.
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Bermuda
Bermuda (
/bɜrˈmjuːdə/), officially the Bermudas or Somers Islands, is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about 1,030 kilometres (640 mi) to the west-northwest. It is about 1,373 kilometres (853 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia and 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida, USA. Its capital city is Hamilton.
Bermuda was discovered in 1505 by Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez, after whom the islands are named. Apparently uninhabited, he claimed them for the Spanish Empire. Although he paid two visits to the archipelago, Bermúdez was persuaded never to set foot on any of the islands by the dangerous reef surrounding them. Subsequent Spanish or other visitors are believed to have released the feral pigs that were abundant on the island when settlement began. In 1609, the Virginia Company, which had established Virginia and Jamestown on the American continent two years earlier, established a settlement on behalf of the English colonial empire. Initially, it was administered as an extension of Virginia by the Company until 1614, before its successor, the Somers Isles Company, took over until 1684. Bermuda then became a British colony following the 1707 unification of the Kingdom of England with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the unified Kingdom of Great Britain. After Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949, Bermuda became the oldest (and, since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the most populous) remaining British overseas territory. Its first capital, St George's, was established in 1612 and is the oldest continuously-inhabited English town in the Americas.
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Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major American record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but as of 2011[update] operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMI.
The Capitol Records Company was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of fellow songwriter and film producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs (1910–1971), owner of Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles.
Johnny Mercer first suggested the idea of starting a record company while he was golfing with Harold Arlen and Bobby Sherwood. He told them, "I’ve got this idea of starting a record company. I get so tired of listening to the way everyone treats music. I keep feeling they’re selling out. And I don’t like the way artists are treated either. Bing Crosby isn’t the only one who can make records. I don’t know, I think it would be fun." By 1941, Mercer was not only an experienced songwriter, but a singer with a number of records to his name. Mercer next suggested starting a record company to his friend Glenn Wallichs while Mercer was visiting Wallichs' record store. Wallichs responded, "Fine, you run the record company and find the artists,' and Mercer added, "and you run the business."
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Death of John Lennon
Coordinates: 40°46′35″N 73°58′34″W / 40.776436°N 73.976006°W / 40.776436; -73.976006
John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City, on Monday, 8 December 1980; Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono.
Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. Shortly after local news stations reported Lennon's death, crowds gathered at Roosevelt Hospital and in front of The Dakota. He was cremated on 10 December 1980, at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York; the ashes were given to Ono, who chose not to hold a funeral for him. The first report of his death to a national audience was announced by Howard Cosell, on ABC's Monday Night Football.
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Coordinates: 58°34′N 4°45′W / 58.57°N 4.75°W / 58.57; -4.75
Durness (Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais) is a huge but remote parish in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, encompassing all the land between the Moine to the East (separating it from Tongue parish) and the Gualin to the West (separating it from Eddrachilis). No one knows for sure where the name derives; it has variously been translated as from "Dorainn nis" tempest point, or "Dhu thir nis" the point of the black land; or from the Norse for deerpoint. Or even from the main village "Durine" which would translate as "Dhu Rinn" the black (or fertile) promontory, with the Norse "ness" tacked on to an existing Gaelic name. The parish comprises a number of larger or smaller townships, from the east these including Kempie, Eriboll, Laid, Rispond, Ceannabeinne, Sangobeg, Lerin, Smoo, Sangomore, Durine, Balvulich, Balnakeil, Achins and Keoldale. To the west there are also the single homesteads of Grudie, Carbreck and Rigolter.
Durness was formerly a part of the bishopric of Caithness and the old house at Balnakeil was originally the Bishop's summer residence. The church at Balnakeil dates back to the Culdean monks but the existing ruined church is said to have been built by the monks from Dornoch Cathedral in the 13th century (it is also said that they discovered gold around Durness but no finds have been reported since).
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Ferncliff Cemetery
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on Secor Road in the hamlet of Hartsdale, town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, about 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. It was founded in 1902, and is non-sectarian. Ferncliff has three community mausoleums, a crematory, a small chapel, and a main office located in the rear of the main building.
Ferncliff Cemetery is notable for its three community mausoleums.
The Ferncliff Mausoleum, aka "The Cathedral of Memories", is the cemetery's oldest mausoleum, constructed in 1928. It has classic architecture, but the corridors are dark without glass panes to admit natural light. Judy Garland, Ed Sullivan, and Joan Crawford are three of the most famous interments in the main mausoleum.
The Shrine of Memories is Ferncliff's second mausoleum and was constructed in 1959. "Shrine of Memories" is a more contemporary structure than "Ferncliff Mausoleum." It has many panes of glass to admit natural light, and there is a large frieze of Christopher Columbus in the main hall of the building. Basil Rathbone is one of the most famous interments in "Shrine of Memories."
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Fleetwood
Coordinates: 53°55′23″N 3°00′54″W / 53.923°N 3.015°W / 53.923; -3.015
Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. It forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. The town was the first planned community of the Victorian era. For most of the 20th century, Fleetwood was a prominent deep-sea fishing port, but, since the 1970s, the fishing industry has declined precipitously and the town has undergone economic difficulties. Fleetwood is also a seaside resort, serving as a quiet contrast to nearby Blackpool.
Ptolemy's Geographia in the 2nd century AD records a tribe known as the Setantii living in what is believed to be present-day West Lancashire, and a seaport built by the Romans called PORTVS SETANTIORVM ('the port of the Setantii') abutting Moricambe Aestuarium (presumably Morecambe Bay). There is also evidence of a Roman road running from Ribchester to Kirkham (12 miles southeast of Fleetwood) which then makes a sharp turn to the northwest. Together, these suggest that Fleetwood may well have been the location of this Roman port. No direct evidence of the port has been found, but in 2007, an Iron Age settlement was discovered at Bourne Hill, just south of present-day Fleetwood, suggesting the area was populated in pre-Roman times.
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Indica Gallery
Coordinates: 51°30′27″N 0°08′16″W / 51.507364°N 0.137737°W / 51.507364; -0.137737
Indica Gallery was a counterculture art gallery in Mason's Yard (off Duke Street), St. James's, London, England during the late 1960s, in the basement of the Indica Bookshop co-owned by John Dunbar, Peter Asher and Barry Miles. It was supported by Paul McCartney and hosted a show of Yoko Ono's work in November 1966 at which Ono first met John Lennon.
The International Times newspaper was started in the basement of the Indica bookshop.
Miles had been running the bookshop and alternative happenings venue Better Books but with new, more traditional, owners arriving, had been planning to open his own bookstore/venue. Through Paolo Leonni, Miles met John Dunbar who was planning on opening a gallery, and with John's friend Peter Asher as silent partner, they combined their ideas into a company called Miles, Asher and Dunbar Limited (MAD) to start the Indica Books and Gallery in September 1965, as an outlet for art and literature. They found empty premises at 6 Masons Yard, which was in the same courtyard as the Scotch of St James club, where John Dunbar was leaving with his girlfriend Marianne Faithful, when he discovered the place.
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Ireland
Coordinates: 53°20′N 08°00′W / 53.333°N 8°W / 53.333; -8
Ireland (pronounced [ˈaɪrlənd] (
listen); Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen); Ulster Scots: Airlann or Airlan) is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. To its east is the larger island of Great Britain, from which it is separated by the Irish Sea.
Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the northeast of the island. The population of Ireland is approximately 6.4 million. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just under 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
Relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain epitomise Ireland's geography with several navigable rivers extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable oceanic climate, which avoids extremes in temperature. Thick woodlands covered the island until the 17th century. Today, it is one of the most deforested areas in Europe. There are twenty-six extant mammal species native to Ireland.
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John Lennon Museum
John Lennon Museum (ジョン・レノン・ミュージアム, Jon Renon Myūjiamu?) was a museum located inside the Saitama Super Arena in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was established to preserve knowledge of John Lennon's life and musical career. It displayed Lennon's widow Yoko Ono's collection of his memorabilia as well as other displays. The museum opened on October 9, 2000, the 60th anniversary of Lennon’s birth, and closed on September 30, 2010, when its exhibit contract with Yoko Ono expired. A tour of the museum began with a welcoming message and short film narrated by Yoko Ono (in Japanese with English headphones available), and ended at an avant-garde styled "reflection room" full of chairs facing a slide show of moving words and images. After this room there was a gift shop with John Lennon memorabilia available.
35°53′41.60″N 139°37′51.00″E / 35.894889°N 139.63083°E / 35.894889; 139.63083Coordinates: 35°53′41.60″N 139°37′51.00″E / 35.894889°N 139.63083°E / 35.894889; 139.63083
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John Lennon Park
John Lennon Park or Parque John Lennon is a public park, located in the Vedado district in Havana, Cuba.
On one of the benches of the park, nearer the corner of streets 17th and 6th, there is a sculpture of the former Beatles member John Lennon, sculpted by Cuban artist José Villa Soberón, seated on the bench's right half. On a marble tile at the foot of the bench there is an inscription reading: "Dirás que soy un soñador pero no soy el único" John Lennon, which is a Spanish translation of the English lyrics, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one," from the song "Imagine".
The sculpture of Lennon is currently not wearing his signature round-lens glasses, which have been stolen, or vandalized, several times. However, during the day, an old security guard can be found sitting next to the bench, and he will place glasses on the statue if there is a request.
The statue was unveiled on 8 December 2000, by President Fidel Castro. One year later, Cuban author Ernesto Juan Castellanos wrote a book about the statue, John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends, and about the ban that John Lennon and The Beatles suffered in Cuba during the '1960s and '1970s.
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Kaiserkeller
Kaiserkeller is a night club in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany, near the Reeperbahn. It was opened by Bruno Koschmider on October 14, 1959. The Beatles had a contract with Kaiserkeller to play there in 1960.
A Caribbean steel band that had played at Allan Williams Jacaranda club in Liverpool took an offer to play in Hamburg. After receiving letters enthusing about Hamburg's club scene, Williams made contact with Koschmider, offering to act as a booking agent, to which Koschmider agreed. Koschmider had previously booked Derry and the Seniors after seeing them perform in London, and as they were successful in Hamburg, he asked Williams to look for additional groups.Rory Storm and The Hurricanes were Williams' first choice, but as they were committed to a season at Butlins holiday camp, they turned his offer down (as did Gerry & The Pacemakers) so Williams sent The Beatles to Hamburg instead. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. The Beatles first played at Koschmider's Indra club, sleeping in small, "dirty" rooms in the Bambi Kino, and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller.
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Liverpool
Liverpool ( /ˈlɪvəpuːl/) is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Liverpool was 445,200 and was part of a larger urban area of 816,216.
Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanisation and expansion of Liverpool were both largely brought about by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool. By the early 19th century, 40% of the world's trade passed through Liverpool's docks, contributing to Liverpool's rise as a major city.
Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians but are also colloquially known as "Scousers", in reference to the local dish known as "scouse", a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect. Liverpool's status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population, which, historically, were drawn from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, particularly those from Ireland. The city is also home to the oldest Black African community in the country and the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann pronounced [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ( listen), Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann or Norlin Airlan) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. As of 2001, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing. According to the agreement, Northern Ireland co-operates with the rest of Ireland – from which it was partitioned in 1921 — on some policy areas, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, though the Republic of Ireland "may put forward views and proposals".
Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a violent and bitter inter-communal conflict — the Troubles — which was caused by divisions between nationalists, who are predominantly Roman Catholic, and unionists, who are predominantly Protestant. Unionists want Northern Ireland to remain as a part of the United Kingdom, and generally see themselves as British, while nationalists wish for it to be politically reunited with the rest of Ireland, independent of British rule, and generally see themselves as Irish. Additionally, people from both sides of the community may describe themselves as Northern Irish. Since 1998, most of the paramilitary groups involved in the Troubles have ceased their armed campaigns.
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Penny Lane
Coordinates: 53°23′13″N 2°55′10″W / 53.38694°N 2.91944°W / 53.38694; -2.91944
"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney. It was credited to Lennon–McCartney.
Recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, "Penny Lane" was released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever". Both songs were later included on the Magical Mystery Tour LP (1967). The single was the result of the record company wanting a new release after several months of no new Beatles releases.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked "Penny Lane" at #456 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song's title is derived from the name of a street near Lennon's house, in the band's hometown, Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon would meet at Penny Lane junction in the Mossley Hill area to catch a bus into the centre of the city. The area that surrounds its junction with Smithdown Road is also commonly called Penny Lane. At the time, in the 1960s, this was a significant bus terminus for several routes, and buses with "Penny Lane" displayed were common throughout Liverpool.
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Savile Row
Savile Row (pronounced /ˌsævɪl ˈroʊ/) is a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers. The short street is termed the "golden mile of tailoring", where customers have included Winston Churchill, Lord Nelson, Napoleon III and Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Savile Row runs parallel to Regent Street between Conduit Street at the northern end and Vigo Street at the southern. Linking roads include Burlington Place, Clifford Street and Burlington Gardens.
Savile Row was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate, and is named after Lady Dorothy Savile, wife of the 3rd Earl of Burlington. It originally ran from Burlington Gardens (then Vigo Lane) to Boyle Street, with houses only on the east side, but in 1937–8 it extended to Conduit Street, and in the 19th century houses were built on the west side. The original architectural plan is believed to have been drawn up by Colen Campbell, though Henry Flitcroft appears to have been the main architect of the street, under the supervision of Daniel Garrett, while Nos 1 and 22–23 Savile Row were designed by William Kent, who lived next door in No 2.Dr Livingstone was laid out in state in No 1, when it was the headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society, before being buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Scotch of St James
The Scotch of St James club was a popular meeting place for rock musicians during the mid 1960s situated at 13 Masons Yard, Westminster, London SW1.Paul McCartney frequently visited it, as well Rod Stewart, Eric Burdon, Ronnie Wood and bands like The Moody Blues and The Spencer Davis Group.
The club was where a then unknown Jimi Hendrix played his first gig in England on 24 September 1966, when he joined the house band for some blues standards. On 19 October 1966 the Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first UK gig as a private showcase at Scotch of St James.
Coordinates: 51°30′28″N 0°08′14″W / 51.5078°N 0.1371°W / 51.5078; -0.1371
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Southern California
Southern California (SoCal) is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego. The United States - Mexico border makes up the southern border. Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the nation.
Southern California's population encompasses five metropolitan, or MSA, areas: Los Angeles County and Orange County together make up the Los Angeles metropolitan area; the Inland Empire consists of such cities as Riverside, Ontario, and San Bernardino; the San Diego metropolitan area; the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area; and the El Centro area. Out of these, three are heavy populated areas; the Los Angeles area with over 12 million inhabitants, the Riverside-San Bernardino area with over 4 million inhabitants, and the San Diego area with over 3 million inhabitants. For CSA metropolitan purposes, the five counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura are all combined to make up the Los Angeles metropolitan area; with San Diego as Southern California's other CSA metropolitan area. With over 22 million people, roughly 60% of California's population resides in Southern California.
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Strawberry Field
Coordinates: 53°22′49″N 2°53′2″W / 53.38028°N 2.88389°W / 53.38028; -2.88389
Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army children's home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, England.
The earliest reference to 'Strawberry Field' dates from 1870. In 1912 it was transferred to a wealthy merchant whose widow sold the estate to the Salvation Army in 1934. It opened on 7 July 1936. The original house was later demolished and replaced with a smaller purpose-built home for children which opened in the early 1970s. This home provided three family units, each accommodating 12 children. It closed in early January 2005 and is now a church and prayer centre. The famous gates marking its entrance were removed and replaced with replicas in May 2011.
The name of the home became world famous in 1967 with the release of The Beatles single "Strawberry Fields Forever" written by John Lennon. Lennon grew up near the home - one of his childhood treats was the garden party that took place each summer on the grounds of Strawberry Field. Lennon's Aunt Mimi recalled: 'As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army Band starting, John would jump up and down shouting "Mimi, come on. We're going to be late."' He and his childhood friends Pete Shotton and Ivan Vaughan often played in the wooded area behind the building, which Lennon nicknamed in the plural "Strawberry Fields."
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The Beatles in India
The Beatles visited Rishikesh in India in 1968 to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation (TM) training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Amidst widespread media attention, their stay at the ashram was one of the band's most productive periods. Their adoption of the Maharishi as their guru is credited by some as changing attitudes in the West about Indian spirituality, and encouraging the study of Transcendental Meditation. The Beatles first met the Maharishi in London in August 1967 and then attended a seminar in Bangor, Wales. Although planned to be a 10-day session, their stay was cut short by the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. Wanting to learn more, they kept in contact with the Maharishi and planned to attend his ashram in October, but their trip was rescheduled due to other commitments.
The Maharishi's compound was across from Rishikesh, located in the holy "Valley of the Saints" in the foothills of the Himalayas, and the home to many ashrams. The Beatles arrived there in February 1968, along with wives, girlfriends, assistants and numerous reporters, joining about 60 other TM students, including musicians Donovan, Mike Love of The Beach Boys, and flautist Paul Horn. While there, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison wrote many songs (Ringo Starr wrote one), of which eighteen were later recorded for The Beatles (White Album), two for Abbey Road, and others for solo works.
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The Cavern Club
The Cavern Club is a rock and roll club in Liverpool, England. Opened on Wednesday 16 January 1957, the club had their first performance by The Beatles on 9 February 1961, and where Brian Epstein first saw The Beatles performing on 9 November 1961.
Alan Sytner opened the club having been inspired by the Jazz district in Paris, where there were a number of clubs in cellars. Sytner returned to Liverpool and wanted to open a club similar to Le Caveau in Paris. He eventually found a perfect cellar for his club — which had been used as an air raid shelter during the war — and opened it on 16 January 1957. The first act to open the club was the Merseysippi Jazz Band.
What started as a jazz club eventually became a hangout for skiffle groups. Whilst playing golf with Sytner's father, Dr. Joseph Sytner, Nigel Walley — who had left school at 15 to become an apprentice golf professional at the Lee Park Golf Club — asked Dr. Sytner if his son could book The Quarrymen at The Cavern, which was one of three jazz clubs he managed. Dr. Sytner suggested that the band should play at the golf club first, so as to assess their talent, which they did. Sytner phoned Walley a week later and offered the band an interlude spot playing skiffle between the performances of two jazz bands at The Cavern, on Wednesday, 7 August 1957.
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Torremolinos
Torremolinos is a municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism beginning in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop.
It is very popular with British tourists and has a large British expatriate population. In the past the influx of younger British tourists has caused controversy. Areas of the town are dominated by high-rise development.
In addition to its tourism sector, Torremolinos is known locally for its vibrant nightlife, particularly its numerous bars and clubs catering to the LGBT community.
Archaeological finds including human bones, tools and pottery prove that Torremolinos area was settled as early as the Neolithic Age. Some remnants are neanderthalians and dated 150 000 years-old by radiocarbone.
According to the Egyptian Greek geographer Ptolemy, the Phoenicians had founded here a colony named Saduce, but the Romans are the most likey to have founded the current town, as shown by findings of edifices and a necropolis (from whose size it has been deduced that the settlement had around 2,000 inhabitants). They also built the road joining Cadiz with Málaga, passing through Torremolinos.
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Wigan Pier
Wigan Pier is the name given today to the area around the canal at the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It is a popular location for visitors and the local community in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, situated just a few hundred yards south-west of the town centre.
The original "pier" at Wigan was a coal loading staithe, probably a wooden jetty, where wagons from a nearby colliery were unloaded into waiting barges on the canal. The original wooden pier is believed to have been demolished in 1929, with the iron from the tippler (a mechanism for tipping coal into the barges) being sold as scrap.
The name Wigan Pier was possibly invented by and was brought to popular attention by George Formby, Sr. in the Music Halls of the early twentieth century and later by George Formby, Jr. who incorporated it into his songs. Someone looking out of an excursion train to Southport in the fog and seeing a coal gantry asked "Where are we?" and was told "Wigan Pier". The tippler became the favoured location when people subsequently wanted to see it. There are references to it in songs such as On the Wigan Boat Express.
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Wigmore Street
Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London, England. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east.
The well-known Wigmore Hall concert hall is located on north side of Wigmore Street, just to the east of the junction with Welbeck Street. Harley Street and Wimpole Street, famous for their private medical practices, are nearby and have junctions with Wigmore Street. Number 95 Wigmore Street was the location of the original offices of the Beatles' Apple Corps in 1968 prior to their move to Savile Row.
The nearest tube stations are on Oxford Street to the south: Marble Arch at the west end; Bond Street in the centre and Oxford Circus at the east end.
The corner of Wimpole and Wigmore Street features in the famous legal case about causing a "nuisance" between neighbours - Sturges v. Bridgman (1879).
Coordinates: 51°30′57″N 0°09′04″W / 51.51583°N 0.15111°W / 51.51583; -0.15111
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Woolton
Coordinates: 53°22′26″N 2°51′54″W / 53.374°N 2.865°W / 53.374; -2.865
Woolton is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located at the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Hunts Cross, Allerton and Halewood. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,836.
Originally a separate village, it was incorporated into the City of Liverpool in 1913. The area was referred to as Uluentune in the Domesday Book, with the name translating as "farm of Wulfa". Shortly after the Domesday survey, which was completed in 1086, Woolton became part of the Barony of Halton and Widnes. In 1189, a charge was granted by John, Constable of Chester, to the order of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, a religious order who protected the routes for Christians who were on a pilgrimage to The Holy Land. These Knights Hospitallers held land in Woolton for over 350 years, until it was confiscated from them in 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I. The manorial rights to Woolton passed from Queen Elizabeth to James I who sold them to William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Woolton then passed to Isaac Green, and through his daughter to her son Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall (MP for Liverpool 1780-96 and an ancestor of Bamber Gascoigne who hosted University Challenge for many years), and is presently owned by the Marquis of Salisbury.
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100 Greatest Britons
100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was the result of a vote conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considers the greatest British people in history. The series, Great Britons, included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. All of the top 10 were dead by the year of broadcast.
The poll resulted in candidates including Guy Fawkes, who was executed for trying to blow up the Parliament of England; Oliver Cromwell who created a republican England; Richard III, suspected of murdering his nephews; James Connolly, an Irish nationalist and socialist who was executed by the Crown in 1916; and a surprisingly high ranking of 17th for the former Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em star Michael Crawford. In addition to the Britons, some notable non-British entrants were listed, including two Irish nationals, the philanthropic musicians Bono and Bob Geldof. Furthermore, many candidates were from an era in which Britishness did not exist. The top 19 entries were people of English origin (though Sir Ernest Shackleton and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, were both born into Anglo-Irish families when what is now the Republic of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom). The highest-placed Scottish entry was Alexander Fleming in 20th place, with the highest Welsh entry, Owain Glyndŵr, at number 23. Sixty had lived in the twentieth century. The highest-ranked living person was Margaret Thatcher, who placed 16th.Ringo Starr is the only member of The Beatles not on the list.
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Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies").
Hoffman was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner and Bobby Seale. The group was known collectively as the "Chicago Eight"; when Seale's prosecution was separated from the others, they became known as the Chicago Seven. While the defendants were initially convicted of intent to incite a riot, the verdicts were overturned on appeal.
Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s, and continued practicing his activism in the 1970s, and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that era.
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Adam Clayton
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is a musician, best known as the bassist of the Irish rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "With or Without You", "Mysterious Ways", "Get on Your Boots", and "Magnificent". His work on No Line on the Horizon has been cited as his best bass playing. He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen Jr. on the theme of 1996's Mission: Impossible. Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy awards.
Clayton is the elder child of Brian and Jo Clayton, born on 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. When Clayton was five years old, his family moved from Oxfordshire to Malahide, County Dublin, where Clayton's brother Sebastian was born. The Clayton family became friends with the Evans family, with their sons Dik and Dave (more commonly known as The Edge), who were both in the original group, Feedback, that spawned U2.
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Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro. Many of Kennedy's plays explore issues of race, kinship, and violence in American society, and many of her works are "autobiographically inspired." In 1995, critic Michael Feingold of the Village Voice declared that "with Beckett gone, Adrienne Kennedy is probably the boldest artist now writing for the theater."
Kennedy is noted for the use of surrealism in her plays. Her plays are often plotless and symbolic, drawing on mythical, historical and imaginary figures to depict and explore the American experience.New York Times critic Clive Barnes noted that "While almost every black playwright in the country is fundamentally concerned with realism--LeRoi Jones and Ed Bullins at times have something different going but even their symbolism is straightforward stuff–-Miss Kennedy is weaving some kind of dramatic fabric of poetry."
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Alfred Lennon
Alfred "Alf" Lennon (14 December 1912 – 1 April 1976) was the father of English musician John Lennon. He spent many years in an orphanage—with his sister, Edith—after his father died. He was known as being very witty and musical throughout his life—he sang and played the banjo—but not as being very dependable. Although always known as Alf by his family, he later released a record as Freddie Lennon, and was quoted in newspapers under that name.
He married Julia Stanley in 1938. John was their only child together, but as Alf was often away at sea during World War II, he did not see much of his child during his infancy. During this period, Julia became pregnant with another man's child. He offered to look after his wife, their child and the expected baby, but Julia rejected the idea. He had very little contact with his son until Beatlemania, when they met again, but later had only intermittent contact with each other. He died in Brighton, where he had gone to live after marrying 19-year-old Pauline Jones.
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Alistair Taylor
James Alistair Taylor (21 June 1935 in Runcorn – 9 June 2004 in Chesterfield) was the English personal assistant of Brian Epstein who accompanied him to the Cavern Club when he first saw The Beatles play on 9 November 1961. Taylor later became General Manager of Apple Corps for a short period.
Born in Runcorn, Taylor did his National Service in the Royal Air Force and worked in a series of jobs as a mover, timber importer and docker in the Liverpool Docks, before being successfully interviewed by Brian Epstein for a salesman job at North End Music Stores (NEMS). Brian liked him so much that he decided to offer him a job as his personal assistant in the shop.
Taylor said he invented the name of Raymond Jones to order Tony Sheridan’s album, which featured backing music by the Beatles, because he thought NEMS was losing sales by not stocking the disc:
Taylor's claim is in some doubt, as NEMS and Epstein communicated with a real Raymond Jones to acknowledge their debt once the Beatles became famous.
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Allan Williams
Allan Richard Williams (born 17 March 1930 in Bootle, Liverpool) is a former businessman and promoter of Welsh descent. He was the original booking agent and first manager of The Beatles. He personally took the young band to Hamburg, Germany, where they gained the vital show business experience that led to their emergence on the world stage.
In 1957 Williams leased a former watch-repair shop at 21 Slater Street, Liverpool, which he converted into a coffee bar. He named the venue the Jacaranda, after an exotic species of ornamental flowering tree, jacaranda mimosifolia. The Jac (as it became known) opened in September 1958. The Beatles were frequent customers, with John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe attending Liverpool Art College nearby, and Paul McCartney at Liverpool Institute adjacent to the college. Asking for the chance to play the club, Williams instead put them to work redecorating, with Lennon and Sutcliffe painting a mural for the Ladies room. Finally, the Beatles began playing at the Jac on occasion. Between May and August 1960, Williams secured a number of bookings for the group at other places. (Scott Wheeler: Charlie Lennon: Uncle To A Beatle. Boulder, Colorado: Outskirts Press, 2005.) One was backing a local stripper; when she discovered the Beatles were not familiar with the "Gypsy Fire Dance", they instead backed her with a rendition of the Harry Lime theme tune.
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Allen Klein
Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman, talent agent and record label executive. His clients included The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
Allen Klein was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Jewish immigrants from Budapest, Hungary. His father was a butcher by trade, and his mother died before his first birthday. As a teenager, he worked in several jobs while attending evening classes. He excelled at mental arithmetic, and graduated from Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, in 1956.
He undertook bookkeeping for several people in showbusiness, and audited record companies. In 1957 he began his own business, a partnership with his wife Betty. Record industry insiders began to fear his blunt-speaking tenacity, and well-placed people began to recommend him. Klein regarded himself as a shrewd and tenacious businessman, exampled by him having a modified Bible quote on his desk, reading: "Though I walk in the shadow of the valley of evil, I have no fear, as I am the biggest bastard in the valley."
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Anthony Newley
Anthony George Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.
Newley was born in the London working class district of Hackney, the son of Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, a shipping clerk. He had 5 siblings, Maxene (b. 1926), John (b. 1927), Joanne (1928–1965), Linda (b. 1929), Belinda (b. 1932). He was Jewish on his mother's side. His parents, who had never married, separated during his early childhood, and he was brought up by his single mother.
Although recognised as very bright by his teachers back in London, he was uninterested in school, and by the age of fourteen was working as an office boy for an insurance company. When he read an ad in the Daily Telegraph, headed "Boy Actors Urgently Wanted" he applied to the advertisers, the prestigious Italia Conti Stage School, only to discover that the fees were too high. Nevertheless, after a brief audition, he was offered a job as an office boy on a salary of 30 shillings (£1.50) a week plus tuition at the school. While serving tea one afternoon he caught the eye of producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who cast Newley as "Dusty" in the children's serial, The Adventures of Dusty Bates.[citation needed]
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Apple scruffs
The Apple scruffs were a loosely-knit group of hardcore Beatles fans who were known for congregating outside the Apple Corps building and at the gates of Abbey Road Studios in London during the waning days of Beatlemania, in the hope of seeing or interacting with one of the band members. The phrase was also used by George Harrison as the title of a song in 1970.
In February 1968, during the recording of "Across the Universe", two Apple scruffs (Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease) who were standing outside Abbey Road Studios were invited in on the spur of the moment by Paul McCartney to perform backing vocals on the track. Their singing was not included on the first official release of the song, on the Let It Be album, but they can be heard on the version that John Lennon donated to the UK charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World, released in December 1969. (This version was subsequently released on the Past Masters compilation in 1988.)
The Beatles' song "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" (Abbey Road, 1969) refers to the day that some of the Apple scruffs climbed into Paul McCartney's house through an upstairs bathroom window and raided his wardrobe for a pair of trousers, which they took turns wearing. They also stole a framed photograph, which they later returned at McCartney's request.
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Arthur Askey
Arthur Bowden Askey CBE (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was a prominent English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvising, and his use of catchphrases, as parodied by the Arthur Atkinson character in The Fast Show. His catchphrases included "Hello playmates!", "I thank you all" (pronounced "Ay-Thang-Yaw'll"), and "Before your very eyes".
Askey was born at 29 Moses Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, the eldest child and only son of Samuel Askey (d.1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (d.1949), of Knutsford, Cheshire. Six months after his birth the family moved to 90 Rosslyn Street, Liverpool. Askey was educated at St. Michael's Council School (1905–11) and the Liverpool Institute for Boys (1911–16), where he was known for winning an egg and spoon race at a school sports day. He was very small at 5' 2" (1.58 m), with a breezy, smiling personality, and wore distinctive horn-rimmed glasses.
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Arthur Janov
Arthur Janov (born August 21, 1924) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and the creator of primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness that involves repeatedly descending into, feeling, and expressing long-repressed childhood pain. Janov directs a psychotherapy institute called the Primal Center in Santa Monica, California. Janov is the author of many books, most notably The Primal Scream.
Arthur Janov was born in Los Angeles. Janov received his B.A. and M.S.W. in psychiatric social work from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Ph.D. in psychology from Claremont Graduate School in 1960. Janov originally practiced conventional psychotherapy in his native California. He did an internship at the Hacker Psychiatric Clinic in Beverly Hills, worked for the Veterans’ Administration at Brentwood Neuropsychiatric Hospital and has been in private practice since 1952. He was also on the staff of the Psychiatric Department at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital where he was involved in developing their psychosomatic unit.
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Astrid Kirchherr
Astrid Kirchherr (born 20 May 1938), is a German photographer and artist and is well known for her association with The Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann and Jürgen Vollmer), and her photographs of The Beatles during their Hamburg days: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best.
Kirchherr met artist Sutcliffe in the Kaiserkeller bar in Hamburg in 1960, where he was playing bass with The Beatles, and was later engaged to him, before his death in 1962. Although Kirchherr has taken very few photographs since 1967, her early work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Bremen, London, Liverpool, New York City, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Vienna, and at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. She has published three limited-edition books of photographs.
Astrid Kirchherr was born in 1938 in Hamburg, Germany, and is the daughter of a former executive of the German branch of the Ford Motor Company. During World War II she was evacuated to the safety of the Baltic Sea where she remembered seeing dead bodies on the shore (after the ships Cap Arcona and the SS Deutschland had been bombed and sunk), and the destruction in Hamburg when she returned.
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand (/ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, writer, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide. She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Barry Miles
Barry Miles (or "Miles", born 1943, Cirencester, England) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subject of the 1960s London underground. He has written numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in left-wing papers such as The Guardian. In the 1960s, he was co-owner of the Indica Gallery and helped start the independent newspaper International Times.
In the 1960s, Miles worked at Better Books, which was managed by Tony Godwin. Godwin was friends with Lawrence Ferlinghetti with whom he would exchange Penguin books for City Lights publications. In 1965 Allen Ginsberg gave a reading at Better Books which led to the International Poetry Incarnation, a seminal event that was co-organised by Miles.
In 1965 Miles and his wife, the former Susan Crane, introduced McCartney to hash brownies by using a recipe for hash fudge which they had found in The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook.
Following the International Poetry Incarnation, Miles established the Indica Gallery and Bookshop, allowing him to meet many of the stars of the Swinging London social scene. Miles brought Paul McCartney into contact with people who wanted to start the International Times, which McCartney helped to fund.
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Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as Strangers in the Night and Spanish Eyes.
He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong nickname, Fips - and studied at the School of Music there. A multi-instrumentalist, he was hired by Hans Busch to play with his orchestra before serving as a bandsman in the German Navy during World War II. He later formed his own big band, toured with them, then worked as an arranger and producer, making hit records with Freddy Quinn and Ivo Robić. In 1961, he hired The Beatles to back Tony Sheridan for an album called My Bonnie. The album and its singles, released by Polydor, were the Beatles' first commercially released recordings.
Kaempfert's own first hit with his orchestra had been in 1960, with Wonderland by Night. Many of his tunes became better known as hits for other artists:
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance.
Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Both Clintons received law degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as Chair of the National Governors Association.
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Bill Harry
Bill Harry (born in Liverpool, England) is the creator of Mersey Beat, an important newspaper of the early 1960s, which focused on the Liverpool music scene. Harry had started various magazines and newspapers before attending the Liverpool College of Art, with fellow students John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe, who both later performed with The Beatles.
Harry met his wife-to-be, Virginia, at the Jacaranda club (managed by Allan Williams, the first manager of The Beatles) and she later agreed to help him start a music newspaper. After borrowing £50, Harry released the first issue of Mersey Beat on 6 July 1961, with the first 5,000 copies selling out within a short time. Harry arranged for the future Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, to see them perform a lunchtime concert at The Cavern Club on 9 November 1961. Epstein subsequently asked Harry create a national music paper, the Music Echo, but after problems with Epstein about editorial control, he decided to become a P.R.; working for many solo artistes and groups.
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Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.
Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 150 million records worldwide. He was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (1992), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2006), and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame (2009). In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary, with Billy Joel positioned at No. 23. With the exception of the 2007 songs "All My Life" and "Christmas in Fallujah," Joel stopped recording pop/rock material after 1993's River of Dreams, but he continued to tour extensively until 2010.
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Billy Preston
William Everett "Billy" Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was a musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk and gospel. Preston became famous, first as a session musician with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and was later successful as a solo artist with such hit pop singles as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from Nothing", and a string of albums.
Alongside Tony Sheridan, Billy Preston was the only other musician to be credited on a Beatles recording after he was credited on the group's number-one hit, "Get Back", with the record title listed as The Beatles with Billy Preston. Steven Stills asked Preston if he could use Preston's phrase "if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" in a song and created the legendary eponymous hit.
William Everett Preston was born on September 2, 1946 in Houston, Texas. At the age of three, the family moved to Los Angeles where Preston began playing piano while sitting on his mother Robbie's lap. Noted as a child prodigy, by the age of ten, Preston was playing organ onstage backing several gospel singers such as Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland and Andrae Crouch. At twelve, he appeared in the W.C. Handy biopic starring Nat King Cole entitled, St. Louis Blues, playing W.C. Handy at a younger age. A year prior, Preston appeared on Cole's national TV show singing the Fats Domino hit, "Blueberry Hill".
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (
/ˈdɪlən/), born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of Dylan's early songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan's six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone" has been described as radically altering the parameters of popular music in 1965. However, his recordings employing electric instruments attracted denunciation and criticism from others in the folk movement.
Dylan's lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie,Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, as well as the music and performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing.
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Bob Newhart
George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929), is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached #1 on the Billboard pop music charts—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! was also a massive success, and both albums held the Billboard #1 and #2 spots simultaneously, a feat unequaled until the 1991 release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II by hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and prize-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show and then as innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s sitcom Newhart. He also had a third, short-lived sitcom in the nineties titled Bob. Newhart also appeared in film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22, and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Walt Disney animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. One of his most recent roles is the library head Judson in The Librarian. In 2011, Newhart appeared in the film Horrible Bosses.
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Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings, and he continued to strive for broader success with other various bands. In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock. Seger has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "We've Got Tonight", "Against the Wind", and "Like a Rock", and also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight". His iconic recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
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Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for his celebrity biographies, including the New York Times best seller The Beatles: The Biography.
Articles by Spitz appear regularly in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Conde Nast Traveler, Men's Journal, In Style, Esquire and The Washington Post. He currently lives in Connecticut.
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Bob Wooler
Bob Wooler (born Frederick James Wooler, 19 January 1926, Liverpool — died 8 February 2002, Liverpool) was most notable for being instrumental in introducing The Beatles to their manager, Brian Epstein, and as the DJ at The Cavern Club.
While he was living in Garston, he became involved in managing a skiffle group called The Kingstrums. He entered them into a talent contest at the Gateacre Labour Club. The competition was won by a group called The Mars Bars, who later became Gerry & The Pacemakers. The Kingstrums disbanded in 1958, but his experience of the music scene convinced Wooler that he was more suited to being a compère for the shows put on at local jive hives. As a compère/disc jockey he worked, part-time, for promoters such as Wally Hill of Peak Promotions.
Wooler's encyclopaedic knowledge of the local scene soon made him a sought-after figure by promoters and his advice was regularly heeded. Allan Williams offered him a job at the Top Ten Club, but it burned down shortly after opening. Always of smart attire, Wooler then started full time employment, in his most notable role, as compère at the Cavern Club. Whilst Williams was sorting out his finances, due to his former club burning down, he recommended that Wooler become The Beatles' manager, an offer that he declined. Wooler himself was subsequently instrumental in introducing the Beatles to their future manager, Brian Epstein. His voice was captured on a live EP by the Big Three at the Cavern, saying "We've got the hi-fi high & the lights down low, so here we go, with the Big Three Show!" Wooler became one of the major figures on the Mersey Scene and did much to help the various groups, remaining at the Cavern until 1967.
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Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy "Bobby" Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer, best known as the longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.
Robert (Bobby) Troy Kimball was born in Orange, Texas, and was raised in nearby Vinton, Louisiana, as Vinton did not have a hospital (thus, he was born across the state line). Kimball started singing as a child, dabbling on voice and piano in a musical household throughout his youth. Throughout the 1970s, Kimball performed as a vocalist in various New Orleans area bands, including The Levee Band, which would later become Le Roux after Kimball left. In 1976, Kimball joined S.S. Fools in which he was the lead vocalist as well as keyboard player. That same year, the band released their self-titled album. The band broke up during its first tour.
In 1974, Bobby Kimball left Louisiana and moved to Los Angeles where he joined 3 members from the defunct band, Three Dog Night, to form a new band called S.S. Fools. They released one album on CBS Records, but the band split up within a year and a half. About 6 months later, Kimball was asked by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, the two initial founding members of Toto, to join the five session musicians to form Toto. He submitted a self-penned audition song for the band, "You are the Flower", which was included on their debut album. Kimball performed on the first four studio albums by Toto. He was asked to leave Toto in 1984 during the sessions for Isolation due to tensions with other band members that included widespread drug abuse.
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Bobby Russell
Bobby Russell (19 April 1940, Nashville, Tennessee — 19 November 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the crossover pop hit "Saturday Morning Confusion." Russell was also married to singer and actress Vicki Lawrence from 1972 to 1974.
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Bobby Seale
Robert George "Bobby" Seale (born October 22, 1936), is an activist. He is known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with Huey Newton.
Seale was one of the three children born to his mother, a homemaker, and his father, a carpenter, in Dallas, Texas. After moving around in Texas, his family relocated to Oakland, California during World War II. Seale attended Berkeley High School, and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1955. He spent three years in the Air Force before he received a bad conduct discharge for fighting with a commanding officer. Upon his arrival back in Oakland, Seale began working at different aerospace plants as a sheet metal mechanic, and attending night school to earn his high school diploma.
In 1962, at the age of 25, Seale began attending Merritt College, a community college located on what was then Grove Street, now Martin Luther King Jr Way, near the Berkeley city-limits. There he would join the Afro-American Association, (AAA) and met Huey Newton, with whom he later co-founded the Black Panther Party. Seale and co-founder Newton became increasingly skeptical about the direction of the AAA, particularly the AAA's tendency to analyze rather than act on the problems facing black Americans.
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Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), most commonly known by his stage name Bono (/ˈbɒnoʊ/ BON-oh), is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, often using political, social, and religious themes. During their early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to U2's rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with members of U2.
Outside the band, he has collaborated and recorded with numerous artists, is managing director and a managing partner of Elevation Partners, and has refurbished and owns The Clarence Hotel in Dublin with The Edge. Bono is also widely known for his activism concerning Africa, for which he co-founded DATA, EDUN, the ONE Campaign and Product Red. He has organised and played in several benefit concerts and has met with influential politicians. Bono has been praised and criticised for his activism and involvement with U2. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and was named as a Person of the Year by Time, among other awards and nominations.
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Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno ( /ˈiːnoʊ/[citation needed]), is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.
Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. During his time on the art course at the Institute, he also gained experience in playing and making music through teaching sessions held in the adjacent music school.
He joined the band Roxy Music as keyboard and synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry.
Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice". He also introduced the concept of chance music to popular audiences, partially through collaborations with other musicians.
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Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein ( /ˈɛpstaɪn/; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967), was an English music entrepreneur; best known for being the manager of The Beatles, until his death. He also managed many other musical artists, such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four, and The Cyrkle. His management company was named NEMS Enterprises after his family's music stores, also called NEMS (North End Music Stores).
Epstein paid for The Beatles to record a demonstration tape in Decca's London studios, which resulted in Decca declining to sign the group to a contract. After approaching nearly all all the major recording companies and recording producers in London and being rejected, Epstein managed to secure an EMI recording contract under threat of withdrawing the sale of EMI's records at his NEMS music stores. NEMS was one of the biggest musical retail outlets in the North of England. Record producer George Martin offered a contract on behalf of EMI's small Parlophone label, only when informed of the economic threat to EMI by Epstein.
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Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969), was an English musician and a founder member of the Rolling Stones.
Jones' main instruments were the guitar and the harmonica, but he played a wide variety of other musical instruments and was a talented multi-instrumentalist. His innovative use of traditional or folk instruments, such as the sitar and marimba, was integral to the changing sound of the band.
Originally the leader of the group, Jones' fellow bandmembers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards soon overshadowed him; especially after they became a successful songwriting team. He developed a serious drug abuse problem over the years and his role in the band steadily diminished. He was asked to leave the Rolling Stones in June 1969 and guitarist Mick Taylor took his place in the group. Jones died less than a month later by drowning in the swimming pool at his home on Cotchford Farm in East Sussex.
Original Stones bassist Bill Wyman stated about Jones: "...he formed the band. He chose the members. He named the band. He chose the music we played. He got us gigs ... Very influential, very important, and then slowly lost it - highly intelligent - and just kind of wasted it and blew it all away."
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( /ˈbrɪdʒɨt bɑrˈdoʊ/; French: [bʁiʒit baʁdo]; born 28 September 1934) is a former French fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex symbols of the 1960s. Starting in 1969, Bardot's features became the official face of Marianne (who had previously been anonymous) to represent the liberty of France.
Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer in early life. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film Contempt. Bardot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film Viva Maria!. Bardot caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.
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Bruce Spizer
David "Bruce" Spizer (born July 2, 1955) is a tax attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana, who is also recognized as an expert on The Beatles. He has published eight books, and is frequently quoted as an authority on the history of the band and its recordings.
Spizer was born and raised in New Orleans. He attended Isidore Newman School and then received B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. degrees from Tulane University, where he was a member of honorary societies Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. While pursuing his legal career, he also managed The Cold, a popular New Wave band in New Orleans.
In 1997, Spizer earned a large legal fee from the settlement of a class action lawsuit, and decided to use some of the money to replace his childhood collection of Beatles LPs (which had been damaged by cockroaches) with a new set of first edition albums. Drawn into the world of Beatles collectors, he ended up writing and self-publishing The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, about the relationship between EMI, the Beatles' U.K. record label, and Vee-Jay Records, the U.S. label that released the band's first records in the U.S. As of 2011, Spizer has written and published eight books about The Beatles. A New York Times reviewer described his books as containing "a wealth of detail about the Beatles' American recordings and their first visit to the United States, touching on everything from contracts and lawsuits to promotional materials, all richly illustrated." A New York Daily News article called his The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records "a Beatle collector's fantasy by a fanatic Beatles collector and historian."
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Bruno Koschmider
Bruno Koschmider (born 1926, Danzig (Gdańsk) - died 2000, Hamburg, Germany) was a German entrepreneur in Hamburg, Germany best known for employing The Beatles in the early 1960s. He controlled various businesses, such as the Bambi Kino, which was a porn cinema, The Indra club and The Kaiserkeller.
Allan Williams booked The Beatles (in May 1960) into Koschmider's Indra club.
The Beatles first played at the Indra club - sleeping in small, dirty rooms in the Bambi Kino - and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller In October 1960, they left Koschmider's club and worked at the "Top Ten Club", which was run by Peter Eckhorn. When Paul McCartney and Pete Best went back to the Bambi Kino to get their belongings they found it in almost total darkness. As a snub to Koschmider, they found a condom, attached it to a nail on the concrete wall of their room, and set fire to it. There was no real damage, but Koschmider reported them for attempted arson. McCartney and Best spent three hours in a local jail and were deported, as was George Harrison, for working under the legal age limit.
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Chas Newby
Charles 'Chas' Newby (born 18 June 1941, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England), was temporarily the bassist for The Beatles in December 1960, following the departure of Stuart Sutcliffe. When The Beatles returned from Germany for the first time, they were short of a bass guitarist. Pete Best suggested Chas Newby. Chas had been with The Blackjacks (Pete Best's group), and was now attending university, but was on vacation and so agreed to play with The Beatles. He appeared with them for four engagements in December 1960 (December 17th, Casbah Club, Liverpool; December 24th, Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard; December 27th, Litherland Town Hall; December 31st, Casbah Club). John Lennon asked him to go to Germany, for the Beatles' second trip, but he chose to return to university.
Chas later became a teacher of Mathematics at Droitwich Spa High School in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England.
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Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammys. He is perhaps best known for his US Top Ten hit songs, "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the last of which he recorded for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore. "Sailing" earned three Grammy Awards in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen).
Cross first played with a San Antonio-based cover band named Flash (not to be confused with the early 1970s English band of the same name) before signing a solo contract with Warner Bros.
Cross released his self-titled debut album, Christopher Cross, in 1979, which garnered him five Grammy Awards. He was the first solo artist to win all four General Field Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist) in the same year. Hot 100 top 20 hits from this album included "Ride Like the Wind" (featuring backing vocals by Michael McDonald), "Sailing", "Never Be the Same", and "Say You'll Be Mine" (featuring backing vocals by Nicolette Larson).
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Cynthia Lennon
Cynthia Lillian Lennon (née Powell, born 10 September 1939) is the former wife of musician John Lennon, and mother of Julian Lennon. She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. At the age of twelve, she was accepted into the Junior Art School, and was later enrolled in the Liverpool College of Art. Lennon also attended the college; a meeting with Powell in a calligraphy class led to their relationship.
When Lennon was performing in Hamburg with The Beatles, she rented Lennon's bedroom from his aunt and legal guardian, Mimi Smith. After she became pregnant, the Lennons were married on 23 August 1962, at the Mount Pleasant Register office in Liverpool. Starting in 1964, the Lennon family lived at Kenwood in Weybridge, where she kept house and participated with her husband in a London-based social life. In 1968, Lennon left her for Yoko Ono; the couple's divorce was legally granted on 8 November 1968.
She married Italian hotelier Roberto Bassanini in 1970, divorcing him in 1973. In 1976, she married John Twist, an engineer from Lancashire, but divorced him in 1983. After her divorce from Twist, she changed her name back to Lennon by deed poll and met Jim Christie, her partner for 17 years. She published a book of memoirs, A Twist of Lennon, in 1978, and later married Noel Charles, a night club owner, in 2002. In September 2005, she published a more intimate biography, John. Over the years she staged several auctions of memorabilia associated with her life with Lennon. In 2006, she and her son attended the Las Vegas premiere of the Cirque du Soleil production of Love, which was her first public appearance with Ono. She currently lives in Majorca, Spain.
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Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois ( /lænˈwɑː/ lan-WAH; born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Brandon Flowers and Ron Sexsmith. Lanois is best known for his work with Brian Eno, the pair collaborating on a number of projects together and producing several platinum albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree. Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and four others received nominations.
Lanois started his production career when he was 17, working in his own studio with his brother Bob Lanois in the basement of their mother's Ancaster, Ontario home, recording local artists including Simply Saucer. Later Daniel started Grant Avenue Studios in an old house he purchased in Hamilton, Ontario. He worked with a number of local bands, including Martha and the Muffins (for whom his sister Jocelyne played bass), Ray Materick, as well as the Canadian children's singer Raffi.
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David Bowie
David Bowie ( /ˈboʊ.i/ BOH-ee; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work.
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture." The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.
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David Hungate
David Hungate (b. August 5, 1948) is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977 to 1982. Along with most of his Toto bandmates, Hungate did sessions on a number of hit albums of the 1970s, including Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees and Alice Cooper's From the Inside.
Hungate played on Toto's first four records, including multiple Grammy award-winning album, Toto IV. He left the band shortly after its release for a career as a session musician in Nashville. Hungate also plays guitar and has produced and recorded with several country artists such as Chet Atkins. Currently residing in Nashville, Hungate has collaborated with both former and current members of Toto for occasional recordings and gigs over the years. He was also a primary member of AOR supergroup Mecca fronted by Joe Vana and Fergie Frederiksen, the latter also of Toto fame. In 1990 he released a solo album entitled "Souvenir" (on CBS). Jeff Porcaro played drums on some of the tracks on the album.
Hungate attended North Texas State University College of Music, where he played bass in the One O'Clock Lab Band the year that it performed at the 1970 Montreaux Jazz Festival. He is the son of the late US Congressman (and later Federal District Judge) William L Hungate.
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David Paich
David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a multi-disciplined musical contributor. His contibutions include performing as a live and studio session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. With Toto, Paich has released 17 albums and sold over 30 million records. Additionally, Paich has contributed to a host of artists with his songwriting and arrangements including working with Boz Skaggs extensively in the 1970s and Michael Jackson in the 1980s.
He is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich, having adopted many of his father's skills for his contribution to music.
A prolific writer of chart-breakers, Paich wrote or co-wrote hits such as "Hold the Line", "Lowdown", "Lido Shuffle", "Georgy Porgy", "Rosanna", "Got To Be Real", and "Lady Love Me (One More Time)". He also performed lead vocals on the Toto hits "Africa", "Lovers in the Night", and "Stranger in Town".
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David Shayler
David Shayler (born 24 December 1965) is a British journalist and former MI5 (Security Service) officer. Shayler earned notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for his passing secret documents to the Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman. David Shayler's website (davidshayler.com) is no longer being maintained by him.
Shayler was born in Middlesbrough. He attended John Hampden Grammar School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire whose head teacher once described him as "a born rebel who sails close to the wind ... and suffers neither fools nor their arguments gladly". He later attended the University of Dundee starting in 1984 where he was editor of the student newspaper Annasach and was responsible for publishing extracts of the book Spycatcher by another former MI5 officer Peter Wright (banned in England at the time).[citation needed] He graduated with a 2:1 degree in English (2nd class honours upper division) in July 1989. After leaving university he worked as a journalist at the Sunday Times newspaper although his employment was terminated six months later.
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Derek Taylor
Derek Taylor (7 May 1932 – 8 September 1997) was an English journalist, writer and publicist, best known for his work as press officer for The Beatles. He had started his career as a local journalist in Liverpool working for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, then becoming a North England-based writer for national British newspapers that included the News Chronicle, the Sunday Dispatch and the Sunday Express. He also served as a regular columnist and theatre critic for the Daily Express.
Taylor was a national journalist when he was assigned to write a review of a Beatles concert. He had been expected by his editors to write a piece critical of what at that time was considered by the national press as an inconsequential teen fad. However, he was enchanted by the group and instead sang their praises. Shortly afterwards, he was invited to meet The Beatles and soon became a trusted journalist in their circle.
As The Beatles gained national attention in Britain, Taylor's editors conceived of running a column ostensibly written by a Beatle to boost circulation, to be ghostwritten by Taylor. George Harrison was the Beatle eventually decided upon. Although Taylor was initially only given the right to approve or disapprove of the content, Harrison's dissection of the first draft turned the column into an ongoing collaboration between the two, with Harrison providing the stories and Taylor providing the polish.
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Dick James
Dick James (12 December 1920 – 1 February 1986), born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick in the East End of London, was a music publisher and the founder of the DJM record label and recording studios, as well as (with Brian Epstein) The Beatles' publisher Northern Songs.
James sang with North London dance bands in his early teens, and was a regular vocalist at the Cricklewood Palais by the age of seventeen. He joined the Henry Hall band, and made first radio broadcast in 1940. Joining the Army in 1942, after World War II he continued to sing with top post-war bands, including Geraldo's. Later still, James was also a part-time member of The Stargazers, a popular early 1950s vocal group.
He was the singer of the theme songs of The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Buccaneers, from British television in the 1950s, and was a friend and associate of renowned record producer George Martin.
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Dickie Valentine
Dickie Valentine (4 November 1929 – 6 May 1971) was an English pop singer in the 1950s. In addition to several other Top Ten hit singles, Valentine had two chart toppers on the UK Singles Chart with "Finger of Suspicion" (1954) and "Christmas Alphabet" (1955).
Valentine was born Richard Maxwell (his birth father was Dickie Maxwell) in Marylebone, London. He was known as Richard Bryce, as his mother later married Bryce, and gave her young son that surname.
His first acting job was at age three, when he appeared in the Jack Hulbert/Cicely Courtneidge film Jack's the Boy.
He first trained as a singer during his work as a child actor, and during that time developed a flexible vocal style and skills as an impersonator of famous singers. He was overheard singing by actor-singer Bill O'Connor while working as a call boy at Her Majesty's Theatre, and encouraged him to take lessons. Since he could not afford them, O'Connor paid for them.
He sang in clubs and learned stagecraft to help gain confidence and experience. While he was in his late teens, he was singing at the Panama Club one night when music publisher Sid Green saw him and brought him to the attention of Ted Heath.
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Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)". He is considered the first Italian cantautore.
Modugno was born in Polignano a Mare, province of Bari (Puglia).
From a young age he wanted to become an actor and in 1951, after his military service, he enrolled in an acting school. While still studying he had a role in a cinematographic version of Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo as well as some other films.
In 1935 his father moved to San Pietro Vernotico, in the Province of Brindisi (where his parents are buried). Here Domenico attended primary school and learned San Piertro Vernotico's dialect, which belongs to the linguistic area of Lecce's dialect, which is similar to Sicilian. He attended secondary school in Lecce.
In 1957 his song "Lazzarella," sung by Aurelio Fierro, came second in the Festival della Canzone Napoletana, bringing him his first taste of popularity.
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Donovan
Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled as an imitator of Bob Dylan, Donovan quickly developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has variously lived in Scotland, London, California and Ireland, and currently lives with his family in County Cork in Ireland.
Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan shot to fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with a series of live performances on the pop TV series, Ready Steady Go!. Initially signing with the British label Pye Records in 1965, he recorded a handful of singles and two albums in the folk music vein, but after signing a new contract with the US label Epic Records his popularity rapidly spread to the US and other countries. After extricating himself from his original management contract, he began a long and successful collaboration with Mickie Most, one of the leading British independent record producers of the era, scoring a string of hits in the UK, the US, Australia and other countries. His successful records in the 1960s included the UK hits "Catch the Wind" and "Colours" in 1965, while "Sunshine Superman" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, and reached #2 in Britain. Donovan was the first artist to be signed to CBS/Epic Records by then-new Administrative Vice President Clive Davis, who later became head of the CBS Record empire.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
In the mid 1960s, Clapton departed from the Yardbirds to play blues with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. In his one-year stay with Mayall, Clapton gained the nickname "Slowhand". Immediately after leaving Mayall, Clapton formed Cream, a power trio with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop." For most of the 1970s, Clapton's output bore the influence of the mellow style of J.J. Cale and the reggae of Bob Marley. His version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" helped reggae reach a mass market. Two of his most popular recordings were "Layla", recorded by Derek and the Dominos, another band he formed and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads", recorded by Cream. A recipient of seventeen Grammy Awards, in 2004 Clapton was awarded a CBE for services to music. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
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Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Domino was French Creole and Creole was his first language. Domino was delivered at home by his midwife grandmother who was born into enslavement in 1857. Like most families in the Lower Ninth Ward, Domino's family were new arrivals from the sugar and cotton plantations. His father was a well known violinist, and Domino was inspired to play himself. He eventually learned from his Uncle, jazz guitarist Harrison Verrett. Fats released five Gold (million selling) records before 1955. Domino also had 35 Top 40 American Hits and has a music style based on traditional R&B ensembles or Bass, Piano, Electric Guitar, Drums, and Saxophone.
Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a strong back beat. "The Fat Man" sold one million copies by 1953. Fats Domino released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, Domino's trusted bandleader. Domino finally crossed into the pop mainstream with "Ain't That A Shame" (1955), which hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone characteristically hit #1 with a milder cover of the song that received wider radio airplay in a racially-segregated era. Domino eventually had 37 Top 40 singles.
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Francie Schwartz
Francie Schwartz, born 1944, is an American scriptwriter and the former girlfriend, during the late 1960s, of Paul McCartney, who referred to her as "Franny". At the time, McCartney was engaged to the actress Jane Asher who broke off the engagement when she found them in bed together, although Schwartz claims otherwise. One of the fans who used to hang around McCartney's Cavendish Avenue house says that "...Paul brought this American girl home...[and a little while later]...another car turned into Cavendish Avenue – it was Jane. She'd come back...earlier than she was supposed to. Jane went into the house. A bit later on she came storming out again and drove away." Later on, Jane's mother arrived to retrieve Jane's things.
In 1968, intrigued by the Beatles' formation of the Apple Corps which she had read about in the American magazine "Rolling Stone", at the age of 23 she went to London to see if one of her scripts was of interest to what she regarded as the "non-establishment". She met the Beatles at a critical point in their development – when they were making the "White Album".
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra, /sɨˈnɑːtrə/, (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and film actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity.
He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records in 1961 (finding success with albums such as Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
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Geoff Emerick
Geoffrey Emerick (born 1946 in London) is an English recording studio audio engineer, who is best known for his work with The Beatles' albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles and Abbey Road. He is widely regarded as one of the best engineers in all of recording history.
Emerick first started working as an assistant engineer at EMI at the age of 15. To familiarize with his work, he was placed under the supervision of another assistant engineer, Richard Langham. On his second day of work at EMI, Richard Langham was assigned to be the assistant engineer of Norman Smith who will be doing the first recording session of the Beatles in the evening. As a new recruit, Emerick was not entitled to get over-time pay, but was lucky enough to witness the first-ever EMI recording session by the finalised line-up of The Beatles in 1962, during which the group recorded for the first time with new drummer Ringo Starr on what would eventually become their first hit single "Love Me Do". As assistant engineer, Emerick worked on numerous early recordings by the Beatles, and also helped record other artists for the label, including Judy Garland. He assisted at the EMI artist test of The Hollies.
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George Dunning
George Garnett Dunning (November 17, 1920 – February 15, 1979) was a Canadian film maker and animator. He is best known for animating and directing the 1968 Beatles' film Yellow Submarine.
He was born in Toronto and studied in Canada at the Ontario College of Art, and soon found freelance work as an illustrator. Dunning joined the NFB of Canada in 1943, where he worked with Norman McLaren and contributed to several episodes of the Chants populaires series. From 1944 to 1947 Dunning created many original short films and developed his skills animating articulated, painted, metal cut-outs.
In 1948, he spent a year working for UNESCO in Paris under the mentorship of Czech-born animator Berthold Bartosch. Then in 1949, he and fellow NFB grad Jim McKay created one of Toronto’s first animation studios, Graphic Associates, where he produced commercials and gave Michael Snow his first job in film. In 1956 he moved to England to manage UPA’s new London office. After the office went under, he hired many of the UPA staff to work for him and his newly established production company, TVC. By 1961, TVC was producing about one hundred commercials a year. During this time Dunning also managed to make many personal short films noted for their surrealistic atmosphere and Kafkaesque themes.
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George Harrison
George Harrison,MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian culture and mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as their Western audience. Following the band's break-up he was a successful solo artist, and later a founding member of the Traveling Wilburys. Harrison was also a session musician and a film and record producer. He is listed at number 11 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which two hit singles originated: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for former Beatle Ringo Starr, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison.
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George Martin
Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926) is an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"—a title that he has described as "nonsense"—in reference to his extensive involvement on each of The Beatles' original albums. He is considered one of the greatest record producers of all time, with 30 number one hit singles in the UK and 23 number one hits in the USA.
Influenced by a range of musical styles, encompassing Cole Porter and Johnny Dankworth, he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1947 to 1950, studying piano and oboe. Following his graduation, he worked for the BBC's classical music department, then joined EMI in 1950. Martin produced comedy and novelty records in the early 1950s, working with the likes of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.
In a career spanning over six decades, Martin has worked in music, film, television and live performance. He has also held a number of senior executive roles at media companies and contributes to a wide range of charitable causes, including his work for the Prince's Trust and the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
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George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου); 25 June 1963) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Michael rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper", was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide.
As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Michael has sold more than 100 million records worldwide as of 2010. His 1987 debut solo album, Faith, has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and made several records and achievements in the United States. Michael has garnered seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists list.
Michael has won numerous music awards throughout his 30-year career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male twice, four MTV Video Music Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards, three American Music Awards, and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations.
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George Toogood Smith
George Toogood Smith (1903 – 5 June 1955) was the maternal uncle, through marriage, of John Lennon. Smith operated his family's two dairy farms and a retail outlet with his brother, Frank Smith, in the village of Woolton, Liverpool. The farms had been in the Smith family for four generations, but after the start of World War II, they were taken over by the British Government for war work.
Smith started courting Mimi Stanley in the spring of 1932, but was thwarted by her indifference and her father's interference. After delivering milk to the hospital where she worked he gave her an ultimatum that she must marry him, "or nothing at all!" On 15 September 1939, she finally married him. They bought a semi-detached house called Mendips, named after the range of hills, at 251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool.
Lennon lived with Smith and his wife for the majority of his childhood, and Smith taught the young Lennon to read, read him nursery rhymes at night, and later taught Lennon how to solve crossword puzzles. He also taught him to draw and paint and bought him his first mouth organ. Smith collapsed and died on a Sunday at his home of a liver haemorrhage, aged 52, and was buried in St Peter’s Church graveyard, Woolton.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. As the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment (after Spiro Agnew had resigned), when he became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the only President of the United States who was never elected President nor Vice-President by the Electoral College. Before ascending to the vice-presidency, Ford served nearly 25 years as the Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader.
As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. Domestically, Ford presided over arguably the weakest economy since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. One of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's incumbency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. In 1976, Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but lost the presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.
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Giles Martin
Giles Martin (born 9 October 1969) is an English record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of Sir George Martin, famed producer of almost all of The Beatles' records.
Giles Martin grew up without much awareness of The Beatles, and was discouraged by his father from pursuing a career in music lest the inevitable comparisons should be made. Giles ignored the advice, first playing in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful band Velvet Jones, then writing jingles in college, then working in various musical capacities in the UK. In 1995, he was appointed co-music director for the television and radio music countdown show, The Great Music Experience. He worked on the Party at the Palace concert to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, for which he also produced the subsequent album and DVD.
Martin's first notable producer role came with the high-selling UK band Kula Shaker. After that, his production and mixing credits came to include Jeff Beck, Elvis Costello, INXS, and Kate Bush. In 2004 Martin produced Hayley Westenra's multi-platinum album Pure, the UK’s fastest-selling classical album of all time.
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Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936) is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated no less than 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of the 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10.[citation needed] Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights".
Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967.[citation needed] For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns (born 15 February 1942, Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British musician, recording engineer and record producer.
He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Blue Öyster Cult, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Midnight Oil, New Model Army, Belly, Joe Satriani, Ronnie Lane, Rod Stewart with Faces, Joan Armatrading, Buckacre, Gallagher and Lyle, Georgie Fame, Family, Helen Watson, Fairport Convention, Humble Pie and many others.
In the 1960s, while associated with the rock band The Presidents, Johns began working as a recording studio engineer at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London and was able to take the band in during weekends and try his skills at production and recording. The Presidents was his first true production work and some of the original tracks are available to hear and record at the Sound Bite Page on The President's web site www.the-presidents.org.uk. In 1969, Johns was called upon to rescue the troublesome Get Back sessions for The Beatles. Johns compiled several versions of the album, which were all rejected by the band, before the project was eventually turned over to producer Phil Spector. Spector's version became the released album, which was retitled Let It Be.
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Greil Marcus
Greil Marcus (born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.
Marcus was born in San Francisco and earned an undergraduate degree in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, where he also did graduate work in political science. He has been a rock critic and columnist for Rolling Stone (where he was the first reviews editor, at $30 a week) and other publications, including Creem, The Village Voice, and Artforum. From 1983 to 1989, Marcus was on the Board of Directors for the National Book Critics Circle.
His 1975 book, Mystery Train, was notable for placing rock and roll within the context of American cultural archetypes, from Moby-Dick to The Great Gatsby to Stagger Lee. Marcus's "recognition of the unities in the American imagination that already exist" inspired countless rock scribes. On 30 August 2011, TIME magazine published a list of what they consider the 100 best non-fiction books since 1923, when the magazine was first published and included "Mystery Train" on the list, one of only five dealing with culture, and the only one dealing on the subject of American music.
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Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson. He is known for the hit singles "Everybody's Talkin'" (1969), "Without You" (1971), and "Coconut" (1972). Nilsson's career is also notable for the fact that he was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists of his era to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours.
He was awarded Grammys for two of his recordings; best male contemporary vocal in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'", the theme song to the Academy Award-winning movie Midnight Cowboy, and best male pop vocal in 1972 for "Without You."
Nilsson was born in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1941. His paternal grandparents were Swedish circus performers and dancers, especially known for their "aerial ballet" (which is the title of one of Nilsson's albums). His father, Harry Edward Nilsson, Jr., abandoned the family when young Harry was three. An autobiographical reference to this is found in the opening to Nilsson's song "1941":
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Henry Mancini
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards (20), plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995. His best-known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme"), the Peter Gunn Theme from the television series, and back-to-back Academy Awards for the songs "Moon River" from the Blake Edwards film Breakfast at Tiffany's and "Days of Wine and Roses" from Edwards' film Days of Wine and Roses. He also composed the score of famous films such as Charade, The Great Race, Wait Until Dark or Silver Streak.
Mancini was born in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, and grew up near Pittsburgh, in the steel town of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Mancini's father, Quinto, (born March 13, 1893, Scanno, Italy) was a steelworker, who made his only child begin piccolo lessons at the age of eight. When Mancini was 12 years old, he began piano lessons. Quinto and Henry played flute together in the Aliquippa Italian immigrant band, "Sons of Italy". After graduating from Aliquippa High School in 1942, Mancini attended the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. In 1943, after roughly one year at Juilliard, his studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army. In 1945, he participated in the liberation of a concentration camp in southern Germany.
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Horst Fascher
Horst Fascher (born 5 February 1936, Hamburg) is a previous German nightclub bouncer, and a friend of The Beatles during their days playing in Hamburg, Germany.
A onetime professional boxer whose career was cut short (he had unintentionally killed a sailor in a street fight), Fascher found work in clubs along the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. When the Beatles (including original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stuart Sutcliffe) made their first trip to Germany in August 1960, Fascher befriended the young group, who played at the Indra Club and the Kaiserkeller.
As they rose through the ranks of bands playing the Reeperbahn (making five trips in all over the next two-and-a-half years), Fascher usually managed to be working at the same clubs, and for the same boss, as the Beatles. They visited him at home, and he in turn kept troublemakers away from the band. The only favour Fascher asked was to be able to sing with them occasionally onstage, which was granted; Eddie Cochran's music was a common choice.
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Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year (1985) and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers.
Padgham started out as a tape operator at Advision Studios, working in recording sessions for Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. From there he went to Lansdowne Studios and moved from tape-operator/assistant engineer to head engineer. In 1978, Padgham got a job at The Townhouse, where he engineered and/or produced acts including XTC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins.
Padgham's previous work with Gabriel and Collins led to a long and enormously successful collaboration with Genesis in the 1980s, which produced a string of hit albums and singles including Genesis and Invisible Touch. In addition to his work with Genesis and XTC, Padgham co-produced two albums with The Police: Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity, as well as Paul McCartney's Press to Play and The Human League's Hysteria.
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Hunter Davies
This article is about the Scottish writer. For the American writer see Hunter S. Thompson
Edward Hunter Davies (born 7 January 1936) is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster. He is the author of many books, including the only authorised biography of The Beatles.
Davies was born in Johnstone to Scottish parents. For 4 years his family lived in Dumfries until Davies was aged 11. Davies has frequently quoted his boyhood hero as being football centre-forward, Billy Houliston, of Davies' then local team, Queen of the South.
His family moved to Carlisle when Davies was 11 and he attended the Creighton School in the city. Davies lived in Carlisle until he moved to study at university. During this time his father, who was a former RAF pay clerk, developed multiple sclerosis and had to retire on medical grounds from a civil service career. Davies joined the sixth form at Carlisle Grammar School and was awarded a place at University College, Durham to read for an Honours Degree in History, but after his first year he switched to a general arts course. He gained his first writing experience as a student, contributing to the university newspaper, Palatinate. However after completing his degree course he stayed on at Durham for another year to gain a teaching diploma.
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Ian MacDonald
Ian MacCormick (pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his forensic history of The Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. MacDonald was instrumental in popularising Nick Drake during the late 1970s and early 1980, a period during which Drake was largely forgotten.
MacDonald briefly attended King's College, Cambridge, at first to study English, but he later transferred to Archaeology and Anthropology. He dropped out after a year. While at Cambridge, he was distantly acquainted with the singer/songwriter Nick Drake. From 1972 to 1975 he served as assistant editor at the NME. McDonald began a songwriting collaboration as lyricist with Quiet Sun, which included his brother Bill MacCormick and future Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. The collaboration resumed in the late 1970s, with MacDonald providing lyrics for the album Listen Now. Later, Brian Eno assisted MacDonald in producing Sub Rosa, an album of his songs released on Manzanera's label.
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Ivan Vaughan
Ivan Vaughan (18 June 1942 - 16 August 1993) was a boyhood friend of John Lennon, and later schoolmate of Paul McCartney at the Liverpool Institute, both commencing school there in Sept. 1953. He was born on the same day as Paul McCartney in Liverpool. He played bass part-time in Lennon's first band, The Quarrymen, and was responsible for introducing Lennon to Paul McCartney at a community event (the Woolton village fête) on July 6, 1957, where The Quarrymen were performing. McCartney impressed Lennon, who invited McCartney to join the band, which he did a day later. This led to the formation of Lennon and McCartney's songwriting partnership, and later of The Beatles.
Vaughan studied classics at University College, London, married in 1966 and settled down to family life with a son and daughter, and became a teacher.
Lennon and McCartney never forgot the friend who brought them together. For a time they put Vaughan on the payroll of their Apple company, in charge of a plan that never took off to set up a school with a Sixties, hippie-style education ethos. Vaughan's wife Jan, a languages teacher, was hired to sit down with Lennon and McCartney and help with the French lyrics to the 1965 song "Michelle".
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone.
Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded several notable songs throughout his career including "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running On Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings: Roberta "Berbie" Browne who was born in 1946 in Nuernberg, Germany (Nuremberg) and Edward Severin Browne who was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 3 and in his teens began singing folk music in local venues like the Ash Grove and The Troubador Club. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966.
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James Hanratty
James Hanratty (4 October 1936, Bromley, Kent – 4 April 1962, Bedford Prison, Bedford), a petty criminal with no prior history of violence, was hanged for the murder of Michael Gregsten. Gregsten was shot dead in his car in a lay-by on the A6 at Deadman's Hill near the village of Clophill, Bedfordshire, on 23 August 1961; his mistress, Valerie Storie, was raped and shot in the same incident, leaving her paralysed. Charges on these additional crimes were kept in reserve. Hanratty's guilt was disputed until 2002, when DNA evidence settled the question of his involvement. The incident was to become known in the media as the 'A6 murder'.
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Jane Asher
Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, author and entrepreneur.
Asher was the middle of three children born to Richard Alan John and Margaret Asher, née Eliot, in Willesden, North West London. Her father was a broadcaster and a consultant at the Central Middlesex Hospital and the author of notable medical articles. Asher's mother was a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[citation needed] Asher attended Queen's College in Harley Street, London and is the elder sister of Clare Asher, a radio actress and school inspector. Asher's elder brother is record producer Peter Asher,
, who was "Peter" of Peter and Gordon.
Asher was a child actress and appeared in the 1952 film Mandy and the 1955 science fiction film The Quatermass Xperiment. She also had a title role in a version of Alice in Wonderland (1958) and Through the Looking-Glass for Argo Records. In 1961 she co-starred in The Greengage Summer which was released in the United States as Loss of Innocence. She also appeared in the 1962 film and Disney TV programme, The Prince and the Pauper. British TV appearances included three episodes (1956–1958) of the British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood and as a panelist on the BBC's Juke Box Jury.
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Jann Wenner
Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines.
Wenner was born in New York City and grew up in a secular Jewish family.[citation needed] His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools to live. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at Ramparts, a high-circulation muckraker, where Gleason was a contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine's spinoff newspaper.
In 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded Rolling Stone in San Francisco. To get the magazine off the ground, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from family members and from the family of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. In the summer following the start of the magazine, Wenner and Schindelheim were married in a small Jewish ceremony.
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Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra. He was later a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. Lynne has produced recordings for artists such as The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, Dave Edmunds, Del Shannon and Tom Petty. He has co-written songs with Petty and also with George Harrison, whose 1987 album Cloud Nine was co-produced by Lynne and Harrison. Among the many compositions to his credit are such well-known hits as "Livin' Thing", "Evil Woman", "Turn to Stone", "Do Ya", "Xanadu", "Strange Magic", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Telephone Line", "Shine a Little Love", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Hold On Tight", "All Over the World", and "Don't Bring Me Down".
In 2008, The Washington Times named Lynne the fourth greatest record producer in music history.
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Jeff Porcaro
Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he shot to prominence in the US as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied. Allmusic has characterized him as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s", further stating that "It is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro."
Porcaro was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the eldest son of Los Angeles session percussionist Joe Porcaro. His brothers Steve and Mike are both still active session musicians. Porcaro was raised in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and attended Ulysses S. Grant High School.
On October 22, 1983, Porcaro married Susan Norris, a Los Angeles television newscaster. They had three sons, Christopher Joseph (born July 3, 1984), Miles Edwin Crawford (born June 12, 1986), and Nico Hendrix (born December 26, 1991).
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Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors.
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Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1980s, he became a successful businessman.
Rubin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of a bread delivery man and union representative, and grew up in the then-upscale Avondale neighborhood[citation needed].
Rubin's parents died within 10 months of each other, leaving Rubin the only person to take care of his younger brother, Gil, who was 13 at the time. Jerry wanted to teach Gil about the world and decided to take him to India. When relatives threatened to fight to obtain custody of Gil, Jerry decided to take his brother to Tel Aviv instead. There Rubin studied sociology while his brother, who had learned Hebrew, decided to stay in Israel and moved to a kibbutz. Before returning to social and political activism, Rubin made a visit to Cuba despite the law forbidding Americans to travel there[citation needed].
Rubin attended Cincinnati's Walnut Hills High School, co-editing the school newspaper, The Chatterbox and graduating in 1956. While in high school Rubin began to write for The Cincinnati Post, compiling sports scores from high school games. He later went on to graduate from the University of Cincinnati, receiving a degree in sociology. Rubin attended the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964 but dropped out to focus on social activism[citation needed].
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Jim Keltner
James Lee "Jim" Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Keltner is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was characterized as "the leading session drummer in America" by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes.
Keltner is best known for his session work on solo recordings by three of The Beatles, working often with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr. He and Starr were the drummers on the Concert for Bangladesh, rock music's first charity benefit, initiated by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, in August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York; he also performed at the Garden in 1972 for John Lennon's "One To One" benefit for the Willowbrook State School. Keltner later joined the 1974 George Harrison/Ravi Shankar tour, after many phone calls on the road from Harrison. His first gig on the tour was Memphis November 20, 1974.
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Jimmie Nicol
James George "Jimmie"/"Jimmy" Nicol (born 3 August 1939, 93 Silverthorne Road, Battersea, London), is a British drummer, best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr in The Beatles for a series of concerts during the height of Beatlemania in 1964, elevating him from relative obscurity to worldwide fame and then back again in the space of a fortnight. Nicol had hoped that his association with The Beatles would greatly boost his career, but instead found that the spotlight moved away from him once Starr returned to the group. His subsequent lack of commercial success led him into bankruptcy in 1965. After then working with a number of different bands, which included a successful phase with The Spotnicks, he left the music business in 1967 to pursue a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Later in his life he became a recluse preferring not to discuss his connection to The Beatles and refusing to seek financial gain from it. He has a son, Howard, who is a BAFTA award-winning sound engineer.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).
During Carter's term as President, two new cabinet-level departments were created: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Throughout his career, Carter strongly emphasized human rights. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted throughout his term. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (at the end of 1979), 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United States of the Moscow Olympics and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Jimmy Driftwood
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907–July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians.
Driftwood was born in Timbo, Arkansas on June 20, 1907. His father was folk singer Neil Morris. Driftwood learned to play guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument. Driftwood used that unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, and the head and bottom from the headboard of his grandmother's bed. This homemade instrument produced a pleasant distinctive resonant sound. Driftwood attended John Brown College in northwest Arkansas and later received a degree in education from Arkansas State Teacher's College. He started writing songs during his teaching career to teach his students history in an entertaining manner.
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Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum-selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been performed by many popular contemporary singers, including Glen Campbell, The 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston, The Supremes, Richard Harris, Johnny Maestro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, America, Linda Ronstadt, R.E.M., Michael Feinstein, Donna Summer and Carly Simon. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 to 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Jimmy Layne Webb was born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma. His father, Robert Lee Webb, was a Baptist minister and former member of the United States Marine Corps who presided over rural churches in southwestern Oklahoma and west Texas. With his mother's encouragement, Webb learned piano and organ, and by the age of 12 was playing in the choir of his father's churches, accompanied by his father on guitar and his mother on accordion. Webb grew up in a conservative religious home where his father restricted radio listening to country music and white gospel music.
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Joe Loss
Joshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.
Loss was born in Spitalfields, London, the youngest of four children. His parents, Israel and Ada Loss, were Russian Jews and first cousins. His father was a cabinet-maker who had an office furnishing business. Loss was educated at Jews' Free School, Trinity College of Music and the London College of Music. He started violin lessons at the age of seven and later played violin at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool and also with Oscar Rabin. Loss started band leading in the early 1930s, working at the Astoria Ballroom and soon breaking into variety at the Kit-Cat Club. In 1934 he topped the bill at the Holborn Empire but in the same year moved back to the Astoria Ballroom where he led a twelve piece band. With broadcasting, recording and annual tours in addition to the resident work the band became highly popular over the next few years.In the 1950s Loss was resident band leader at the Hammersmith Palais and was remembered by a trainee nurse at Hammersmith Hospital as being as kind and gentlemanly when she attended him in hospital as in his public persona. His band's signature tune "In the Mood" would often be requested three or more times a night.
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John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives.
Cage is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4′33″, which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound; musicians who present the work do nothing aside from being present for the duration specified by the title. The content of the composition is not "four minutes and 33 seconds of silence," as is sometimes assumed, but rather the sounds of the environment heard by the audience during performance. The work's challenge to assumed definitions about musicianship and musical experience made it a popular and controversial topic both in musicology and the broader aesthetics of art and performance. Cage was also a pioneer of the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by objects placed between or on its strings or hammers), for which he wrote numerous dance-related works and a few concert pieces. The best known of these is Sonatas and Interludes (1946–48).
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
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Johnny Gentle
Johnny Gentle is the stage name of John Askew (born 8 December 1936). He was a British pop singer who is now best remembered for having briefly toured Scotland with the Silver Beetles - later known simply as The Beatles - as his backing group in 1960.
John Askew was born and grew up in Liverpool. After leaving school he was apprenticed as a carpenter, and, using a borrowed book for instructions, made his own guitar. He teamed up with Bobby Crawford and the pair began performing at local clubs, singing Everly Brothers songs, before Askew took a job working on a luxury ocean liner. On his return, he entered talent competitions as a solo singer, and changed his stage name, first to George Baker and then to Ricky Damone. He moved to London and worked on a building site, before winning a talent competition at the Locarno Ballroom in Streatham. He was auditioned by manager Larry Parnes, who won him a recording contract with Philips Records in 1959, and gave him the stage name Johnny Gentle.
Gentle released two singles on Philips in 1959 - the self-penned "Wendy", followed by "Milk From The Coconut" - but they did not make the charts, and nor did an EP, The Gentle Touch, combining the two singles. In early May 1960, Parnes co-promoted, with Allan Williams, a show at Liverpool Stadium starring Gene Vincent supported by local groups Cass & The Cassanovas, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Gerry & the Pacemakers. Parnes thought it would be a good idea to use Liverpool groups as backing bands for his artists, who included Billy Fury, and held auditions on 10 May 1960. This resulted in the Silver Beetles being selected to back Gentle on a short Scottish tour.
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Johnny Hutchinson
Johnny 'Hutch' Hutchinson (born 18 July 1940 in Malta), also known as Johnny Hutch, was a Liverpudlian rock and roll drummer of the late 1950s and early 1960s, during the same time that The Beatles rose through the ranks of British rock bands. Hutch's group, The Big Three, were rivals of the Beatles, and his opinions of them were not the highest; one early remark he made was that the Beatles "weren't worth a carrot."
Feelings aside, Hutch sat in with them during a 1960 audition, keeping a beat until their then-drummer Tommy Moore could arrive. Mersey Beat magazine editor, Bill Harry, claimed that the vacant drummer position in The Beatles when Pete Best was dismissed was initially offered by Epstein to Johnny, who Epstein later managed. Knowing The Beatles had secured a record contract, Hutchinson turned down the job, saying, "Brian asked me to join the Beatles and I said, I wouldn’t join the Beatles for a gold clock. There’s only one group as far as I’m concerned and that’s the Big Three. The Beatles can’t make a better sound than that, and Pete Best is a very good friend of mine. I couldn’t do the dirty on him". Johnnny did play for The Beatles when Pete Best naturally never turned up on the evening of his dismissal, and two subsequent bookings, until second choice Ringo Starr could join The Beatles from Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
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Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel (November 23, 1925) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.
Born John Alfred Mandel, New York, N.Y., to Alfred, a garment manufacturer, and Hannah, an opera singer, who discovered when he was aged 5 that he had perfect pitch. Piano lessons ensued but Johnny switched to the trumpet and later the trombone. Mandel married Martha Blanner in 1970 and has a daughter, Marrisa, born in 1976.
He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. In 1943 he played the trumpet with Joe Venuti, in 1944 with Billy Rogers and trombone in the bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Georgie Auld and Chubby Jackson. In 1949 he accompanied the singer June Christy in the orchestra of Bob Cooper. From 1951 till 1953 he played and arranged music in Elliot Lawrence's orchestra, and in 1953 with Count Basie. Later he resided in Los Angeles, where he played the bass trumpet for Zoot Sims. A 1944 Band graduate of New York Military Academy, in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, he wrote jazz compositions like "Not Really the Blues" for Woody Herman in 1949, "Hershey Bar" (1950) and "Pot Luck" (1953) for Stan Getz, "Straight Life" (1953) and "Low Life" (1956) for Count Basie as well as "Tommyhawk" (1954) for Chet Baker.
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Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations, and won four. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.
Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia. His father, George Anderson Mercer, was a prominent attorney and real estate developer, and his mother, Lillian Elizabeth (née Ciucevich), George Mercer’s secretary and then second wife, was the daughter of Croatian-Irish immigrants who came to America in the 1850s. Lillian's father was a merchant seaman who ran the Union blockade during the U.S. Civil War. Mercer was George's fourth son, first by Lillian. His great-grandfather was Confederate General Hugh Weedon Mercer and he was a direct descendant of American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, a Scottish soldier-physician who died at the Battle of Princeton. Mercer was also a distant cousin of General George S. Patton. The construction of Mercer House in Savannah was started by General Hugh Weedon Mercer in 1860 (although never finished by him; the next owners of the house finished it), later the home of Jim Williams, whose trial for murder was the centerpiece of John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, although neither the General nor Johnny ever lived there.
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Jon Wiener
Jon (Jonathan M.) Wiener is an American historian and journalist based in Los Angeles. He is notable for waging a successful 25-year legal battle to win the release of the John Lennon FBI files. A professor of United States history at University of California, Irvine , he is also a contributing editor to The Nation and host of a radio program in Los Angeles. His most recent book is How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America, which is scheduled for publication in October 2012.
Wiener was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he graduated from Central High School. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard, where he worked with Barrington Moore, Jr. and Michael Walzer, and also wrote for the underground paper The Old Mole.
At the University of California, Irvine, Wiener teaches history courses on “American Politics: FDR to Obama” and “Cold War Culture.” Wiener’s scholarly works have been published in The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, and Past & Present.
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João Gilberto
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒwɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; June 10, 1931), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.
João Gilberto was born in Juazeiro, Bahia. From an early age, music was a part of Gilberto's life. His grandfather bought him his first guitar at the age of 14. During high school, Gilberto teamed up with some of his classmates to form a small band. Gilberto, who led the band, was influenced by Brazilian popular songs, American jazz, and even some opera, among other genres. After trying his luck as a radio singer in Salvador, Bahia, the young Gilberto was recruited in 1950 as lead singer of the vocal quintet Garotos da Lua (Moon Boys) and moved to Rio de Janeiro. A year and a half later, he was dismissed from the group for his lack of discipline (he would often show up late to rehearsals or not at all).
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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer and vaudevillian. Renowned for her contralto voice, she attained international stardom through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award, as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the remake of A Star is Born and for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1961 film, Judgment at Nuremberg. At 39 years of age, she remains the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry.
After appearing in vaudeville with her two older sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and the 1939 film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz. After 15 years, she was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a return to acting beginning with critically acclaimed performances.
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Julia Baird
Julia Baird (née Dykins) (born 5 March 1947) is the eldest daughter of John 'Bobby' Albert Dykins (1918 - December 1965) and Julia Lennon (12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958). Baird's older half-brother was late English musician John Lennon; she also had an older half-sister, Ingrid Pederson. Her younger sister was Jacqueline 'Jacqui' Dykins (born 26 October 1949).
Lennon started visiting the Dykins' house in 1951. After the death of Julia Lennon in 1958, Harriet and Norman Birch were appointed guardians of Julia and Jacqui, ignoring Dykins' parentage, as he had never legally married their mother. Lennon invited the Dykins sisters to visit after the success of The Beatles, when he was living in Kenwood, Weybridge, with his wife, Cynthia Lennon.
Julia Dykins (Baird) married Allen Baird in 1968 and moved to Belfast. They had three children together but were divorced in 1981. Baird worked as a special needs teacher, and after Lennon's death she wrote John Lennon, My Brother (with Geoffrey Giuliano) and gave up working in 2004 to write Imagine This - Growing up with my brother John Lennon. She is now a director of Cavern City Tours in Liverpool.
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Julia Lennon
Julia Lennon (née Stanley; 12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958) was the mother of English musician John Lennon, who was born during her marriage to Alfred Lennon. After complaints to Liverpool's Social Services by her eldest sister, Mimi Smith (née Stanley), she handed over the care of her son to her sister. She later had one daughter after an affair with a Welsh soldier, but the baby was given up for adoption after pressure from her family. She then had two daughters, Julia and Jackie, with John 'Bobby' Dykins. She never divorced her husband, preferring to live as the common-law wife of Dykins for the rest of her life.
She was known as being high-spirited and impulsive, musical, and having a strong sense of humour. She taught her son how to play the banjo and ukulele, and bought his first acoustic guitar, even though her eldest sister strongly disapproved. She kept in almost daily contact with Lennon, and when he was in his teens he often stayed overnight at her and Dykins' house. On 15 July 1958, she was struck down and killed by a car driven by an off-duty policeman, close to her sister's house at 251 Menlove Avenue. Lennon was traumatised by her death and wrote several songs about her, including "Julia" and "Mother." Biographer Ian MacDonald wrote that she was, "to a great extent... her son's muse."
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Julian Lennon
John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) is a British musician, songwriter, actor, and photographer. He is the son of John Lennon and Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Powell. Beatles manager Brian Epstein was his godfather. He has a younger half-brother, Sean Lennon. Lennon was named after his paternal grandmother, Julia. He remains close friends with his father's former bandmate Paul McCartney.
Julian directly inspired three Beatles songs: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Hey Jude" and "Good Night". He is also devoted to philanthropic endeavors, most notably his own White Feather Foundation and the Whaledreamers Organization, both of which promote the co-existence of all species and the health and well-being of the Earth.
His sixth studio album Everything Changes was released on 3 October 2011.
Julian Lennon was born in Liverpool. Initially, the fact that John Lennon was married and had a child was concealed from the public, in keeping with the conventional wisdom of the era that female teenage fans would not be as enamoured of married male pop stars.
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Jürgen Vollmer
Jürgen Vollmer, with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voorman (the "Exis"), befriended The Beatles during the band's time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. Vollmer was the son of a professional army officer who died during World War II. Young Vollmer was attending Hamburg's Institute of Fashion at the time he met The Beatles, who at the time included drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe. Vollmer quickly became one of the group's photographers, and was responsible for the "Beatles haircut" and some of their most iconic images in their leather-clad days prior to Brian Epstein. John Lennon was particularly impressed with Vollmer's photos, and used one of his favourites on the cover of his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll. During the time Vollmer lived in the USA, he worked as a set photographer in several Hollywood film productions.
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Kaiserkeller
Kaiserkeller is a night club in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany, near the Reeperbahn. It was opened by Bruno Koschmider on October 14, 1959. The Beatles had a contract with Kaiserkeller to play there in 1960.
A Caribbean steel band that had played at Allan Williams Jacaranda club in Liverpool took an offer to play in Hamburg. After receiving letters enthusing about Hamburg's club scene, Williams made contact with Koschmider, offering to act as a booking agent, to which Koschmider agreed. Koschmider had previously booked Derry and the Seniors after seeing them perform in London, and as they were successful in Hamburg, he asked Williams to look for additional groups.Rory Storm and The Hurricanes were Williams' first choice, but as they were committed to a season at Butlins holiday camp, they turned his offer down (as did Gerry & The Pacemakers) so Williams sent The Beatles to Hamburg instead. They were required to play six or seven hours a night, seven nights a week. The Beatles first played at Koschmider's Indra club, sleeping in small, "dirty" rooms in the Bambi Kino, and then moved (after the closure of the Indra) to the larger Kaiserkeller.
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician and songwriter, and a founder member of The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards has created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and has named him the 4th greatest guitarist of all time. Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting partner Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones' lead vocalist, are listed among Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Richards' notoriety for illicit drug use stems in part from several drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Keith Richards is the only child of Bert Richards and Doris Dupree Richards. He was born at Livingston Hospital in Dartford, Kent. His father was a factory worker injured in World War II during the Normandy invasion.
Richards' paternal grandparents were socialists and civic leaders whose family originated from Wales. His maternal grandfather, Augustus Theodore Dupree, who toured Britain with a jazz big band, "Gus Dupree and his Boys", fostered Richards' interest in guitar.
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Ken Mansfield
Ken Mansfield is a Grammy Award-winning record producer, former U.S. Manager of Apple Records, a high-ranking executive for several record labels, songwriter and the author of three books.
Since the 1960s, Mansfield has been associated with an array of notable performers including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings, James Taylor, Roy Orbison, Don Ho, the Imperials, Tompall Glaser, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell, Buck Owens, Lou Rawls, Andy Williams, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eric Burdon, Badfinger, Ray Stevens, Jackie Lomax, The Four Freshmen, Judy Garland, Dolly Parton, David Cassidy, Nick Gilder, Claudine Longet and Jessi Colter. In the 1970s, he helped popularize the Outlaw movement in country music by producing Waylon Jennings' top-selling album, Are You Ready for the Country as well as the crossover hit "I’m Not Lisa" by Jessi Colter. In 2000, the former record executive-turned-producer embarked on a literary career with The Beatles, The Bible and Bodega Bay. His follow-up, The White Book - The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider's Look at an Era, was released in 2007. Mansfield's third book, Between Wyomings, published by Thomas Nelson, was released on June 9, 2009.
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Ken Scott
Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947 in London) is an English record producer and recording engineer.
Scott started at the age of 16 working in the tape library at Abbey Road Studios. He became a recording engineer working with such acts as The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and Procol Harum.
Scott moved to Trident Studios where he worked with such artists as Elton John, Harry Nilsson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, America and with George Harrison on the 6x platinum selling album All Things Must Pass.
Scott went on to co-produce David Bowie's albums Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973) and Pin Ups (1973) before producing Supertramp, The Tubes, Dixie Dregs, Devo, Missing Persons, Kansas, Happy The Man and Level 42.
More recently Scott has recorded a number of legendary drummers for a VST instrument called EpiK Drums – A Ken Scott Collection.
Scott received a Clio award for "I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke", and two Grammy nominations.
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Ken Townsend
Ken Townsend MBE is a renowned English sound engineer who played an important role at Abbey Road Studios. He worked on several Beatles albums, such as Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 1966 he invented automatic double tracking (ADT). He spent his whole working career at Abbey Road, and retired as the Chairman of the Studio Group after 42 years of service.
During the recording of Tomorrow Never Knows, Lennon complained that he had always hated doing a second take to double the sound of his vocals, so Townsend, the studio technical manager, created the world's first ADT system by taking the signal from the playback and recording heads and delaying them slightly, thereby creating two sound images and not just one. By altering the speed and frequencies he could also create other different types of effects, which The Beatles used throughout the recording of Revolver.
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Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German Grammy Award-winning artist, noted musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for many bands including The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio, including their worldwide hit "Da Da Da". As a musician, Voormann is best known for being the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and for performing as a session musician on a host of recordings, including many by former members of The Beatles.
His association with The Beatles dated back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. He lived in the band's London flat with George Harrison and Ringo Starr after John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved out to live with their respective partners, and designed the cover of their album Revolver, for which he won a Grammy. Following the band's split, rumours circulated of the formation of a group named The Ladders, consisting of Lennon, Harrison, Starr and Voormann. This failed to materialise, outside of all four Ladders (plus Billy Preston) performing on the Ringo Starr track "I'm the Greatest", although Voormann did play on albums by Lennon, Harrison and Starr, and was for a time a member of the Plastic Ono Band. In the 1990s, he designed the artwork for the Beatles Anthology albums.
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Larry Kane
Larry Kane (born Lawrence Kanowitz in October 21, 1942) is an American journalist best known as the only American reporter whom The Beatles let travel with them on their 1964 and 1965 North American tours. Kane authored a book about his experiences on the tour, called Ticket to Ride, and Lennon Revealed, a New York Times and Los Angeles Times best-seller in 2005. The Emmy Award-winning newsman was honored by the Mid-Atlantic Emmy organization with their Governor’s Award in 2005, recognizing Lifetime Achievement, and was installed in the Pennsylvania Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame.
Kane was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish-American parents as Lawrence Kanowitz. He changed his name as an adult, began his career in broadcast journalism in Miami, Florida, first at WQAM and later at WAME and WFUN. While working at WAME, Kane became the first U.S. news correspondent to break the story of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.
During the 1960s he was a resident of Haddon Township, New Jersey.
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Larry Parnes
Laurence Maurice "Larry" Parnes (1930 - 4 August 1989) was an English pop manager and impresario. He has been described as "the first major British rock manager... Parnes' stable encompassed most of the most successful pre-Beatles British rock singers."
Parnes was born in Willesden, London. After leaving school he began work in a clothing store, and by the age of 18 ran a women's clothing shop in Romford, Essex. He then bought a share in a bar in Romilly Street, Soho. He agreed to invest in a touring play, The House of Shame, which became both successful and notorious in 1954 after its publicist, John Kennedy, persuaded two actresses to stand outside the theatre dressed as prostitutes. In 1956, with Kennedy, he started to manage young rock and roll singer Tommy Hicks, who anglicised the name of his Swedish grandfather to become known as Tommy Steele. Steele achieved popular success, some of his songs being co-written by Parnes' friend Lionel Bart, and Parnes succeeded in presenting Steele as an "all-round entertainer".
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM ( /ˈlɒrəns ɵˈlɪvi.eɪ/; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. One of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century, he was the youngest actor to be knighted and the first to be elevated to the peerage. He married three times, to actresses Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright. Actor Spencer Tracy said that Olivier was 'the greatest actor in the English-speaking world'.
Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. He is regarded by some to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, in the same category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving in their own centuries. Olivier's AMPAS acknowledgments are considerable: twelve Oscar nominations, with two awards (for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet), plus two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Additionally, he was a three-time Golden Globe and BAFTA winner.
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Lee Eastman
Lee Eastman, born Leopold Vail Epstein, (12 January 1910 - 30 July 1991) was a New York show business attorney, and art collector the son of Louis (b. Russia ~1887, imm. 1906) and Stella (Freyer) Epstein. His sisters were Emmaline and Rose. He married Louise Lindner, heiress to the Lindner Department Store fortune; they had four children, including John Eastman and Linda McCartney, the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. Eastman became McCartney's business manager shortly before the breakup of The Beatles while his son John represented McCartney during his 1970 lawsuit to legally dissolve the Beatles. He is the maternal grandfather of potter Heather McCartney, photographer Mary McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and musician/sculptor James Louis McCartney. Eastman was also the friend and longtime lawyer for and collector of the works of the Abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning.
When the Beatles' company Apple Corps was in business trouble early in 1969, Eastman and Allen Klein were both considered to take the reins of the company, and of the band's careers. John Lennon favoured Klein. Lennon said he was impressed that Klein knew Lennon's lyrics, and understood them, and that Klein was very intelligent.George Harrison and Ringo Starr chose Klein, though Lennon said in 1970 that he maneuvered Klein into Apple. McCartney wanted Eastman, but was out-voted 3-1. For a short period, Klein managed Apple and the personal careers of Lennon, Harrison, and Starr while Eastman was the corporate counsel and managed McCartney. The Klein/Eastman combination did not work, and after a contentious meeting, Eastman was out. Subsequent disagreements over decisions made by Klein and the other Beatles prompted McCartney—represented by Eastman—to sue them to dissolve the partnership, and he eventually succeeded.
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Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is an English composer, lyricist, and playwright.
Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. He was educated at University College School in London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge University, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year. He currently lives in California in the United States, and he is married to the actress Yvonne Romain.
Sammy Davis, Jr. had hits with two of Bricusse's songs - "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off) and the #1 hit "The Candy Man" (from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory). Other recording artists who have had popular success with his songs include Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra ("My Kind of Girl"), Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger"), Harry Secombe ("If I Ruled the World"), Nancy Sinatra ("You Only Live Twice"), Maureen McGovern ("Can You Read My Mind"), and Diana Krall ("When I Look in Your Eyes"). Bricusse also partnered with George Tipton to write the opening theme of the U.S. television series It's a Living.
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Lew Grade
Lew Grade, Baron Grade (25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998), born Lev Winogradsky, was an influential Russian-born English impresario and media mogul.
Originally a dancer, later a booking agent, his television interests began in 1954 when (in partnership) he successfully bid for franchises in the new ITV network, which led to the creation of Associated TeleVision, also known as ATV. Having worked for a time in the United States, Grade was aware of the potential for the sale of television programmes to the American networks, and a subsidiary company ITC was formed with this specific objective in mind. Grade had some success in this field, and these filmed series, in particular The Prisoner (1967-68), still retain a following internationally. Later, Grade invested in film productions, both popular and prestigious projects, but several expensive flops led him to lose control of the company, and ultimately ATV to be wound up after losing its ITV franchise.
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Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdʒsən/ CHARLZ LUDT-wij DOJ-sən; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ KARR-əl), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and there are societies dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand.
Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with Irish connections. Conservative and High Church Anglican, most of Dodgson's ancestors were army officers or Church of England clergy. His great-grandfather, also named Charles Dodgson, had risen through the ranks of the church to become the Bishop of Elphin. His grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803 when his two sons were hardly more than babies. His mother's name was Frances Jane Lutwidge.
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Liam Gallagher
William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the frontman of rock band Oasis and currently of the band Beady Eye. Gallagher's erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press. He remains one of the most recognisable figures in modern British music.
Although his elder brother Noel Gallagher wrote the majority of Oasis's songs, Liam has penned the singles "Songbird" and "I'm Outta Time", along with a string of album tracks and B-sides. Since Noel's departure from Oasis in August 2009, Liam has said he will continue making music with ex-Oasis members Gem Archer, Andy Bell, drummer Chris Sharrock and keyboard player Jay Darlington, recording under the bandname Beady Eye.
Gallagher was born in Burnage, Manchester, and is the third and youngest child of Irish parents Thomas and Peggy Gallagher. Thomas was often violently abusive to his family and although his older brothers Noel and Paul took the most abuse, Liam has said that the abuse affected him deeply and inspired him to become an artist. When Liam was 10, Peggy took the boys and moved away from Tommy. Although Liam maintained sporadic contact with his father throughout his teens, he has said that their issues remain unresolved.
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Linda McCartney
Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; formerly See; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman.
In 1969 she married Beatle Paul McCartney and later joined McCartney's band Wings. In the same year McCartney adopted her daughter, Heather Louise, from her first marriage to John See. The McCartneys had three children together: Mary Anna, Stella Nina, and James Louis. She became Lady McCartney when her husband was knighted in 1997.
She wrote several vegetarian cookbooks, became a business entrepreneur (starting the Linda McCartney Foods company) and was a professional photographer, publishing Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era. McCartney was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, and died at the age of 56 on 17 April 1998 in Tucson, Arizona, where the McCartneys had a ranch.
Linda Louise McCartney was born Linda Louise Eastman, the second-eldest of four children, to Jewish-American parents in New York City. She had one older brother, John (10 July 1939), and two younger sisters, Laura (born 1947) and Louise Jr. (born 1950). She grew up in the wealthy Scarsdale area of Westchester County, New York and graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1959. Her father was the son of Jewish-Russian immigrants. He changed his name from Leopold Vail Epstein to Lee Eastman, and was not related to George Eastman of Eastman Kodak fame. He was songwriter Jack Lawrence's attorney, and at his request in 1942, Lawrence, while in the army, wrote a song called "Linda" in honor of the one-year-old. It was published in 1946, and recorded by Buddy Clark in 1947. John Eastman later became Paul McCartney's lawyer and manager, taking over from his father, Lee Eastman.
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. From 1968, he was a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. Richie made his solo debut in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and number-one hit "Truly".
Richie was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Alberta R. (Foster) and Lionel Brockman Richie. Richie grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. His grandfather's house was across the street from the home of the president of the college. His family moved to Joliet, Illinois, where he graduated from Joliet Township High School, East Campus. A star tennis player in Joliet, he accepted a tennis scholarship to attend Tuskegee Institute, and graduated with a major in economics. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Tuskegee, Richie briefly attended graduate school at Auburn University. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
As a student in Tuskegee, Richie formed a succession of R&B groups in the mid-1960s. In 1968 he became a singer and saxophonist with the Commodores. They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1968 for one record before moving on to Motown Records initially as a support act to The Jackson 5. The Commodores then became established as a popular soul group. Their first several albums had a danceable, funky sound, as in such tracks as "Machine Gun" and "Brick House." Over time, Richie wrote and sang more romantic, easy-listening ballads such as "Easy," "Three Times a Lady," "Still," and the tragic breakup ballad "Sail On."
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Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-Americantelevision producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.
Michaels was born Lorne David Lipowitz in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Florence (née Becker) and Henry Abraham Lipowitz, a furrier. He was the eldest of the Lipowitz children. He has a sister, Barbara Lipowitz, who currently resides in Toronto, and a brother, Mark Lipowitz, who died from a brain tumor. Michaels attended the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto and graduated from University College, University of Toronto, where he majored in English, in 1966. Michaels began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio. He moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. He starred with Hart Pomerantz in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour, a Canadian comedy series which ran briefly in the early 1970s. During the late 1960s, Michaels married Rosie Shuster, who later worked with him on Saturday Night Live as a writer. She was the daughter of Frank Shuster, one half of the famous comedy team, Wayne and Shuster. Michaels and Shuster were divorced in 1980.
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Magic Alex
Yanni (later John) Alexis Mardas (Greek: Αλέξης Μάρδας; born May 5, 1942, Athens, Greece), better known as Magic Alex, the name given him by The Beatles when he knew the group between 1965 and 1969, is a self-styled electronics wizard and one-time head of The Beatles' Apple Electronics.
Mardas arrived in England in 1965, exhibiting his Kinetic Light Sculptures at the Indica Gallery. Mardas impressed John Lennon with the Nothing Box; a small plastic box with randomly blinking lights, and said that he could build a 72-track tape machine, so was given the job of designing the new Apple Studio in Savile Row. He was involved in the hasty departure of Lennon and George Harrison from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in India, and Lennon's divorce of his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.
In the 1970s, the anti-terrorism industry offered bullet-proof vehicles, bugging devices and security hardware, and Mardas set up various companies offering these products to royalty and VIPs. King Hussein of Jordan bought a fleet of cars that Mardas had customised, but the cars proved to be more life-threatening than ordinary cars, as bullets easily pierced the supposed armour-plating, and the glass splintered. In 1987, Mardas was a managing director of Alcom Ltd, which specialised in electronic communications and security. He now lives in Greece.
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Mal Evans
Malcolm Frederick 'Mal' Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976) was best known as the road manager, assistant, and a friend of The Beatles.
In the early 1960s, Evans was employed as a telephone engineer, and also worked part-time as a bouncer at the Cavern Club, where The Beatles performed. Manager Brian Epstein later hired Evans as their assistant road manager, in tandem with Neil Aspinall. Evans was tall and heavily-built, and Peter Brown (one of Epstein's staff) later wrote of Evans as "a kindly, but menacing-looking young man". Evans contributed to many Beatle recordings, and appeared in some of the films they made. Although The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, Evans carried on assisting the band until their 1970 break-up. From 1969 forward, Evans had also found work as a record producer (most notably with Badfinger's top 10 hit "No Matter What"), and as an occasional songwriter.
Evans was killed by police on 5 January 1976 at his home in Los Angeles. Officers were called when his girlfriend phoned the police and told them that Evans was confused and had a gun. The police believed that the air rifle Evans was holding was a rifle and shot him dead.
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Mark David Chapman
Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American prison inmate who was convicted of murdering former Beatles member John Lennon on December 8, 1980. He killed Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman fired at Lennon five times, hitting him four times in the back. He then remained at the scene reading the book The Catcher in the Rye until police arrived. He repeatedly claimed that the novel was his statement.
Chapman's legal team put forward an insanity defense based on expert testimony that he was in a delusional and possibly psychotic state at the time, but nearing the trial Chapman instructed his lawyer to plead guilty based on what he had decided was the will of God. Judge Edwards allowed the plea change without further psychiatric assessment, and sentenced Chapman to a prison term of 20 years to life with a stipulation that mental health treatment be provided. Chapman remains imprisoned at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, New York, having been denied parole six times.
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Mark Lewisohn
Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English author and historian, regarded as the world's leading authority on the English rock band The Beatles.
Over the course of his career, Mark Lewisohn has worked for EMI, MPL Communications and Apple, and has written many reference books about The Beatles. He has been referred to as the world's leading authority on the subject, renowned for his meticulous research and integrity. He is credited with discovering such facts as the precise date when John Lennon first met Paul McCartney.
In 1986, Lewisohn's book The Beatles Live! was published. This featured a complete history of all the Beatles' live performances, in a format which Lewisohn would follow for his subsequent books. After being invited by EMI to listen to all of The Beatles' original session tapes, Lewisohn wrote The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years, which was published in 1987. The book was in the form of a diary, detailing every recording session The Beatles had at Abbey Road Studios chronologically. It included details such as who played on each track and how many takes were recorded in each session. The book featured an introductory interview by Paul McCartney.
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Maureen Cleave
Maureen Cleave (born 1941) is an English journalist who worked for the London Evening News and London Evening Standard in the 1960s, conducting interviews with famous musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
In her interview with Lennon on March 4, 1966, she quoted him as saying that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now".
According to the Bob Spitz biography of the Beatles, Lennon admitted to a liaison with Cleave, inspiring the Beatles song Norwegian Wood.
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Max Bygraves
Max Bygraves OBE (born Walter William Bygraves on 16 October 1922) is an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. Shows he presented included the gameshow Family Fortunes.
Max Bygraves was born the son of poor parents in Rotherhithe, southeast London docklands. His father was a professional boxer known as Battling Tom Smith, and a casual dockworker.
He protrayed Charley Moon in the film of the same name.
Bygraves married WAAF sergeant Gladys (known as Blossom) Murray in 1942. The couple have three children: Christine, Anthony, and Maxine. Bygraves also has three other children: John Rice, Beverly Mayhew-Sass, and Stephen Rose.
Bygraves and his wife moved from Bournemouth to Queensland, Australia, in 2008. She died there in 2011, aged 88.
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May Pang
May Fung Yee Pang (born October 24, 1950) is best known as the former girlfriend of John Lennon. She had previously worked as a personal assistant and production coordinator for Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono.
In 1973, Lennon and Ono separated, and Lennon and Pang had a relationship that lasted over 18 months, which Lennon later referred to as his "Lost Weekend." Pang produced two books about their relationship: a memoir called Loving John (Warner, 1983) and a book of photographs, Instamatic Karma (St. Martins, 2008).
Pang was married to producer Tony Visconti from 1989 to 2000 and had two children, Sebastian and Lara.
Pang is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and grew up in New York's Spanish Harlem area with an elder sister and an adopted brother (both of whom were born in China). Pang's mother had a laundry business in the area, but the Pang family left when the tenements where they lived were scheduled to be torn down, and moved to an apartment near 97th Street and 3rd Avenue, in Manhattan.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Michael Omartian
Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in numerous albums, during a career that has spanned over 38 years. He is the first producer in recording history to have No. 1 records in three consecutive decades. He is a multiple Grammy Award winner, including a Grammy for keyboardist of the year. He spent five years on the A&R staff of ABC/Dunhill Records, as a producer, artist and arranger. He was subsequently hired by Warner Bros. Records as a producer and A&R staff member. Michael moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 1993, where he served on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy and has helped to shape the curriculum for the first Master’s Degree program in the field of Music Business at Belmont University.
Michael has produced albums for several artists including Rod Stewart, Cliff Richard, Christopher Cross, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, the Jacksons, Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Donna Summer, Joe "Bean" Esposito, Peter Cetera, Benny Hester, Steve Camp, The Imperials, Amy Grant, and Steely Dan. In 1985 Michael Omartian, along with Quincy Jones, co-produced the No. 1 hit "We Are the World" by a supergroup of popular musicians billed as USA for Africa.
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a founder member of The Rolling Stones.
Jagger's career has spanned over fifty years. Allmusic has described Jagger as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and performance, along with Keith Richards' guitar style, have been the trademark of The Rolling Stones throughout the career of the band. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Rolling Stones.
Jagger gained much press notoriety for admitted drug use and romantic involvements, and was often portrayed as a counterculture figure. In the late 1960s Jagger began acting in films (starting with Performance and Ned Kelly), to mixed reception. In 1985, Jagger released his first solo album, She's the Boss, and was knighted in 2003. In early 2009, he joined the eclectic supergroup SuperHeavy.
Jagger was born into a middle class family at Livingstone Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger (13 April 1913 – 11 November 2006), and his grandfather David Ernest Jagger were both teachers. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary (née Scutts; 6 April 1913 – 18 May 2000), born in New South Wales, Australia, was a hairdresser and an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger is the elder of two sons (his brother Chris Jagger was born on 19 December 1947) and was raised to follow in his father's career path.
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Mimi Smith
Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith (née Stanley) (24 April 1903 – 6 December 1991) was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi was born in Liverpool, England and was the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital, and later worked as a private secretary. On 15 September 1939, she married George Smith, who ran his family's dairy farm and a shop in Woolton; a suburb of Liverpool.
After Mimi's younger sister, Julia Lennon, separated from her husband, she and her son (Lennon) moved in with a new partner, but Mimi contacted Liverpool's Social Services and complained about little John sleeping in the same bed as the two adults. Julia was eventually persuaded to hand the care of Lennon over to the Smiths. Lennon lived with them for most of his childhood, and remained close to her, even though she was highly dismissive of his musical ambitions, his girlfriends, and wives.
She often told the teenage Lennon that "The guitar's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it". Despite later losing touch with other family members, Lennon kept in close contact and telephoned Mimi every week until his death in 1980. Lennon bought her a bungalow in Poole, Dorset, where she lived until her death in 1991. The Smiths' house in Liverpool was later donated to the The National Trust.
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Mitch Mitchell
John Ronald "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 1947 – 12 November 2008) was an English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Early in his career, Mitchell gained considerable musical experience touring and as a session musician. He also had an acting background, and had starred in a children's television programme, Jennings and Derbyshire, when he was a teenager. He became a musician through working for Jim Marshall at his drum shop on Saturdays while still at school. Pre-Experience bands included Frankie Reid and the Casuals (1962), Johnny Harris and the Shades, The Pretty Things, Bill Knight & The Sceptres, The Riot Squad, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, and The Who as a session drummer while the band was deciding on a replacement (Keith Moon) for Doug Sandom.
Mitchell auditioned for Hendrix's band in October 1966, beating out drummers including Aynsley Dunbar, was their other final choice. Mitchell won the job on the flip of a coin.
Mitchell was praised for his work with the Jimi Hendrix Experience on the songs "Manic Depression", "Stepping Stone", "Little Miss Strange", "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", "Fire" and "Third Stone from the Sun". Mitchell came from a jazz background and like many of his contemporaries was influenced by Elvin Jones, Max Roach, and Joe Morello.
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Mona Best
Mona "Mo" Best (3 January 1924 – 9 September 1988) was born in India and is best known as the mother of Pete Best (b. 24 November 1941), who was an early member of The Beatles. Mona also had two other sons, Rory (born 1945) and Vincent "Roag" Best (born 1962). It was later confirmed that Roag's father was The Beatles' associate Neil Aspinall, although he was not registered as the father on Roag's birth certificate.
After moving to Liverpool from India, the Best family claim that Mona pawned all of her jewellery in 1954, and used the money to place a 33–1 bet on a horse named "Never Say Die", and used her winnings to buy a house in 1957. Mona later opened The Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the house as a venue for Rock 'n' Roll music. It was planned as a members-only club for her sons and their friends. The club was often referred to as The Casbah Club, or The Casbah.
The Quarrymen—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ken Brown—frequently played at The Casbah instead of the The Cavern Club, which had a jazz-only policy at that time. The Casbah Club cellar—with its original decoration—still exists. In 2006, the property was accorded a Grade II Heritage listing. Mona died in 1988, after a heart attack following a long illness.
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Murray the K
Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 – February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. During the early days of Beatlemania, he frequently referred to himself as the fifth Beatle.
Murray Kaufman came from a show business family: his mother, Jean, played piano in vaudeville and wrote music and his aunt was a character actress on the stage and in film. He was a child actor - an extra - in several 1930s Hollywood films. He attended a military boarding school, and later was inducted into the United States Army where he arranged entertainment for the troops. Following the war, he put together shows in the Catskills' "Borscht Belt", also doing warm-ups for the headline performers.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he worked in public relations and as a song plugger, helping to promote tunes like Bob Merrill's "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window." From there, he worked as a radio producer and co-host at WMCA (and briefly thereafter at WMGM), working with personalities such as Laraine Day on the late night interview program "Day At Night" and with Eva Gabor. At the same time, he was doing promotion for several baseball players, including Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, and his radio beginnings may be attributable to his connection with the New York Giants, whose manager, Leo Durocher, was the husband of Laraine Day. His work on those shows earned him his own late-night show that often featured his wife as co-host, as was popular at the time. For a while in the 1950s he was president of the National Conference of Disk Jockeys.
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Neil Aspinall
Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 – 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head The Beatles' company Apple Corps.
The Beatles employed Aspinall as their road manager and personal assistant, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night. After Mal Evans started work for The Beatles, Aspinall was promoted to become their personal assistant, later becoming chief executive of their company, Apple Corps.
On behalf of Apple, Aspinall was involved in notable court cases against Allen Klein, EMI, and Apple Computer. He supervised the marketing of music, videos, and merchandising, as well being a director of Standby Films, which was run from his home in Twickenham, London. On 10 April 2007, Aspinall retired from Apple Corps. He died of lung cancer in New York City in 2008.
Aspinall was born in Prestatyn, North Wales, after his mother had been evacuated from the family home in Liverpool because of the air-raids on Liverpool during the Second World War, while Aspinall's father was away at sea with the Royal Navy. Aspinall and his mother returned to Liverpool later in 1942 after the bombing had subsided. Aspinall later attended West Derby School, where he passed his 11-plus exams. When he was twelve years old, Aspinall gained a place at the Liverpool Institute in Mount Street, and was in the same class as Paul McCartney for English and Art lessons.
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Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist.
Hopkins recorded and performed on many notable British and American pop and rock music releases from the 1960s through the 1990s including many notable Rolling Stones releases.
Hopkins was born in Perivale, Middlesex, England. His musical talent emerged early and he began playing piano at age three. He was initially tutored by a local piano teacher and in his teens he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. He suffered from Crohn's disease from his youth. Poor health and ongoing surgery made it difficult for him to tour. This resulted in his working primarily as a studio player for most of his career.
Hopkins' studies were interrupted in 1960 when he left school at 16 to became the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages until, two years later, he and fellow Savages Bernie Watson, Rick Brown (Fenson) and Carlo Little, joined the renowned blues harmonica player Cyril Davies, who had just left Blues Incorporated, and became the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars. Hopkins played piano on their first single, Davies' much-admired theme tune "Country Line Special". However he was forced to leave the All Stars in May 1963 for a series of operations that almost cost him his life and was bed-ridden for nineteen months in his late 'teens. During his convalescence Davies died of leukaemia and The All Stars disbanded.
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Nigerian Civil War
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.
As with many other African nations, Nigeria was an artificial structure initiated by former colonial powers which had neglected to consider religious, linguistic, and ethnic differences. Nigeria, which gained independence from Britain in 1960, had at that time a population of 60 million people consisting of nearly 300 differing ethnic and cultural groups.
The causes of the Nigerian civil war were diverse although, in his memoir, journalist Alex Mitchell blames "involvement of the British, Dutch, French and Italian oil companies whose battle for the rich Nigerian oilfields started the civil war and kept it going"
More than fifty years earlier, Great Britain carved an area out of West Africa containing hundreds of different ethnic groups and unified it, calling it Nigeria. Although the area contained many different groups, the three predominant groups were the Igbo, which formed between 60–70% of the population in the southeast, the Hausa-Fulani, which formed about 65% of the peoples in the northern part of the territory; the Yoruba, which formed about 75% of the population in the southwestern part.[citation needed]
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Pattie Boyd
Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model, photographer and author. She began her fashion career in 1962, and worked in London, New York, and Paris, modelling in London, New York, and Paris (for Mary Quant and others), and was photographed by David Bailey, and Terence Donovan. She appeared on the cover of Vogue and wrote for 16 Magazine.
She is the former wife of musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and claims that she was the inspiration for songs written by both musicians: Harrison's "Something", "I Need You", "For You Blue" and "Isn't It a Pity", and Clapton's "Layla", "Wonderful Tonight" and "Bell Bottom Blues".
An exhibition of photographs taken by Boyd during her relationships with Harrison and Clapton opened at the San Francisco, California San Francisco Art Exchange on February 14, 2005, titled Through the Eye of a Muse. They have been exhibited worldwide, including shows in San Francisco, Dublin, Sydney, Toronto, Moscow, London, and throughout the USA. Boyd's autobiography, Wonderful Today: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me, was published in England on 23 August 2007 (in the U.S. as Wonderful Tonight).
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Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.
He was born in New York City, the son of Myron Lawrence Webster and Blanche Pauline Stonehill Webster. He attended the Horace Mann School (Riverdale, Bronx, New York), graduating in 1926, and then went to Cornell University from 1927 to 1928 and New York University from 1928 to 1930, leaving without receiving a degree. He served in the United States Navy and then became a dance instructor at a studio in New York City. By 1931, however, he turned his career direction to writing song lyrics. His first professional lyric was Masquerade (music by John Jacob Loeb) which became a hit in 1932, performed by Paul Whiteman.
In 1935 Twentieth Century Fox signed him to a contract to write lyrics for Shirley Temple's films, but shortly afterward he went back to freelance writing. His first hit was a collaboration in 1941 with Duke Ellington on the song "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)".
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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of the Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), he has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and with Lennon formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After leaving the Beatles, he began a solo career and later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
According to the BBC, his Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists—more than any other song. Wings' 1977 release, "Mull of Kintyre", became one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK, and he is "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history, according to Guinness. As a songwriter or co-writer, he is included on thirty-one number one titles on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2012 he has sold over 15.5 million RIAA certified units in the United States.
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a grammy award winning American singer-songwriter, poet and guitarist.
Simon's international fame and success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, launched in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.
Simon has earned 12 Grammys for his solo and collaborative work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine. Among many other honors, Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. In 1986 Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.
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Pete Best
Pete Best (born 24 November 1941) is a British musician, principally known as the original drummer in The Beatles. He was born in the city of Madras, which was then part of British India. After his mother moved to Liverpool in 1945, Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), opened The Casbah Coffee Club, in the cellar of the Bests' large house in Liverpool, which became very popular, having a membership of over 1,000. The Beatles (at the time known as The Quarrymen) played some of their earliest concerts at the club. Best played there with his first band, The Black Jacks, and later with The Beatles.
Best was invited to join The Beatles on 12 August 1960, on the eve of the group's first Hamburg season of club dates. He was eventually replaced by Ringo Starr on 16 August 1962, when The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, dismissed Best under the direction of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, following The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios. After working in a number of commercially unsuccessful groups he gave up the music industry to work as a civil servant for twenty years, before starting The Pete Best Band. He has been married for over 45 years to Kathy Best; they have two daughters and four grandchildren. Best is sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
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Peter Shotton
Peter Shotton (born 4 August 1941), commonly referred to as Pete Shotton, is an English businessman and former musician, best known for his long friendship with John Lennon of The Beatles. He was a close childhood friend of Lennon's, and attended Dovedale Infants School and Quarry Bank Grammar School at the same time as the future Beatle. The two boys were frequently in trouble with their teachers and with their headmaster, and they came to be known at Quarry Bank as "Shennon and Lotton" or "Lotton and Shennon."
In 1957, Shotton was Lennon's bandmate in The Quarrymen, playing percussion (specifically, a washboard), until Paul McCartney joined. He was "fired" from the band when, after confiding that he really did not enjoy playing, Lennon smashed the washboard over his head at a party. However, he remained a friend and confidant – as he became friends with all of the Beatles as the group formed.
After the Beatles became famous, Lennon and George Harrison bought a supermarket on Hayling Island, and gave it to Shotton to run. Later, he served as manager of the Apple Boutique, then as the first managing director of Apple Corps.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.
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Phil McDonald
Philip McDonald is an English recording studio audio engineer, best known as the engineer for EMI and later for Apple during The Beatles studio years alongside with Neil Aspinall, Geoff Emerick, Mal Evans, and others. In Apple, McDonald joined as senior balance engineer. He was just 25. He was responsible at EMI for engineering work on albums by John Lennon, The Shadows, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Roy Harper and George Harrison.
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Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone (born 1941) is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.
As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten. In the late 1940s he trained as a classical violinist at The Juilliard School, where one of his classmates was Phil Woods.
In 1959, he established an independent recording studio A&R Recording (the initials were derived from the last initials of Ramone and his then-business partner Jack Arnold). There he quickly gained a reputation as a sound engineer and music producer, in particular for his use of innovative technology. Among those whose music he has produced are Clay Aiken, Burt Bacharach, Laura Branigan, Ray Charles, Karen Carpenter, Chicago, Peter Cincotti, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Sheena Easton, Melissa Errico, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Patricia Kaas, B. B. King, Julian Lennon, Madonna, Barry Manilow, Richard Marx, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Liza Minnelli, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Sinéad O'Connor, Fito Páez, Luciano Pavarotti, Peter Paul and Mary, Andre Previn, Diane Schuur, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, The Guess Who, and Dionne Warwick. He is also credited with recording Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" to President John F. Kennedy [1].also Phoebe Snow
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Phil Spector
Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector on December 26, 1939) is an American record producer and songwriter.
The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s girl-group sound and produced over 25 Top 40 hits in 1960–1965. Some of his famous girl groups are The Ronettes and The Crystals. After this initial success, Spector later worked with artists including Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, George Harrison, and the Ramones with similar acclaim. He produced The Beatles' Academy Award winning album Let It Be, and the Grammy Award–winning Concert for Bangladesh by former Beatle George Harrison. In 1989, Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. The 1965 song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", produced and co-written by Spector for The Righteous Brothers, is listed by BMI as the song with the most U.S. airplay in the 20th century.
In 2009 Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra, California home. He is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life.
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is particularly recognized as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, and as the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the World”.
In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song "The Eyes of Love" from the Universal Pictures film Banning. That same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. He was the first African American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African American, each of them having seven nominations. At the 2008 BET Awards, Quincy Jones was presented with the Humanitarian Award. He was played by Larenz Tate in the 2004 biopic about Ray Charles, Ray.
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on 7 April 1920), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the most known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.
In 1956, he began to tour Europe and America playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison of The Beatles. Shankar engaged Western music by writing concerti for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he served as a nominated member of the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy Awards. He continues to perform in the 2000s, often with his daughter Anoushka.
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Ray Coleman
Ray Coleman (15 June 1937 – 10 September 1996) was a British author and former Editor-in-chief of Melody Maker known for biographies of The Beatles. Besides Melody Maker, Coleman was a participant with music magazines including Disc, Black Music, and Musicians Only, and a contributor to magazines such as Billboard. An author or co-author of ten books, Coleman was near the completion of a Phil Collins biography at the time of his death. The book was completed and published in 1997.
He was the first journalist to be awarded a Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for services to British music.
Coleman wrote or co-wrote the biographies of at least a dozen famous musicians. They include the following.
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Ray Connolly
Ray Connolly is an English novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for the films That'll Be the Day and the sequel Stardust, for which he won a Writers Guild of Great Britain best screenplay award, and for his many interviews with the Beatles. He was due to interview John Lennon on the day the ex-Beatle was murdered, an event he wrote about in the BBC radio play Unimaginable. In addition to the biography John Lennon 1940-1980, he wrote the introduction to The Beatles Complete songbook.
Ray Connolly was born and brought up in Lancashire and educated at the London School of Economics where he read social anthropology. After entering journalism at the Liverpool Daily Post, he then moved to the London Evening Standard where he interviewed, among others, many Sixties and Seventies rock stars. Many of his interviews with the Beatles are collected in his eBook The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive, while other interviews are collected in Stardust Memories - Talking About My Generation, which is also now available as an eBook
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Richard Lester
Richard Lester (born 19 January 1932) is an American film director based in Britain. Lester is notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.
Lester was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy, he began studies at the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 15. He started in television in 1950, working as a stage hand, floor manager, assistant director, and then to director in less than a year, because no one else was around that knew how to do the work. In 1953, Lester moved to London and began work as a director in independent television, working for the legendary low cost television producers The Danziger Brothers on episodes of Mark Saber, a half-hour detective series.
A variety show he produced caught the eye of Peter Sellers, who enlisted Lester's help in translating The Goon Show to television as The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d. It was a hit, as were two follow-up shows, A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred. Lester recalls that A Show Called Fred was "broadcast live and that's why I went into film directing where you can do a second take!"
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937, and returned to California to practice law. He and his wife, Pat Nixon, moved to Washington to work for the federal government in 1942. He subsequently served in the United States Navy during World War II. Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. His pursuit of the Hiss Case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election. Nixon served for eight years as vice president. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for Governor of California in 1962. In 1968, he ran again for the presidency and was elected.
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Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He joined the Beatles in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his drumming, Starr is featured on lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally"). He is credited as a co-writer of the songs "What Goes On" and "Flying", and as the writer of "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for the Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills". Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers.
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Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott (28 January 1927 – 23 December 1996) was an English jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner.
Ronnie Scott (originally Ronald Schatt) was born in Aldgate, east London, into a family of Russian Jewish descent on his father's side, and Portuguese antecedents on his mother's. Scott began playing in small jazz clubs at the age of sixteen. (His claim to fame being, he was taught to play by "Vera Lynn's father-in-law!") He toured with Johnny Claes, the trumpeter, from 1944 to 1945 and with Ted Heath in 1946, as well as working with Ambrose, Cab Kaye, and Tito Burns. He was involved in the short-lived musicians' co-operative Club Eleven band and club (1948–1950), with Johnny Dankworth and others, and was a member of the generation of British musicians who worked on the Cunard liner Queen Mary (intermittently 1946–c. 1950) in order to visit New York and hear the new music directly. Scott was among the earliest British musicians to be influenced in his playing style by Charlie Parker and other bebop musicians.
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Rory Storm
Rory Storm (21 September 1939 – 28 September 1972) was an English singer and musician. Born Alan Caldwell in Liverpool, Storm was the singer and leader of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, a Liverpudlian band who were contemporaries of The Beatles in the late 1950s, and early 1960s. Ringo Starr was the drummer for The Hurricanes before joining The Beatles in August 1962.
The Hurricanes were one of the most popular acts on the Liverpool and Hamburg club scenes during their existence, although their attempt at a recording career was not successful. They released only two singles, the second one being a version of the West Side Story song "America", which was produced by The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein.
When Storm's father died, he returned from Amsterdam to Liverpool to be with his mother at Stormsville, at 54 Broadgreen Road, Broadgreen, Liverpool. On 27 September 1972, Storm developed a chest infection and could not sleep properly, so he took sleeping pills. The next day Storm and his mother were both found dead. A post mortem determined that Storm had not taken enough pills to kill himself, but it was suspected that his mother had, after finding her son's body.
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Rosaura Lopez
Rosaura Lopez Lorenzo (16 March 1932, Pontevedra, Spain – 19 September 2005, Pontevedra, Spain) was a maid of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the Dakota apartment between 1976 and 1980.
In 2005 she wrote a book in Spanish reflecting that period: En casa de John Lennon (meaning At John Lennon's House), Hercules Ediciones, ISBN 84-96314-18-9. The book contains photos of John, Yoko and Sean along with some postcards that John and Yoko sent to her. And anecdotes such as:
Rosaura arrived in Queens (New York) in 1962 with her husband Secundino and in 1970, she began work as a cleaner at the Dakota building. When Lennon arrived in 1976, her services were included as part of the rental package.
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Roy Halee
Roy Halee is an American record producer and engineer, best known for working with Simon and Garfunkel.
Halee grew up on Long Island, New York. His father, also named Roy Halee, provided the singing voice for Mighty Mouse in late 1940s Terrytoons cartoons, as well as the voices of Heckle and Jeckle from 1951 through 1961.
He was best known for producing several albums with Simon and Garfunkel, including the Grammy-winning Bridge Over Troubled Water. He is mentioned in their 1965 song "A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)", written by Paul Simon. He has also worked with other groups such as The Byrds, Journey (on their first album Journey), Willie Nile, Laura Nyro, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Blue Angel.
Halee was named to the TEC Awards Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Sean Lennon
Sean Taro Ono Lennon (Japanese name Tarō Ono (小野 太郎, Ono Tarō?); born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor of English, Japanese and Irish descent. He is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono and the younger half-brother of Julian Lennon. His godfather is Sir Elton John.
Sean Lennon was born in New York City on October 9, 1975, his father's 35th birthday. Julian Lennon is his half-brother and Kyoko Chan Cox is his half-sister. After Sean's birth, John became a house husband, doting on his young son until his murder in 1980. Sean attended kindergarten in Tokyo, and was also educated at the exclusive private boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland, and earlier at New York's private Ethical Culture Fieldston School and Dalton School. He later attended Columbia University, though for only three semesters before dropping out to focus on his music career.
His parents did not force him into the life of a musician: they intentionally hid their musical lives from their son. His debut into the music world came at the age of five, reciting a story on his mother's 1981 album Season of Glass. From childhood into his teen years, Sean continued to collaborate with his mother, contributing vocals and receiving production credit on her solo albums It's Alright (I See Rainbows), Starpeace and Onobox. At 16 Sean co-wrote the song "All I Ever Wanted" with Lenny Kravitz for his 1991 album Mama Said. By 1995 Sean had formed the band IMA (with Sam Koppelman and Timo Ellis) to play alongside his mother on her album Rising. Sean also made appearances in film, featured in the cast of Michael Jackson's 1988 Moonwalker and portraying a teenager experiencing visions of various M. C. Escher paintings in Sony's 1990 promotional short-film Infinite Escher.
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Sid Bernstein
Sid Bernstein (born August 12, 1918) is an American music producer and promoter. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, The Moody Blues, The Kinks and The Beatles to America. He was the first impresario to organize rock concerts at sports stadiums.
Sid Bernstein was born in New York City in 1918. During World War II, he served in France.
Bernstein helped start the British Invasion by bringing The Beatles over to the United States from Britain. They played at Carnegie Hall after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Bernstein also booked them at Shea Stadium, a concert that Bernstein described as "inaudible." During the Beatles Shea concert, Bernstein had the phrase "The Rascals are coming!" displayed on the Shea Stadium scoreboard. "I had met the Rascals in the summer of '65; I put their name up on the scoreboard (at Shea) - 'The Rascals are coming! The Rascals are coming!' A lot of people who hadn't seen pictures of them thought they were a black group. I sensed something big about them."
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Smothers Brothers
The Smothers Brothers are Thomas ("Tom" - born February 2, 1937) and Richard ("Dick" - born November 20, 1939), American singers, musicians, comedians and folk heroes. The brothers' trademark act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic guitar, Dick on string bass), which usually led to arguments between the siblings. Tommy's signature line was, "Mom always liked you best!" Tommy (the elder of the two) acted "slow", and Dick, the straight man, acted "superior".
In the 1960s, the brothers frequently appeared on television variety shows and issued several popular record albums of their stage performances. Their own television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the Vietnam War era. Despite popular success, the brothers' penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969. One show was left unaired.
The brothers continued to work, both independently and as a team, on stage and television, and in films during subsequent decades.
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Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke; March 22, 1914, Scranton, Pennsylvania – May 31, 1980) was an accomplished musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University, where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors.
During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band arranger in New York, worked with Sam Donahue's band, and during the 1940s and 1950s worked as an arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among others. In 1955 he wrote, along with Peggy Lee, the songs to Disney's Lady and the Tramp. He also wrote songs with John Elliot for Disney's Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom which won the 1953 Oscar for Best Short Animated Feature.
He wrote the music for number of popular songs that continue to be regarded as 'standards'. These include, Black Coffee, with lyric by Paul Francis Webster, and "Midnight Sun" co-written with jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton. The songs famous lyric was added later by Johnny Mercer. Burke was an active arranger, conductor and 'A and R man' [Artists and repertoire] in major Hollywood recording studios, including and especially Decca Records.
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Stan Getz
Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz went on to perform in bebop, cool jazz and third stream, but is perhaps best known for popularizing bossa nova, as in the worldwide hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).
Getz was born on February 2, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Ukrainian Jews who emigrated from the Kiev area in 1903. The family later moved to New York City for better employment opportunities. Getz worked hard in school, receiving straight As, and finished sixth grade close to the top of his class. Getz's major interest was in musical instruments, and he felt a need to play every instrument in sight. He played a number of them before his father bought him his first saxophone at the age of 13. Even though his father also got him a clarinet, Getz instantly fell in love with the saxophone and began practicing eight hours a day.
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Steve Lukather
Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. A prolific session musician, Lukather has recorded guitar tracks for more than 1,500 albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. He has also contributed to albums and hit singles as a songwriter, arranger, and producer. Lukather has released six solo studio albums and is working on his seventh.
In 1976, when Lukather was nineteen years old, he was invited by his high school friends David Paich and the Porcaro brothers Steve and Jeff to join them in forming their band, Toto. He remained a member until the band split up in 2008, and has been involved in their periodic reunion tours. Lukather's reputation as a guitarist and his association with Paich and Jeff Porcaro, who also became established artists, allowed him to secure a solid flow of session work in the 1970s and 1980s. Lukather has been nominated for twelve Grammy awards, and has won five. While his work with Toto was predominantly based on pop rock music and his solo work ventures into progressive rock and hard rock, many of Lukather's side-projects are focused on jazz fusion. He held a long-time collaboration with jazz guitarist Larry Carlton that produced a Grammy-winning live album, and he was a member of the jazz fusion band Los Lobotomys, a collaboration of notable session musicians.
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Steve Porcaro
Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro (born September 2, 1957, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto.
Porcaro wrote or co-wrote at least one song on each of Toto's first six albums, with the exception of Isolation. Unlike most of his bandmates, he generally did not contribute lead or even backing vocals; he considered himself a weak singer, and sang lead on two of his compositions only because he felt that the vocal styles of his bandmates, with the exception of Joseph Williams, were not appropriate for his songs. He left Toto in 1986 after the Fahrenheit album in order to pursue a more full-time songwriting and composing career. Porcaro composed the music for the song "Human Nature" from Michael Jackson's album Thriller, and also played with Gary Wright during his tour in 1977, supporting the latter's The Dream Weaver album.
However, Porcaro has continued working with Toto in various supporting capacities, assisting with keyboards, drum looping, synthesizers and arranging/composing. He has also done session musician work for many other acts, including Yes (on Union) and Jefferson Airplane (on their self-titled 1989 reunion album). He was also a member of Chris Squire's short lived band, The Chris Squire Experiment, in 1992.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "I Wish" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You". Well known albums also include Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at number five.
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Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond later represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and after 1964 as a Republican. He switched out of support for the conservatism of Republican presidential candidate and Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who shared his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in the latter by Robert Byrd). Thurmond holds the record for the longest-serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history at 14 years.
He conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he continued to fight against civil rights legislation. He always insisted he had never been a racist, but was merely opposed to excessive federal authority. However, he infamously said that "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement", while attributing the movement for integration to Communism. Starting in the 1970s, he moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights in the context of Southern society at the time, never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints.
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Stuart Sutcliffe
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a Scottish artist and musician, best known as the original bass player of The Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue a career as an artist, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with coming up with the name "The Beatles", as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets. As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several people sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
When The Beatles played in Hamburg, he met photographer Astrid Kirchherr, to whom he was later engaged. He later enrolled in the Hamburg College of Art after leaving The Beatles, and studied under future pop art artist, Eduardo Paolozzi. He earned praise for his paintings, which mostly explored a style related to abstract expressionism. In 1962, Sutcliffe collapsed in the middle of an art class in Hamburg after complaining of head pains. German doctors performed various checks on him, but were unable to determine exactly what was causing the headaches. On 10 April 1962, he was taken to hospital, but died in the ambulance on the way.
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Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: طارق علی), (born 21 October 1943), is a British Pakistani military historian, novelist, journalist, filmmaker, public intellectual, political campaigner, activist, and commentator. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and regularly contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books.
He is the author of several books, including Pakistan: Military Rule or People's Power (1970), Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State (1991), Pirates Of The Caribbean: Axis Of Hope (2006), Conversations with Edward Said (2005), Bush in Babylon (2003), and Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002), A Banker for All Seasons (2007), The Duel (2008) and The Obama Syndrome (2010).
Ali was born and raised in Lahore. The city was part of British India at the time of his birth in 1943, but became part of the newly independent nation of Pakistan four years later. He is the son of journalist Mazhar Ali Khan and activist mother Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan (daughter of Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan who led the Unionist Muslim League and was later Prime Minister of the Punjab from 1937–1942).
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The Edge
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), more widely known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is a musician best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist of the Irish rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 12 studio albums with the band and has released one solo record. As a guitarist, The Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural style of playing. His use of a rhythmic delay effect yields a distinctive ambient, chiming sound that has become a signature of U2's music.
The Edge was born in England to a Welsh family, but was raised in Ireland after moving there as an infant. In 1976, at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, he formed U2 with his fellow students and his older brother Dik. Inspired by the ethos of punk rock and its basic arrangements, the group began to write its own material. They eventually became one of the most popular acts in popular music, with successful albums such as 1987's The Joshua Tree and 1991's Achtung Baby. Over the years, The Edge has experimented with various guitar effects and introduced influences from several genres of music into his own style, including American roots music, industrial music, and alternative rock. With U2, The Edge has also played keyboards, co-produced their 1993 record Zooropa, and occasionally contributed lyrics. The Edge met his second and current wife, Morleigh Steinberg, through her collaborations with the band.
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The Fourmost
The Fourmost were an English Merseybeat band that recorded in the 1960s. Their biggest UK hit single was "A Little Loving" in 1964.
Guitarist/vocalist Brian O'Hara and best friend guitarist/vocalist Joey Bower (born Joseph Bower, 17 November 1939, Dingle, Liverpool, Lancashire) formed The Two Jays in 1957 and did a six week tour of the Isle of Man. The group changed its name to the Four Jays in September 1959 when bass guitarist/singer Billy Hatton and drummer Brian Redman (born 21 June 1941, Huyton, Liverpool, Lancashire) joined the group. They made their debut at the Cavern Club on 1 March 1961, nearly three weeks before The Beatles. Rhythm guitarist/singer Mike Millward (ex-The Undertakers) joined the Four Jays in November 1961, followed by drummer/singer Dave Lovelady in September 1962. The band changed its name to The Fourmost in June 1962. On 30 June 1963, the group signed a management contract with Brian Epstein. This led to their being auditioned by George Martin and signed to EMI's Parlophone record label.
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Tom Snyder
Thomas James "Tom" Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. Snyder was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime NBC News Update, in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime.
Snyder was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents Frank and Marie Snyder. He received a Catholic upbringing and attended St. Agnes Elementary School and graduated from Jesuit-run Marquette University High School. He attended Marquette University, after which he had originally planned to study medicine and become a doctor.
Snyder had loved radio since he was a child and at some point changed his field of study from pre-med to journalism. He once told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tim Cuprisin that broadcasting became more important to him than attending classes, and he skipped a lot of them. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter at WRIT (unrelated to the present-day FM station) in Milwaukee and at WKZO in Kalamazoo (where he was fired by John Fetzer) in the 1950s. For a time he worked at Savannah, Georgia AM station WSAV (now WBMQ).
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Tony Barrow
Tony Barrow (born in Crosby, Merseyside, England, 1936) is an English press officer who worked with The Beatles between 1962 and 1968. He coined the phrase "The Fab Four", first using it in an early press release.
While in the late 1950s when teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were putting together their earliest group in one part of the city, Tony Barrow was presenting jazz bands and skiffle/folk groups at local dance halls and clubs across town in the north Merseyside suburb of Crosby. Educated locally at Merchant Taylors School he then studied languages at Durham University. In 1954, when he was still a 17-year-old sixth form schoolboy, he landed his first regular freelance writing job as pop/rock record reviewer for the Liverpool Echo, the largest-selling provincial evening newspaper in the UK.
At the beginning of the 1960s, while The Beatles paid their dues in the Hamburg clubs, Barrow moved from Crosby to London to work for the Decca Record Company where he wrote the liner notes that appeared on the back of LP album covers. From his new London base he continued to contribute his weekly record column to the Liverpool Echo and when Liverpool record retailer Brian Epstein signed The Beatles to a management deal at the end of 1961 he contacted Barrow for professional advice. This led to an informal arrangement whereby Barrow became The Beatles' part-time press/publicity consultant which involved promoting the launch of the new EMI band from behind a desk at rival London record company Decca. His earliest task for Epstein was to co-ordinate a media publicity campaign to surround the release of the group's first UK single, "Love Me Do", on EMI's Parlophone label in October 1962. He was paid a one-off freelance fee of around 50 US dollars to compile The Beatles' initial press kit.
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Tony Sheridan
Tony Sheridan (born Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity on 21 May 1940 in Norwich, Norfolk), is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as an early collaborator of The Beatles, (though the record was labelled as being with "The Beat Brothers"), one of two non-Beatles (the other being Billy Preston) to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.
In his early life, Sheridan was influenced by his parents' interest in classical music, and by age seven, he had learned to play the violin. He eventually came to play guitar, and in 1956, formed his first band. He showed enough talent that he soon found himself playing in London's "Two I's" club for some six months straight, but at the same time he also found himself reduced to sleeping in doorways. In 1958, at 18, he began appearing on the BBC's Oh Boy, playing electric guitar on such early Rock classics as "Blue Suede Shoes", "Glad All Over", "Mighty Mighty Man" and "Oh Boy!". Sheridan was soon viewed as a very promising guitarist and as such was employed backing a number of singers, reportedly including Gene Vincent and Conway Twitty while they were in England. Early in 1960, Sheridan performed in a package tour of the United Kingdom which also included Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. On April 17, Vincent and Cochran rebuffed his request to ride along with them to the next venue, but he thereby escaped the road accident which would leave Cochran dead and Vincent badly injured. He also played guitar for Cherry Wainer on her recording of "Happy Organ".
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Vaughn Meader
Abbott Vaughn Meader (March 20, 1936 – October 29, 2004) was an American comedian and impersonator whose fame after the release of the The First Family album spoofing President John F. Kennedy was equalled only by his obscurity after Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Meader was born in Waterville, Maine during one of the worst floods ever to hit New England (he often said he was born on "the night the West Bridge washed out"). He was the only child of Charles Vaughn Meader, a millworker, and Mary Ellen Abbott. After his father broke his neck and drowned in a diving accident when Meader was only eighteen months old, his mother moved to Boston to work as a cocktail waitress, leaving Meader behind with relatives. A sometimes unruly and troubled child, Meader was sent to live with his mother in Boston at the age of five but she had become alcohol dependent and placed him in a children's home. After shuttling among several schools in Massachusetts and Maine, Meader eventually graduated from Brookline High School in 1953. He enlisted in the United States Army, and while stationed in Mannheim, West Germany, as a laboratory technician formed a country music band (the Rhine Rangers) with fellow soldiers, later adding impressions of popular singers to his repertoire. Meader married the German-born Vera Heller in 1955.
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Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti (born Victorio G. A. Spinetti, 2 September 1929) is a Welsh comic actor.
Spinetti was born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales of Welsh and Italian heritage from a grandfather who was said to have walked from Italy to Wales to work as a coal miner. His parents, Giuseppe and Lily (née Watson), owned the chip shop in Cwm, over which premises the family lived and where Spinetti was born. He was educated at Monmouth School and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, of which he is now a Fellow. Early on he was a waiter and a factory worker.
Spinetti sprang to international prominence in three Beatles' films in the 1960s, A Hard Day's Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour. He also appeared on one of The Beatles' Christmas recordings. The best explanation for this long-running collaboration and friendship might have been provided by George Harrison, who said, "You've got to be in all our films ... if you're not in them me Mum won't come and see them — because she fancies you." But Harrison would also say, "You've got a lovely karma, Vic." Sir Paul McCartney described Spinetti as "the man who makes clouds disappear". Spinetti would later make a small appearance in the promotional video for Paul's song, 'London Town', off the 1978 album of the same name. In July 2010 his performance of the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", at The Festival Theatre, Malvern, would be later made available on "The Beatles Complete on Ukulele" podcast.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
Churchill was born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer; his mother, Jenny Jerome, was an American socialite. As a young army officer, he saw action in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He gained fame as a war correspondent and wrote books about his campaigns.
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野 洋子）, Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.
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- Trying To Make Me - Lennon
- Those Day's - Lennon
- Thank You - Lennon
- Property Of Goatfucker - Lennon
- My Beautiful - Lennon
- Morning - Lennon
- I Hear - Lennon
- 5:30 Saturday Morning - Lennon
- These Days - Lennon
- Couldn't Breathe - Lennon
- Brake Of Your Car - Lennon
- Asking You - Lennon
Are you sleeping, I wish I was
Are you dreaming, of someone to love
Do you know what I'm thinking but I guess you don't
Cause you'd have to be around to hear my thoughts
Tomorrow's another day, and today is yesterday
And I don't care what you think you have to say
Tomorrow comes and today is gone
And I'm sick and tired of everyone trying to make me
Somebody else
It's funny how you destroyed the better part of me
There's nothing left so there's nothing anybody can see
It's been 6 months now and you think you found everything
In a day I wasn't there, in a way you didn't care
Tomorrow's another day, and today is yesterday
And I don't care what you think you have to say
Tomorrow comes and today is gone
And I'm sick and tired of everyone trying to make me
Somebody else
I didn't settle, I just got lazy
But I could see where you'd make the mistake
I didn't try, I just gave up
It was better to leave than stay
It's easy when you're leaving
It's harder when you try to return
But I haven't got that far yet
And that's a lesson I never want to learn
I should know better and so should you
I m exactly where you left me
There was nothing better to do
Are you still sleeping?
Are you still dreaming?
I m finally leaving but your still mixing
Tomorrow's another day, and today is yesterday
And I don't care what you think you have to say
Tomorrow comes and today is gone
And I'm sick and tired of everyone trying to make me
Somebody else
Somebody else
Use to swear there was nothing better than having me
for the night
When the morning came you'd quietly slip
Back into her life
You can have your ways
I'm going to end this lie
You can take those days
Let me move on, move on with my life
I use to watch you through the crowds
As you ran your hands over her
Now those days are yours
When morning comes it's I who
Slips out of his door
You can have your ways
I'm going to end this lie
You can take those days
Let me move on, move on with my life
So many people
Just wasting my time
That's all in the past
Cause I've moved on with my life
Those days are gone
My day begins
You don't have my life
But I have his
You can have your ways
I'm going to end this lie
You can take those days
Let me move on, move on with my life
She says fuck you, can you listen for a couple of minutes
Here's something I've been meaning to say
Yeah it's true, I've been living my life through you
But you can't even do that right, you're not living it my way
She says thank you for never even caring
I'll plan to see you all in hell
She sits there saying those stupid words over and over again
Thank you for destroying me
A cry rages out from a child
what do you mean by your life, can't something belong to me
I've given you everything, I've given you a daughter
But where is the mother I truly need
She says thank you for never even caring
I'll plan to see you all in hell
She sits there saying those stupid words over and over again
Thank you for destroying me
She's laying in his arms at quarter to three
Now her clothes are across the room and
she's down on her knees
And she's thinking you're no better than her
and I'm no better than any of you
And she hears me say
She says thank you for never even caring
I'll plan to see you all in hell
She sits there saying those stupid words over and over again
Thank you for destroying me
I don't care
Mommy's in the closet finding God
I'm on my knees finding you
Bring myself just low enough
To do what you want me to do
I don't care
What you have to say
I'd rather fail
And do it my way
False smiles so no one can see
Everything they hate is every part of me
I just want to live my life
They just want to hear they're right
I, I don't care
(I, I don't care)
What you have to say
(What you have to say)
I, I'd rather fail
(I, I'd rather fail)
And do it my way
(And do it my way)
Property of goatfucker
Property of goatfucker
Property of goatfucker
Property of goatfucker
I, I don't care
What you have to say
I, I'd rather fail
And do it my way
I, I don't care
(I, I don't care)
What you have to say
(What you have to say)
I, I'd rather fail
(I, I'd rather fail)
And do it my way
(And do it my way)
[Verse 1]
Wake up every morning to the sound of the radio screaming
6:30, 7:30, 8 o'clock and I got to leave
Walk out on the street with nothing on except the shame of last night
And a number in my hand of a man I don't really need
[Chorus]
Where do I fit in
Where is my place here
What do I need to say, what do you want to hear
Where do I fit in
If she's in your bed
Where is my beautiful
[Verse 2]
Late night, long day, doesn't make much difference to me anyway
You called, I answered, but baby I'm only half awake
Hush little one with you here everything is going to be okay
Is all you say but what if things don't go that way
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
It's over, we both know, we're both tired of playing the parts
I said goodbye, you said oh well nothing's really lost
Call every now and then just to hear your voice talk to me
You still say everything's alright but it's not and that's something that you're too blind to see
[Chorus 2x]
The feeling of coming to no one there
You rip off my clothes as you rip off my life
Destroyed my world in a matter of words
You left me waiting, you left me undeciding
You left me waiting, you left me waiting
I hear the knock at the door
And I don't care who's not there anymore
This sound is driving me insane
And damn it nothing's going my way
We're at the point of talking about the morning
Trying to decide who's going to go
I think you forgot whose bed you slept in
And who is going home
I'm running through the forest by myself
I'm walking over oceans to you
Hey ma, I'm walking on water
Hey God, I think I'm your son
We're at the point of talking about the morning
Trying to decide who's going to go
I think you forgot whose bed you slept in
And who is going home
Don't stand there looking at me
Don't stand there looking through me
Just take your clothes and I'll open the door
Looking around, you don't live here anymore
I don't know what I can do for you
I'm not sure what I can be for you
Over some table in someone else's kitchen
Someone's talking but no one wants to listen
We're at the point of talking about the morning
Trying to decide who's going to go
I think you forgot whose bed you slept in
And who is going home
Curtains swaying, windows closed
Ghost of the wind knocking at my door
Is that you checking on me
Bring the fire to set me free
Chill my body make it cold
Warm me up and let me go
I hear voices in the air
Its too strange no one's ever there
Little drummer play my march
Bring your beat, drown out the dark
Ghosts walking above my grave
The cold washing souls away
Chill my body make it cold
Warm me up and let me go
I hear voices in the air
Its too strange no one's ever there
Why question the only questions
I already know the answers to
So I wish I could count quietly
In a crowded room until it was empty
We were the only ones standing there
In another time, another life, another place
And the only thing one could hear was the soft
whisper of
4, 3, 2
Why question the only questions
I already know the answers to
So I wish I could count quietly
In a crowded room until it was empty
We were the only ones standing there
In another time, another life, another place
And the only thing one could hear was the soft
whisper of
4, 3, 2
We fell in love at first glance
When our eyes met and our hearts raced
But nothing ever lasts in this life
So it ends there and I'm sittin' here
With this bottle of wine in one hand
And a cigarette in the other
The only thing on my body
Is an impression of you
So maybe I'm not a dreamer
But I'm too realistic to ask myself that
And maybe you were looking at me
But I see her behind my shoulder
With this bottle of wine in one hand
And a cigarette in the other
The only thing on my body
Is an impression of you
Some impression of you
It's a little cold where I'm sitting
Yet it seems so warm up there
And the emotions just pouring through
But I don't know from who to where
With this bottle of wine in one hand
And a cigarette in the other
The only thing on my body
Is an impression of you
A damned impression of you
We fell in love at first glance
When our eyes met and our hearts raced
She says, some nights I just lie awake
She says, sometimes I just sleep for days
Smokes another cigarette and looks around the room
What are these days coming to
She says, it seems I've been screwed over again
But that's okay who the hell needs friends
It's just easier to pretend
Say you don't care and watch for the end
One more night is all she thinks
I won't come back, but I'm too weak
Those things he said to me,
One more night, and than I'll leave
She walks in one second too soon
Silence uncovers the room
She looks to him in disarray
He says I'm not sorry and turns away
He says I'm tired of hearing you bitch
You're nothing more than a stupid trick
You're not even worth the price I paid
Get out of my life, get out of my way
One more night is all she thinks
I won't come back, but I'm too weak
Those things he said to me,
One more night, and than I'll leave
She's standing on the balcony saying look this is my destiny
One more step and I'll finally be free
He says if you want my help I'll give you that extra step
She just turns and walks back to their bed
One more night is all she thinks
I won't come back, but I'm too weak
Those things he said to me,
One more night, and than I'll
One more night is all she thinks
Won't come back, but I'm too weak
Those things he said to me,
One more night, and than I'll leave
Welcome me into your family
You try to show me the other side
Show me what I've been missing
You try to give me your life
I'm not trying to be the rebel
Just want me god giving right
If I'm going to fuck up my own life
I'm going to do it right
And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home
There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe
Sitting back for a moment
Thinking about a life time of being alone without you
Remember lying in your arms
A 1000 feet off the ground a 1000 feet off the ground
The idea of jumping just never came up
And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home
There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe
Breathing in and breathing out
I feel the air escape my lips
Getting in and getting out to you
You're looking through me
Seen inside me
Something I couldn't be
Standing on my ledge
Taking my jump
It wasn't the out that I need
And I was too far to stand with you tonight
Too lost to find my way home
Just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe
And I was too far to stand with you tonight
And I was too lost to find my way home
There was just this breath of air between us
And I couldn't breathe
Tender moments with a burn out cigarette
I m dying to know what doesn't happen next
Your drunken kisses leave a bitter taste on my lips
It doesn't feel like me anymore
No lover coming to my door
To rescue me in the middle of the night
I don't understand
And I don't give a damn
Because it makes no sense to me
I m caught in between your lies and my dreams
And there is no out that I can see
Maybe the sound of your voice
Or the brake of your car
Are a little more than everything
Cause it's driving me crazy
And I can't understand
Cause it's making no sense to me
Life becomes one long infomercial
Selling junk only cowards will buy
I m sitting and figuring and wondering why
Some how I v asked all the wrong questions
Cause you had none of the answers
These blinded eyes were looking for in you
I don't understand
And I don't give a damn
Because it makes no sense to me
I m caught in between your lies and my dreams
And there is no out that I can see
Maybe the sound of your voice
Or the brake of your car
Are a little more than everything
Cause it's driving me crazy
And I can't understand
Cause it's making no sense to me
Floating higher and higher, a wonderful feeling
Floating higher and higher, a wonderful feeling
Now I don't want to be the one you're not thinking of
I don't want to be anywhere not near you
Now I m sorry if I m a little confused since your leaving
You ever think it was the wrong thing to do?
I don't understand
And I don't give a damn
Because it makes no sense to me
I m caught in between your lies and my dreams
And there is no out that I can see
Maybe the sound of your voice
Or the brake of your car
Are a little more than everything
Cause it's driving me crazy
And I can't understand
Cause it's making no sense to me
I don't understand
And I don't give a damn
Because it makes no sense to me
I m caught in between your lies and my dreams
And there is no out that I can see
Maybe the sound of your voice
Or the brake of your car
Are a little more than everything
Cause it's driving me crazy
And I can't understand
Cause it's making no sense to me
Walk down that hall take me to that room
Shut that door and close the lights too
Turn on the radio take off the T.V
Sit me down and speak real softly
I'll pay my attentions to things you don't say
I'll turn them this way and I'll turn them the other way
And I'm asking you is this how you want me
To be anything you want me to be
I'm asking you is this how you see me
Some little girl kissing your cheek
As the sun begins to rise, it cuts through the glass
and it burns my flesh with every lash
I look at myself as others see myself
and I don't understand how this is myself
Walk down that hall, take to that room, shut the door
and close those lights too
And I'm asking you is this how you want me
To be anything you want me to be
I'm asking you is this how you see me
Some little girl kissing your cheek
I'm walking down the stairs to leave
And out of the dark her eyes catch me
And I'm asking you is this how you want me
To be anything, I can't be that little girl again
And I'm asking you is this how you see me
Some little girl kissing your cheek
And I'm asking you is this how you want me
To be anything you want me to be
I'm asking you is this how you see me
Some little girl kissing your cheek
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ALBUMS
- Believe
- What I've Seen
- 4:16
- Seasons (revisited)
- Elevator Music
- Elevators
- Liberty City
- The Word
- Anon
- Like That
- Porcelain Dolls
- No Escape
- Bonus Track: Like That (feat. EPonym)
- Service Announcement
- The Changing
- Commercial Break
- Mind Rain
- Our Fascination
- Work.
- Down
- Right and Wrong
- Pretzels
- Forgetful
- Four-in
- Exodus
- The Storm
- Eternity
- Odyssey
- Elements
- Still Gettin' Mine
- Where Do I Fit In (Infinitebeat2 mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Iridium Soul Search mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (God KISS FM mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (I Am album mix) (feat. Travis Meeks)
- Where Do I Fit In (Cynic mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Legion mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (5:30 Saturday Morning album mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (DJ Lopez mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Drummondj mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Andreas Johnson mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Damaged Goods album mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Tranquilkaos mix)
- Where Do I Fit In (Mulambo mix)
- No One Knows
- Where Do I Fit In
- I Say
- Goodbye
- Just One
- Nothing Out of Me
- Down the Line
- Rain
- Long Run
- Reason
- Finish What We Start
- One or the Other
- My Sins
- Another for Another
- Brake of Your Car
- Over & Over
- Wrong Way
- Rain
- Nothing Out of Me
- One or the Other
- Reason
- And You (acoustic)
- Worth It (acoustic)
- Property of Goatfucker (Warped Tour Performance)
- Morning (Warped Tour Performance)
- My Beautiful (feat. Travis Meeks)
- Brake of Your Car
- One or the Other
- Nothing Out of Me
- Goodbye
- Down the Line
- Rain
- The Long Run
- Reason
- No One Knows
- Another for Another
- Wrong Way
- Worth It
- Jacob (acoustic)
- I Hear (acoustic)
- What You're Saying (acoustic)
- Goodbye (acoustic)
- Couldn't Breathe (acoustic)
- Main Gravel Road (acoustic)
- And You (acoustic)
- Brake of Your Car (acoustic)
- Morning (acoustic)
- Asking You (acoustic)
- Jacob (acoustic)
- I Hear (acoustic)
- What You're Saying (acoustic)
- Goodbye (acoustic)
- Couldn't Breathe (acoustic)
- Main Gravel Road (acoustic)
- And You (acoustic)
- Brake of Your Car (acoustic)
- Morning (acoustic)
- Asking You (acoustic)
- Property of Goatfucker
- Trying to Make Me
- Brake of Your Car
- My Beautiful
- Those Days
- Asking You
- Morning
- I Hear
- Thank You
- Couldn't Breathe
- These Days
- 5:30 Saturday Morning
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John Lennon - Jealous Guy
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- Duration: 4:18
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
Fantástico
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Imagine - The Beatles - John Lennon
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- Duration: 3:14
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Imagine de John Lennon. The Beatles. Imagine there´s no heaven, it´s easy if you try....
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Imagine de John Lennon. The Beatles. Imagine there´s no heaven, it´s easy if you try....
- published: 31 Oct 2007
- views: 4316986
- author: alesebariver
John Lennon - Imagine (official video)
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- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
www.john-lennon-music-lyrics.com For Lyrics.
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www.john-lennon-music-lyrics.com For Lyrics.
- published: 01 Oct 2008
- views: 5980370
- author: JohnLennonMusic
John Lennon - Woman
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
The Official video for John Lennon 'Woman' with Yoko Ono
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The Official video for John Lennon 'Woman' with Yoko Ono
- published: 24 Aug 2010
- views: 6594303
- author: johnlennon
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
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- Duration: 74:02
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
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Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
- published: 27 Jun 2012
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Working Class Hero - John Lennon
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and class less and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me
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Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and class less and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me
- published: 10 Oct 2006
- views: 7814370
- author: jigowatts
'Call Your Girlfriend' Robyn/ Erato cover by Lennon & Maisy Stella
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- Duration: 1:54
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
itunes.apple.com Honestly... we couldn't possibly be more grateful... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! xox FOLLOW US... WE HAVE A TWITTER haha twitter.com www.facebook.com THE OFFICIAL PAGE CONTACT- info@lennonandmaisy.com 12 and 8 year old sisters Lennon and Maisy sing their version of Robyn/Erato Call Your Girlfriend.
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itunes.apple.com Honestly... we couldn't possibly be more grateful... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! xox FOLLOW US... WE HAVE A TWITTER haha twitter.com www.facebook.com THE OFFICIAL PAGE CONTACT- info@lennonandmaisy.com 12 and 8 year old sisters Lennon and Maisy sing their version of Robyn/Erato Call Your Girlfriend.
- published: 30 May 2012
- views: 12898028
- author: lennonandmaisy
Celtic FC - 2013.01.19 It's for you-hoo!
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- Duration: 1:35
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
It's for you-hoo! Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, takes time out from his post-match media conference to offer relationship advice to a damsel in distress!
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It's for you-hoo! Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, takes time out from his post-match media conference to offer relationship advice to a damsel in distress!
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 1308141
- author: celticfc
#MKFNO: Lennon & Maisy
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- Duration: 2:54
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
FNO, fashion's biggest party of the year, is tonight! From Palm Beach to Paris, Miami to Madrid, we're staying open late all over the world. In NYC, we're hosting Kors Karaoke for three of our favorite YouTube stars. Lennon & Maisy Stella couldn't make it, so they sent in this special treat, exclusively for our fans.
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FNO, fashion's biggest party of the year, is tonight! From Palm Beach to Paris, Miami to Madrid, we're staying open late all over the world. In NYC, we're hosting Kors Karaoke for three of our favorite YouTube stars. Lennon & Maisy Stella couldn't make it, so they sent in this special treat, exclusively for our fans.
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 856049
- author: Michael Kors
BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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- Duration: 70:56
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could...
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↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could...
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 238460
- author: Y0K0ON0
Lennon & Maisy - "I Won't Give Up" (Acoustic) | Performance | On Air with Ryan Seacrest
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- Duration: 2:50
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
YouTube sensations and stars of ABC's "Nashville", Lennon and Maisy perform a cover of Jason Mraz's hit "I Won't Give Up" in sunny Southern California. Subscribe! www.youtube.com 'On Air' Facebook: facebook.com Ryan's Facebook facebook.com 'On Air' Twitter: twitter.com Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com 'On Air" Instagram: instagram.com Ryan's Instagram: instagram.com
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YouTube sensations and stars of ABC's "Nashville", Lennon and Maisy perform a cover of Jason Mraz's hit "I Won't Give Up" in sunny Southern California. Subscribe! www.youtube.com 'On Air' Facebook: facebook.com Ryan's Facebook facebook.com 'On Air' Twitter: twitter.com Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com 'On Air" Instagram: instagram.com Ryan's Instagram: instagram.com
- published: 15 Jan 2013
- views: 58907
- author: ryanseacrest
John Lennon - Imagine - Lyrics
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- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
John Lennon in Imagine! with Lyrics! Lyrics: Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will live as one
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John Lennon in Imagine! with Lyrics! Lyrics: Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people living life in peace You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people sharing all the world You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will live as one
- published: 03 Dec 2011
- views: 5826068
- author: Rasty Adem
John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
The Official video for John Lennon 'Merry Xmas (War Is Over)'
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The Official video for John Lennon 'Merry Xmas (War Is Over)'
- published: 24 Aug 2010
- views: 5789116
- author: johnlennon
John Lennon - Imagine
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- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
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'I Won't Give Up' Jason Mraz cover by Lennon and Maisy Stella
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
itunes.apple.com Lennon 12 and Maisy 8 sing their version of Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up. These girls are truly amazing. The Stella sisters :) www.facebook.com THE OFFICIAL PAGE CONTACT- info@lennonandmaisy.com Thank you to Matt Blair for doing this video :)
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itunes.apple.com Lennon 12 and Maisy 8 sing their version of Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up. These girls are truly amazing. The Stella sisters :) www.facebook.com THE OFFICIAL PAGE CONTACT- info@lennonandmaisy.com Thank you to Matt Blair for doing this video :)
- published: 28 Mar 2012
- views: 5400108
- author: lennonandmaisy
Lennon & Maisy - Radio Disney "Celebrity Take" with Jake
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- Duration: 2:11
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
See if Lennon and Maisy can take the "Call Your Girlfriend" Challenge while singing One Direction, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift!
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See if Lennon and Maisy can take the "Call Your Girlfriend" Challenge while singing One Direction, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift!
- published: 12 Jan 2013
- views: 16659
- author: radiodisney
Lennon & Maisy - "Bright Side" (Acoustic) | On Air with Ryan Seacrest
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- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
YouTube sensations and stars of ABC's "Nashville", Lennon and Maisy perform their original single, "Bright Side" in sunny Southern California. Subscribe! www.youtube.com 'On Air' Facebook: facebook.com Ryan's Facebook facebook.com 'On Air' Twitter: twitter.com Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com 'On Air" Instagram: instagram.com Ryan's Instagram: instagram.com
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YouTube sensations and stars of ABC's "Nashville", Lennon and Maisy perform their original single, "Bright Side" in sunny Southern California. Subscribe! www.youtube.com 'On Air' Facebook: facebook.com Ryan's Facebook facebook.com 'On Air' Twitter: twitter.com Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com 'On Air" Instagram: instagram.com Ryan's Instagram: instagram.com
- published: 15 Jan 2013
- views: 35775
- author: ryanseacrest
Lennon and Maisy - Bright Side at Radio Disney
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- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Lennon and Maisy Stella from ABC's "Nashville" perform at the Radio Disney studio!
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Lennon and Maisy Stella from ABC's "Nashville" perform at the Radio Disney studio!
- published: 10 Jan 2013
- views: 21470
- author: radiodisney
Mind Games - John Lennon
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- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Happy 71th Birthday John ! We're playing those mind games together, Pushing barriers, planting seeds, Playing the mind guerilla, Chanting the Mantra peace on earth, We all been playing mind games forever, Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil. Doing the mind guerilla, Some call it the search for the grail, Love is the answer and you know that for sure, Love is flower you got to let it, you got to let it grow, So keep on playing those mind games together, Faith in the future outta the now, You just can't beat on those mind guerillas, Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind, Yeah we're playing those mind games forever, Projecting our images in space and in time, Yes is the answer and you know that for sure, Yes is the surrender you got to let it, you got to let it go, So keep on playing those mind games together, Doing the ritual dance inn the sun, Millions of mind guerrillas, Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel, Keep on playing those mind games forever, Raising the spirit of peace and love, not war, (I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before)
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Happy 71th Birthday John ! We're playing those mind games together, Pushing barriers, planting seeds, Playing the mind guerilla, Chanting the Mantra peace on earth, We all been playing mind games forever, Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil. Doing the mind guerilla, Some call it the search for the grail, Love is the answer and you know that for sure, Love is flower you got to let it, you got to let it grow, So keep on playing those mind games together, Faith in the future outta the now, You just can't beat on those mind guerillas, Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind, Yeah we're playing those mind games forever, Projecting our images in space and in time, Yes is the answer and you know that for sure, Yes is the surrender you got to let it, you got to let it go, So keep on playing those mind games together, Doing the ritual dance inn the sun, Millions of mind guerrillas, Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel, Keep on playing those mind games forever, Raising the spirit of peace and love, not war, (I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before)
- published: 09 Oct 2006
- views: 3093291
- author: jigowatts
Lennon and Maisy- Headlock by Imogen Heap
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- Duration: 2:40
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
itunes.apple.com Lennon 12 and Maisy 8 sing their version of Imogen Heap's song headlock. Thank you for watching :) THANK YOU TO RODE for the the mic Maisy used :) lennonandmaisy.com https www.facebook.com
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itunes.apple.com Lennon 12 and Maisy 8 sing their version of Imogen Heap's song headlock. Thank you for watching :) THANK YOU TO RODE for the the mic Maisy used :) lennonandmaisy.com https www.facebook.com
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 2222057
- author: lennonandmaisy
John Lennon - Beautiful Boy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
The official video for John Lennon 'Beautiful Boy'
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The official video for John Lennon 'Beautiful Boy'
- published: 24 Aug 2010
- views: 1460971
- author: johnlennon
Celtic FC - Andre Blackman Tackle on Neil Lennon
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- Duration: 0:41
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
To see more click the subscribe button above.
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Cover Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon) Piano version
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- Duration: 3:49
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
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- published: 16 Dec 2012
- views: 399
- author: le0ne8
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Imagine Live - John Lennon - 72
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- Duration: 3:13
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Playing "Imagine" In Madison Square Garden.
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Playing "Imagine" In Madison Square Garden.
- published: 21 Aug 2007
- views: 4674268
- author: ohshaith
Stevie Wonder Announces John Lennon`s Death Live to his Audience 1980 (Rare)
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
I was thinking of uploading a Stevie Wonder song and came across this. God bless John`s memory.
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I was thinking of uploading a Stevie Wonder song and came across this. God bless John`s memory.
- published: 15 Aug 2011
- views: 54606
- author: THENORTHERNSONGS
John Lennon - Come Together
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:01
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Live performance of John Lennon.
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
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- Duration: 5:30
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 62799
- author: beatlemusical
"stand by me" john lennon live 1975
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- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
john lennon live on the auld grey whistle test
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john lennon live on the auld grey whistle test
- published: 29 Jun 2008
- views: 316653
- author: jimmyhillsapoof82
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
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- Duration: 66:59
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
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John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 59722
- author: elvis316
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
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- Duration: 74:02
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
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Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 36374
- author: FabFields67
Imagine - John Lennon (Live)
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- Duration: 3:19
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Muy Buen Video, Te Amamos John.
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John Lennon - Mother (Live) (HD)
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- Duration: 5:19
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
John Lennon performs Mother live in '72. Conversion Problem.
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John Lennon performs Mother live in '72. Conversion Problem.
- published: 05 Jun 2011
- views: 158478
- author: edwardLRS
Stevie Wonder tells of John Lennon`s Death Live to his fans 1980 (Rare).flv
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
This is a great clip, backstage at Stevie's concert the news breaks on a portable TV, he then goes on stage to announce it to the crowd who are stunned. Very sad to watch. John Lennon still missed! C Northern songs
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This is a great clip, backstage at Stevie's concert the news breaks on a portable TV, he then goes on stage to announce it to the crowd who are stunned. Very sad to watch. John Lennon still missed! C Northern songs
- published: 11 Oct 2011
- views: 163693
- author: bigpaul1980
Elton John John Lennon (Live at Madison Square Gardens in 1974) - YouTube.flv
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- Duration: 4:26
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
John Lennon live 1974
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Elton John & John Lennon LIVE - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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- Duration: 6:12
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Madison Square Garden 1974 November 28 (Thanksgiving). John Lennon came on stage as special guest at the Elton John concert and they did three songs together. We all know the story ...... When John Lennon was recording his "Walls and Bridges" album in 1974, he invited Elton to help him out on a couple of tracks - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" and "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)". This was around the same time they also worked together on Elton's releases "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "One Day at a Time". Lennon said of Elton, "I was amazed at his ability. A fine musician, great piano player. I was really pleasantly surprised at the way he could get in on such a loose track and add to it and keep up with the rhythm changes". As Elton and Lennon were enjoying themselves greatly during the recording session, Elton asked Lennon if he would do "Whatever Gets You Thru" with him on stage. Lennon, who no longer performed live, jokingly promised to do so when the song became a #1 hit single. In November that year, it did hit #1, Lennon's only solo single to do so. Elton called him up and reminded him of the promise, and Lennon appeared on stage for three numbers at the final concert of Elton's 1974 American Tour, held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Lennon was terrified, and nearly backed out several times. Finally, as Elton introduced him, he suddenly turned to Bernie Taupin back stage, and said, "I'm not going on unless you go with me". Bernie ...
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Madison Square Garden 1974 November 28 (Thanksgiving). John Lennon came on stage as special guest at the Elton John concert and they did three songs together. We all know the story ...... When John Lennon was recording his "Walls and Bridges" album in 1974, he invited Elton to help him out on a couple of tracks - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" and "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)". This was around the same time they also worked together on Elton's releases "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "One Day at a Time". Lennon said of Elton, "I was amazed at his ability. A fine musician, great piano player. I was really pleasantly surprised at the way he could get in on such a loose track and add to it and keep up with the rhythm changes". As Elton and Lennon were enjoying themselves greatly during the recording session, Elton asked Lennon if he would do "Whatever Gets You Thru" with him on stage. Lennon, who no longer performed live, jokingly promised to do so when the song became a #1 hit single. In November that year, it did hit #1, Lennon's only solo single to do so. Elton called him up and reminded him of the promise, and Lennon appeared on stage for three numbers at the final concert of Elton's 1974 American Tour, held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Lennon was terrified, and nearly backed out several times. Finally, as Elton introduced him, he suddenly turned to Bernie Taupin back stage, and said, "I'm not going on unless you go with me". Bernie ...
- published: 23 Mar 2009
- views: 776482
- author: RonnieFriend
John Lennon - Instant Karma (Live)
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
With the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band
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With the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band
- published: 17 Jan 2007
- views: 614915
- author: DoctorRobert1966
John Lennon - Come Together LIVE
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- Duration: 4:49
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
The opening track to The Beatles Abbey Road album performed live by John Lennon in 1972
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The opening track to The Beatles Abbey Road album performed live by John Lennon in 1972
- published: 29 Dec 2009
- views: 200802
- author: MaccaBeatles
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD - HQ
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- Duration: 5:52
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 59726
- author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
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- Duration: 5:45
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 105819
- author: beatlemusical
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
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- Duration: 5:21
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
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John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
- published: 30 Mar 2007
- views: 1326976
- author: mysweetlord
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
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- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 69313
- author: beatlemusical
John Lennon & Elton John Live 1974 - MSG
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- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Whatever Gets You Through The Night Live at MSG! Elton John invites John Lennon To Play with him and this is the result!
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Whatever Gets You Through The Night Live at MSG! Elton John invites John Lennon To Play with him and this is the result!
- published: 12 Dec 2008
- views: 348276
- author: piggies1
Instant Karma Live - John Lennon - 72
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- Duration: 3:29
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
John Lennon Plays Instant Karma At New York City In Madison Square Garden. Damn, he is badass.
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John Lennon Plays Instant Karma At New York City In Madison Square Garden. Damn, he is badass.
- published: 20 Aug 2007
- views: 156740
- author: ohshaith
David Bowie and John Lennon LIVE 1975 "Fame"
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
JOHN LENNON REPLICA TALISMAN NECKLACES FOR SALE..PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW.. www.ebay.co.uk JOHN LENNON COIN NECKLACES, AS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS LINK.. www.ebay.co.uk BOWIE and LENNON LIVE in 1975............"ITS PLAIN TO SEE THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES THIS VIDEO..THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL HEARTFELT COMMENTS (SEE BELOW) ..LOVE YOU GUYS" XOXOX This is a Stevie Riks Video..He has kindly let us upload..For more Stevie Riks Videos, please visit his NEW Profile and Subscribe .. www.youtube.com/MrSTEVIERIKS Stevie Riks DVDs Avilable At .. www.stevieriks.com
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JOHN LENNON REPLICA TALISMAN NECKLACES FOR SALE..PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW.. www.ebay.co.uk JOHN LENNON COIN NECKLACES, AS SEEN IN THIS VIDEO ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS LINK.. www.ebay.co.uk BOWIE and LENNON LIVE in 1975............"ITS PLAIN TO SEE THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES THIS VIDEO..THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL HEARTFELT COMMENTS (SEE BELOW) ..LOVE YOU GUYS" XOXOX This is a Stevie Riks Video..He has kindly let us upload..For more Stevie Riks Videos, please visit his NEW Profile and Subscribe .. www.youtube.com/MrSTEVIERIKS Stevie Riks DVDs Avilable At .. www.stevieriks.com
- published: 14 Jul 2009
- views: 171529
- author: merseyboys
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - HOUND DOG
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - HOUND DOG
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - HOUND DOG
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 45832
- author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COME TOGETHER
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- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COME TOGETHER
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JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COME TOGETHER
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 28759
- author: beatlemusical
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John Lennon on Dick Cavett (entire show) September 11, 1971 (HD)
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- Duration: 67:08
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
He premieres "Imagine" video here. On September 11th, 1971. 9/11, he would ask for people to imagine peace. Weird. Further observation. Bagism: the bags look a lot like burkas. Go figure.
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He premieres "Imagine" video here. On September 11th, 1971. 9/11, he would ask for people to imagine peace. Weird. Further observation. Bagism: the bags look a lot like burkas. Go figure.
- published: 27 Mar 2011
- views: 514296
- author: elvis316
The Day John Lennon Died 2010 (full documentary)
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- Duration: 46:43
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
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John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
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- Duration: 66:59
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
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John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 66065
- author: elvis316
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
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- Duration: 40:25
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
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Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 267794
- author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
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- Duration: 30:56
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
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December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
- published: 05 Jan 2011
- views: 88915
- author: jamestaylorvideo
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
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- Duration: 74:02
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
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Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 46260
- author: FabFields67
BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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- Duration: 70:56
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could...
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↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could...
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 238460
- author: Y0K0ON0
John Lennon -- Imagine - Music From The Motion Picture (full album)
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- Duration: 75:15
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
Track List - Real Love Twist And Shout Help! In My Life Strawberry Fields Forever A Day In The Life Revolution The Ballad Of John And Yoko Julia Don't Let Me Down Give Peace A Chance How? Imagine (Short Rehearsal) God Mother Stand By Me Jealous Guy Woman Beautiful Boy (Just Like) Starting Over Imagine
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Track List - Real Love Twist And Shout Help! In My Life Strawberry Fields Forever A Day In The Life Revolution The Ballad Of John And Yoko Julia Don't Let Me Down Give Peace A Chance How? Imagine (Short Rehearsal) God Mother Stand By Me Jealous Guy Woman Beautiful Boy (Just Like) Starting Over Imagine
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 94634
- author: redbabylon
The US Vs. John Lennon
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- Duration: 95:23
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
The compelling and provocative documentary of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to outspoken artist and activist. An iconic inspiration for peace during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the US Government. 2006 Lions Gate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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The compelling and provocative documentary of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to outspoken artist and activist. An iconic inspiration for peace during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the US Government. 2006 Lions Gate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 20 Oct 2011
- author: LionsgateUKMovies
Genius - The Movie
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- Duration: 34:05
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Like Us? www.facebook.com Follow Us: twitter.com Genius Merchandise: www.LivingWaters.com If you think you know everything there is to know about John Lennon, think again. Genius will open your eyes. From the Producers of "180" movie.
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Like Us? www.facebook.com Follow Us: twitter.com Genius Merchandise: www.LivingWaters.com If you think you know everything there is to know about John Lennon, think again. Genius will open your eyes. From the Producers of "180" movie.
- published: 05 Dec 2012
- views: 292990
- author: thewayofthemaster
John Lennon Imagine Full Album
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- Duration: 39:28
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
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John Lennon and George Harrison on Transcendental Meditation - Beatles Interview
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- Duration: 58:49
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of mantra meditation developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is often referred to as Transcendental Meditation or simply, TM. The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra, and is practiced for 15--20 minutes twice per day, while sitting with closed eyes. It is reported to be one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched, meditation techniques, with over 340 peer-reviewed studies published. Research reviews of the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique have yielded results ranging from inconclusive to clinically significant. The technique is made available worldwide by certified TM teachers in a seven step course and fees vary from country to country. Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into selected schools, universities, corporations and prison programs in the USA, Latin America, Europe, and India. In 1977, a US district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence that was being taught in some New Jersey, USA schools was religious in nature and in violation of the First Amendment. The technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world. The Transcendental Meditation technique has been described as both religious and non religious. The technique has been described in various ways including as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in ...
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The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of mantra meditation developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is often referred to as Transcendental Meditation or simply, TM. The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra, and is practiced for 15--20 minutes twice per day, while sitting with closed eyes. It is reported to be one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched, meditation techniques, with over 340 peer-reviewed studies published. Research reviews of the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique have yielded results ranging from inconclusive to clinically significant. The technique is made available worldwide by certified TM teachers in a seven step course and fees vary from country to country. Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into selected schools, universities, corporations and prison programs in the USA, Latin America, Europe, and India. In 1977, a US district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence that was being taught in some New Jersey, USA schools was religious in nature and in violation of the First Amendment. The technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world. The Transcendental Meditation technique has been described as both religious and non religious. The technique has been described in various ways including as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 6936
- author: lifeofthebeatles
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
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- Duration: 66:12
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
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Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 199461
- author: TheMMProducties
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums.Subt Esp.(Part 1/2).
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- Duration: 26:54
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums. (Part 1/2) .Subt Esp. Documental.Making of :John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".
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John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums. (Part 1/2) .Subt Esp. Documental.Making of :John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".
- published: 26 Apr 2011
- views: 17280
- author: MrFLAVIUS12
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
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- Duration: 27:26
- Updated: 24 Jan 2013
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
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Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 5013
- author: lifeofthebeatles
John Lennon 1968-1980 Unplugged (Bootleg)
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- Duration: 67:37
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
John Lennon Unplugged, home recordings Excellent quality This collection features some of the best of John Lennon's original home-demos recorded between 1968 and 1980. You'll get the chance to hear his best-known songs from his solo-career like Imagine or Woman as well as unreleased compositions performed by John just by himself accompanied by acoustic guitar - unplugged. 1. Imagine (Lennon) 03:01 Concert Acoustic 17 Dec 1971 This Live version of Imagine was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in New York at a Benefit-concert on 17 december 1971. It's the only time that John played this song on acoustic guitar. 2. Watching The Wheels (Lennon) 03:03 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 John transforms into a modern-day's folk singer for this home-demo of Watching The Wheels, recorded at the Dakota in early 1980. 3. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono) 02:13 Home Recording Acoustic 1971 A bluesy rendition recorded at John's first New York Home, in Greenwich Village, in late 1971 4. Girls And Boys (Lennon) 02:23 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 Another title for Real Love, this time played on acoustic guitar at the Dakota in early 1980. 5. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) 02:31 Acoustic Demo Nov 1971 6. Maggie Mae (Trad. Arr Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr) 00:26 Mix Aug 1980 A Short Look Back by John to his beginnings as a skiffle-boy, recorded during Double Fantasy - sessions at the hit factory, New York 7. Corrina, Corrina (Trad. Arr. McCoy/Chatman/Williams/Parish) 01:18 Home ...
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John Lennon Unplugged, home recordings Excellent quality This collection features some of the best of John Lennon's original home-demos recorded between 1968 and 1980. You'll get the chance to hear his best-known songs from his solo-career like Imagine or Woman as well as unreleased compositions performed by John just by himself accompanied by acoustic guitar - unplugged. 1. Imagine (Lennon) 03:01 Concert Acoustic 17 Dec 1971 This Live version of Imagine was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in New York at a Benefit-concert on 17 december 1971. It's the only time that John played this song on acoustic guitar. 2. Watching The Wheels (Lennon) 03:03 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 John transforms into a modern-day's folk singer for this home-demo of Watching The Wheels, recorded at the Dakota in early 1980. 3. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono) 02:13 Home Recording Acoustic 1971 A bluesy rendition recorded at John's first New York Home, in Greenwich Village, in late 1971 4. Girls And Boys (Lennon) 02:23 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 Another title for Real Love, this time played on acoustic guitar at the Dakota in early 1980. 5. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) 02:31 Acoustic Demo Nov 1971 6. Maggie Mae (Trad. Arr Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr) 00:26 Mix Aug 1980 A Short Look Back by John to his beginnings as a skiffle-boy, recorded during Double Fantasy - sessions at the hit factory, New York 7. Corrina, Corrina (Trad. Arr. McCoy/Chatman/Williams/Parish) 01:18 Home ...
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- views: 9447
- author: DarcoEddie
John Lennon & George Harrison - Guitar Gently Weeps
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- Duration: 50:14
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
An in-depth documentary about the lives of John Lennon (1940-1980) and George Harrison (1943-2001), one half of the World's most successful group 'The Beatles'. Revealing their innermost thoughts, beliefs and hopes for the future, their personalities are shown in ways that only those closest to them would know. The two stars were quite dissimilar in many ways but they both shared the ability to write and perform meaningful and memorable songs. In this groundbreaking documentary, exclusive footage and interviews include Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison who reveal their view on the men they knew and loved. Also featuring DJ Nicky Horne in an interview with John and George. Narrated by Peter Curtis
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An in-depth documentary about the lives of John Lennon (1940-1980) and George Harrison (1943-2001), one half of the World's most successful group 'The Beatles'. Revealing their innermost thoughts, beliefs and hopes for the future, their personalities are shown in ways that only those closest to them would know. The two stars were quite dissimilar in many ways but they both shared the ability to write and perform meaningful and memorable songs. In this groundbreaking documentary, exclusive footage and interviews include Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison who reveal their view on the men they knew and loved. Also featuring DJ Nicky Horne in an interview with John and George. Narrated by Peter Curtis
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 6757
- author: onemediamusic
Mae Brussell -THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON- (12-14-80)
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- Duration: 162:43
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Originally broadcast December 14,20,27, 1980 JOHN LENNON, PART I. Motives, Musicians murdered, Mark David Chapman's Doubles? Collecting memories since 1964. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART II. MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, Travels, Countries, Training to Kill? Mind Control. The Mysterious Art Gallery, wife. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART III. Discussion of Future Murders, Past Assassinations. What can we do about it? www.youtube.com conspiracyscope.blogspot.com Mae Brussell Playlist: www.youtube.com
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Originally broadcast December 14,20,27, 1980 JOHN LENNON, PART I. Motives, Musicians murdered, Mark David Chapman's Doubles? Collecting memories since 1964. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART II. MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, Travels, Countries, Training to Kill? Mind Control. The Mysterious Art Gallery, wife. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART III. Discussion of Future Murders, Past Assassinations. What can we do about it? www.youtube.com conspiracyscope.blogspot.com Mae Brussell Playlist: www.youtube.com
- published: 08 Jan 2012
- views: 4408
- author: ConspiracyScope
John Lennon Unplugged full album 2013
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- Duration: 21:57
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
1 - Maggie Mae 2 - Peggie Sue 3 - yesterday (Parody) 4 - aint she sweet acoustic 5 - my sweet lord (John Lennon cover) 6 - Child of nature ( India Recording) 7 - Yesterday John Lennon cover 8 - Revolution unplugged 9 - phase take 3 10 - ? life begin at 40 11 - im only sleeping with lennon speech
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1 - Maggie Mae 2 - Peggie Sue 3 - yesterday (Parody) 4 - aint she sweet acoustic 5 - my sweet lord (John Lennon cover) 6 - Child of nature ( India Recording) 7 - Yesterday John Lennon cover 8 - Revolution unplugged 9 - phase take 3 10 - ? life begin at 40 11 - im only sleeping with lennon speech
- published: 08 Dec 2012
- views: 1768
- author: John Lennon
Did John Lennon make a Deal with the Devil ??
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- Duration: 78:03
- Updated: 21 Jan 2013
Rock historian R. Gary Patterson joined author Joseph Niezgoda to discuss hidden symbols in the Beatles and John Lennon's recordings and album artwork which depict sorcery, mysticism, numerology, and theological writings. Niezgoda presented his thesis that Lennon had made a "pact" with the devil and sold his soul in order to achieve his fame and and success, and that his death had been foretold through their songs. For instance, in the Lennon song Help Me to Help Myself released after his death, he refers to an "angel of destruction." Patterson talked about the 'Paul is Dead' phenomenon in which clues were seemingly offered in the Beatles songs and artwork that McCartney had died. Such an idea bears similarity to the Lennon-Devil pact as being a fascinating possibility, though not necessarily a "probability," he commented. Niezgoda cited a photo from the Magical Mystery Tour album that showed Lennon in front of a sign which reads, THE BEST WAY TO GO IS BY M&DC.; Niezgoda believes 'MDC' stands for Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered Lennon. He also alluded to Lennon's various acts of "blasphemy," relating them to the story of Faust. Bill Harry joined the conversation for a segment during the third hour, talking about his friendship with John Lennon, and haunted aspects of the city of Liverpool. Biography: R. Gary Patterson is a native Tennessean with a passion for rock and roll. As a published author, Patterson's works portray many fascinating events that helped shape ...
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Rock historian R. Gary Patterson joined author Joseph Niezgoda to discuss hidden symbols in the Beatles and John Lennon's recordings and album artwork which depict sorcery, mysticism, numerology, and theological writings. Niezgoda presented his thesis that Lennon had made a "pact" with the devil and sold his soul in order to achieve his fame and and success, and that his death had been foretold through their songs. For instance, in the Lennon song Help Me to Help Myself released after his death, he refers to an "angel of destruction." Patterson talked about the 'Paul is Dead' phenomenon in which clues were seemingly offered in the Beatles songs and artwork that McCartney had died. Such an idea bears similarity to the Lennon-Devil pact as being a fascinating possibility, though not necessarily a "probability," he commented. Niezgoda cited a photo from the Magical Mystery Tour album that showed Lennon in front of a sign which reads, THE BEST WAY TO GO IS BY M&DC.; Niezgoda believes 'MDC' stands for Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered Lennon. He also alluded to Lennon's various acts of "blasphemy," relating them to the story of Faust. Bill Harry joined the conversation for a segment during the third hour, talking about his friendship with John Lennon, and haunted aspects of the city of Liverpool. Biography: R. Gary Patterson is a native Tennessean with a passion for rock and roll. As a published author, Patterson's works portray many fascinating events that helped shape ...
- published: 17 Dec 2012
- views: 1200
- author: DiscloseTruthTV
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Two Virgins (1968)
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- Duration: 29:09
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
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John Lennon - The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes Vol. 01
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- Duration: 62:54
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes is a 22-CD bootleg box set, released by Walrus Records in December 1996. The main goal of this set was to condense everything from the existing Lost Lennon Tapes bootleg series, which had only been released on vinyl, onto CDs. Everything on this collection had been aired on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes, which was broadcast in 1988. The original vinyl version of this material was also released in 1988 by Bag Records. The newer release took each of the original albums and spread them between 22 discs, with two to three of the original records on each two-disc set. 01 - Strawberry Fields Forever 0:00 02 - The Happy Rish Kesh Song 3:07 03 - Rock Island Line 5:03 04 - John Henry 7:39 05 - Surprise, Surprise 9:20 06 - Keep Right On To The End 10:46 07 - Goodnight Vienna 11:30 08 - Tennessee 14:25 09 - God Save Oz 16:26 10 - With A Little Help From My Friends 19:36 11 - Power To The People 20:16 12 - Here We Go Again 22:48 13 - Mucho Mungo 24:13 14 - God 26:28 15 - Life Begins At 40 27:58 16 - Woman 30:04 17 - Girls And Boys 33:14 18 - Cleanup Time 35:38 19 - Beautiful Boy 38:51 20 - Revolution 41:41 21 - Child Of Nature 45:37 22 - He Said He Said 48:13 23 - I'm The Greatest 49:24 24 - Make Love Not War 50:49 25 - How Do You Sleep 54:06 26 - Daddy's Little Sunshine Boy 1:01:36
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The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes is a 22-CD bootleg box set, released by Walrus Records in December 1996. The main goal of this set was to condense everything from the existing Lost Lennon Tapes bootleg series, which had only been released on vinyl, onto CDs. Everything on this collection had been aired on the radio series The Lost Lennon Tapes, which was broadcast in 1988. The original vinyl version of this material was also released in 1988 by Bag Records. The newer release took each of the original albums and spread them between 22 discs, with two to three of the original records on each two-disc set. 01 - Strawberry Fields Forever 0:00 02 - The Happy Rish Kesh Song 3:07 03 - Rock Island Line 5:03 04 - John Henry 7:39 05 - Surprise, Surprise 9:20 06 - Keep Right On To The End 10:46 07 - Goodnight Vienna 11:30 08 - Tennessee 14:25 09 - God Save Oz 16:26 10 - With A Little Help From My Friends 19:36 11 - Power To The People 20:16 12 - Here We Go Again 22:48 13 - Mucho Mungo 24:13 14 - God 26:28 15 - Life Begins At 40 27:58 16 - Woman 30:04 17 - Girls And Boys 33:14 18 - Cleanup Time 35:38 19 - Beautiful Boy 38:51 20 - Revolution 41:41 21 - Child Of Nature 45:37 22 - He Said He Said 48:13 23 - I'm The Greatest 49:24 24 - Make Love Not War 50:49 25 - How Do You Sleep 54:06 26 - Daddy's Little Sunshine Boy 1:01:36
- published: 01 Dec 2012
- views: 2759
- author: GeoBeatles
JOHN LENNON and YOKO ONO - WEDDING ALBUM (Complete).wmv
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- Duration: 47:52
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
The "Wedding Album" is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's third and final 'avant-garde' album released to comemorate their wedding in 1969. The original LP came in a massive box that included a booklet of photos and press clippings, two posters, a plastic bag with a photo of a slice of wedding cake inside and other small items. The record itself included very little 'music'. Side one was a 22-minute-plus track entitled "John and Yoko" which consisted of nothing but John and Yoko calling each others names back and forth over the sound of their heartbeats. Side two, "Amsterdam", was a 25-minute audio collage of highlights from John and Yoko's honeymoon in Amsterdam which was also where they staged their first 'Bed-In For Peace'. A very interesting piece of Beatles/Lennon history. 1.John and Yoko (0:00-22:50) 2.Amsterdam (22:50-47:52) All credit goes to John Lennon and Yoko Ono for creating this album. No copyright issues intended.
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The "Wedding Album" is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's third and final 'avant-garde' album released to comemorate their wedding in 1969. The original LP came in a massive box that included a booklet of photos and press clippings, two posters, a plastic bag with a photo of a slice of wedding cake inside and other small items. The record itself included very little 'music'. Side one was a 22-minute-plus track entitled "John and Yoko" which consisted of nothing but John and Yoko calling each others names back and forth over the sound of their heartbeats. Side two, "Amsterdam", was a 25-minute audio collage of highlights from John and Yoko's honeymoon in Amsterdam which was also where they staged their first 'Bed-In For Peace'. A very interesting piece of Beatles/Lennon history. 1.John and Yoko (0:00-22:50) 2.Amsterdam (22:50-47:52) All credit goes to John Lennon and Yoko Ono for creating this album. No copyright issues intended.
- published: 07 Jul 2012
- views: 8729
- author: LouiePlaysDrums
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John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder 1/2
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- Duration: 9:24
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 1 OF 2)
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John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 1 OF 2)
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 74710
- author: BariAndolini
Larry Kane interviews John Lennon & Paul McCartney, 1968
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- Duration: 9:53
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
On May 13, 1968, American newsman Larry Kane interviewed John Lennon and Paul McCartney for about 10 minutes at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Actually John and Paul entertained queries from a number of reporters from a suite in the hotel and lucky for us Larry's was filmed. The new Beatles company Apple is briefly described, as is their time in Rishikesh, India. Larry also brings up Paul's LSD controversy from the previous year and John hilariously explains that the Beatles were manufactured it (LSD) at the time. Current events are also brought up, such as the previous month's assassination of Martin Luther King. Larry King was no stranger to The Beatles as he was the only American journalist to travel in the official Beatles entourage during the legendary 1964 and 1965 tours of North America. Larry tells his story on this in his critically acclaimed book Ticket To Ride. Additionally, for John Lennon fans, Larry's 2007 book Lennon Revealed is something you just might want to check out. More info at www.lennonrevealed.com.
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On May 13, 1968, American newsman Larry Kane interviewed John Lennon and Paul McCartney for about 10 minutes at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Actually John and Paul entertained queries from a number of reporters from a suite in the hotel and lucky for us Larry's was filmed. The new Beatles company Apple is briefly described, as is their time in Rishikesh, India. Larry also brings up Paul's LSD controversy from the previous year and John hilariously explains that the Beatles were manufactured it (LSD) at the time. Current events are also brought up, such as the previous month's assassination of Martin Luther King. Larry King was no stranger to The Beatles as he was the only American journalist to travel in the official Beatles entourage during the legendary 1964 and 1965 tours of North America. Larry tells his story on this in his critically acclaimed book Ticket To Ride. Additionally, for John Lennon fans, Larry's 2007 book Lennon Revealed is something you just might want to check out. More info at www.lennonrevealed.com.
- published: 10 Dec 2010
- views: 12917
- author: marknavl
John Lennon - His final interview - December 8th, 1980
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- Duration: 9:42
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
John Lennon, interviewed 12 hours before his fatal death in December, 1980 by Dave Sholin. Dave Sholin was the last person to interview John Lennon before he was killed, on December 8, 1980. It was an incredible three-hour interview. We have learned from Dave that he is airing a new radio program about the interview. Called "John Lennon: The Final Interview," it commemorates the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death and will air for a week beginning December 3rd to the 10th. It is being carried by all major markets around the US We interviewed Dave about the upcoming program. (Click here for Part 1 of our interview.) (Click here for Part 2). We also interviewed Laurie Kaye, part of Dave's team, who was there that day and shared her amazing story with us and remembered John vividly from the day as he sat next to her during the interview.(click here for Part 3.) Advertisement We asked him to share his memories of that day and what it was like to interview John. He shared every moment of the day from the moment they got to the Dakota, until he returned home that night to San Francisco and learned about John's death. In this interview you will learn of the role that Dave and his crew may have played in delaying John's murder. He explained why this show will be different from the original and that all four crew members who were there will be sharing their memories of that day. There will also be new excerpts from the original recording never released before. Background: On ...
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John Lennon, interviewed 12 hours before his fatal death in December, 1980 by Dave Sholin. Dave Sholin was the last person to interview John Lennon before he was killed, on December 8, 1980. It was an incredible three-hour interview. We have learned from Dave that he is airing a new radio program about the interview. Called "John Lennon: The Final Interview," it commemorates the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death and will air for a week beginning December 3rd to the 10th. It is being carried by all major markets around the US We interviewed Dave about the upcoming program. (Click here for Part 1 of our interview.) (Click here for Part 2). We also interviewed Laurie Kaye, part of Dave's team, who was there that day and shared her amazing story with us and remembered John vividly from the day as he sat next to her during the interview.(click here for Part 3.) Advertisement We asked him to share his memories of that day and what it was like to interview John. He shared every moment of the day from the moment they got to the Dakota, until he returned home that night to San Francisco and learned about John's death. In this interview you will learn of the role that Dave and his crew may have played in delaying John's murder. He explained why this show will be different from the original and that all four crew members who were there will be sharing their memories of that day. There will also be new excerpts from the original recording never released before. Background: On ...
- published: 03 Sep 2011
- views: 4115
- author: RustedTelevisione
John Lennon's Aunt Mimi 1981 Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:55
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
A very rare interview with John's Aunt Mimi.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon's_Aunt_Mimi_1981_Interview
A very rare interview with John's Aunt Mimi.
- published: 25 Mar 2009
- views: 137150
- author: bigpaul1980
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Dick Cavett Show Excerpt 1 of 6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:12
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_and_Yoko_Ono_Dick_Cavett_Show_Excerpt_1_of_6
Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have.
- published: 06 Dec 2006
- views: 974321
- author: palejewel676
John's Aunt Mimi 1981 UK Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:55
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
The complete interview John Lennon's Aunt Mimi did in 1981. I had never seen this complete, so I thought I would share it. Mimi had a great sense of humor, very similar to Johns. Mimi confirms John planned on visiting soon
http://wn.com/John's_Aunt_Mimi_1981_UK_Interview
The complete interview John Lennon's Aunt Mimi did in 1981. I had never seen this complete, so I thought I would share it. Mimi had a great sense of humor, very similar to Johns. Mimi confirms John planned on visiting soon
- published: 26 Nov 2008
- views: 86758
- author: walawala1973
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:12
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
http://wn.com/JOHN_LENNON_AT_THE_TOMORROW_SHOW
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 190085
- author: TheMMProducties
John Lennon "Lost Weekend" Interviews Beatles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 04 Jan 2013
John talks about the Beatles and playing with Paul, George and Ringo (from 1974 and early '75).
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_Lost_Weekend_Interviews_Beatles
John talks about the Beatles and playing with Paul, George and Ringo (from 1974 and early '75).
- published: 09 May 2008
- views: 59082
- author: beatlefun
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder Part 2/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:42
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 2 OF 2)
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_Interview_1975_with_Tom_Snyder_Part_2_2
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 2 OF 2)
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 230596
- author: BariAndolini
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and class less and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me
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Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and class less and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me
- published: 10 Oct 2006
- views: 7776533
- author: jigowatts
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:59
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_on_Dick_Cavett_Complete_show_2nd_Appearance_with_live_Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 62708
- author: elvis316
John Lennon circa 1968
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:53
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
John Lennon interview clip.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_circa_1968
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 30:56
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
http://wn.com/James_Taylor_about_John_Lennon_on_BBC
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
- published: 05 Jan 2011
- views: 86297
- author: jamestaylorvideo
John Lennon (1/7) - The Dick Cavett show Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:01
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
John Lennon The Dick Cavett show Part 1
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_1_7_The_Dick_Cavett_show_Part_1
John Lennon Interviews
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:04
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Some of John Lennon's best interviews about his concepts and some pictures I like. Enjoy!
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_Interviews
Some of John Lennon's best interviews about his concepts and some pictures I like. Enjoy!
- published: 15 Jan 2009
- views: 1323
- author: alohaoaloha
John Lennon`s last interview 8th December 1980
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Interview in the afternoon before going back to the Hit Factory and work on Yoko`s Walking on Thin Ice. Just a few hours before the killing.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon`s_last_interview_8th_December_1980
Interview in the afternoon before going back to the Hit Factory and work on Yoko`s Walking on Thin Ice. Just a few hours before the killing.
- published: 08 Aug 2007
- views: 743829
- author: thebeatlesinterviews
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 40:25
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
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Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 257681
- author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:53
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
I uploaded this a while ago on my old profile but it got deleted here it is enjoy Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
http://wn.com/Paul_McCartney_John_Lennon_1968_Full_Interview
I uploaded this a while ago on my old profile but it got deleted here it is enjoy Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
- published: 27 Sep 2009
- views: 226219
- author: Ignazio2693
John Lennon - Jealous Guy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:26
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
John Lennon - Jealous Guy I was dreaming of the past And my heart was beating fast I began to lose control I began to lose control I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I was feeling insecure You might not love me anymore I was shivering inside I was shivering inside I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I was trying to catch your eyes Though that you was trying to hide I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy, I'm just a jealous guy, I'm just a jealous guy.
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John Lennon - Jealous Guy I was dreaming of the past And my heart was beating fast I began to lose control I began to lose control I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I was feeling insecure You might not love me anymore I was shivering inside I was shivering inside I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy. I was trying to catch your eyes Though that you was trying to hide I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I make you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy, I'm just a jealous guy, I'm just a jealous guy.
- published: 11 May 2009
- views: 1208332
- author: beckimlyonerweck
Philip Norman on John Lennon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 26:56
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Philip Norman talks about his biography of John Lennon - former Beatle and musical genius.
http://wn.com/Philip_Norman_on_John_Lennon
Philip Norman talks about his biography of John Lennon - former Beatle and musical genius.
- published: 10 Mar 2009
- views: 10871
- author: AllanGregg
John Lennon - How?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
John Lennon - How? from the album "Imagine",1971.
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John Lennon - How? from the album "Imagine",1971.
- published: 18 Jul 2008
- views: 558342
- author: samfin60
John Lennon - The Last Interview, 12/8/1980 Part 6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:58
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
This is part six of John Lennon's absolute last interview ever with RKO Radio. This was recorded in Studio One at The Dakota on the very day of his death just hours before he was murdered. View the rest of my videos for the rest of this interview in its entirety.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_The_Last_Interview,_12_8_1980_Part_6
This is part six of John Lennon's absolute last interview ever with RKO Radio. This was recorded in Studio One at The Dakota on the very day of his death just hours before he was murdered. View the rest of my videos for the rest of this interview in its entirety.
- published: 13 Jan 2009
- views: 27035
- author: NeilFraudstrong
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Dick Cavett Show Excerpt 2 of 6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
More chat with Dick Cavett. Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have. Again the first 10 seconds degraded. This seems to happen with .mov files. I reported it but until then, any .mov file I upload has it.
http://wn.com/John_Lennon_and_Yoko_Ono_Dick_Cavett_Show_Excerpt_2_of_6
More chat with Dick Cavett. Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have. Again the first 10 seconds degraded. This seems to happen with .mov files. I reported it but until then, any .mov file I upload has it.
- published: 06 Dec 2006
- views: 256807
- author: palejewel676
3:13
Imagine Live - John Lennon - 72
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Playing "Imagine" In Madison Square Garden....
published: 21 Aug 2007
author: ohshaith
Imagine Live - John Lennon - 72
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Playing "Imagine" In Madison Square Garden.
- published: 21 Aug 2007
- views: 4674268
- author: ohshaith
4:00
Stevie Wonder Announces John Lennon`s Death Live to his Audience 1980 (Rare)
I was thinking of uploading a Stevie Wonder song and came across this. God bless John`s me...
published: 15 Aug 2011
author: THENORTHERNSONGS
Stevie Wonder Announces John Lennon`s Death Live to his Audience 1980 (Rare)
I was thinking of uploading a Stevie Wonder song and came across this. God bless John`s memory.
- published: 15 Aug 2011
- views: 54606
- author: THENORTHERNSONGS
4:01
John Lennon - Come Together
Live performance of John Lennon....
published: 17 Sep 2006
author: anniedestroy
John Lennon - Come Together
Live performance of John Lennon.
- published: 17 Sep 2006
- views: 4854330
- author: anniedestroy
5:30
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER...
published: 15 Jun 2009
author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - MOTHER
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 62799
- author: beatlemusical
3:46
"stand by me" john lennon live 1975
john lennon live on the auld grey whistle test...
published: 29 Jun 2008
author: jimmyhillsapoof82
"stand by me" john lennon live 1975
john lennon live on the auld grey whistle test
- published: 29 Jun 2008
- views: 316653
- author: jimmyhillsapoof82
66:59
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of...
published: 28 Mar 2011
author: elvis316
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 59722
- author: elvis316
74:02
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0...
published: 27 Jun 2012
author: FabFields67
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 36374
- author: FabFields67
3:19
Imagine - John Lennon (Live)
Muy Buen Video, Te Amamos John....
published: 24 Oct 2007
author: julito1978
Imagine - John Lennon (Live)
Muy Buen Video, Te Amamos John.
- published: 24 Oct 2007
- views: 1000848
- author: julito1978
4:00
Stevie Wonder tells of John Lennon`s Death Live to his fans 1980 (Rare).flv
This is a great clip, backstage at Stevie's concert the news breaks on a portable TV, he t...
published: 11 Oct 2011
author: bigpaul1980
Stevie Wonder tells of John Lennon`s Death Live to his fans 1980 (Rare).flv
This is a great clip, backstage at Stevie's concert the news breaks on a portable TV, he then goes on stage to announce it to the crowd who are stunned. Very sad to watch. John Lennon still missed! C Northern songs
- published: 11 Oct 2011
- views: 163693
- author: bigpaul1980
4:26
Elton John John Lennon (Live at Madison Square Gardens in 1974) - YouTube.flv
John Lennon live 1974...
published: 31 May 2012
author: 1klaviter
Elton John John Lennon (Live at Madison Square Gardens in 1974) - YouTube.flv
John Lennon live 1974
- published: 31 May 2012
- views: 6981
- author: 1klaviter
6:12
Elton John & John Lennon LIVE - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Madison Square Garden 1974 November 28 (Thanksgiving). John Lennon came on stage as specia...
published: 23 Mar 2009
author: RonnieFriend
Elton John & John Lennon LIVE - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Madison Square Garden 1974 November 28 (Thanksgiving). John Lennon came on stage as special guest at the Elton John concert and they did three songs together. We all know the story ...... When John Lennon was recording his "Walls and Bridges" album in 1974, he invited Elton to help him out on a couple of tracks - "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" and "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)". This was around the same time they also worked together on Elton's releases "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "One Day at a Time". Lennon said of Elton, "I was amazed at his ability. A fine musician, great piano player. I was really pleasantly surprised at the way he could get in on such a loose track and add to it and keep up with the rhythm changes". As Elton and Lennon were enjoying themselves greatly during the recording session, Elton asked Lennon if he would do "Whatever Gets You Thru" with him on stage. Lennon, who no longer performed live, jokingly promised to do so when the song became a #1 hit single. In November that year, it did hit #1, Lennon's only solo single to do so. Elton called him up and reminded him of the promise, and Lennon appeared on stage for three numbers at the final concert of Elton's 1974 American Tour, held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Lennon was terrified, and nearly backed out several times. Finally, as Elton introduced him, he suddenly turned to Bernie Taupin back stage, and said, "I'm not going on unless you go with me". Bernie ...
- published: 23 Mar 2009
- views: 776482
- author: RonnieFriend
3:20
John Lennon - Instant Karma (Live)
With the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band...
published: 17 Jan 2007
author: DoctorRobert1966
John Lennon - Instant Karma (Live)
With the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band
- published: 17 Jan 2007
- views: 614915
- author: DoctorRobert1966
4:49
John Lennon - Come Together LIVE
The opening track to The Beatles Abbey Road album performed live by John Lennon in 1972...
published: 29 Dec 2009
author: MaccaBeatles
John Lennon - Come Together LIVE
The opening track to The Beatles Abbey Road album performed live by John Lennon in 1972
- published: 29 Dec 2009
- views: 200802
- author: MaccaBeatles
Vimeo results:
12:07
Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version
3:32
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John...
published: 06 Oct 2012
author: Make Productions
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John Lennon to write 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' for the Beatles album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Using the traditional methods of wood engraving and letterpress printing, Peter Dean and his team of experts bring to life Lennon's poster.
A Film By Nick Esdaile & Joe Fellows http://www.makeproductions.co.uk/
9:41
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Sat...
published: 13 Feb 2011
author: Pilgrim Films
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Satyajit Ray Foundation International Short Film Competition
Story update: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120211/jsp/jharkhand/story_15120584.jsp
Winner of the People's Choice Award at Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival 2011
Also screened at KUKI festival, Berlin 2011 and Clermont-Ferrand 2012
Amar is 14 and top of his class. Someday he'd like to be a professional cricketer, but for now he's the family's main breadwinner, working two jobs six and a half days a week on top of attending school in the afternoons. This short observational documentary is a simple journey with Amar through his daily life.
Credits:
Special thanks to Kerala Samajam Hindi School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and Initiatives of Change http://www.iofc.org/
Filmed and Directed by Andrew Hinton http://vimeo.com/pilgrimfilms
Online Editor Saurabh Dalmiya
Audio Mix Farrell Lennon http://www.audiomonkey.tv
12:07
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version
Youtube results:
5:52
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD - HQ
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD...
published: 15 Jun 2009
author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD - HQ
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - WOMAN IS THE NIGGER OF THE WORLD
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 59726
- author: beatlemusical
5:45
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY...
published: 15 Jun 2009
author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - COLD TURKEY
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 105819
- author: beatlemusical
5:21
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother...
published: 30 Mar 2007
author: mysweetlord
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
John Lennon in Madison Square Garden / Mother
- published: 30 Mar 2007
- views: 1326976
- author: mysweetlord
4:19
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS...
published: 15 Jun 2009
author: beatlemusical
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
JOHN LENNON LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & FINAL CREDITS
- published: 15 Jun 2009
- views: 69313
- author: beatlemusical
67:08
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (entire show) September 11, 1971 (HD)
He premieres "Imagine" video here. On September 11th, 1971. 9/11, he would ask for people ...
published: 27 Mar 2011
author: elvis316
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (entire show) September 11, 1971 (HD)
He premieres "Imagine" video here. On September 11th, 1971. 9/11, he would ask for people to imagine peace. Weird. Further observation. Bagism: the bags look a lot like burkas. Go figure.
- published: 27 Mar 2011
- views: 514296
- author: elvis316
46:43
The Day John Lennon Died 2010 (full documentary)
...
published: 08 Dec 2012
author: John Lennon
The Day John Lennon Died 2010 (full documentary)
- published: 08 Dec 2012
- views: 3947
- author: John Lennon
66:59
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of...
published: 28 Mar 2011
author: elvis316
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 66065
- author: elvis316
40:25
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working...
published: 06 Nov 2011
author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 267794
- author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
30:56
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John...
published: 05 Jan 2011
author: jamestaylorvideo
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
- published: 05 Jan 2011
- views: 88915
- author: jamestaylorvideo
74:02
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0...
published: 27 Jun 2012
author: FabFields67
Imagine: John Lennon [FULL ALBUM]
Soundtrack album for the documentary "Imagine: John Lennon" released on October 10, 1988 0:00 1. Real Love 2:54 2. Twist and Shout (mono) 5:29 3. Help! 7:47 4. In My Life 10:14 5. Strawberry Fields Forever 14:23 6. A Day in the Life (complete version) 19:30 7. Revolution 22:55 8. The Ballad of John and Yoko 25:55 9. Julia 28:50 10. Don't Let Me Down 32:26 11. Give Peace a Chance (single version) 37:22 12. How? 41:07 13. Imagine (rehearsal) 42:33 14. God 46:44 15. Mother (Live in NYC Version) 51:32 16. Stand by Me 55:01 17. Jealous Guy 59:16 18. Woman 1:02:53 19. Beautiful Boy 1:06:58 20. (Just Like) Starting Over 1:10:59 21. Imagine
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 46260
- author: FabFields67
70:56
BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono
↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to thin...
published: 22 Jun 2012
author: Y0K0ON0
BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono
↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓ Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could...
- published: 22 Jun 2012
- views: 238460
- author: Y0K0ON0
75:15
John Lennon -- Imagine - Music From The Motion Picture (full album)
Track List - Real Love Twist And Shout Help! In My Life Strawberry Fields Forever A Day In...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: redbabylon
John Lennon -- Imagine - Music From The Motion Picture (full album)
Track List - Real Love Twist And Shout Help! In My Life Strawberry Fields Forever A Day In The Life Revolution The Ballad Of John And Yoko Julia Don't Let Me Down Give Peace A Chance How? Imagine (Short Rehearsal) God Mother Stand By Me Jealous Guy Woman Beautiful Boy (Just Like) Starting Over Imagine
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 94634
- author: redbabylon
95:23
The US Vs. John Lennon
The compelling and provocative documentary of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle ...
published: 20 Oct 2011
author: LionsgateUKMovies
The US Vs. John Lennon
The compelling and provocative documentary of John Lennon's evolution from beloved Beatle to outspoken artist and activist. An iconic inspiration for peace during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, Lennon stood his ground, refused to be silenced and courageously won his battle with the US Government. 2006 Lions Gate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 20 Oct 2011
- author: LionsgateUKMovies
34:05
Genius - The Movie
Like Us? www.facebook.com Follow Us: twitter.com Genius Merchandise: www.LivingWaters.com ...
published: 05 Dec 2012
author: thewayofthemaster
Genius - The Movie
Like Us? www.facebook.com Follow Us: twitter.com Genius Merchandise: www.LivingWaters.com If you think you know everything there is to know about John Lennon, think again. Genius will open your eyes. From the Producers of "180" movie.
- published: 05 Dec 2012
- views: 292990
- author: thewayofthemaster
39:28
John Lennon Imagine Full Album
...
published: 29 Apr 2012
author: SuperBigfish3
John Lennon Imagine Full Album
- published: 29 Apr 2012
- views: 27079
- author: SuperBigfish3
58:49
John Lennon and George Harrison on Transcendental Meditation - Beatles Interview
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of mantra meditation developed ...
published: 29 Dec 2012
author: lifeofthebeatles
John Lennon and George Harrison on Transcendental Meditation - Beatles Interview
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of mantra meditation developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is often referred to as Transcendental Meditation or simply, TM. The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra, and is practiced for 15--20 minutes twice per day, while sitting with closed eyes. It is reported to be one of the most widely practiced, and among the most widely researched, meditation techniques, with over 340 peer-reviewed studies published. Research reviews of the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique have yielded results ranging from inconclusive to clinically significant. The technique is made available worldwide by certified TM teachers in a seven step course and fees vary from country to country. Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into selected schools, universities, corporations and prison programs in the USA, Latin America, Europe, and India. In 1977, a US district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence that was being taught in some New Jersey, USA schools was religious in nature and in violation of the First Amendment. The technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world. The Transcendental Meditation technique has been described as both religious and non religious. The technique has been described in various ways including as an aspect of a new religious movement, as rooted in ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 6936
- author: lifeofthebeatles
66:12
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon...
published: 05 Mar 2012
author: TheMMProducties
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 199461
- author: TheMMProducties
26:54
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums.Subt Esp.(Part 1/2).
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums. (Part 1/2) .Subt Esp. Documental.Making of ...
published: 26 Apr 2011
author: MrFLAVIUS12
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums.Subt Esp.(Part 1/2).
John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".Classic Albums. (Part 1/2) .Subt Esp. Documental.Making of :John Lennon "Plastic Ono Band".
- published: 26 Apr 2011
- views: 17280
- author: MrFLAVIUS12
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Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version
3:32
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John...
published: 06 Oct 2012
author: Make Productions
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John Lennon to write 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' for the Beatles album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Using the traditional methods of wood engraving and letterpress printing, Peter Dean and his team of experts bring to life Lennon's poster.
A Film By Nick Esdaile & Joe Fellows http://www.makeproductions.co.uk/
9:41
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Sat...
published: 13 Feb 2011
author: Pilgrim Films
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Satyajit Ray Foundation International Short Film Competition
Story update: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120211/jsp/jharkhand/story_15120584.jsp
Winner of the People's Choice Award at Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival 2011
Also screened at KUKI festival, Berlin 2011 and Clermont-Ferrand 2012
Amar is 14 and top of his class. Someday he'd like to be a professional cricketer, but for now he's the family's main breadwinner, working two jobs six and a half days a week on top of attending school in the afternoons. This short observational documentary is a simple journey with Amar through his daily life.
Credits:
Special thanks to Kerala Samajam Hindi School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and Initiatives of Change http://www.iofc.org/
Filmed and Directed by Andrew Hinton http://vimeo.com/pilgrimfilms
Online Editor Saurabh Dalmiya
Audio Mix Farrell Lennon http://www.audiomonkey.tv
12:07
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version
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27:26
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, a...
published: 29 Dec 2012
author: lifeofthebeatles
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 5013
- author: lifeofthebeatles
67:37
John Lennon 1968-1980 Unplugged (Bootleg)
John Lennon Unplugged, home recordings Excellent quality This collection features some of ...
published: 18 Jul 2012
author: DarcoEddie
John Lennon 1968-1980 Unplugged (Bootleg)
John Lennon Unplugged, home recordings Excellent quality This collection features some of the best of John Lennon's original home-demos recorded between 1968 and 1980. You'll get the chance to hear his best-known songs from his solo-career like Imagine or Woman as well as unreleased compositions performed by John just by himself accompanied by acoustic guitar - unplugged. 1. Imagine (Lennon) 03:01 Concert Acoustic 17 Dec 1971 This Live version of Imagine was recorded at the Apollo Theatre in New York at a Benefit-concert on 17 december 1971. It's the only time that John played this song on acoustic guitar. 2. Watching The Wheels (Lennon) 03:03 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 John transforms into a modern-day's folk singer for this home-demo of Watching The Wheels, recorded at the Dakota in early 1980. 3. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World (Lennon/Ono) 02:13 Home Recording Acoustic 1971 A bluesy rendition recorded at John's first New York Home, in Greenwich Village, in late 1971 4. Girls And Boys (Lennon) 02:23 Home Recording Acoustic 1980 Another title for Real Love, this time played on acoustic guitar at the Dakota in early 1980. 5. The Luck Of The Irish (Lennon/Ono) 02:31 Acoustic Demo Nov 1971 6. Maggie Mae (Trad. Arr Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr) 00:26 Mix Aug 1980 A Short Look Back by John to his beginnings as a skiffle-boy, recorded during Double Fantasy - sessions at the hit factory, New York 7. Corrina, Corrina (Trad. Arr. McCoy/Chatman/Williams/Parish) 01:18 Home ...
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- views: 9447
- author: DarcoEddie
50:14
John Lennon & George Harrison - Guitar Gently Weeps
An in-depth documentary about the lives of John Lennon (1940-1980) and George Harrison (19...
published: 21 Jun 2012
author: onemediamusic
John Lennon & George Harrison - Guitar Gently Weeps
An in-depth documentary about the lives of John Lennon (1940-1980) and George Harrison (1943-2001), one half of the World's most successful group 'The Beatles'. Revealing their innermost thoughts, beliefs and hopes for the future, their personalities are shown in ways that only those closest to them would know. The two stars were quite dissimilar in many ways but they both shared the ability to write and perform meaningful and memorable songs. In this groundbreaking documentary, exclusive footage and interviews include Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison who reveal their view on the men they knew and loved. Also featuring DJ Nicky Horne in an interview with John and George. Narrated by Peter Curtis
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 6757
- author: onemediamusic
162:43
Mae Brussell -THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON- (12-14-80)
Originally broadcast December 14,20,27, 1980 JOHN LENNON, PART I. Motives, Musicians murde...
published: 08 Jan 2012
author: ConspiracyScope
Mae Brussell -THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON- (12-14-80)
Originally broadcast December 14,20,27, 1980 JOHN LENNON, PART I. Motives, Musicians murdered, Mark David Chapman's Doubles? Collecting memories since 1964. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART II. MARK DAVID CHAPMAN, Travels, Countries, Training to Kill? Mind Control. The Mysterious Art Gallery, wife. Bibliography sheet www.maebrussell.com JOHN LENNON, PART III. Discussion of Future Murders, Past Assassinations. What can we do about it? www.youtube.com conspiracyscope.blogspot.com Mae Brussell Playlist: www.youtube.com
- published: 08 Jan 2012
- views: 4408
- author: ConspiracyScope
9:24
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder 1/2
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 1 OF 2)...
published: 18 Jul 2009
author: BariAndolini
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder 1/2
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 1 OF 2)
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 74710
- author: BariAndolini
9:53
Larry Kane interviews John Lennon & Paul McCartney, 1968
On May 13, 1968, American newsman Larry Kane interviewed John Lennon and Paul McCartney fo...
published: 10 Dec 2010
author: marknavl
Larry Kane interviews John Lennon & Paul McCartney, 1968
On May 13, 1968, American newsman Larry Kane interviewed John Lennon and Paul McCartney for about 10 minutes at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Actually John and Paul entertained queries from a number of reporters from a suite in the hotel and lucky for us Larry's was filmed. The new Beatles company Apple is briefly described, as is their time in Rishikesh, India. Larry also brings up Paul's LSD controversy from the previous year and John hilariously explains that the Beatles were manufactured it (LSD) at the time. Current events are also brought up, such as the previous month's assassination of Martin Luther King. Larry King was no stranger to The Beatles as he was the only American journalist to travel in the official Beatles entourage during the legendary 1964 and 1965 tours of North America. Larry tells his story on this in his critically acclaimed book Ticket To Ride. Additionally, for John Lennon fans, Larry's 2007 book Lennon Revealed is something you just might want to check out. More info at www.lennonrevealed.com.
- published: 10 Dec 2010
- views: 12917
- author: marknavl
9:42
John Lennon - His final interview - December 8th, 1980
John Lennon, interviewed 12 hours before his fatal death in December, 1980 by Dave Sholin....
published: 03 Sep 2011
author: RustedTelevisione
John Lennon - His final interview - December 8th, 1980
John Lennon, interviewed 12 hours before his fatal death in December, 1980 by Dave Sholin. Dave Sholin was the last person to interview John Lennon before he was killed, on December 8, 1980. It was an incredible three-hour interview. We have learned from Dave that he is airing a new radio program about the interview. Called "John Lennon: The Final Interview," it commemorates the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death and will air for a week beginning December 3rd to the 10th. It is being carried by all major markets around the US We interviewed Dave about the upcoming program. (Click here for Part 1 of our interview.) (Click here for Part 2). We also interviewed Laurie Kaye, part of Dave's team, who was there that day and shared her amazing story with us and remembered John vividly from the day as he sat next to her during the interview.(click here for Part 3.) Advertisement We asked him to share his memories of that day and what it was like to interview John. He shared every moment of the day from the moment they got to the Dakota, until he returned home that night to San Francisco and learned about John's death. In this interview you will learn of the role that Dave and his crew may have played in delaying John's murder. He explained why this show will be different from the original and that all four crew members who were there will be sharing their memories of that day. There will also be new excerpts from the original recording never released before. Background: On ...
- published: 03 Sep 2011
- views: 4115
- author: RustedTelevisione
8:55
John Lennon's Aunt Mimi 1981 Interview
A very rare interview with John's Aunt Mimi....
published: 25 Mar 2009
author: bigpaul1980
John Lennon's Aunt Mimi 1981 Interview
A very rare interview with John's Aunt Mimi.
- published: 25 Mar 2009
- views: 137150
- author: bigpaul1980
5:12
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Dick Cavett Show Excerpt 1 of 6
Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have....
published: 06 Dec 2006
author: palejewel676
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Dick Cavett Show Excerpt 1 of 6
Full DVD can be found at tinyurl.com and contains an additional show I do not have.
- published: 06 Dec 2006
- views: 974321
- author: palejewel676
8:55
John's Aunt Mimi 1981 UK Interview
The complete interview John Lennon's Aunt Mimi did in 1981. I had never seen this complete...
published: 26 Nov 2008
author: walawala1973
John's Aunt Mimi 1981 UK Interview
The complete interview John Lennon's Aunt Mimi did in 1981. I had never seen this complete, so I thought I would share it. Mimi had a great sense of humor, very similar to Johns. Mimi confirms John planned on visiting soon
- published: 26 Nov 2008
- views: 86758
- author: walawala1973
66:12
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon...
published: 05 Mar 2012
author: TheMMProducties
JOHN LENNON AT THE TOMORROW SHOW
Possibly the last television interview with John Lennon
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 190085
- author: TheMMProducties
2:41
John Lennon "Lost Weekend" Interviews Beatles
John talks about the Beatles and playing with Paul, George and Ringo (from 1974 and early ...
published: 09 May 2008
author: beatlefun
John Lennon "Lost Weekend" Interviews Beatles
John talks about the Beatles and playing with Paul, George and Ringo (from 1974 and early '75).
- published: 09 May 2008
- views: 59082
- author: beatlefun
9:42
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder Part 2/2
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 2 OF 2)...
published: 18 Jul 2009
author: BariAndolini
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder Part 2/2
John Lennon Interview 1975 with Tom Snyder The Tomorrow Show (PART 2 OF 2)
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 230596
- author: BariAndolini
3:51
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you ...
published: 10 Oct 2006
author: jigowatts
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
Happy 70th birthday john !! As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and class less and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me
- published: 10 Oct 2006
- views: 7776533
- author: jigowatts
66:59
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of...
published: 28 Mar 2011
author: elvis316
John Lennon on Dick Cavett (Complete show) 2nd Appearance with live Performance
John and Yoko talk with and perform for Dick and Shirley McClaine. John defends his use of the word "nigger" for his song "woman is the nigger of the world", in addition to explaining his deportation and custody dilemma. Shirley McLaine talks out of ass for most of the show, watch her repeatedly praise John and Yoko off camera and be politely dismissed. While being interviewed, she states she has no belief in spirits and paranormal things--which she must have forgotten later in career when she started selling that nonsense. Shirley also demonstrates the lost art of the uncomfortably long hug with Yoko.
- published: 28 Mar 2011
- views: 62708
- author: elvis316
30:56
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John...
published: 05 Jan 2011
author: jamestaylorvideo
James Taylor about John Lennon on BBC
December 2010: James Taylor speaks to the BBC about his friendship and admiration for John Lennon and performs an intimate "In My Life" from his barn. This raw interview footage was incorporated into the BBC's documentary, "The Lennon Legacy" honoring the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
- published: 05 Jan 2011
- views: 86297
- author: jamestaylorvideo
10:01
John Lennon (1/7) - The Dick Cavett show Part 1
John Lennon The Dick Cavett show Part 1...
published: 06 Jul 2008
author: gferdinandus6
John Lennon (1/7) - The Dick Cavett show Part 1
John Lennon The Dick Cavett show Part 1
- published: 06 Jul 2008
- views: 151423
- author: gferdinandus6
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12:07
Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon ENG
English HD Version
3:32
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John...
published: 06 Oct 2012
author: Make Productions
Lennon's Poster
A short film following the recreation of the Pablo Fanque circus poster that inspired John Lennon to write 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' for the Beatles album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Using the traditional methods of wood engraving and letterpress printing, Peter Dean and his team of experts bring to life Lennon's poster.
A Film By Nick Esdaile & Joe Fellows http://www.makeproductions.co.uk/
9:41
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Sat...
published: 13 Feb 2011
author: Pilgrim Films
Amar (all great achievements require time)
Winner 2012 Vimeo Awards Documentary Category
Winner 2011 London Indian Film Festival Satyajit Ray Foundation International Short Film Competition
Story update: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120211/jsp/jharkhand/story_15120584.jsp
Winner of the People's Choice Award at Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival 2011
Also screened at KUKI festival, Berlin 2011 and Clermont-Ferrand 2012
Amar is 14 and top of his class. Someday he'd like to be a professional cricketer, but for now he's the family's main breadwinner, working two jobs six and a half days a week on top of attending school in the afternoons. This short observational documentary is a simple journey with Amar through his daily life.
Credits:
Special thanks to Kerala Samajam Hindi School, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and Initiatives of Change http://www.iofc.org/
Filmed and Directed by Andrew Hinton http://vimeo.com/pilgrimfilms
Online Editor Saurabh Dalmiya
Audio Mix Farrell Lennon http://www.audiomonkey.tv
12:07
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version...
published: 06 Jun 2010
author: Gluko & Lennon
Gluko & Lennon SPA
spanish HD version
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6:04
John Lennon Interviews
Some of John Lennon's best interviews about his concepts and some pictures I like. Enjoy!...
published: 15 Jan 2009
author: alohaoaloha
John Lennon Interviews
Some of John Lennon's best interviews about his concepts and some pictures I like. Enjoy!
- published: 15 Jan 2009
- views: 1323
- author: alohaoaloha
1:21
John Lennon`s last interview 8th December 1980
Interview in the afternoon before going back to the Hit Factory and work on Yoko`s Walking...
published: 08 Aug 2007
author: thebeatlesinterviews
John Lennon`s last interview 8th December 1980
Interview in the afternoon before going back to the Hit Factory and work on Yoko`s Walking on Thin Ice. Just a few hours before the killing.
- published: 08 Aug 2007
- views: 743829
- author: thebeatlesinterviews
40:25
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working...
published: 06 Nov 2011
author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Full Album (HQ)
Track Listing And Times 00:00 - Mother 05:36 - Hold On 07:30 - I Found Out 11:07 - Working Class Hero 14:58 - Isolation 17:51 - Remember 22:34 - Love 25:52 - Well,Well,Well 31:52 - Look At Me 34:46 - God 38:56 - My Mummy's Dead Download The Album For Free @ albumdownloadsforyou.blogspot.co.uk
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 257681
- author: FULLALBUMCHANNEL
9:53
Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
I uploaded this a while ago on my old profile but it got deleted here it is enjoy Paul McC...
published: 27 Sep 2009
author: Ignazio2693
Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
I uploaded this a while ago on my old profile but it got deleted here it is enjoy Paul McCartney & John Lennon 1968 Full Interview
- published: 27 Sep 2009
- views: 226219
- author: Ignazio2693
photo: AP / Ronald Mendes-Agencia RBS
27 Jan 2013
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photo: AP / Hossam Ali
26 Jan 2013
An Egyptian court has handed down 21 death sentences in connection with the deadly riot last year at a football stadium in Port Said located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The defendants sentenced on Saturday are mostly members of the "Ultras," die-hard football fans who support Port Said's al-Masry squad ... Al-Masry fans stormed the pitch after their team won, throwing stones, bottles and fireworks at al-Ahly supporters....(size: 17.2Kb)
photo: UN / Martine Perret
25 Jan 2013
At least one in five people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to data from 19 countries. It is thought the virus killed 200,000 people around the world. A World Health Organization-led study looked for evidence of the body's immune system fighting the virus ... Anti-bodies ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
photo: US Army / Edward N. Johnson
25 Jan 2013
By Charles Armstrong, Special to CNN. Editor’s note. Charles Armstrong is the director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. The views expressed are his own. Anyone who has followed North Korean affairs for the last several years (or the last two decades) could have predicted North Korea’s defiant response to the U.N ... sanctions not by giving up missiles and nukes, but ratcheting up the rhetoric ... More from GPS ... Post by ... ... ....(size: 15.8Kb)
BBC News
28 Jan 2013
Celtic manager Neil Lennon has garnered almost universal praise for his work since taking charge at the club ... However, one considerable blemish on Lennon's CV is his side's recent form in cup ties at Hampden. St Mirren's 3-2 victory in the semi-final of the Scottish Communities League Cup is not the first time Lennon's men have come unstuck at the National Stadium in recent years....(size: 7.2Kb)
Irish Times
28 Jan 2013
Neil Lennon has grown weary of discussing troubled afternoons for Celtic at Hampden Park. Ross County, Kilmarnock, Hearts, Rangers and now St Mirren have ended Celtic silverware aspirations at the national stadium since Lennon became the manager. In this instance, Lennon was rightly scathing of a Celtic display that could be generously described as lethargic and, otherwise, classed as astonishingly bad....(size: 2.5Kb)
IC Newcastle
28 Jan 2013
Neil Lennon accused some of his Celtic players of "behaving like spoiled kids" following their shock 3-2 Scottish Communities League Cup final defeat by St Mirren at Hampden. Since taking over as Buddies boss in 2010, Danny Lennon had watched his side fail to take a point or ... "I am bitterly disappointed with that performance," said Hoops boss Lennon....(size: 2.2Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
28 Jan 2013
Neil Lennon accused some of his Celtic players of “behaving like spoiled kids” following their shock 3-2 Scottish Communities League Cup final defeat by St Mirren at Hampden ... And after seeing hopes of a domestic treble ended, Neil Lennon was scathing in his assessment ... Lennon was enraged that Mulgrew decided to try to place his spot kick....(size: 3.9Kb)
noodls
28 Jan 2013
(Source. SPL - Scottish Premier League Limited) Published . Monday, January 28, 2013. Managers and start dates ... + Neil Lennon - Celtic (March 2010). + Danny Lennon - St Mirren (June 2010) ... (noodl....(size: 1.7Kb)
noodls
28 Jan 2013
(Source ... By ... The club brought the teenager and his family over to Glasgow, and Neil Lennon and Chief Executive Peter Lawwell were both involved in helping to convince the youngster that his future lay in Paradise ... "Peter Lawwell and Neil Lennon were both involved in the signing process ... "His father and family are massive Celtic fans so it was a dream come true for them to come over and meet Neil Lennon and the first-team staff....(size: 4.7Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
28 Jan 2013
Danny Lennon's side had lost their last eight games against the Scottish champions without scoring but ended that hoodoo in the most dramatic fashion to seal a meeting with Hearts in the final on March 17 ... It is the fourth time that Celtic have come up short at Hampden under Neil Lennon, having lost to Ross County, Kilmarnock and Hearts in the last three years....(size: 4.1Kb)
BBC News
28 Jan 2013
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Inverness CT striker Billy McKay misses a golden opportunity during the Scottish League Cup semi-final against Hearts ... Share this story ... Watch video Dressing room is buzzing - Lennon Watch video A soulless Celtic perfomance - Lennon Listen to audio Fenlon content with point at Dons Listen to audio We were better team - Brown Watch video A financial boost for Hearts - McGlynn ... ....(size: 11.1Kb)
noodls
28 Jan 2013
(Source. Celtic plc) Manager blunt in assessment of semi-final defeat. By. Mark Henderson on 28 Jan, 2013 10.32. NEIL Lennon didn't mince his words in the aftermath of Celtic´s disappointing League Cup semi-final defeat to St Mirren ... While crestfallen at how his own charges had performed, the Hoops boss was keen to pay credit to St Mirren, and their manager, Danny Lennon, for reaching the final, where they will face Hearts ... distributed by....(size: 4.0Kb)
The Guardian
28 Jan 2013
... Ros, John Lennon (twice), Korn, the Melvins, Boards of Canada, prog band Coheed and Cambria – who in true prog style split their silent track into 11 different movements – Sonic Youth offshoot Ciccone Youth, Brian Eno and Robert Wyatt ... Forget John Lennon, Andy Warhol and indeed Whitehouse of My Cock's On Fire and Shitfun fame, our silence is better....(size: 5.3Kb)
IMDb
28 Jan 2013
Belfast Telegraph
28 Jan 2013
No fairy-tale Croke Park appearance for Ulster junior club football title-holders An Port Mor this year ... Their cause was not helped by the fact that they had to play for the greater part of the game with just 14 men following the dismissal of Chris Lennon in the second quarter after he had incurred two yellow cards ... Ballinasloe scorers ... An Port Mor scorers ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
noodls
28 Jan 2013
(Source. Celtic plc) Celtic Charity Sporting Dinner 2013. By. Newsroom Staff on 28 Jan, 2013 10.40. THE annual Celtic Charity Sporting Dinner 2013 will take place at Celtic Park on March 14. The Dinner is one of the club's most successful annual fundraising events and this year will be another night packed with entertainment ... Mary's Meals began feeding 200 children in 2002 in Malawi ... Neil Lennon, a Celtic Charity Trustee, said ... (noodl....(size: 3.0Kb)
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For other people named John Lennon, see John Lennon (disambiguation).
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 Lennon rehearses "Give Peace a Chance" in Montreal, Canada, in 1969 |
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| Birth name | John Winston Lennon |
| Born | (1940-10-09)9 October 1940 Liverpool, England, UK |
| Died | 8 December 1980(1980-12-08) (aged 40) New York, New York, US |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, writer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, harmonium, electronic organ, six-string bass |
| Years active | 1957–75, 1980 |
| Labels | Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, EMI, Geffen, Polydor |
| Associated acts | The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono |
| Website | www.johnlennon.com |
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| Rickenbacker 325 Epiphone Casino Gibson J-160E |
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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film, and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.
As of 2012 Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002 a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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1940–57: Early years[link]
Lennon was born in war-time England, on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital to Julia and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman who was away at the time of his son's birth.[1] He was named John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather, John "Jack" Lennon, and then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.[2] His father was often away from home but sent regular pay cheques to 9 Newcastle Road, Liverpool, where Lennon lived with his mother,[3] but the cheques stopped when he went absent without leave in February 1944.[4][5] When he eventually came home six months later, he offered to look after the family, but Julia—by then pregnant with another man's child—rejected the idea.[6] After her sister, Mimi Smith, twice complained to Liverpool's Social Services, Julia handed the care of Lennon over to her. In July 1946 Lennon's father visited Smith and took his son to Blackpool, secretly intending to emigrate to New Zealand with him.[7] Julia followed them—with her partner at the time, 'Bobby' Dykins—and after a heated argument his father forced the five-year-old to choose between them. Lennon twice chose his father, but as his mother walked away, he began to cry and followed her.[8] It would be 20 years before he had contact with his father again.[9]
Throughout the rest of his childhood and adolescence he lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, who had no children of their own, at Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue, Woolton.[10] His aunt bought him volumes of short stories, and his uncle, a dairyman at his family's farm, bought him a mouth organ and engaged him in solving crossword puzzles.[11] Julia visited Mendips on a regular basis, and when he was 11 years old he often visited her at 1 Blomfield Road, Liverpool, where she played him Elvis Presley records, and taught him the banjo, learning how to play "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino.[12]
In September 1980 he talked about his family and his rebellious nature:
Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic musician. But I cannot be what I am not. Because of my attitude, all the other boys' parents ... instinctively recognised what I was, which was a troublemaker, meaning I did not conform and I would influence their kids, which I did ... I did my best to disrupt every friend's home ... Partly, maybe, it was out of envy that I didn't have this so-called home, but I really did ... There were five women who were my family. Five strong, intelligent women. Five sisters. Those women were fantastic ... that was my first feminist education ... One happened to be my mother ... she just couldn't deal with life. She had a husband who ran away to sea and the war was on and she couldn't cope with me, and when I was four-and-a-half, I ended up living with her elder sister ... the fact that I wasn't with my parents made me see that parents are not gods.[13]
He regularly visited his cousin, Stanley Parkes, who lived in Fleetwood. Seven years Lennon's senior, Parkes took him on trips, and to local cinemas.[14] During the school holidays, Parkes often visited Lennon with Leila Harvey, another cousin, often travelling to Blackpool two or three times a week to watch shows. They would visit the Blackpool Tower Circus and see artists such as Dickie Valentine, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves and Joe Loss, with Parkes recalling that Lennon particularly liked George Formby.[15] After Parkes's family moved to Scotland, the three cousins often spent their school holidays together there. Parkes recalled, "John, cousin Leila and I were very close. From Edinburgh we would drive up to the family croft at Durness, which was from about the time John was nine years old until he was about 16."[16] He was 14 years old when his uncle George died of a liver haemorrhage on 5 June 1955 (aged 52).[17]
Lennon was raised as an Anglican and attended Dovedale Primary School.[18] From September 1952 to 1957, after passing his Eleven-Plus exam, he attended Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, and was described by Harvey at the time as, "A happy-go-lucky, good-humoured, easy going, lively lad."[19] He often drew comical cartoons which appeared in his own self-made school magazine called The Daily Howl,[20] but despite his artistic talent, his school reports were damning: "Certainly on the road to failure ... hopeless ... rather a clown in class ... wasting other pupils' time."[21]
His mother bought him his first guitar in 1956, an inexpensive Gallotone Champion acoustic for which she "lent" her son five pounds and ten shillings on the condition that the guitar be delivered to her own house, and not Mimi's, knowing well that her sister was not supportive of her son's musical aspirations.[22] As Mimi was sceptical of his claim that he would be famous one day, she hoped he would grow bored with music, often telling him, "The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living out of it".[23] On 15 July 1958, when Lennon was 17 years old, his mother, walking home after visiting the Smiths' house, was struck by a car and killed.[24]
Lennon failed all his GCE O-level examinations, and was accepted into the Liverpool College of Art only after his aunt and headmaster intervened.[25] Once at the college, he started wearing Teddy Boy clothes and acquired a reputation for disrupting classes and ridiculing teachers. As a result, he was excluded from the painting class, then the graphic arts course, and was threatened with expulsion for his behaviour, which included sitting on a nude model's lap during a life drawing class.[26] He failed an annual exam, despite help from fellow student and future wife Cynthia Powell, and was "thrown out of the college before his final year."[27]
1957–70: The Quarrymen to The Beatles[link]
Further information: The Quarrymen, Lennon–McCartney, Brian Epstein, The Beatles, Beatlemania, British Invasion, and More popular than Jesus
1957–65: Formation, commercial break-out, and touring years[link]
The Beatles evolved from Lennon's first band, the Quarrymen. Named after Quarry Bank High School, the group was established by him in September 1956 when he was 15, and began as a skiffle group.[28] By the summer of 1957 the Quarrymen played a "spirited set of songs" made up of half skiffle, and half rock and roll.[29] Lennon first met Paul McCartney at the Quarrymen's second performance, held in Woolton on 6 July at the St. Peter's Church garden fête, after which McCartney was asked to join the band.[30]
McCartney says that Aunt Mimi: "was very aware that John's friends were lower class", and would often patronise him when he arrived to visit Lennon.[31] According to Paul's brother Mike, McCartney's father was also disapproving, declaring Lennon would get his son "into trouble";[32] although he later allowed the fledgling band to rehearse in the McCartneys' front room at 20 Forthlin Road.[33][34] During this time, the 18-year-old Lennon wrote his first song, "Hello Little Girl", a UK top 10 hit for The Fourmost nearly five years later.[35]
George Harrison joined the band as lead guitarist,[36] even though Lennon thought Harrison (at 14 years old) was too young to join the band, so McCartney engineered a second audition on the upper deck of a Liverpool bus, where Harrison played "Raunchy" for Lennon.[37] Stuart Sutcliffe, Lennon's friend from art school, later joined as bassist.[38] Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Sutcliffe became "The Beatles" in early 1960. In August that year The Beatles, engaged for a 48-night residency in Hamburg, Germany, and desperately in need of a drummer, asked Pete Best to join them.[39] Lennon was now 19, and his aunt, horrified when he told her about the trip, pleaded with him to continue his art studies instead.[40] After the first Hamburg residency, the band accepted another in April 1961, and a third in April 1962. Like the other band members, Lennon was introduced to Preludin while in Hamburg,[41] and regularly took the drug, as well as amphetamines, as a stimulant during their long, overnight performances.[42]
Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager from 1962, had no prior experience of artist management, but nevertheless had a strong influence on their early dress code and attitude on stage.[43] Lennon initially resisted his attempts to encourage the band to present a professional appearance, but eventually complied, saying, "I'll wear a bloody balloon if somebody's going to pay me".[44] McCartney took over on bass after Sutcliffe decided to stay in Hamburg, and drummer Ringo Starr replaced Best, completing the four-piece line-up that would endure until the group's break-up in 1970. The band's first single, "Love Me Do", was released in October 1962 and reached #17 on the British charts. They recorded their debut album, Please Please Me, in under 10 hours on 11 February 1963,[45] a day when Lennon was suffering the effects of a cold,[46] which is evident in the vocal on the last song to be recorded that day, Twist and Shout.[47] The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership yielded eight of its fourteen tracks. With few exceptions—one being the album title itself—Lennon had yet to bring his love of wordplay to bear on his song lyrics, saying: "We were just writing songs ... pop songs with no more thought of them than that–to create a sound. And the words were almost irrelevant".[45] In a 1987 interview, McCartney said that the other Beatles idolised John: "He was like our own little Elvis ... We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest".[48]
The Beatles achieved mainstream success in the UK during the beginning of 1963. Lennon was on tour when his first son, Julian, was born in April. During their Royal Variety Show performance, attended by the Queen Mother and other British royalty, Lennon poked fun at his audience: "For our next song, I'd like to ask for your help. For the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands ... and the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery."[49] After a year of Beatlemania in the UK, the group's historic February 1964 US debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show marked their breakthrough to international stardom. A two-year period of constant touring, moviemaking, and songwriting followed, during which Lennon wrote two books, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works.[50] The Beatles received recognition from the British Establishment when they were appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1965.[51]
Lennon grew concerned that fans attending Beatles' concerts were unable to hear the music above the screaming of fans, and that the band's musicianship was beginning to suffer as a result.[52] Lennon's "Help!" expressed his own feelings in 1965: "I meant it ... It was me singing 'help'".[53] He had put on weight (he would later refer to this as his "Fat Elvis" period),[54] and felt he was subconsciously seeking change.[55] The following January he was unknowingly introduced to LSD when a dentist, hosting a dinner party attended by Lennon, Harrison and their wives, spiked the guests' coffee with the drug.[56] When they wanted to leave, their host revealed what they had taken, and strongly advised them not to leave the house because of the likely effects. Later, in an elevator at a nightclub, they all believed it was on fire: "We were all screaming ... hot and hysterical."[56] A few months later in March, during an interview with Evening Standard reporter Maureen Cleave, Lennon remarked, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink ... We're more popular than Jesus now—I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or Christianity."[57] The comment went virtually unnoticed in England but caused great offence in the US when quoted by a magazine there five months later. The furore that followed—burning of Beatles' records, Ku Klux Klan activity, and threats against Lennon—contributed to the band's decision to stop touring.[58]
1966–70: Studio years, break-up and solo work[link]
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Lennon (right) performing "All You Need Is Love" with The Beatles in 1967 to 400 million viewers of "Our World".
Deprived of the routine of live performances after their final commercial concert on 29 August 1966, Lennon felt lost and considered leaving the band.[59] Since his involuntary introduction to LSD in January, he had made increasing use of the drug, and was almost constantly under its influence for much of the year."[60] According to biographer Ian MacDonald, Lennon's continuous experience with LSD during the year brought him "close to erasing his identity".[61] 1967 saw the release of "Strawberry Fields Forever", hailed by TIME magazine for its "astonishing inventiveness",[62] and the group's landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which revealed Lennon's lyrics contrasting strongly with the simple love songs of the Lennon–McCartney's early years.
In August, after having been introduced to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the group attended a weekend of personal instruction at his Transcendental Meditation seminar in Bangor, Wales,[63] and were informed of Epstein's death during the seminar. "I knew we were in trouble then", Lennon said later. "I didn't have any misconceptions about our ability to do anything other than play music, and I was scared".[64] They later travelled to Maharishi's ashram in India for further guidance, where they composed most of the songs for The Beatles and Abbey Road.[65]
The anti-war, black comedy How I Won the War, featuring Lennon's only appearance in a non–Beatles' full-length film, was shown in cinemas in October 1967.[66] McCartney organised the group's first post-Epstein project,[67] the self-written, -produced and -directed television film Magical Mystery Tour, released in December that year. While the film itself proved to be their first critical flop, its soundtrack release, featuring Lennon's acclaimed, Lewis Carroll-inspired "I am the Walrus", was a success.[68][69] With Epstein gone, the band members became increasingly involved in business activities, and in February 1968 they formed Apple Corps, a multimedia corporation comprising Apple Records and several other subsidiary companies. Lennon described the venture as an attempt to achieve, "artistic freedom within a business structure",[70] but his increased drug experimentation and growing preoccupation with Yoko Ono, and McCartney's own marriage plans, left Apple in need of professional management. Lennon asked Lord Beeching to take on the role, but he declined, advising Lennon to go back to making records. Lennon approached Allen Klein, who had managed The Rolling Stones and other bands during the British Invasion. Klein was appointed as Apple's chief executive by Lennon, Harrison and Starr,[71] but McCartney never signed the management contract.[72]
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Sample of "Give Peace a Chance", recorded in 1969 during Lennon and Ono's second Bed-In for Peace. As described by biographer Bill Harry, Lennon wanted to "write a peace anthem that would take over from the song 'We Shall Overcome'—and he succeeded ... it became the main anti-Vietnam protest song."[73]
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At the end of 1968, Lennon featured in the film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (not released until 1996) in the role of a Dirty Mac band member. The supergroup, comprising Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell, also backed a vocal performance by Ono in the film.[74] Lennon and Ono were married on 20 March 1969, and soon released a series of 14 lithographs called "Bag One" depicting scenes from their honeymoon,[75] eight of which were deemed indecent and most of which were banned and confiscated.[76] Lennon's creative focus continued to move beyond The Beatles and between 1968 and 1969 he and Ono recorded three albums of experimental music together: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins[77] (known more for its cover than for its music), Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions and Wedding Album. In 1969 they formed The Plastic Ono Band, releasing Live Peace in Toronto 1969. In protest at Britain's involvement in the Nigerian Civil War,[78] Lennon returned his MBE medal to the Queen, though this had no effect on his MBE status, which could not be renounced.[79] Between 1969 and 1970 Lennon released the singles "Give Peace a Chance" (widely adopted as an anti-Vietnam-War anthem in 1969),[80] "Cold Turkey" (documenting his withdrawal symptoms after he became addicted to heroin[81]) and "Instant Karma!".
Lennon left the group in September 1969,[82] and agreed not to inform the media while the band renegotiated their recording contract, but he was outraged that McCartney publicised his own departure on releasing his debut solo album in April 1970. Lennon's reaction was, "Jesus Christ! He gets all the credit for it!"[83] He later wrote, "I started the band. I disbanded it. It's as simple as that."[84] In later interviews with Rolling Stone magazine, he revealed his bitterness towards McCartney, saying, "I was a fool not to do what Paul did, which was use it to sell a record."[85] He spoke too of the hostility he perceived the other members had towards Ono, and of how he, Harrison, and Starr "got fed up with being sidemen for Paul ... After Brian Epstein died we collapsed. Paul took over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us when we went round in circles?"[86]
1970–80: Solo career[link]
1970–72: Initial solo success and activism[link]
In 1970, Lennon and Ono went through primal therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov in Los Angeles, California. Designed to release emotional pain from early childhood, the therapy entailed two half-days a week with Janov for four months; he had wanted to treat the couple for longer, but they felt no need to continue and returned to London.[87] Lennon's emotional debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), was received with high praise. Critic Greil Marcus remarked, "John's singing in the last verse of 'God' may be the finest in all of rock."[88] The album featured the songs "Mother", in which Lennon confronted his feelings of childhood rejection,[89] and the Dylanesque "Working Class Hero", a bitter attack against the bourgeois social system which, due to the lyric "you're still fucking peasants", fell foul of broadcasters.[90][91] The same year, Tariq Ali's revolutionary political views, expressed when he interviewed Lennon, inspired the singer to write "Power to the People". Lennon also became involved with Ali during a protest against Oz magazine's prosecution for alleged obscenity. Lennon denounced the proceedings as "disgusting fascism", and he and Ono (as Elastic Oz Band) released the single "God Save Us/Do the Oz" and joined marches in support of the magazine.[92]
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Sample of "Imagine", Lennon's "most famous post-Beatles' track."[93] Like "Give Peace a Chance", the song became an anti-war anthem, but its lyrics offended religious groups. Lennon's explanation was, "If you can imagine a world at peace, with no denominations of religion—not without religion, but without this 'my God is bigger than your God' thing—then it can be true."[94]
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With Lennon's next album, Imagine (1971), critical response was more guarded. Rolling Stone reported that "it contains a substantial portion of good music" but warned of the possibility that "his posturings will soon seem not merely dull but irrelevant".[95] The album's title track would become an anthem for anti-war movements,[96] while another, "How Do You Sleep?", was a musical attack on McCartney in response to lyrics from Ram that Lennon felt, and McCartney later confirmed,[97] were directed at him and Ono. However, Lennon softened his stance in the mid-1970s and said he had written "How Do You Sleep?" about himself.[98] He said in 1980: "I used my resentment against Paul ... to create a song ... not a terrible vicious horrible vendetta ... I used my resentment and withdrawing from Paul and The Beatles, and the relationship with Paul, to write 'How Do You Sleep'. I don't really go 'round with those thoughts in my head all the time".[99]
Lennon and Ono moved to New York in August 1971, and in December released "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".[100] To advertise the single, they paid for billboards in 12 cities around the world which declared, in the national language, "WAR IS OVER—IF YOU WANT IT".[101] The new year saw the Nixon Administration take what it called a "strategic counter-measure" against Lennon's anti-war propaganda, embarking on what would be a four-year attempt to deport him: embroiled in a continuing legal battle, he was denied permanent residency in the US until 1976.[102]
Recorded as a collaboration with Ono and with backing from the New York band Elephant's Memory, Some Time in New York City was released in 1972. Containing songs about women's rights, race relations, Britain's role in Northern Ireland, and Lennon's problems obtaining a green card,[103] the album was poorly received—unlistenable, according to one critic.[104] "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", released as a US single from the album the same year, was televised on 11 May, on The Dick Cavett Show. Many radio stations refused to broadcast the song because of the word "nigger".[105] Lennon and Ono gave two benefit concerts with Elephant's Memory and guests in New York in aid of patients at the Willowbrook State School mental facility.[106] Staged at Madison Square Garden on 30 August 1972, they were his last full-length concert appearances.[107]
1973–75: "Lost weekend"[link]
While Lennon was recording Mind Games (1973), he and Ono decided to separate. The ensuing 18-month period apart, which he later called his "lost weekend",[108] was spent in Los Angeles and New York in the company of May Pang. Mind Games, credited to the "Plastic U.F.Ono Band", was released in November 1973. Lennon also contributed "I'm the Greatest", to Starr's album Ringo (1973), released the same month. (an alternate take, from the same 1973 Ringo sessions, with Lennon providing a guide vocal, appears on John Lennon Anthology).
In early 1974, Lennon was drinking heavily and his alcohol-fuelled antics with Harry Nilsson made headlines. Two widely publicised incidents occurred at The Troubadour club in March, the first when Lennon placed a menstruation "towel" on his forehead and scuffled with a waitress, and the second, two weeks later, when Lennon and Nilsson were ejected from the same club after heckling the Smothers Brothers.[109] Lennon decided to produce Nilsson's album Pussy Cats and Pang rented a Los Angeles beach house for all the musicians[110] but after a month of further debauchery, with the recording sessions in chaos, Lennon moved to New York with Pang to finish work on the album. In April, Lennon had produced the Mick Jagger song "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)" which was, for contractual reasons, to remain unreleased for more than 30 years. Pang supplied the recording for its eventual inclusion on The Very Best of Mick Jagger (2007).[111]
Settled back in New York, Lennon recorded the album Walls and Bridges. Released in October 1974, it yielded his only number-one single in his lifetime, "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night", featuring Elton John on backing vocals and piano.[112] A second single from the album, "#9 Dream", followed before the end of the year. Starr's Goodnight Vienna (1974) again saw assistance from Lennon, who wrote the title track and played piano.[113] On 28 November, Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at Elton John's Thanksgiving concert at Madison Square Garden, in fulfilment of his promise to join the singer in a live show if "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"—a song whose commercial potential Lennon had doubted—reached number one. Lennon performed the song along with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "I Saw Her Standing There", which he introduced as "a song by an old estranged fiancee of mine called Paul".[114]
Lennon co-wrote "Fame", David Bowie's first US number one, and provided guitar and backing vocals for the January 1975 recording.[115] The same month, Elton John topped the charts with his cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", featuring Lennon on guitar and back-up vocals (Lennon is credited on the single under the moniker of "Dr. Winston O'Boogie"). He and Ono were reunited shortly afterwards. Lennon released Rock 'n' Roll (1975), an album of cover songs, in February. "Stand by Me", taken from the album and a US and UK hit, became his last single for five years.[116] He made what would be his final stage appearance in the ATV special A Salute to Lew Grade, recorded on 18 April and televised in June.[117] Playing acoustic guitar, and backed by an eight-piece band, Lennon performed two songs from Rock 'n' Roll ("Stand By Me", which was not broadcast, and "Slippin' and Slidin'") followed by "Imagine".[117]
1975–80: Retirement and return[link]
With the birth of his second son Sean on 9 October 1975, Lennon took on the role of househusband, beginning what would be a five-year hiatus from the music industry during which he gave all his attention to his family.[13] Within the month, he fulfilled his contractual obligation to EMI/Capitol for one more album by releasing Shaved Fish, a compilation album of previously recorded tracks.[13] He devoted himself to Sean, rising at 6 am daily to plan and prepare his meals and to spend time with him.[118] He wrote "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)" for Starr's Ringo's Rotogravure (1976), performing on the track in June in what would be his last recording session until 1980.[119] He formally announced his break from music in Tokyo in 1977, saying, "we have basically decided, without any great decision, to be with our baby as much as we can until we feel we can take time off to indulge ourselves in creating things outside of the family."[120] During his career break he created several series of drawings, and drafted a book containing a mix of autobiographical material and what he termed "mad stuff",[121] all of which would be published posthumously.
He emerged from retirement in October 1980 with the single "(Just Like) Starting Over", followed the next month by the album Double Fantasy, which contained songs written during a journey to Bermuda on a 43-foot sailing boat the previous June,[122] that reflected Lennon's fulfilment in his new-found stable family life.[123] Sufficient additional material was recorded for a planned follow-up album Milk and Honey (released posthumously in 1984).[124] Released jointly with Ono, Double Fantasy was not well received, drawing comments such as Melody Maker's "indulgent sterility ... a godawful yawn".[125]
8 December 1980: Death[link]
Main article: Death of John Lennon
At around 10:50 pm on 8 December 1980, as Lennon and Ono returned to their New York apartment in The Dakota, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance to the building. Lennon was taken to the emergency room of the nearby Roosevelt Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:07 pm.[126] Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman.[127]
Ono issued a statement the next day, saying "There is no funeral for John", ending it with the words, "John loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him."[128] His body was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Ono scattered his ashes in New York's Central Park, where the Strawberry Fields memorial was later created.[129] Chapman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years to life; as of 2011, he remains in prison, having been denied parole six times.[130][131]
Personal relationships[link]
Cynthia Lennon[link]
Further information: Cynthia Lennon
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John Lennon and Cynthia Powell in 1959
Lennon and Cynthia Powell met in 1957 as fellow students at the Liverpool College of Art.[132] Although being scared of Lennon's attitude and appearance, she heard that he was obsessed with French actress Brigitte Bardot, so she dyed her hair blonde. Lennon asked her out, but when she said that she was engaged, he screamed out, "I didn't ask you to fuckin' marry me, did I?"[133] She often accompanied him to Quarrymen gigs and travelled to Hamburg with McCartney's girlfriend at the time to visit him.[134] Lennon, jealous by nature, eventually grew possessive and often terrified Powell with his anger and physical violence.[135] Lennon later said that until he met Ono, he had never questioned his chauvinistic attitude to women. The Beatles' song "Getting Better", he said, told his own story, "I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically—any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace".[13]
Recalling his reaction in July 1962 on learning that Cynthia was pregnant, Lennon said, "There's only one thing for it Cyn. We'll have to get married."[136] The couple were married on 23 August at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in Liverpool. His marriage began just as Beatlemania took hold across the UK. He performed on the evening of his wedding day, and would continue to do so almost daily from then on.[137] Epstein, fearing that fans would be alienated by the idea of a married Beatle, asked the Lennons to keep their marriage secret. Julian was born on 8 April 1963; Lennon was on tour at the time and did not see his son until three days later.[138]
Cynthia attributes the start of the marriage breakdown to LSD, and as a result, she felt that he slowly lost interest in her.[139] When the group travelled by train to Bangor, Wales, in 1967, for the Maharishi Yogi's Transcendental Meditation seminar, a policeman did not recognise her and stopped her from boarding. She later recalled how the incident seemed to symbolise the ending of their marriage.[140] After arriving home at Kenwood, and finding Lennon with Ono, Cynthia left the house to stay with friends. Alexis Mardas later claimed to have slept with her that night, and a few weeks later he informed her that Lennon was seeking a divorce and custody of Julian on grounds of her adultery with him. After negotiations, Lennon capitulated and agreed to her divorcing him on the same grounds. The case was settled out of court, with Lennon giving her £100,000, and custody of Julian.[141]
Brian Epstein[link]
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Starr, McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Epstein at the preview of A Hard Day’s Night in 1964
Further information: Brian Epstein
The Beatles were performing at Liverpool's Cavern Club in 1962, when all four Beatles were introduced to Epstein after a midday concert. Epstein was homosexual. According to biographer Philip Norman, one of his reasons for wanting to manage the group was that he was physically attracted to Lennon. Almost as soon as Julian was born, Lennon went on holiday to Spain with Epstein, leading to speculation about their relationship. Questioned about it later, Lennon said, "Well, it was almost a love affair, but not quite. It was never consummated. But it was a pretty intense relationship. It was my first experience with a homosexual that I was conscious was homosexual. We used to sit in a café in Torremolinos looking at all the boys and I'd say, 'Do you like that one? Do you like this one?' I was rather enjoying the experience, thinking like a writer all the time: I am experiencing this."[142] Soon after their return from Spain, at McCartney's twenty-first birthday party in June 1963, Lennon physically attacked Cavern Club MC Bob Wooler for saying "How was your honeymoon, John?" The MC, known for his wordplay and affectionate but cutting remarks, was making a joke,[143] but ten months had passed since Lennon's marriage, and the honeymoon, deferred, was still two months in the future.[144] To Lennon, who was intoxicated with alcohol at the time, the matter was simple: "He called me a queer so I battered his bloody ribs in".[145]
Lennon delighted in mocking Epstein for his homosexuality and for the fact that he was Jewish.[146] When Epstein invited suggestions for the title of his autobiography, Lennon offered Queer Jew; on learning of the eventual title, A Cellarful of Noise, he parodied, "More like A Cellarful of Boys".[147] He demanded of a visitor to Epstein's flat, "Have you come to blackmail him? If not, you're the only bugger in London who hasn't."[146] During the recording of "Baby, You're a Rich Man", he sang altered choruses of "Baby, you're a rich fag Jew".[148][149]
Julian Lennon[link]
Further information: Julian Lennon
Lennon's first son, Julian, was born as his commitments with The Beatles intensified at the height of Beatlemania during his marriage to Cynthia. Lennon was touring with The Beatles when Julian was born on 8 April 1963. Julian's birth, like his mother Cynthia's marriage to Lennon, was kept secret because Epstein was convinced public knowledge of such things would threaten The Beatles' commercial success. Julian recalls how some four years later, as a small child in Weybridge, "I was trundled home from school and came walking up with one of my watercolour paintings. It was just a bunch of stars and this blonde girl I knew at school. And Dad said, 'What's this?' I said, 'It's Lucy in the sky with diamonds.'"[150] Lennon used it as the title of a Beatles' song, and though it was later reported to have been derived from the initials LSD, Lennon insisted, "It's not an acid song."[151] McCartney corroborated Lennon's explanation that Julian innocently came up with the name.[151] Lennon was distant from Julian, who felt closer to McCartney than to his father. During a car journey to visit Cynthia and Julian during Lennon's divorce, McCartney composed a song, "Hey Jules", to comfort him. It would evolve into The Beatles song "Hey Jude". Lennon later said, "That's his best song. It started off as a song about my son Julian ... he turned it into 'Hey Jude'. I always thought it was about me and Yoko but he said it wasn't."[152]
Lennon's relationship with Julian was already strained, and after Lennon and Ono's 1971 move to New York, Julian would not see his father again until 1973.[153] With Pang's encouragement, it was arranged for him (and his mother) to visit Lennon in Los Angeles, where they went to Disneyland.[154] Julian started to see his father regularly, and Lennon gave him a drumming part on a Walls and Bridges track.[155] He bought Julian a Gibson Les Paul guitar and other instruments, and encouraged his interest in music by demonstrating guitar chord techniques.[155] Julian recalls that he and his father "got on a great deal better" during the time he spent in New York: "We had a lot of fun, laughed a lot and had a great time in general."[156]
In a Playboy interview with David Sheff shortly before his death, Lennon said, "Sean was a planned child, and therein lies the difference. I don't love Julian any less as a child. He's still my son, whether he came from a bottle of whiskey or because they didn't have pills in those days. He's here, he belongs to me, and he always will." He said he was trying to re-establish a connection with the then 17-year-old, and confidently predicted, "Julian and I will have a relationship in the future."[13] After his death it was revealed that he had left Julian very little in his will.[157]
Yoko Ono[link]
Further information: Yoko Ono
Two versions exist of how Lennon met Ono. According to the first, on 9 November 1966 Lennon went to the Indica Gallery in London, where Ono was preparing her conceptual art exhibit, and they were introduced by gallery owner John Dunbar.[158] Lennon was intrigued by Ono's "Hammer A Nail": patrons hammered a nail into a wooden board, creating the art piece. Although the exhibition had not yet begun, Lennon wanted to hammer a nail into the clean board, but Ono stopped him. Dunbar asked her, "Don't you know who this is? He's a millionaire! He might buy it." Ono had supposedly not heard of The Beatles, but relented on condition that Lennon pay her five shillings, to which Lennon replied, "I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail in."[13] The second version, told by McCartney, is that in late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on, Notations, but McCartney declined to give her any of his own manuscripts for the book, suggesting that Lennon might oblige. When asked, Lennon gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word".[159]
Ono began telephoning and calling at Lennon's home, and when his wife asked for an explanation, he explained that Ono was only trying to obtain money for her "avant-garde bullshit".[160] In May 1968, while his wife was on holiday in Greece, Lennon invited Ono to visit. They spent the night recording what would become the Two Virgins album, after which, he said, they "made love at dawn."[161] When Lennon's wife returned home she found Ono wearing her bathrobe and drinking tea with Lennon who simply said, "Oh, hi."[162] Ono became pregnant in 1968 and miscarried a male child they named John Ono Lennon II on 21 November 1968,[129] a few weeks after Lennon's divorce from Cynthia was granted.[163]
During Lennon's last two years in The Beatles, he and Ono began public protests against the Vietnam War. They were married in Gibraltar on 20 March 1969, and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace. They planned another Bed-In in the United States, but were denied entry,[164] so held one instead at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where they recorded "Give Peace a Chance".[165] They often combined advocacy with performance art, as in their "Bagism", first introduced during a Vienna press conference. Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles' song "The Ballad of John and Yoko".[166] Lennon changed his name by deed poll on 22 April 1969, adding "Ono" as a middle name. The brief ceremony took place on the roof of the Apple Corps building, made famous three months earlier by The Beatles' Let It Be rooftop concert. Although he used the name John Ono Lennon thereafter, official documents referred to him as John Winston Ono Lennon, since he was not permitted to revoke a name given at birth.[167] After Ono was injured in a car accident, Lennon arranged for a king-sized bed to be brought to the recording studio as he worked on The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road.[168] To escape the acrimony of the band's break-up, Ono suggested they move permanently to New York, which they did on 31 August 1971.
They first lived in the St. Regis Hotel on 5th Avenue, East 55th Street, then moved to a street-level flat at 105 Bank Street, Greenwich Village, on 16 October 1971. After a robbery, they relocated to the more secure Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street, in May 1973.[169]
May Pang[link]
Further information: May Pang
ABKCO Industries, formed in 1968 by Allen Klein as an umbrella company to ABKCO Records, recruited May Pang as a receptionist in 1969. Through involvement in a project with ABKCO, Lennon and Ono met her the following year. She became their personal assistant. After she had been working with the couple for three years, Ono confided that she and Lennon were becoming estranged from one another. She went on to suggest that Pang should begin a physical relationship with Lennon, telling her, "He likes you a lot." Pang, 22, astounded by Ono's proposition, eventually agreed to become Lennon's companion. The pair soon moved to California, beginning an 18-month period he later called his "lost weekend".[108] In Los Angeles, Pang encouraged Lennon to develop regular contact with Julian, whom he had not seen for two years. He also rekindled friendships with Starr, McCartney, Beatles' roadie Mal Evans, and Harry Nilsson. Whilst drinking with Nilsson, after misunderstanding something Pang said, Lennon attempted to strangle her, relenting only when physically restrained by Nilsson.[170]
On moving to New York, they prepared a spare room in their newly rented apartment for Julian to visit.[170] Lennon, hitherto inhibited by Ono in this regard, began to reestablish contact with other relatives and friends. By December he and Pang were considering a house purchase, and he was refusing to accept Ono's telephone calls. In January 1975, he agreed to meet Ono—who said she had found a cure for smoking. But after the meeting he failed to return home or call Pang. When Pang telephoned the next day, Ono told her Lennon was unavailable, being exhausted after a hypnotherapy session. Two days later, Lennon reappeared at a joint dental appointment, stupefied and confused to such an extent that Pang believed he had been brainwashed. He told her his separation from Ono was now over, though Ono would allow him to continue seeing her as his mistress.[171]
Sean Lennon[link]
Further information: Sean Lennon
When Lennon and Ono were reunited, she became pregnant, but having previously suffered three miscarriages in her attempt to have a child with Lennon, she said she wanted an abortion. She agreed to allow the pregnancy to continue on condition that Lennon adopt the role of househusband; this he agreed to do.[172] Sean was born on 9 October 1975, Lennon's 35th birthday, delivered by Caesarean section. Lennon's subsequent career break would span five years. He had a photographer take pictures of Sean every day of his first year, and created numerous drawings for him, posthumously published as Real Love: The Drawings for Sean. Lennon later proudly declared, "He didn't come out of my belly but, by God, I made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and to how he sleeps, and to the fact that he swims like a fish."[173]
Former Beatles[link]
Although his friendship with Starr remained consistently warm during the years following The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Lennon's relationship with McCartney and Harrison varied. He was close to Harrison initially, but the two drifted apart after Lennon moved to America. When Harrison was in New York for his December 1974 Dark Horse tour, Lennon agreed to join him on stage, but failed to appear after an argument over Lennon's refusal to sign an agreement that would finally dissolve The Beatles' legal partnership. (Lennon eventually signed the papers while holidaying in Florida with Pang and Julian.[174]) Harrison incensed Lennon in 1980 when he published an autobiography that made little mention of him. Lennon told Playboy, "I was hurt by it. By glaring omission ... my influence on his life is absolutely zilch ... he remembers every two-bit sax player or guitarist he met in subsequent years. I'm not in the book."[175]
Lennon's most intense feelings were reserved for McCartney. In addition to attacking him through the lyrics of "How Do You Sleep?", Lennon argued with him through the press for three years after the group split. The two later began to reestablish something of the close friendship they had once known, and in 1974 even played music together again, before growing apart once more. Lennon said that during McCartney's final visit, in April 1976, they watched the episode of Saturday Night Live in which Lorne Michaels made a $3,000 cash offer to get The Beatles to reunite on the show.[176] The pair considered going to the studio to make a joke appearance, attempting to claim their share of the money, but were too tired.[13] Lennon summarised his feelings towards McCartney in an interview three days before his death: "Throughout my career, I've selected to work with...only two people: Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono....That ain't bad picking."[177]
Along with his estrangement from McCartney, Lennon always felt a musical competitiveness with him and kept an ear on his music. During his five-year career break he was content to sit back so long as McCartney was producing what Lennon saw as mediocre "product".[178] When McCartney released "Coming Up" in 1980, the year Lennon returned to the studio and the last year of his life, he took notice. "It's driving me crackers!" he jokingly complained, because he could not get the tune out of his head.[178] Asked the same year whether the group were dreaded enemies or the best of friends, he replied that they were neither, and that he had not seen any of them in a long time. But he also said, "I still love those guys. The Beatles are over, but John, Paul, George and Ringo go on."[13]
Political activism[link]
Lennon and Ono used their honeymoon as what they termed a "Bed-In for Peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel; the March 1969 event attracted worldwide media ridicule.[179][180] At a second Bed-In three months later at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal[181] Lennon wrote and recorded "Give Peace a Chance". Released as a single, it was quickly taken up as an anti-war anthem and sung by a quarter of a million demonstrators against the Vietnam War in Washington, DC, on 15 October, the second Vietnam Moratorium Day.[80][182]
Later that year, Lennon and Ono supported efforts by the family of James Hanratty, hanged for murder in 1962, to prove his innocence.[183] Those who had condemned Hanratty were, according to Lennon, "the same people who are running guns to South Africa and killing blacks in the streets. ... The same bastards are in control, the same people are running everything, it's the whole bullshit bourgeois scene."[184] In London, Lennon and Ono staged a "Britain Murdered Hanratty" banner march and a "Silent Protest For James Hanratty",[78] and produced a 40-minute documentary on the case. At an appeal hearing years later, Hanratty's conviction was upheld.[185]
Lennon and Ono showed their solidarity with the Clydeside UCS workers' work-in of 1971 by sending a bouquet of red roses and a cheque for £5,000.[186] On moving to New York City in August that year, they befriended two of the Chicago Seven, Yippie peace activists Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman.[187] Another peace activist, John Sinclair, poet and co-founder of the White Panther Party, was serving ten years in prison for selling two joints of marijuana after previous convictions for possession of the drug.[188] In December 1971 at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 20,000 people attended the "John Sinclair Freedom Rally", a protest and benefit concert with contributions from Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party, and others.[189] Lennon and Ono, backed by David Peel and Rubin, performed an acoustic set of four songs from their forthcoming Some Time in New York City album including "John Sinclair", whose lyrics called for his release. The day before the rally, Michigan State had drastically reduced the penalties for Sinclair's crimes and three days after the rally, he was released on bail.[190] The performance was recorded and two of the tracks later appeared on John Lennon Anthology (1998).[191]
Following the Bloody Sunday incident in Northern Ireland in 1972, in which 13 unarmed civil rights protesters were shot dead by the British Army, Lennon said that given the choice between the army and the IRA (who were not involved in the incident) he would side with the latter. Lennon and Ono wrote two songs protesting British presence and actions in Ireland for their Some Time in New York City album: "Luck of the Irish" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday". In 2000, David Shayler, a former member of Britain's domestic security service MI5 suggested that Lennon had given money to the IRA though this was swiftly denied by Ono.[192] Biographer Bill Harry records that following Bloody Sunday, Lennon and Ono financially supported the production of the film The Irish Tapes, a political documentary with a Republican slant.[193]
According to FBI surveillance reports (and confirmed by Tariq Ali in 2006) Lennon was sympathetic to the International Marxist Group, a Trotskyist group formed in Britain in 1968.[194] However, the FBI considered Lennon to have limited effectiveness as a revolutionary since he was "constantly under the influence of narcotics".[195]
Deportation attempt[link]
Following the impact of "Give Peace a Chance" and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", both strongly associated with the anti–Vietnam War movement, the Nixon administration, hearing rumours of Lennon's involvement in a concert to be held in San Diego at the same time as the Republican National Convention,[196] tried to have him deported. Nixon believed that Lennon's anti-war activities could cost him his re-election;[197] Republican Senator Strom Thurmond suggested in a February 1972 memo that "deportation would be a strategic counter-measure" against Lennon.[198] The next month the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) began deportation proceedings, arguing that his 1968 misdemeanor conviction for cannabis possession in London had made him ineligible for admission to the United States. Lennon spent the next three and a half years in and out of deportation hearings until on 8 October 1975, when a court of appeals barred the deportation attempt, stating " ... the courts will not condone selective deportation based upon secret political grounds."[199][103] While the legal battle continued, Lennon attended rallies and made television appearances. Lennon and Ono co-hosted the Mike Douglas Show for a week in February 1972, introducing guests such as Jerry Rubin and Bobby Seale to mid-America.[200] In 1972, Bob Dylan wrote a letter to the INS defending Lennon, stating:
John and Yoko add a great voice and drive to the country's so-called art institution. They inspire and transcend and stimulate and by doing so, only help others to see pure light and in doing that, put an end to this dull taste of petty commercialism which is being passed off as Artist Art by the overpowering mass media. Hurray for John and Yoko. Let them stay and live here and breathe. The country's got plenty of room and space. Let John and Yoko stay![201][202]
On 23 March 1973, Lennon was ordered to leave the US within 60 days.[203] Ono, meanwhile, was granted permanent residence. In response, Lennon and Ono held a press conference on 1 April 1973 at the New York City Bar Association, where they announced the formation of the state of Nutopia; a place with "no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people".[204] Waving the white flag of Nutopia (two handkerchiefs), they asked for political asylum in the US. The press conference was filmed, and would later appear in the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon.[205] Lennon's Mind Games (1973) included the track "Nutopian International Anthem", which comprised three seconds of silence.[206] Soon after the press conference, Nixon's involvement in a political scandal came to light, and in June the Watergate hearings began in Washington, DC. They led to the president's resignation 14 months later. Nixon's successor, Gerald Ford, showed little interest in continuing the battle against Lennon, and the deportation order was overturned in 1975. The following year, his US immigration status finally resolved, Lennon received his "green card" certifying his permanent residency, and when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as president in January 1977, Lennon and Ono attended the Inaugural Ball.[207]
FBI surveillance and declassified documents[link]
After Lennon's death, historian Jon Wiener filed a Freedom of Information Act request for FBI files documenting the Bureau's role in the deportation attempt.[208] The FBI admitted it had 281 pages of files on Lennon, but refused to release most of them on the grounds that they contained national security information. In 1983, Wiener sued the FBI with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. It took 14 years of litigation to force the FBI to release the withheld pages.[209] The ACLU, representing Wiener, won a favourable decision in their suit against the FBI in the Ninth Circuit in 1991.[210] The Justice Department appealed the decision to the Supreme Court in April 1992, but the court declined to review the case.[211] In 1997, respecting President Bill Clinton's newly instigated rule that documents should be withheld only if releasing them would involve "foreseeable harm", the Justice Department settled most of the outstanding issues outside court by releasing all but 10 of the contested documents.[211] Wiener published the results of his 14-year campaign in January 2000. Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files contained facsimiles of the documents, including "lengthy reports by confidential informants detailing the daily lives of anti-war activists, memos to the White House, transcripts of TV shows on which Lennon appeared, and a proposal that Lennon be arrested by local police on drug charges".[212] The story is told in the documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon. The final 10 documents in Lennon's FBI file, which reported on his ties with London anti-war activists in 1971 and had been withheld as containing "national security information provided by a foreign government under an explicit promise of confidentiality", were released in December 2006. They contained no indication that the British government had regarded Lennon as a serious threat; one example of the released material was a report that two prominent British leftists had hoped Lennon would finance a left-wing bookshop and reading room.[213]
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Further information: Jon_Wiener#Wiener_battles_with_the_FBI
Writing and art[link]
Lennon's biographer Bill Harry writes that Lennon began drawing and writing creatively at an early age with the encouragement of his uncle. He collected his stories, poetry, cartoons, and caricatures in a Quarry Bank High School exercise book that he called the Daily Howl. The drawings were often of crippled people, and the writings satirical, and throughout the book was an abundance of wordplay. According to classmate Bill Turner, Lennon created the Daily Howl to amuse his best friend and later Quarrymen band mate, Pete Shotton, to whom he would show his work before he let anyone else see it. Turner said that Lennon "had an obsession for Wigan Pier. It kept cropping up", and in Lennon's story A Carrot In A Potato Mine, "the mine was at the end of Wigan Pier." Turner described how one of Lennon's cartoons depicted a bus stop sign annotated with the question, "Why?". Above was a flying pancake, and below, "a blind man wearing glasses leading along a blind dog—also wearing glasses".[214]
Lennon's love of wordplay and nonsense with a twist found a wider audience when he was 24. Harry writes that In His Own Write (1964) was published after "Some journalist who was hanging around The Beatles came to me and I ended up showing him the stuff. They said, 'Write a book' and that's how the first one came about". Like the Daily Howl it contained a mix of formats including short stories, poetry, plays and drawings. One story, "Good Dog Nigel", tells the tale of "a happy dog, urinating on a lamp post, barking, wagging his tail—until he suddenly hears a message that he will be killed at three o'clock". The Times Literary Supplement considered the poems and stories "remarkable ... also very funny ... the nonsense runs on, words and images prompting one another in a chain of pure fantasy". Book Week reported, "This is nonsense writing, but one has only to review the literature of nonsense to see how well Lennon has brought it off. While some of his homonyms are gratuitous word play, many others have not only double meaning but a double edge." Lennon was not only surprised by the positive reception, but that the book was reviewed at all, and suggested that readers "took the book more seriously than I did myself. It just began as a laugh for me".[215]
In combination with A Spaniard in the Works (1965), In His Own Write formed the basis of the stage play The John Lennon Play: In His Own Write, co-adapted by Victor Spinetti and Adrienne Kennedy. After negotiations between Lennon, Spinetti and the artistic director of the National Theatre, Sir Laurence Olivier, the play opened at the Old Vic in 1968. Lennon and Ono attended the opening night performance, their second public appearance together to date.[216] After Lennon's death, further works were published, including Skywriting by Word of Mouth (1986); Ai: Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes: A Personal Sketchbook (1992), with Lennon's illustrations of the definitions of Japanese words; and Real Love: The Drawings for Sean (1999). The Beatles Anthology (2000) also presented examples of his writings and drawings.
Musicianship[link]
Instruments played[link]
Further information: John Lennon's musical instruments and List of The Beatles' instruments
His playing of a mouth organ during a bus journey to visit his cousin in Scotland caught the driver's ear. Impressed, the driver told Lennon of a harmonica he could have if he came to Edinburgh the following day, where one had been stored in the bus depot since a passenger left it on a bus.[217] The professional instrument quickly replaced Lennon's toy. He would continue to play harmonica, often using the instrument during The Beatles' Hamburg years, and it became a signature sound in the group's early recordings. His mother taught him how to play the banjo, later buying him an acoustic guitar. At 16, he played rhythm guitar with the Quarrymen.[218] As his career progressed, he played a variety of electric guitars, predominantly the Rickenbacker 325, Epiphone Casino and Gibson J-160E, and, from the start of his solo career, the Gibson Les Paul Junior.[219][220] Occasionally he played a six-string bass guitar, the Fender Bass VI, providing bass on some Beatles' numbers that occupied McCartney with another instrument.[221] His other instrument of choice was the piano, on which he composed many songs, including "Imagine", described as his best-known solo work.[222] His jamming on a piano with McCartney in 1963 led to the creation of The Beatles' first US number one, "I Want to Hold Your Hand".[223] In 1964, he became one of the first British musicians to acquire a Mellotron keyboard, though it was not heard on a Beatles' recording until "Strawberry Fields Forever" in late 1966.[224]
Vocal style[link]
When Lennon recorded "Twist and Shout", the final track during the mammoth one-day session that captured the band's 1963 debut album Please Please Me, his voice, already compromised by a cold, came close to giving out. Lennon said, "I couldn't sing the damn thing, I was just screaming."[225] In the words of biographer Barry Miles, "Lennon simply shredded his vocal cords in the interests of rock 'n' roll."[226] The Beatles' producer, George Martin, tells how Lennon "had an inborn dislike of his own voice which I could never understand. He was always saying to me: 'DO something with my voice! ... put something on it ... Make it different.'"[227] Martin obliged, often using double-tracking and other techniques. Music critic Robert Christgau says that Lennon's "greatest vocal performance ... from scream to whine, is modulated electronically ... echoed, filtered, and double tracked."[228]
As his Beatles' era segued into his solo career, his singing voice found a widening range of expression. Biographer Chris Gregory writes that Lennon was, "tentatively beginning to expose his insecurities in a number of acoustic-led 'confessional' ballads, so beginning the process of 'public therapy' that will eventually culminate in the primal screams of 'Cold Turkey' and the cathartic John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band."[229] David Stuart Ryan notes Lennon's vocal delivery to range from, "extreme vulnerability, sensitivity and even naivety" to a hard "rasping" style.[230] Wiener too describes contrasts, saying the singer's voice can be "at first subdued; soon it almost cracks with despair"[231] Music historian Ben Urish recalls hearing The Beatles' Ed Sullivan Show performance of "This Boy" played on the radio a few days after Lennon's murder: "As Lennon's vocals reached their peak ... it hurt too much to hear him scream with such anguish and emotion. But it was my emotions I heard in his voice. Just like I always had."[232]
Legacy[link]
Music historians Schinder and Schwartz, writing of the transformation in popular music styles that took place between the 1950s and the 1960s, say that The Beatles' influence cannot be overstated: having "revolutionized the sound, style, and attitude of popular music and opened rock and roll's doors to a tidal wave of British rock acts", the group then "spent the rest of the 1960s expanding rock's stylistic frontiers".[233] Liam Gallagher, his group Oasis among the many who acknowledge the band's influence, identifies Lennon as a hero; in 1999 he named his first child Lennon Gallagher in tribute.[234] On National Poetry Day in 1999, after conducting a poll to identify the UK's favourite song lyric, the BBC announced "Imagine" the winner.[94]
In a 2006 Guardian article, Jon Wiener wrote: "For young people in 1972, it was thrilling to see Lennon's courage in standing up to [US President] Nixon. That willingness to take risks with his career, and his life, is one reason why people still admire him today."[235] Whilst for music historians Urish and Bielen, Lennon's most significant effort was "the self-portraits ... in his songs [which] spoke to, for, and about, the human condition."[236]
Lennon continues to be mourned throughout the world and has been the subject of numerous memorials and tributes. In 2010, on what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday, the John Lennon Peace Monument was unveiled in Chavasse Park, Liverpool, by Cynthia and Julian Lennon.[237] The sculpture entitled 'Peace & Harmony' exhibits peace symbols and carries the inscription "Peace on Earth for the Conservation of Life · In Honour of John Lennon 1940–1980".
Awards and sales[link]
The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is regarded as one of the most influential and successful of the 20th century. As performer, writer or co-writer Lennon has had 25 number one singles on the US Hot 100 chart.a His album sales in the US stand at 14 million units.[238] Double Fantasy, released shortly before his death, and his best-selling, post-Beatles' studio album[239] at three million shipments in the US,[240] won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[241] The following year, the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music went to Lennon.[242]
Participants in a 2002 BBC poll voted him eighth of "100 Greatest Britons".[243] Between 2003 and 2008, Rolling Stone recognised Lennon in several reviews of artists and music, ranking him fifth of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time"[244] and 38th of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",[245] and his albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, 22nd and 76th respectively of "The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[245][246] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) with the other Beatles in 1965.[51] He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987[247] and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.[107]
Discography[link]
Main article: John Lennon discography
See also: The Beatles discography
- Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (1968)
- Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions (with Yoko Ono) (1969)
- Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) (1969)
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
- Imagine (1971)
- Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) (1972)
- Mind Games (1973)
- Walls and Bridges (1974)
- Rock 'n' Roll (1975)
- Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) (1980)
- Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono) (1984)
- Menlove Ave. (1986)
Notes[link]
^ Note a: Lennon was responsible for 25 Billboard Hot 100 number one singles as performer, writer or co-writer.
- Solo (2): "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night", "(Just Like) Starting Over".[248]
- With The Beatles (20): "Can't Buy Me Love", "I Feel Fine", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Love Me Do", "She Loves You", "A Hard Day's Night", "Eight Days a Week", "Help!", "Ticket to Ride", "Yesterday", "Paperback Writer", "We Can Work It Out", "All You Need Is Love", "Hello Goodbye", "Penny Lane", "Hey Jude", "Something/"Come Together", "Get Back", "Let It Be", "The Long and Winding Road"/"For You Blue".[249]
- As co-writer of and performer on release by another artist (1): "Fame" (David Bowie).[250]
- As co-writer of releases by other artists (2): "A World Without Love" (Peter and Gordon),[251] "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Elton John).[252]
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- Wiener, Jon. The John Lennon FBI Files
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| Name | Lennon, John |
| Alternative names | Lennon, John Winston (birth name); Lennon, John Winston Ono |
| Short description | Rock musician |
| Date of birth | 9 October 1940 |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 8 December 1980 |
| Place of death | New York City, New York, United States of America |
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| Yoko Ono 小野 洋子 |
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 Yoko Ono at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Born | (1933-02-18) February 18, 1933 (age 79) Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Avant-garde, rock, pop, electronica, Shibuya kei, Fluxus, dance |
| Occupations | Artist, film director, peace activist |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | Apple, Geffen, Polydor, Rykodisc, Astralwerks, Chimera Music |
| Associated acts | John Lennon Plastic Ono Band |
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野 洋子）, Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese[1] artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
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Early life[link]
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist[2] who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan.[3] The name "Yoko" means "ocean child".[4][5] Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank.[6] The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two.[2] Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.[6]
In 1940, the family moved to New York City, where Ono's father was working. In 1941, her father was transferred to Hanoi and the family returned to Japan. Ono was then enrolled in Keimei Gakuen, an exclusive Christian primary school run by the Mitsui family. She remained in Tokyo through the great fire-bombing of March 9, 1945. During the fire-bombing, she was sheltered with other members of her family in a special bunker in the Azabu district of Tokyo, far from the heavy bombing. After the bombing, Ono went to the Karuizawa mountain resort with members of her family.
Ono has said that she and her family were forced to beg for food while pulling their belongings in a wheelbarrow; and it was during this period in her life that Ono says she developed her "aggressive" attitude and understanding of "outsider" status when children taunted her and her brother, who were once well-to-do. Other stories have her mother bringing a large number of goods with them to the countryside which they bartered for food. One famous anecdote has her mother bartering a German-made sewing machine for sixty kilograms of rice with which to feed the family. Her father remained in the city and, unbeknownst to them, was believed to have been eventually incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp in China. In an interview by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman on October 16, 2007, Ono explained, "He was in French Indochina which is Vietnam actually... in Saigon. He was in a concentration camp."
By April 1946, Gakushuin was reopened and Ono was enrolled. The school, located near the imperial palace, had not been damaged by the war, and Ono found herself a classmate of Akihito, the future emperor of Japan.[7] She graduated in 1951 and was accepted into the philosophy program of Gakushuin University, the first woman to enter the department. However, after two semesters, she left the school.[6]
Education and marriages[link]
Ono's family moved to Scarsdale, New York, after the war. She left Japan to rejoin the family and enrolled in nearby Sarah Lawrence College. While her parents approved of her college choice, they were dismayed at her lifestyle, and, according to Ono, chastised her for befriending people they considered to be "beneath" her. In spite of this, Ono loved meeting artists, poets and others who represented the "bohemian" freedom she longed for herself. Visiting galleries and art "happenings" in the city whetted her desire to publicly display her own artistic endeavors. La Monte Young, her first important contact in the New York art world, helped Ono start her career by using her Chambers Street loft in Tribeca as a performance space. At one performance, Ono set a painting on fire; fortunately John Cage had advised her to treat the paper with flame retardant.
In 1956, she married composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. They divorced in 1962 after living apart for several years. On November 28 that same year, Ono married an American named Anthony Cox. Cox was a jazz musician, film producer and art promoter. He had heard of Ono in New York and tracked her down to a mental institution in Japan, where her family had placed her following a suicide attempt. Ono had neglected to finalize her divorce from Ichiyanagi, so their marriage was annulled on March 1, 1963, and Cox and Ono married again on June 6. Their daughter, Kyoko Chan Cox, was born two months later on August 8, 1963.[8]
The marriage quickly fell apart, but the Coxes stayed together for the sake of their joint career. They performed at Tokyo's Sogetsu Hall with Ono lying atop a piano played by John Cage. Soon the Coxes returned to New York with Kyoko. In the early years of this marriage, Ono left most of Kyoko's parenting to Cox while she pursued her art full-time and Tony managed publicity. After she divorced Cox on February 2, 1969, Ono and Cox engaged in a bitter legal battle for custody of Kyoko, which resulted in Ono's being awarded full custody. However, in 1971, Cox disappeared with eight-year-old Kyoko, in violation of the custody order. Cox subsequently became a Christian and raised Kyoko in a Christian group known as the Church of the Living Word (or "the Walk"). Cox left the group with Kyoko in 1977. Living an underground existence, Cox changed the girl's name to Rosemary. Cox and Kyoko sent Ono a sympathy message after Lennon's 1980 murder. Afterwards, the bitterness between the parents lessened slightly and Ono publicly announced in People Magazine that she would no longer seek out the now-adult Kyoko, but still wished to make contact with her. In 1994, Kyoko made contact with Ono and established a relationship.[9]
Artwork[link]
Ono was a sometime member of Fluxus, a loose association of Dada-inspired avant-garde artists that developed in the early 1960s. Fluxus founder George Maciunas, a friend of Ono's during the 1960s, admired her work and promoted it with enthusiasm. One of Ono's well known examples is when she took a fly as her alter ego and was inspired by this for her work.[10] Maciunas invited Ono to join the Fluxus group, but she declined because she wanted to remain an independent artist.[11] John Cage was one of the most important influences on Ono's performance art. It was her relationship to Ichiyanagi Toshi, who was a pupil of John Cage's legendary class of Experimental Composition at the New School, that would introduce her to the unconventional avant-garde, neo-Dadaism of John Cage and his protégés in New York City.
Almost immediately after John Cage finished teaching at the New School for Social Research in the summer of 1960, Ono was determined to rent a place to present her works along with the work of other New York avant-garde artists. She eventually found a cheap loft in downtown Manhattan at 112 Chambers Street that she used as a studio and living space.[12] Composer La Monte Young urged Ono to let him organize concerts in the loft, and Ono agreed.[12] Both artists began organizing a series of events in Ono's loft, and both Young and Ono claimed to have been the primary curator of these events,[13] but Ono claims to have been eventually pushed into a subsidiary role by Young.[14] The Chambers Street series hosted some of Ono's earliest conceptual artwork including Painting to Be Stepped On, which was a scrap of canvas on the floor that became a completed artwork upon the accrual of footprints. Ono suggested that a work of art no longer needed to be mounted on a wall, inaccessible, but an irregular piece of canvas to be completed by being stepped on by viewers
Ono was an explorer of conceptual art and performance art. An example of her performance art is "Cut Piece" (this instance of performance art is also known as a "happening"), first performed in 1964 at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo. Cut Piece had one destructive verb as its instruction: "Cut." Ono executed the performance in Tokyo by walking on stage and casually kneeling on the floor in a draped garment. Audience members were requested to come on stage and begin cutting until she was naked. Ono performed this piece again in London and other venues, garnering drastically different attention depending on the audience. In Japan, the audience was typically shy and cautious, while London participators were a bit more zealous.
An example of her conceptual art includes her book of instructions called Grapefruit. First published in 1964, the book includes surreal, Zen-like instructions that are to be completed in the mind of the reader, for example: "Hide and seek Piece: Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies." An example of Heuristic art, Grapefruit was published several times, most widely distributed by Simon and Schuster in 1971, and reprinted by them again in 2000. Many of the scenarios in the book would be enacted as performance pieces throughout Ono's career and have formed the basis for her art exhibitions, including one highly publicized show at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, that was nearly closed when besieged by excited Beatle fans who broke several of the art pieces and flooded the toilets.[15]
In addition to conceptual art, Ono has also created participatory art, including her 1996 project entitled "Wish Tree" in Japan.
- "Wish Piece by Yoko Ono (1996)
- Make a wish
- Write it down on a piece of paper
- Fold it and tie it around a branch of a Wish Tree
- Ask your friends to do the same
- Keep wishing
- Until the branches are covered with wishes".[16]
Ono was also an experimental filmmaker who made sixteen films between 1964 and 1972, and gained particular renown for a 1966 Fluxus film called simply No. 4, but often referred to as "Bottoms."[17] The film consists of a series of close-ups of human buttocks as the subject walks on a treadmill. The screen is divided into four almost equal sections by the elements of the gluteal cleft and the horizontal gluteal crease. The soundtrack consists of interviews with those who are being filmed as well as those considering joining the project. In 1996, the watch manufacturing company Swatch produced a limited edition watch that commemorates this film. (Ono also acted in an obscure exploitation film in 1965, Satan's Bed.)[18]
John Lennon once described her as "the world's most famous unknown artist: everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does."[19] Her circle of friends in the New York art world has included Kate Millett, Nam June Paik, Dan Richter, Jonas Mekas, Merce Cunningham, Judith Malina, Erica Abeel, Fred DeAsis, Peggy Guggenheim, Betty Rollin, Shusaku Arakawa, Adrian Morris, Stefan Wolpe, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol, as well as Maciunas and Young.
In 2001, YES YOKO ONO, a forty-year retrospective of Ono's work, received the prestigious International Association of Art Critics USA Award for Best Museum Show Originating in New York City, considered one of the highest accolades in the museum profession. In 2002 Ono was awarded the Skowhegan Medal for work in assorted media.[20] In 2005 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Japan Society of New York.[21]
Ono received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Liverpool University in 2001. In 2002, she was presented with the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Bard College.[22]
In 2008, she showed a large retrospective exhibition, Between The Sky And My Head, at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, UK.
In 2009, she showed a selection of new and old work as part of her show "Anton's Memory" in Venice, Italy.[23] She also received a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement from the Venice Biennale in 2009.[24]
Wish Tree, her installation in the Sculpture Garden – Museum of Modern Art, New York (since July 2010), has become very popular with contributions from all over the world.
In 2012, Ono was the winner of the 2012 Oskar Kokoschka Prize, Austria's highest award for applied contemporary art.[25]
Life with John Lennon[link]
Two versions exist of how Lennon met Ono. According to the first, on 9 November 1966 Lennon went to the Indica Gallery in London, where Ono was preparing her conceptual art exhibit, and they were introduced by gallery owner John Dunbar.[26] Lennon was intrigued by Ono's "Hammer A Nail": patrons hammered a nail into a wooden board, creating the art piece. Although the exhibition had not yet begun, Lennon wanted to hammer a nail into the clean board, but Ono stopped him. Dunbar asked her, "Don't you know who this is? He's a millionaire! He might buy it." Ono had supposedly not heard of The Beatles, but relented on condition that Lennon pay her five shillings, to which Lennon replied, "I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail in."[27] The second version, told by McCartney, is that in late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on called Notations. McCartney declined to give her any of his own manuscripts, but suggested that Lennon might oblige. When asked, Lennon gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word".[28]
Ono began telephoning and calling at Lennon's home, and when his wife asked for an explanation, he explained that Ono was only trying to obtain money for her "avant-garde bullshit".[29] In May 1968, while his wife was on holiday in Greece, Lennon invited Ono to visit. They spent the night recording what would become the Two Virgins album, after which, he said, they "made love at dawn."[30] When Lennon's wife returned home, she found Ono wearing her bathrobe and drinking tea with Lennon who simply said, "Oh, hi."[31] Ono became pregnant in 1968 and miscarried a male child they named John Ono Lennon II on 21 November 1968,[32] a few weeks after Lennon's divorce from Cynthia was granted.[33]
During Lennon's last two years in The Beatles, he and Ono began public protests against the Vietnam War. They were married in Gibraltar on 20 March 1969, and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for peace. They planned another Bed-In in the United States, but were denied entry,[34] so held one instead at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where they recorded "Give Peace a Chance".[35] They often combined advocacy with performance art, as in their "Bagism", first introduced during a Vienna press conference. Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles' song "The Ballad of John and Yoko".[36] Lennon changed his name by deed poll on 22 April 1969, adding "Ono" as a middle name. Although he used the name John Ono Lennon thereafter, official documents referred to him as John Winston Ono Lennon, since he was not permitted to revoke a name given at birth.[37] After Ono was injured in a car accident, Lennon arranged for a king-sized bed to be brought to the recording studio as he worked on The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road.[38]
Ono and Lennon collaborated on many albums, beginning in 1968 when Lennon was still a Beatle, with Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins, an album of experimental electronic music. That same year, the couple contributed an experimental piece to The White Album called "Revolution 9." Ono also contributed backing vocals (on "Birthday"), and one line of lead vocals (on "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill") to The White Album. Many of the couple's later albums were released under the name the Plastic Ono Band. The couple also appeared together at concerts. When Lennon was invited to play with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore on June 5, 1971, Ono joined in as well.
In 1969, the Plastic Ono Band's first album, Live Peace in Toronto 1969, was recorded during the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. In addition to Lennon and Ono, this first incarnation of the group consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bass player Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White. The first half of their performance consisted of rock standards, and during the second half, Ono took the microphone and along with the band performed an avant garde set, ending with music that consisted mainly of feedback, while Ono screamed and sang.[39]
Ono released her first solo album, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band in 1970, as a companion piece to Lennon's better-known John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The two albums have almost identical covers: Ono's featured a photo of her leaning on Lennon, and Lennon's had a photo of him leaning on Ono. Her album included raw and quite harsh vocals that were possibly influenced by Japanese opera, but bear much in common with sounds in nature (especially those made by animals) and free jazz techniques used by wind and brass players. The performers included Ornette Coleman and other renowned free jazz performers. The personnel was supplemented by John Lennon, Ringo Starr and minor performers. Some songs consisted of wordless vocalizations, in a style that would influence Meredith Monk, and other musical artists who have used screams and vocal noise in lieu of words. The album peaked at No. 183 on the US charts.
In 1971, Ono released Fly – a double album. On this release Ono explored slightly more conventional psychedelic rock with tracks like "Midsummer New York" and "Mind Train," in addition to a number of Fluxus experiments. She also received minor airplay with the ballad "Mrs. Lennon". Perhaps the most famous track from the album is "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)," an ode to Ono's kidnapped daughter.
In 1971, while studying with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Majorca, Ono's second husband, Anthony Cox, accused Ono of abducting their daughter Kyoko from his hotel. A large number of accusations were then made by both parents toward each other and the matter of custody. Cox eventually moved to Houston, Texas, and converted to Evangelical Christianity with his new wife, who was originally from Houston. At the end of 1971, a custody hearing in Houston went against Cox. In violation of the order, he took Kyoko and disappeared.[citation needed] Ono then launched a search for her daughter with the aid of the police and private investigators.[40] Ono wrote a song about her daughter, "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)," which appears on Lennon and Ono's album Live Peace In Toronto 1969 and her album Fly. Both versions feature Eric Clapton on guitar. Kyoko is also referenced on the first line of "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" when Yoko whispers "Happy Christmas Kyoko" followed by Lennon whispering "Happy Christmas Julian."
Both the press and the public were critical of her. She was blamed for the breakup of The Beatles and repeatedly criticized for her influence over Lennon and his music. Her experimental art was not popularly understood.[2] After the Beatles disbanded, Lennon and Ono cohabited in London and then in New York. Their relationship was strained by the threat of deportation Lennon faced (due to drug charges filed in Britain), and Ono's separation from her daughter. The couple separated in 1973 and the two began living separate lives, Ono pursuing her career in New York and Lennon living in Los Angeles with personal assistant May Pang in a period commonly referred to as his "lost weekend."
In 1975, the couple reconciled. Their son, Sean, was born on Lennon's 35th birthday, October 9, 1975. After Sean's birth, the couple lived in relative seclusion at the Dakota in New York. Sean has since followed in his parents' footsteps with a musical career, doing solo work and also forming a band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.[41]
John Lennon retired from music to become a househusband caring for their child, until shortly before his murder in December 1980, which Ono witnessed at close range. Ono has stated that the couple were thinking about going out to dinner (after spending several hours in a recording studio), but were returning to their apartment instead, because John wanted to see Sean before he was put to bed.[42] Following the murder, Ono went into complete seclusion for an extended period.
Following Lennon's murder, Cox and Kyoko sent a message of sympathy to Ono, but did not reveal their location. Ono later printed an open letter to Kyoko saying how she missed her, but that she would cease her attempts to find her.[43] Kyoko would later appear on the 1987 title track of American English by the British pop band Wax.
Memorials[link]
Ono funded the construction and maintenance of the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City's Central Park, across from where they lived and Lennon died. It was officially dedicated on October 9, 1985, what would have been his 45th birthday. In 1990, Ono collaborated with music consultant Jeff Pollack to honor what would've been Lennon's 50th birthday with a worldwide broadcast of "Imagine". Over one thousand stations in over fifty countries participated in the simultaneous broadcast. Ono felt the timing was perfect considering the escalating conflicts in the Middle East as well as Eastern Europe and Germany.[44] In 2000, she founded the John Lennon Museum in Saitama, Saitama, Japan. On October 9, 2007, Ono dedicated a new memorial called the Imagine Peace Tower, located on the island of Viðey, 1 km outside the Skarfabakki harbour in Reykjavík in Iceland. Each year, between October 9 and December 8, it projects a vertical beam of light high into the sky. In 2009, Ono created an exhibit called John Lennon: THE NEW YORK CITY YEARS for the NYC Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex. The exhibit uses music, photographs and personal items to depict Lennon's life in New York. A portion of the cost of each ticket to the exhibition is donated to Spirit Foundation, a charitable foundation set up by Lennon and Ono.[45]
Musical career[link]
Ono collaborated with experimental luminaries such as John Cage and jazz legend Ornette Coleman. In 1961, years before meeting Lennon, she had her first major public performance in a concert at the 258-seat Carnegie Recital Hall (not the larger "Main Hall"). This concert featured radical experimental music and performances. She had a second engagement at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1965, in which she debuted "Cut Piece."[46]
In early 1980, Lennon heard Lene Lovich and The B-52's' "Rock Lobster" in a nightclub, and it reminded him of Ono's musical sound. He took this as an indication that her sound had reached the mainstream.[47] Indeed, many musicians, particularly those of the new wave movement, have paid tribute to Ono (both as an artist in her own right, and as a muse and iconic figure). For example, Elvis Costello recorded a version of Ono's song "Walking on Thin Ice," the B-52's who drew from her early recordings[2] covered "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" (shortening the title to "Don't Worry") and Sonic Youth included a performance of Ono's early conceptual "Voice Piece for Soprano" in their experimental album SYR4: Goodbye 20th century. One of Barenaked Ladies's best-known songs is "Be My Yoko Ono", and Dar Williams recorded a song called "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono." The punk rock singer Patti Smith invited Ono to participate in "Meltdown," a two-week music festival that Smith organized in London; Ono performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Ono were in the studio working on Ono's song Walking on Thin Ice. When they returned to The Dakota, their home in New York City, Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan who had been stalking Lennon for two months. "Walking on Thin Ice (For John)" was released as a single less than a month later, and became Ono's first chart success, peaking at No. 58 and gaining major underground airplay. In 1981, she released the album Season of Glass with the striking cover photo of Lennon's bloody spectacles next to a half-filled glass of water, with a window overlooking Central Park in the background. This photograph sold at an auction in London in April 2002 for about $13,000. In the liner notes to Season of Glass, Ono explained that the album is not dedicated to Lennon because "he would have been offended—he was one of us." The album received highly favorable reviews[2] and reflected the public's mood after Lennon's assassination.[48]
Four months after her husband's murder, Ono began a relationship with antiques dealer and interior designer Sam Havadtoy, which lasted until 2001. She had also been linked to art dealer and Greta Garbo confidante Sam Green, who is mentioned in Lennon's will.[49] In 1982, she released It's Alright (I See Rainbows). The cover featured Ono in her famous wrap-around sunglasses, looking towards the sun, while on the back the ghost of Lennon looks over her and their son. The album scored minor chart success and airplay with the singles "My Man" and "Never Say Goodbye".
In 1984, a tribute album titled Every Man Has a Woman was released, featuring a selection of Ono songs performed by artists such as Elvis Costello, Roberta Flack, Eddie Money, Rosanne Cash and Harry Nilsson. It was one of Lennon's projects that he never got to finish. Later that year, Ono and Lennon's final album, Milk and Honey, was released as an unfinished demo.
Ono's final album of the 1980s was Starpeace, a concept album that she intended as an antidote to Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense system. On the cover, a warm, smiling Ono holds the Earth in the palm of her hand. Starpeace became Ono's most successful non-Lennon effort: the single "Hell in Paradise" was a hit, reaching No. 16 on the US dance charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as major airplay on MTV.
In 1986, Ono set out on a goodwill world tour for Starpeace, mostly visiting Eastern European countries.
Ono went on hiatus until signing with Rykodisc in 1992 to release the comprehensive six-disc box set Onobox. It included remastered highlights from all of Ono's solo albums, as well as unreleased material from the 1974 "lost weekend" sessions. There was also a one-disc "greatest hits" release of highlights from Onobox, simply titled Walking on Thin Ice. That year, she agreed to sit down for an extensive interview with music journalist Mark Kemp for a cover story in the alternative music magazine Option. The story took a revisionist look at Ono's music for a new generation of fans more accepting of her role as a pioneer in the merger of pop and the avant-garde.
In 1994, Ono produced her own musical entitled New York Rock, featuring Broadway renditions of her songs. In 1995, she released Rising, a collaboration with her son Sean and his band, Ima. Rising spawned a world tour that traveled through Europe, Japan and the United States. The following year, she collaborated with various alternative rock musicians for an EP entitled Rising Mixes. Guest remixers of Rising material included Cibo Matto, Ween, Tricky, and Thurston Moore.
In 1997, Rykodisc reissued all her solo albums on CD, from Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band through Starpeace. Ono and her engineer Rob Stevens personally remastered the audio, and various bonus tracks were added including outtakes, demos and live cuts.
2001 saw the release of Ono's feminist concept album Blueprint for a Sunrise. In 2002, Yoko joined The B-52's in New York for their 25th anniversary concerts. She came out for the encore and performed Rock Lobster with the band. Starting in 2002, some DJs remixed other Ono songs for dance clubs. For the remix project, she dropped her first name and became known as simply "ONO," as a response to the "Oh, no!" jokes that dogged her throughout her career. Ono had great success with new versions of "Walking on Thin Ice", remixed by top DJs and dance artists including Pet Shop Boys, Orange Factory, Peter Rauhofer, and Danny Tenaglia. In April 2003, Ono's Walking on Thin Ice (Remixes) was rated No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's "Dance/Club Play Chart", gaining Ono her first number one hit. On the 12" mix of the original 1981 version of "Walking on Thin Ice", Lennon can be heard remarking "I think we've just got your first No.1, Yoko." She returned to No. 1 on the same charts in November 2004 with "Everyman...Everywoman...," a reworking of her song "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him", in January 2008, with "No No No," and in August 2008, with "Give Peace a Chance." In June 2009, at the age of 76, Ono scored her fifth No. 1 hit on the "Dance/Club Play Chart" with "I'm Not Getting Enough."
Ono released the album Yes, I'm a Witch in 2007, a collection of remixes and covers from her back catalog by various artists including The Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Antony, DJ Spooky, Porcupine Tree and Peaches, released in February 2007, along with a special edition of Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band.[50] Yes I'm a Witch has been critically well-received.[51] A similar compilation of Ono dance remixes entitled Open Your Box was also released in April of that year.[52]
In 2009, Ono recorded Between My Head and the Sky, her first album to be released as "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" since 1973's Feeling the Space. The all-new Plastic Ono Band lineup includes Sean Lennon, Cornelius and Yuka Honda amongst others. On February 16, 2010, Sean organized a concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music called "We Are Plastic Ono Band," at which Yoko performed her music with Sean, Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Jim Keltner, for the first time since the 1970s. Guests including Bette Midler, Paul Simon and his son Harper, and principal members of Sonic Youth interpreted her songs in their own styles.[53]
During her career, Ono has collaborated with a diverse group of artists and musicians including John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada, Naoki Shimizu and Yoko Araki), Frank Zappa, Sean Lennon, Yuka Honda, Jim Keltner, Earl Slick, Peaches, John Cage, David Tudor, George Maciunas, Ornette Coleman, Charlotte Moorman, George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, Jonas Mekas, Fred DeAsis, Yvonne Rainer, La Monte Young, Richard Maxfield, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Yo La Tengo, and Andy Warhol (in 1987 Ono was one of the speakers at Warhol's funeral). As a dance music artist, Ono has worked with re-mixers/producers such as Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys, Cat Power, Bill Kates, Tricky, Thurston Moore, Keiji Haino, Nick Vernier Band, Cibo Matto, Billy Martin, DJ Spooky, Apples In Stereo, Damien Price, The Flaming Lips, DJ Chernobyl, Bimbo Jones, DJ Dan, Craig Armstrong, Jorge Artajo, Shuji Nabara, and Konrad Behr, among others.
2000s[link]
At the Liverpool Biennial in 2004, Yoko flooded the city with banners, bags, stickers, postcards, flyers, posters and badges, with two images: one of a woman's naked breast, the other of the same woman's vulva. The piece, titled "My Mummy Was Beautiful", was dedicated to Lennon's mother, Julia, who had died when Lennon was a teenager. According to Ono, the work was meant to be innocent, not shocking. She was attempting to replicate the experience of a baby looking up at his or her mother's body: the mother's pudendum and breasts are a child's introduction to humanity. It was created in the spirit of, and seems inspired by Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du monde.[citation needed]
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Ono performed at the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy,[54] wearing white, like many of the others who performed during the ceremony, to symbolize the snow that makes the Winter Olympics possible. She read a free verse poem calling for peace in the world. The poem was an intro to a performance of the song "Imagine", Lennon's anthem to world peace.
On December 13, 2006, Ono's bodyguard was arrested after he was taped trying to extort Ono for two million dollars, threatening to release private conversations and photographs.[55]
On June 26, 2007, Ono appeared on Larry King Live along with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison. Ono headlined the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 14, 2007, performing a full set that mixed music and performance art. She sang "Mulberry", a song about her time in the countryside after the Japanese collapse in World War II for only the third time in her life, with Thurston Moore. Ono had previously performed the song once with John Lennon and once with Sean Lennon and told the audience of thousands that she will never perform it again.[citation needed]
On October 9, 2007 Ono officially lit the Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island in Iceland, dedicated to peace and to Lennon.
Ono returned to Liverpool for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, where she unveiled "Sky Ladders" in the ruins of Church of St Luke, Liverpool (which was largely destroyed during World War II and now stands roofless as a memorial to those killed in the Liverpool Blitz).[56]
In May 2009, Yoko designed a T-shirt for the second 'Fashion against AIDS' campaign/collection of HIV/AIDS awareness NGO Designers against AIDS and H&M, with the statement 'Imagine Peace' depicted in 21 different languages.[57]
On March 31, 2009, Yoko Ono went to the inauguration of the exhibition: "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko" to mark the 40th anniversary of Lennon-Ono bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada from May 26 to June 2, 1969.[citation needed]
Ono appeared on-stage at Microsoft's June 1, 2009 E3 press conference with Olivia Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to promote The Beatles: Rock Band video game.[58]
Ono appears on the new Basement Jaxx album Scars, featuring on the single "Day of the Sunflowers (We March On)".[59]
2010s[link]
On February 16, 2010, Ono revived an early Plastic Ono Band line-up with Eric Clapton and special guests including Paul Simon and Bette Midler.[60] (See "Musical career" above.) On April 1, 2010, she was named the first "Global Autism Ambassador" by the Autism Speaks organization.[61] Ono appeared with Ringo Starr on July 7, 2010 at New York's Radio City Music Hall in celebration of Starr's 70th birthday, performing "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Give Peace a Chance".[62] On October 2, 2010, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band performed at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California with special guest Lady GaGa.[63]
On her 78th Birthday, February 18, 2011, Ono took out a full page advert in the UK free newspaper Metro for 'Imagine Peace 2011'. It took the form of an open letter, inviting people to think of, and wish for, peace.[64] With son Sean, she held a benefit concert to aid in the relief efforts for earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan on March 27 in New York City.[65] In July 2011, Ono was awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize for her contributions in art and for peace.[66] In December 2011, she was awarded the Austrian 20,000-euro ($26,100) Oskar-Kokoschka-Prize.[67]
Political activism[link]
Since the 1960s, Ono has been an activist for peace and human rights. After their wedding, Lennon and Ono held a "Bed-In for Peace" in their honeymoon suite at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in March 1969. The press fought to get in, presuming that the two would be having sex for their cameras, but they instead found a pair of newlyweds wearing pajamas and eager to talk about and promote world peace. Another Bed-In in May 1969 at the Queen Elizabeth Fairmont in Montreal, Canada, resulted in the recording of their first single, "Give Peace A Chance", a Top 20 hit for the newly christened Plastic Ono Band. Other demonstrations with John included Bagism. Introduced in Vienna, Bagism encouraged a disregard for physical appearance in judging others.
In the 1970s, Ono and Lennon became close to many radical leaders, including Bobby Seale, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Michael X, John Sinclair (for whom they organized a benefit after he was imprisoned), Angela Davis, Kate Millett, and David Peel. They appeared on The Mike Douglas Show and took over hosting duties for a week, during which Ono spoke at length about the evils of racism and sexism. Ono remained outspoken in her support of feminism, and openly bitter about the racism she had experienced from rock fans, especially in the United Kingdom. For example, an Esquire article of the period was titled "John Rennon's Excrusive Gloupie" and featured an unflattering David Levine cartoon.
In 2002, Ono inaugurated her own peace award, The LennonOno Grant for Peace, by giving $50,000 (£31,900) prize money to artists living "in regions of conflict." Israeli and Palestinian artists were the first recipients. The award is given out every two years, in conjunction with the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower.[68]
On Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2003, on the eve of the Iraqi invasion by the Americans and the British, Ono heard about a romantic couple holding a love-in protest in their tiny bedroom in Addingham, West Yorkshire. She sent the couple, Andrew and Christine Gale, some flowers and wished them the best.[69]
In 2004, Ono remade her song "Everyman... Everywoman..." to support same-sex marriage, releasing remixes that included "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him" and "Every Woman Has a Woman Who Loves Her."
Relationship with Paul McCartney[link]
In 2005, Ono said, "People like to picture Paul and me in a boxing ring, feuding all the time, otherwise it's not exciting or interesting for them. People need light-hearted topics like me and Paul fighting to escape all the horror of the world, but it's not true anymore."[70] However, they have publicly disagreed on several issues.
In late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book John Cage was working on.[71] She met McCartney who declined to give her any of his own manuscripts for the book. John Lennon later gave Ono the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word", which were subsequently reproduced in Cage's book Notations published in 1969.[28]
Writing credit on Beatles songs was another issue. While the group was together, every song written by Lennon or McCartney was credited as Lennon–McCartney regardless of whether the song was a collaboration or written solely by one of the two (except for those appearing on their first album, Please Please Me, which credited the songs to McCartney–Lennon). In 1976, McCartney released a live album called Wings Over America which credited the five Beatles tracks he included as P. McCartney–J. Lennon compositions. Neither Lennon nor Ono objected. After Lennon's death, McCartney once again attempted to change the order to "McCartney–Lennon" for songs such as "Yesterday" that were solely or predominantly written by him,[72] but Ono would not allow it, saying she felt this broke an agreement that the two had made while Lennon was still alive. However, McCartney argued that such an agreement never existed. The two other Beatles agreed that the credits should remain as they always had been and McCartney withdrew his request. On the 1998 John Lennon anthology, Lennon Legend, the composer credit of "Give Peace a Chance" was changed to "John Lennon" from its original composing credit of Lennon–McCartney. Although the song was written by Lennon during his tenure with the Beatles it was both written and recorded without the help of the band and released as Lennon's first independent single under the "Plastic Ono Band" moniker. Lennon subsequently expressed regret that he had not given co-writing credit to Ono instead, who actually helped him write the song.[73] In 2002, McCartney released another live album, Back in the U.S. Live 2002, and the 19 Beatles' songs included are described as "composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon".
In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song "Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city. Of Ono, McCartney stated: "I thought she was a cold woman. I think that's wrong ... she's just the opposite ... I think she's just more determined than most people to be herself."
In 1997, Ono compared Lennon to Mozart while McCartney, she said, more closely resembled his less-talented rival Salieri.[74] This remark infuriated Linda McCartney, who was battling breast cancer at the time. When she died less than a year later, McCartney pointedly did not invite Ono to a New York memorial service for her.[75]
Accepting an award at the 2005 Q Awards, Ono mentioned that Lennon had once felt insecure about his songwriting, and asked her why other musicians "always cover Paul's songs, and never mine".[70] Ono had responded, "You're a good songwriter; it's not June with spoon that you write. You're a good singer, and most musicians are probably a little bit nervous about covering your songs".[76] McCartney responded by saying, "I don’t take any notice of her. She’s John’s wife so I have to respect her for that, but I don’t think she’s the brightest of buttons. She’s said some particularly daft things in her time. Her life is dedicated to putting me down but I attempt very strongly not to put her down."[77] Ono later issued a statement claiming she did not mean any offense, as her comment was an attempt to console her husband, not attack McCartney; she went on to insist that she respected McCartney and that it was the press who had taken her comments out of context. "[70] At the June 2006 Las Vegas premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Beatles performance "Love", pictures were taken of her and Paul hugging. They appeared again together in July 2007 for the show's first anniversary.
Relationship with Cynthia Lennon[link]
Ono's relationship with John Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Lennon remains strained. In her 2006 biography, John, (London: Hodder; U.S.: Crown Publishing) Cynthia Lennon portrays Ono as a selfish, spiteful woman. In the book, she describes learning about Ono's control over John (who referred to Ono as "mother") in the period in the mid-1970s when Ono chose May Pang to be John's companion. Cynthia hypothesizes that John had a "mother complex," allowing himself to be dominated by strong women and draws a parallel between his relationship with Ono and that with his domineering aunt Mimi Smith in childhood.[verification needed]
Discography[link]
Albums[link]
(number indicates U.S. chart peak positions)
- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970) No. 182
- Fly (1971) No. 199
- Approximately Infinite Universe (1972) No. 193
- Feeling the Space (1973)
- A Story (1974) (Unreleased until 1997)
- Season of Glass (1981) No. 49
- It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982) No. 98
- Starpeace (1985)
- Rising (1995)
- Blueprint for a Sunrise (2001)
- Yes, I'm a Witch (2007)
- Open Your Box (2007)
- Between My Head and the Sky (2009)
Albums with John Lennon[link]
- Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (1968) No. 124
- Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions (1969) No. 174
- Wedding Album (1969) No. 178
- Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) No. 10
- Some Time in New York City (1972) No. 48
- Double Fantasy (1980) No. 1
- Milk and Honey (1984) No. 11
Compilations, Soundtrack albums and EPs[link]
- Onobox (1992)
- Walking on Thin Ice (1992)
- New York Rock (1994) (Original cast recording)
- Rising Mixes (1996)
- Don't Stop Me! EP (2009)
Tribute albums[link]
- Every Man Has a Woman (1984)
- Mrs. Lennon (2010)
Singles[link]
| Year | Song | UK | U.S. Dance | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "Mrs. Lennon"/"Midsummer New York" | - | - | Fly |
| "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" | - | - | ||
| 1972 | "Now or Never"/"Move on Fast" | - | - | Approximately Infinite Universe |
| "Mind Train"/"Listen, the Snow Is Falling" | - | - | — | |
| 1973 | "Death of Samantha"/"Yang Yang" | - | - | Approximately Infinite Universe |
| "Josejoi Banzai (Part 2)" (Japan-only) | - | - | — | |
| "Woman Power"/"Men, Men, Men" | - | - | Feeling the Space | |
| "Run, Run, Run"/"Men, Men, Men" | - | - | ||
| 1974 | "Yume O Motou (Let's Have A Dream)"/"It Happened" (Japan-only release) | - | - | — |
| 1981 | "Walking on Thin Ice"/"It Happened" | 35 | 13 | Season of Glass (1997 re-release), Double Fantasy (2000 re-release) |
| "No, No, No"/"Will You Touch Me" | - | - | Season of Glass | |
| 1982 | "My Man"/"Let The Tears Dry" | - | - | It's Alright (I See Rainbows) |
| "Never Say Goodbye"/"Loneliness" | - | - | ||
| 1985 | "Hell in Paradise"/"Hell in Paradise" (instrumental) | - | 12 | Starpeace |
| "Cape Clear"/"Walking on Thin Ice" (promo) | - | - | ||
| 2001 | "Open Your Box" (remixes) | 144 | 25 | remixes compiled on Open Your Box (2007) |
| 2002 | "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (remixes) | - | 20 | |
| "Yang Yang" (remixes) | - | 17 | ||
| 2003 | "Walking on Thin Ice" (remixes) | 35 | 1 | |
| "Will I" (remixes)/"Fly" (remixes) | - | 19 | ||
| 2004 | "Hell in Paradise" (remixes) | - | 4 | |
| "Everyman… Everywoman…" (remixes) | - | 1 | ||
| 2007 | "You’re the One" (remixes) | - | 2 | |
| "No, No, No" (remixes) | - | 1 | ||
| 2008 | "Give Peace a Chance" (remixes) | - | 1 | |
| 2009 | "I'm Not Getting Enough" (remixes) | - | 1 | |
| 2010 | "Give Me Something" (remixes) | - | 1 | |
| "Wouldnit (I'm a Star)" (remixes) | - | 1 | — | |
| 2011 | "Move on Fast" (remixes) | - | 1 | — |
| "Talking to the Universe" (remixes) | - | 1 | — | |
| 2012 | "She Gets Down on Her Knees" (remixes) | - | 5 | — |
B-Side appearances on John Lennon singles[link]
- "Remember Love" (on "Give Peace a Chance") (1969)
- "Don't Worry, Kyoko" (on "Cold Turkey") (1969)
- "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (on "Instant Karma!") (1970)
- "Why" (on "Mother") (1971)
- "Open Your Box" (on "Power to the People") (1971)
- "Listen, the Snow is Falling" (on "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)") (1971)
- "Sisters O Sisters" (on "Woman Is the Nigger of the World") (1972)
- "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (on "(Just Like) Starting Over") (1980)
- "Beautiful Boys" (on "Woman") (1981)
- "Yes, I'm Your Angel" (on "Watching the Wheels") (1981)
- "O'Sanity" (on "Nobody Told Me") (1984)
- "Your Hands (あなたの手）" (on "Borrowed Time") (1984)
- "Sleepless Night" (on "I'm Stepping Out") (1984)
- "It's Alright" (on "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him") (1985)
Bibliography[link]
- Grapefruit (1964)
- Summer of 1980 (1983)
- ただの私 (Tada-no Watashi – Just Me!) (1986)
- The John Lennon Family Album (1990)
- Instruction Paintings (1995)
- Grapefruit Juice (1998)
- YES YOKO ONO (2000)
- Odyssey of a Cockroach (2005)
- Imagine Yoko (2005)
- Memories of John Lennon (editor) (2005)
Films[link]
- Satans Bed (as an actress)
- Eye blink (1966, 5 mins)
- Bottoms (1966, 5½ mins)
- Match (1966, 5 mins)
- Cut Piece (1965, 9 mins)
- Wrapping Piece (1967, approx. 20 mins., music by Delia Derbyshire)
- Film No. 4 (Bottoms) (1966/1967, 80 mins)
- Bottoms, advertisement/commercial (1966/1967, approx. 2 mins)
- Two Virgins (1968, approx. 20 mins), a portrait film: superimpositions of John’s and Yoko’s faces.
- Film No. Five (Smile) (1968, 51 mins)
- Rape (1969, 77 mins), filmed by Nick Rowland. A young woman is relentlessly pursued by a camera crew.
- Bed-In, (1969, 74 mins)
- Let It Be, (1970, 81 mins)
- Apotheosis (1970, 18½ mins)
- Freedom (1970, 1 min), a slow-motion film showing a woman attempting to take off her bra.
- Fly (1970 (25 mins), a fly crawls slowly across a woman's naked body. Made with Jonas Mekas and premiered at the Cannes film festival in May, 1971.
- Making of Fly (1970, approx. 30 mins)
- Up Your Legs Forever (1970, 70 mins), a film consisting of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.
- Erection (1971, 20 mins), a film of a hotel’s construction over many months based on still photographs by Iain McMillan.
- Imagine (1971, 70 mins)
- Sisters O Sisters (1971, 4 mins)
- Luck of the Irish (1971, approx. 4 mins)
- Flipside (TV show) (1972, approx. 25 mins)
- Blueprint for the Sunrise (2000, 28 mins)
- Onochord (2004, non ending loop).[78]
Notes[link]
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- ^ Yoko Ono at the Internet Movie Database
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- ^ Yoko Ono Biography The Beatles History.com. Retrieved: June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c Murray Sayle, "The Importance of Yoko Ono", JPRI Occasional Paper No. 18, Japan Policy Research Institute, November 2000.
- ^ Wilks, Jon (August 27, 2011). "Yoko Ono interview". http://jonwilks.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/yoko-ono-interview/. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ "Kyoko Ono Cox". Kyoko-ono-cox.fullmoviereview.com. August 8, 1963. http://kyoko-ono-cox.fullmoviereview.com/. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ Doherty, Steve, "Oh, Yes! Yoko Ono Turns 70" People Magazine, March 31, 2003, Vol. 59, No. 12
- ^ Frank, Peter. Yoko Ono: One Woman Show
- ^ Newhall, Edith. "A Long and Winding Road". ARTnews Oct., 2000: 163.
- ^ a b Munroe, Alexandra, and John Hendricks. YES YOKO ONO. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2000. (p. 233)
- ^ Kotz, Liz (Winter, 2001). "Post-Cagean Aesthetics and the "Event" Score". October 95: 55–89. JSTOR 779200.
- ^ Munroe, Alexandra, and John Hendricks. YES YOKO ONO. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2000. (p. 65)
- ^ Pang, May | title=Loving John | publisher=Warner Books (Paperback)| year=1983 | isbn=978-0-446-37916-8|ref=CITEREFPang1983}}
- ^ "a yoko ono website. wishing in yoko ono's art". aiu. http://www.a-i-u.net/wishtree2.html. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062510/
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- ^ "Yoko Ono: Rebirth of a renaissance rebel". Asian heroes section of TIME Magazine's website. From the April 28, 2003 issue of TIME Magazine.
- ^ "Interior Design". Artists in Residence. http://www.interiordesign.net/article/482315-Artists_in_Residence.php. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
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- ^ Image Peace. imaginepeace.com
- ^ "La Biennale di Venezia". 53rd International Art Exhibition: Jury and Awards. http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/archive/exhibition/awards/. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ "Yoko Ono wins prize for applied contemporary art". Acn.liveauctioneers.com. 2012-03-01. http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/people/6723?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ACNlatestnews+%28Auction+Central+News+-+Latest+News%29. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ^ Harry 2000b, p. 682.
- ^ Sheff 1981.
- ^ a b Miles 1997, p. 272.
- ^ Harry 2000b, p. 683.
- ^ Two Virgins liner notes
- ^ Lennon 1978, p. 183.
- ^ Harry 2000b, p. 510.
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- ^ Kruse 2009, p. 16.
- ^ Harry 2000b, p. 276.
- ^ Coleman 1992, p. 550.
- ^ Coleman 1984b, p. 64.
- ^ Emerick & Massey 2006, pp. 279–280.
- ^ "Live Peace In Toronto 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono". Beatles.ncf.ca. http://beatles.ncf.ca/live_peace_in_toronto_p1.html. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Press conference with Lennon and Ono discussing the progress of their search (video)
- ^ H, Erika. "Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl to release debut as Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger; win award for worst band name since Dogs Die in Hot Cars". tinymixtapes.com. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/sean-ono-lennon-and-charlotte-kemp-muhl-release-debut-ghost-saber-tooth-tiger-win-award-worst-b. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Yoko Ono Tells of Last Night With Lennon". http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=entertainment&id=5385885.
- ^ Croce, Maria. "Weekend Life: The Lost Daughter of Ono; I Thought About My Daughter Every Day of My Life" Daily Record April 2000; (Glasgow, Scotland) from Questia Online Library, subscriber access only
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- ^ Petridis, Alexis (February 16, 2007). "Yoko Ono, Yes, I'm a Witch". The Guardian (London). http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2013581,00.html.
- ^ Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys Remix Yoko Ono, 03–05–07
- ^ Pareles, Jon (February 18, 2010). "Review: "Amid All That Experience, Innocence"". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/arts/music/18yoko-xx.html. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ Doug Elfman (February 22, 2006). "Agony of defeat: Coverage of "oh no" Games seems lackluster to callous generation of American viewers". Chicago Sun-Times (Sun-Times Media). http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10FF1139BB6CE7E8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ Nina Pineda (December 13, 2006). "Yoko Ono bodyguard accused of extortion". Eyewitness News. WABC-TV (ABC). http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=4849256. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ Yoko Ono: SKYLADDERS – Articles. Imagine Peace (October 21, 2008). Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
- ^ Designers against AIDS Website. Designersagainstaids.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2012.
- ^ Daniel Radosh (August 16, 2009). "While My Guitar Gently Beeps". The New York Times: p. MM26. ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/magazine/16beatles-t.html. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "Basement Jaxx feat. Yoko Ono – Day Of The Sunflowers (We March On)". Imagine Peace. September 1, 2009. http://imaginepeace.com/archives/7280. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ Rob Harvilla (February 23, 2010). "Oh, Yoko Ono". The Village Voice (Village Voice). http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-02-23/music/oh-yoko-ono/. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "Yoko Ono designated as 1st global autism ambassador". Japan Today (Japan Today). April 1, 2010. http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/yoko-ono-designated-as-1st-global-autism-ambassador. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "Amazing Ringo 70th Birthday show – McCartney, Yoko, Joe Walsh, Little Steven and much more.". Rock Art Show Blog. Rock Art Show. July 8, 2010. http://www.rockartshow.com/blog/amazing-ringo-70th-birthday-show-mccartney-yoko-joe-walsh-little-steven-and-much-more/2010/07/. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ "Lady Gaga Performs With Yoko Ono, Wears Sheer Jumpsuit (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. October 23, 2010. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/lady-gaga-performs-with-y_n_748853.html. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ Metro, page 30, February 18, 2011
- ^ March 27 JAPAN BENEFIT Concert: YOKO ONO, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth, Mike Patton, Cibo Matto & more (Miller Theater Columbia University, NY). Imagine Peace (March 24, 2011). Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
- ^ The Hiroshima Art Prize – Hiroshima MOCA. Hcmca.cf.city.hiroshima.jp (March 28, 2004). Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
- ^ Yoko Ono to be awarded Austrian art prize. Acn.liveauctioneers.com (December 22, 2011). Retrieved on January 1, 2012.
- ^ Imagine Peace. (PDF). taipeitimes.com. December 24, 2008. Retrieved on January 1, 2012.
- ^ "Video Nation – YOKO ONO by Andrew Gale". BBC. March 10, 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/b/bradford_yokoono.shtml. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
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- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica 2008.
- ^ "Talking Point | Lennon-McCartney: Who do you give credit to?". BBC News. 2002-12-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2588861.stm. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon: The Life. Doubleday Canada. p. 608. ISBN 978-0-385-66100-3.
- ^ Garcia, Gilbert. (January 27, 2003) The ballad of Paul and Yoko – Salon.com. Dir.salon.com. Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
- ^ Williams, Precious (May 19, 2002). "Eternal flame". The Scotsman (UK). http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=531072002.
- ^ Herbert, Ian (October 15, 2005). "Yoko Ono claims she was misquoted over McCartney outburst". The Independent (London). http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article319727.ece.
- ^ Stuart Heritage (October 18, 2005). "Paul McCartney Vs Yoko Ono – Handbags At Dawn". Hecklerspray. http://www.hecklerspray.com/paul-mccartney-vs-yoko-ono-handbags-at-dawn/20051382.php. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Ono, Yoko. "Yoko Ono: Onochord on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. http://vimeo.com/1968140. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
References[link]
- John Lennon: One Day at a Time, by Anthony Fawcett (Grove Press, 1976)
- Come Together: John Lennon in His Time, by Jon Wiener (Random House, 1984)
- The Ballad of John and Yoko, by the Editors of Rolling Stone (Rolling Stone Press, 1982)
- Spitz, Bob. The Beatles. Little, Brown, and Company: New York, 2005.
- Kemp, Mark. "She Who Laughs Last: Yoko Ono Reconsidered." (July/Aug, 1992). Option, p. 74–81.
- "Ono apologises for comment." (November 6, 2005). New Sunday Times, p. 29.
- The Rare Films of Yoko Ono: New York 65–66 Fluxus Films + London 66–67, England 68–69, London 69–71, Around the World 69–71, New York 70 – 71 and Ann Arbor/NYC 71–72 + 2000 at the ICA, London, March 2004.
Further reading[link]
- Ayres, Ian (2004). Van Gogh's Ear: Best World Poetry & Prose (Volume 3 includes Yoko Ono's poetry/artwork). Paris: French Connection. ISBN 978-2-914853-02-6.
- Ayres, Ian (2005). Van Gogh's Ear: Best World Poetry & Prose (Volume 4 includes Yoko Ono's poetry/artwork). Paris: French Connection. ISBN 978-2-914853-03-3.
- Clayson, Alan et al. Woman: The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono
- Goldman, Albert. The Lives of John Lennon
- Green, John. Dakota Days
- Hendricks, Geoffrey. Fluxus Codex
- Hendricks, Geoffrey. Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects
- Hopkins, Jerry. Yoko Ono
- Klin, Richard, and Lily Prince, photos. "'I Remembered Carrying a Glass Key to Open the Sky.'" In Something to Say: Thoughts on Art and Politics in America. (Leapfrog Press, 2011)
- Millett, Kate. Flying
- Pang, May (1983). Loving John. Warner Books (Paperback). ISBN 978-0-446-37916-8.
- Norman, Philip, John Lennon : the life, 1st ed., New York : Ecco, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-075401-3.
- Norman, Philip, Days in the life : John Lennon remembered, London : Century, 1990. ISBN 0-7126-3922-5
- Haskell, Barbara. Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects. Exhibition Catalogue. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991.
- Norman, Philip (May 25, 1981). A Talk with Yoko. http://books.google.com/?id=9uUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38.
- Rumaker, Michael. The Butterfly
- Seaman, Frederic. The Last Days of John Lennon
- Sheff, David. John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The Playboy Interviews
- Wiener, Jon. Come Together: John Lennon in His Time
- Wenner, Jann, ed. The Ballad of John and Yoko
- Yoon, Jean. The Yoko Ono Project
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| Name | Lennon, Yoko Ono |
| Alternative names | Ono, Yoko |
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| Date of birth | February 18, 1933 |
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Ryan Seacrest | |
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 Seacrest in The American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World Resort. |
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| Born | Ryan John Seacrest (1974-12-24) December 24, 1974 (age 37) Dunwoody, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Reality and game show host, television and radio personality |
| Years active | 1990–present |
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Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974)[1] is an American radio personality, television host and producer. He is known internationally as host of the top-rated primetime talent showcase American Idol. [2] He has been nominated for an Emmy award in the "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" category for his work on American Idol. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. As a television producer, Seacrest has won an Emmy for the ABC show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. On radio, Seacrest is host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, his market-topping #1 nationally syndicated LA morning drive-time radio show for Clear Channel’s 102.7 KIIS-FM. [3] , as well as a nationally-syndicated Top 40 radio show. [4] Seacrest hosted the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 2007.[5] Seacrest has extensive deals with brand heavyweights Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Microsoft, and has a strategic marketing and technology alliance with Eventful, Inc.
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Early life[link]
Seacrest was born on December 24, 1974, in an Atlanta suburb, Dunwoody, Georgia,[6] the son of Constance Marie (née Zullinger),[7] a homemaker, and Gary Lee Seacrest.[1][8][9] Connie Seacrest told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Instead of playing with G.I. Joes or Cowboys and Indians, [Ryan] would always have a little microphone and do shows in the house."[10] "But people would call my answering machine just to listen to his voice. They thought I had a professional doing it. That's when I thought, this might be bigger than I think it is."[11]
At age fourteen, he attended and soon became the "Voice of Dunwoody High School", as his school's regular morning public address system announcer.[12] "I wore braces and glasses and was fat and got teased about it," Seacrest said, "but I was always very ambitious."[13] At aged 16, while still attending high school, Seacrest won a hard-to-get internship at WSTR FM,[11] in Atlanta, with Tom Sullivan, who trained him in the many aspects of radio. When the regular DJ called in sick, Sullivan put him on the air for the very first show of his broadcasting career.[14] In a surprise phone call the next day, the station owner told Seacrest that, although he was not a professional, his stint of the night before had not been "too bad."[15] Soon he was given the weekend overnight shift at WSTR.[10] Seacrest continued to work on air at WSTR FM until graduating from Dunwoody High School in 1992.[16] Seacrest went on to study journalism at the University of Georgia in the fall of 1992.[11] There, he would continue his radio show at a local Athens station. Seacrest left UGA at age 19 and moved to Hollywood to pursue his broadcasting career.[10]
Career[link]
Early career[link]
In 1993, Seacrest hosted the first season of ESPN's Radical Outdoor Challenge and in 1994, a kids show called Gladiators 2000 was created as a spinoff television show of American Gladiators. Seacrest appeared as the host of the fictional game show Lover's Lane on Beverly Hills, 90210 in "The Final Proof".[17] In the fall of 2000, Seacrest was the host of NBC Saturday Night at the Movies.[18] On Saturdays in the fall of 2000 through the spring of 2001 NBC would dedicate the 8–11 PM EST block to showing a major theatrical film. Seacrest would appear as the host during the commercial breaks. He offered trivia on the film and a chance to win prizes by calling in a specific number. In 2001, he hosted a reality television program, Ultimate Revenge,[7] where elaborate "get even" practical jokes were played on family and friends instigated by their own relatives and friends. The two seasons featured current radio talk show host Karel.[19] It was shown on TNN from 2001 to 2003.[17][20]
[edit] American Idol
In 2002, Seacrest accepted the position as co-host of the hit Fox reality TV series American Idol with comedian Brian Dunkleman. American Idol went on to phenomenal success, putting Seacrest in the national spotlight. The following year, when he became the sole host, Seacrest's on-screen enthusiasm made him an overnight sensation, and the show was seen by some 26 million viewers weekly.[21] In 2003, Seacrest hosted the spin-off show, American Juniors.[22] In July 2009, Seacrest inked a deal with CKX for $45 million to continue to host American Idol, making him the highest paid reality television host to date.[23] In April 2012, Seacrest signed a two-year, $30 million deal to stay on as host of American Idol. [24]
Radio[link]
In January 2004, Seacrest became the new host of the radio program American Top 40,[25] a syndicated weekly countdown show, created and formerly hosted by Casey Kasem. The show was syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. In February 2004, Seacrest became host of Los Angeles radio station KIIS's morning show, replacing long-time host Rick Dees.[26] This show, also known as On Air With Ryan Seacrest, remains on the air. Seacrest is the host, executive producer of this syndicated daily show airing on over 150 stations in North America, with affiliates worldwide.
New Year’s Rockin Eve[link]
In August 2005, it was announced that Seacrest would become executive producer and co-host of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. On December 31, 2005, Seacrest performed much of the show's hosting duties. Dick Clark's role was limited by speech and mobility issues due to his recovery from a stroke. Seacrest also occasionally served as a substitute host on the CNN television program Larry King Live, and co-emceed Larry King's final show with Bill Maher on December 16, 2010.[27] In 2009, ABC renamed the program Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, to reflect Seacrest's role. The 40th Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest, delivered ABC’s biggest New Year’s primetime numbers (9.8 million viewers, 3.0/11 in adults 18-49) in 11 years.[28] Dick Clark passed away on April 18, 2012,[29] and Seacrest publicly remembered his mentor’s impact on his life in a special tribute in The Hollywood Reporter. [30]
E![link]
In January 2006, U.S. cable channel E! announced a three-year, $21 million deal for Seacrest to host and produce various programs, including E! News and its red carpet awards show coverages (E!'s signature piece of original programming).[31] Seacrest remains managing editor of E! News and produces its red carpet awards show coverage but, as of January 2012, he no longer hosts E! News on a daily basis. [32]
In April 2012, Seacrest signed a deal with NBCUniversal expanding his on-air role beyond E! to NBC. He is expected to contribute to the Today Show, Olympics coverage, entertainment programming, as well as news and other special events. Seacrest will remain managing editor of E! News and host and produce its red carpet awards show coverage.[33]
An Associated Press profile portrayed Seacrest as using both the deal with E! and the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve involvement as a springboard towards a long-lasting career in television production and ownership.[34]
Producing[link]
In 2006, Seacrest launched Ryan Seacrest Productions (RSP), which has since become a television production powerhouse. In August 2008, Seacrest named his longtime William Morris Agent, Adam Sher, as C.E.O. of Ryan Seacrest Productions.[35] Comcast had first-look rights for all Ryan Seacrest Productions shows through January 2012.[36] Clear Channel acquired a minority stake in RSP in early 2012, but the company no longer has a first look deal with any network. [37]
RSP produces the hit series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the highest-rated show on the E! network, and the spin-offs Khloe and Lamar, Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. RSP also produced the Emmy Award-winning ABC reality series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. RSP also produced two new reality series in 2012 including Melissa and Tye, which aired on CMT and Shahs of Sunset for Bravo. Bravo announced a second season pick-up of Shahs of Sunset on April 18, 2012, as the show generated solid ratings and lots of attention.[38] RSP's new show Married to Jonas will premiere on August 19th on E!. [39] [40]
Ryan Seacrest Media[link]
In early 2012, Seacrest entered into a joint venture through a holding company, Ryan Seacrest Media, along with HDNet, AEG, and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to rebrand HDNet/HDNet Canada to launch AXS TV (pronounced: access). AXS TV will debut in the summer of 2012, providing viewers with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to live concerts and music festivals, red carpet premieres, award shows, parties, pop culture events, and in-depth interviews with the people and artists who make live entertainment so uniquely fascinating.[41]
On January 31, 2012, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital LLC announced that they would commit up to $300M in capital to Ryan Seacrest Media to buy and develop companies, content and other properties.[42]
Philanthropy[link]
In 2010, Seacrest, along with his family, launched Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for seriously ill and injured children through unique programs that utilize multimedia and interactive platforms. RSF is building broadcast media centers within hospitals for children to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media. RSF has launched two centers at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. [43]In April 2012, Seacrest named Selena Gomez as Ambassador to the foundation. [44]
Personal life[link]
Since the spring of 2010, Seacrest has been romancing Julianne Hough, a professional dancer, actress and singer best known for Dancing with the Stars.[45][46]
Credits[link]
- Radio [17]
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest: Host, executive producer of this syndicated daily show airing on over 150 stations in North America alone, with affiliates worldwide
- American Top 40: Host of this syndicated weekly countdown show
- 2003 Radio Music Awards: Co-host
- 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles: Since 2004, Morning Drive Personality with co-host Ellen K.
- Former: KYSR and WSTR On-Air Personality.
- 98.7 FM 1pm to 4pm
- Film
- Knocked Up as a parody of himself[47][48]
- Get Smart as himself (Host of American Top 40)
- Shrek Forever After as voice of the father of Butter Pants
- Television[17]
- American Idol: Co-Host (season 1); Host (season 2–present)
- American Juniors: Host (2003)
- Bank of Hollywood :Producer (2009–present)
- Channel 1 News: News Anchor/Reporter. Co-anchor Maria Menounos
- Click: Host[17]
- CNET Central: Co-Host
- Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest: Host (2005-present), executive producer
- E! News: co-host
- Super Bowl XLII (2008) Host for pregame and halftime shows
- Gladiators 2000: Co-Host
- Wild Animal Games: Host
- The New Edge: Host
- Ultimate Revenge: Host
- Fear Factor: Contestant
- Reality Check: Jack Craft
- The NBC Saturday Night Movie: Host
- Hey Arnold!: Fighting Families Host
- Larry King Live: Guest host, substitute host
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade: (2005–Present) Host
- America's Party: Live from Las Vegas: Host
- Good Day Live: Guest host
- Disneyland 2000: 45 Years of Magic: Host
- Robot Chicken: (2005) Himself
- 59th Primetime Emmy Awards: Host
- Mind of Mencia: (2005) Himself
- Blind Date: Himself
- Punk'd: Himself
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Executive Producer
- Denise Richards: It's Complicated: Executive Producer
- "2009 Academy Awards" Host on E!
- Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: Executive Producer
- Shahs of Sunset: Executive Producer
- Melissa & Tye: Executive Producer
- Married to Jonas: Executive Producer
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| Birth name | Jason Thomas Mraz |
| Born | (1977-06-23) June 23, 1977 (age 35) Mechanicsville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop rock, blue-eyed soul, alternative rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, mandola, banjo, ukulele, baritone ukulele |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Elektra Records (2002–2005) Atlantic Records (2005–present) |
| Associated acts | Tristan Prettyman, Bushwalla, Jack Johnson, Colbie Calliat |
| Website | jasonmraz.com |
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Jason Mraz ( /məˈræz/;[1] born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z, in 2005, that Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts.
Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "I'm Yours" from the album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million.[2] The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.
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Early life[link]
Jason Mraz was born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia.[3] He is of Czech descent through his grandfather, who moved to the United States from Austria-Hungary in 1915.[4] His surname is Czech for "frost"[4] (Czech: mráz). His parents, Tom (Tomáš) Mraz and June, divorced when he was four years old, but he asserts that he had an idyllic childhood, saying, "My hometown of Mechanicsville was very American. There were white picket fences, a church on every street corner, low crime and virtually no drug use. It was a good place to grow up."[5] He went to Lee Davis High School[6]
Music career[link]
[edit] Live at Java Joe's (2001)
In 2001, Mraz released a live acoustic album, Live at Java Joe's, a coffee-house type place in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego where Jewel also made her debut. Here, Mraz performed with percussionist Noel "Toca" Rivera and bassist Ian Sheridan and felt at home singing and scatting through jazzy-pop songs. He would deliver rapidfire lyrics full of verbal mischief, and he would riff off the crowd like a stand-up comic.[7] The album featured Mraz's free-lancing vocal style and songs he later re-released, including "1000 Things", "You and I Both", and "Halfway Home."
The album was made available to download on iTunes on March 11, 2008, under the title Jason Mraz: Live & Acoustic 2001.
[edit] Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002–2003)
In 2002, Mraz signed a recording contract with Elektra Records. He recorded his first album with the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer producer John Alagía, and Virginia-based roots rock band the Agents Of Good Root.[8] Mraz then released his first major-label debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come. The album was a relative commercial success, peaking at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 200 and at number two on the Top Heatseekers Chart. The lead single from the album, "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" was co-written by music production team The Matrix and it was Mraz's first top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 15.
Mraz's friend and former roommate Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood collaborated on the album, co-writing "Curbside Prophet" and the album's third single, and "I'll Do Anything".
[edit] Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom (2004)
In 2004, while touring, Mraz released a live album and accompanying DVD[9], Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom, a special two-disc set including an audio CD of his concert from Milwaukee's Eagles Ballroom[10] , plus a video DVD of the concert plus tons of backstage footage. Mraz performed with his touring band including drummer Adam King, percussionist Noel "Toca" Rivera and bassist Ian Sheridan and keyboardist Eric Hinojosa along with a guest appearance from Blues Traveler lead John Popper. The Eagles Ballroom (part of The Rave complex) has a capacity of only about 3,200[11] making it possible for Mraz to have significant interaction with the audience, bridging his earlier coffeeshop performances to his later much larger venue concerts.
[edit] Touring and Mr. A–Z (2003–2008)
Mraz opened for Tracy Chapman in March 2003 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In July 2005, Mraz opened for Alanis Morissette during her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour. On July 26, 2005, he released his second major-label album, Mr. A–Z, for Atlantic Records. It entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number 5.[12] In December, the album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while its producer, the prolific Steve Lillywhite, received a nomination for Producer of the Year.[13] In 2006 "Life is Wonderful" the first track of the album was featured in the Hilton Journeys Hotel commercial"
Mraz began his long-running tour in support of Mr. A–Z at the San Diego Music Awards on September 12. The tour featured several opening acts, including Bushwalla and Tristan Prettyman, with whom he had co-written the duet "Shy That Way" in 2002.[14] Mraz and Prettyman dated, ending their relationship in 2006. They also co-wrote the song "All I Want For Christmas is Us".[citation needed] In November 2005, Mraz opened for the Rolling Stones on five dates during their 2005–2006 world tour. Also in 2005, Mraz was one of many singers featured in the fall advertisement campaign for The Gap entitled "Favorites". The music-themed campaign also featured other singers including Tristan Prettyman, Michelle Branch, Joss Stone, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette, Brandon Boyd, and Michelle Williams.[15] In December 2005, Mraz released the first part of his ongoing podcast.
In March 2006, Mraz also performed for the first time at a sold-out performance in Singapore with Noel "Toca" Rivera as part of the annual Mosaic Music Festival.[citation needed] In May 2006, Mraz toured mostly small venues and music festivals in the U.S., along with a few shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The tour included a May 6, 2006 acoustic show with P.O.D., Better Than Ezra, Live, and The Presidents of the United States of America. Mraz was featured as a headlining guest of St. Louis's annual Fair St. Louis and performed a free concert at the base of the Arch on July 1, 2006. During this time, Mraz was also the opening act at several dates for Rob Thomas' Something to Be Tour.
In December 2006, Selections for Friends, the live, online-only album recorded during the Songs for Friends Tour, was released. Selections for Friends features Jason's favorite songs from the Schubas Tavern and Villa Montalvo shows he played in July 2006. Jason Mraz began 2007 by debuting his new single "The Beauty in Ugly", an earlier track penned by Mraz entitled "Plain Jane" that he rewrote for the ABC television program Ugly Betty. The song was featured as a part of ABC's "Be Ugly in '07" campaign.[16] He has since released a song in Spanish entitled "La Nueva Belleza (The New Beauty)".[17]
In 2007, American Idol contestant Chris Richardson performed "Geek in the Pink", which subsequently garnered the song mass recognition and increased downloads at the American iTunes Store. "Geek in the Pink" peaked at No. 22 on the U.S. iTunes Store on March 10, 2007, but it was ineligible for the site's Hot 100.[citation needed] The tape-recording of bootlegs during Mraz's shows is explicitly supported by him and his management.[18] In 2007, he also provided background vocals on Mandy Moore's song "Slummin' in Paradise", of her studio album Wild Hope.
[edit] We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008–2009)
Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. on May 13, 2008, following the April 2008 "Music, Magic, Make Peace" Tour with Bushwalla, The Makepeace Brothers, and magician Justin Willman. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 200, giving Mraz his highest charting album to date. Following the success of its lead single, "I'm Yours", the album broke into the top ten of many international music charts and charted in the top three in Australia and the US.[19]
The first single, "I'm Yours", reached No. 1 on AAA radio charts in the US. The single was a B-side to Mr A-Z, and was made famous by recordings from his live shows. In September 2008, the song became Mraz's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6. As of October 14, 2008, the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, selling in excess of 500,000 copies in the US. The song was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of multiple European charts and topping the charts in New Zealand for six weeks.[20] In 2008, Mraz launched his single "I'm Yours" at the music industry-only event titled Sunset Sessions. Exactly one year later, Jason was nominated for a Grammy on the single.
Mraz and his song "I'm Yours" were nominated for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2009 51st Grammy Awards. The album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 2009. On January 31, 2009, Mraz was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "I'm Yours" and "Lucky", the latter with Colbie Caillat. "Lucky" peaked on the Hot 100 at 48.
With "Make It Mine" and "Lucky", Mraz won two awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, respectively, at the 2010 52nd Grammy Awards.
On June 20, 2009, Mraz was awarded the Hal David Starlight award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.[21]
[edit] Love Is a Four Letter Word (2009–present)
In early 2009, a song titled "Try Try Try" was leaked out into the Internet. The song was later released in 2010 by Michael Squire. New songs have been performed in his recent concerts, some of which have been uploaded onto YouTube. Earlier this year, Jason Mraz spent time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil working with Milton Nascimento. Mraz also recently met and worked with Willie Nelson, whose 'style' is fondly referenced in one of Mraz's early hits "Curbside Prophet."
In November 2009, Mraz posted on his MySpace page plans for a new album to be recorded starting in December, stating "In 2 weeks time I will enter the studio and begin recording the next album. Only a handful of songs are written and slated but the momentum of love is with me. Every day new verses get added on. The songs are coming together piece by piece. The process is unlike any of the other records before this. It's like I'm being gifted the album without having to do the work. I'm creating that in 6 months the project will be complete and then we'll hit the road again with new sounds and new musicians."[22]
In 2010 Mraz spent time in London, England, where he worked on songs for his new album with producer Martin Terefe and wrote with British singer-songwriter Dido.[23]
Mraz contributed vocals for The Grooveline Horns' eponymous EP on the track "Fun", a cover of the Con Funk Shun song, released March 2, 2010.[24]
In August 2010, Mraz had a Q&A interview with Spin magazine. In the interview, he stated the current possible titles for his fourth album are Peace Canoe or The Love Album.[25]
On September 13, 2010, Mraz was featured on the single "Love, Love, Love" by Hope.[26]
On September 28, 2010, Mraz announced the upcoming release of the new "Life Is Good" EP consisting of recordings from his concerts from Maine to the Life is Good Festival in Canton, Massachusetts which will include live recordings of "Coyotes" and multiple new songs, "San Disco Reggaefornia", "Up", "What Mama Say", and "The Freedom Song". The EP was released on October 5, 2010.[27] On the same tour, Mraz also showcased other new songs, such as "Thinking About You", "Love Looks Like" and "In Your Hands".
From December 26, 2010, the official website was updated with a series of images, the first seemingly a sequence of blocks separated by points to indicate a date, and the second image containing a rectangle, circle, triangle and a square, which appear to spell out the word "love." This image was also trademarked. Popular belief was that the "love" image was the beginning of a marketing campaign for a new record.
Appearing on VH1 Top 20 Countdown on March 5, 2011, Jason Mraz noted that he had 12 songs ready to go for the album but then decided they weren't good enough. In July 2011, his team's Twitter feed (@theRKOP) confirmed that his album will be released in early 2012.[28]
JasonMraz.com relaunched in July 2011 with a new design and a message informing fans that a special announcement was imminent. A few days later, it was announced that Mraz would embark on a mini-global tour in September to November 2011, with occasional full band shows, but mostly as an acoustic duo with long time performing partner and friend, Noel "Toca" Rivera. The special shows marked the ten-year anniversary of the independently released Live at Java Joe's album. Mraz played in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Berlin and Prague, and was due to make a festival appearance in Hossegor, France before the festival was cancelled.
On September 19, 2011, Jason Mraz announced via his Facebook page the release of a new single titled "The World as I See It", which is intended to be the theme of the "In Search of Incredible" campaign, accompanied by the song being embedded via YouTube.[29] On September 20, 2011, the single was released on the iTunes music store.[30]
During the fall/winter tour, many songs old and new were showcased. Towards the end of the tour, Mraz announced that 'I Never Knew You' would not be featuring on the new album, suggesting that the final tracklist has been decided on and that the album is on course for release around February 2012.
On December 8, 2011, Mraz told Jeff Benjamin of Billboard that the "album is finished" except for one track he was attempting to re-work as an acoustic version. He described the album as, "It's not a departure in the sound of the genre in any way, it's just different tones, different textures. Musically, I think people are going to like it. It's personal. It's melodic. And it's mellow. There's a couple of up-tempo tunes, but mostly the rhythm of the heartbeat kind of takes precedence on this record. Medium-tempo tunes; which I love. It feels more like the pace of life. At least, based on my life and what I've been doing."[31]
On January 20, 2012, during a performance streamed live from the Bing Bar at the Sundance Film Festival, Mraz told the audience that the album's title is Love Is a Four Letter Word. Mraz released a new single from the album, called "I Won't Give Up", and the single has peaked at No. 1 on iTunes.[when?]
During January 2012, the Dutch online retailer bol.com accidentally released a tracklisting for the forthcoming album, which has been dismissed as being incorrect. On February 28, 2012, Jason released an EP entitled Live Is A Four Letter World. The EP was recorded live in San Diego and contains four tracks (one of which had already been released).[32]
The new album was set to be released on May 8, 2012,[33] however on February 14 it was stated that the new album is set to be released in stores and at all digital retailers on April 17, 2012.[34]
Personal life[link]
Mraz was engaged to singer/songwriter and long-time close friend Tristan Prettyman.[35] On June 7, 2011, Mraz said in an interview with the Daily Beast that he and Prettyman were no longer engaged.[36]
Mraz lives a health-conscious lifestyle and enjoys eating mostly raw vegan foods.[37] He owns an avocado farm in Bonsall in Northern San Diego County. Recently, he acquired the Garden Patch Farms&Orchard in Homer Glen, for its organic strawberries.[38] Mraz is an active supporter of several charities including VH1's Save The Music Foundation, MusiCares, Free the Children, Life Rolls On, SPARC and the Human Rights Campaign.[39] He has been named the 2010 SIMA Humanitarian of the Year. He also received the Clean Water Award in 2010 from the Surfrider Foundation.[40] The same year, he also teamed up with The Nature Conservancy[41] and created a PSA using his song I'm Yours to raise awareness about the non-profit organization's efforts to protect the earth.[42] Jason performed at Farm Aid 2011 on August 13 in Kansas City. He has also advocated LGBT rights.[43]
In 2011, Mraz appeared in the Visit California promotional film[44] aimed at boosting tourism from the UK.
Discography[link]
Main article: Jason Mraz discography
- Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002)
- Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom (2004) + accompanying DVD
- Mr. A-Z (2005)
- We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008)
- Love is a Four Letter Word (2012)
Awards[link]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 2009 | "I'm Yours" | Grammy Award for Song of the Year | Nominated |
| "I'm Yours" | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Won | |
| "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." | Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Nominated | |
| 2010 | "Make It Mine" | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Won |
| "Lucky" | Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Won |
Notes[link]
- ^ See inogolo:pronunciation of Jason Mraz.
- ^ "Marketwire.com". Marketwire.com. February 5, 2009. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Atlantic-Records-946354.html. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ^ Seraceno, Christina. "Jason Mraz Biography". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/jason-mraz-p543198/biography. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Blair, Tom (November 2008). "Dialogue: Jason Mraz". San Diego Magazine. http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/November-2008/Jason-Mraz/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1#artanc. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
- ^ Thrills, Adrian (December 25, 2008). "With fans like the Rolling Stones, singer Jason Mraz won't remain a virtual unknown in the UK for long". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1101729/With-fans-like-Rolling-Stones-singer-Jason-Mraz-wont-remain-virtual-unknown-UK-long.html. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
- ^ "Jason Mraz' background". San Diego Reader Artist Profile. San Diego Reader. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/jason-mraz/. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ [1], International Index of Music Periodicals Retrieved October 27, 2011.
- ^ [2], Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ "Released August 24, 2004". Tonight, Not Again. Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Tonight-Again-Live-Eagles-Ballroom/dp/B0002IQNW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337547452&sr=8-1. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "The Rave Complex includes the Eagles Ballroom". http://www.therave.com/about_the_eagles_ballroom.asp. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Rent the Eagles Ballroom (capacity 3,200)". http://www.myspace.com/performattheraveregional. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ Zahlaway, John (August 12, 2005). "Jason Mraz books headlining fall tour". Live Daily. http://www.livedaily.com/news/Jason_Mraz_books_headlining_fall_tour-8592.html?t=1. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
- ^ "Fast Facts: 48th Annual Grammy Nominees". Fox News. December 8, 2005. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178108,00.html. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
- ^ Jacobs, Jay S (2005). "Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest". http://www.popentertainment.com/tristanprettyman.htm. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
- ^ "GAP Favorites Alanis Morissete, Jos Stone, Destiny's Child sing Michelle Williams and Keith Urban". July 31, 2005. http://news.softpedia.com/news/GAP-Favorites-Alanis-Morissette-Joss-Stone-Destiny-s-Child-singer-Michelle-Williams-and-Keith-Urban-5662.shtml.
- ^ "Jason Mraz: The Beauty in Ugly". iTunes. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=210445555&s=143441.
- ^ "Jason Mraz: La Nueva Belleza". iTunes. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=216664958&s=143441.
- ^ "Jason Mraz". http://www.jasonmraz.com.
- ^ "Charts – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.". http://acharts.us/album/35677.
- ^ "Charts – "I'm Yours"". http://acharts.us/song/34437.
- ^ "Jason Mraz to get Hal David Starlight Award". http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/772.
- ^ "Jason Mraz Myspaces Plans". http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=4818814&blogId=519608759.
- ^ Graff, Gary (September 14, 2009). "Jason Mraz May Turn 'Tons of Material' Into Two New Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/jason-mraz-may-turn-tons-of-material-into-1004111447.story#/news/jason-mraz-may-turn-tons-of-material-into-1004111447.story. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Grooveline Horns EP. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ "Q&A: Jason Mraz". SPIN.com. August 19, 2010. http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-jason-mraz. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Listen to Hope's 'Love Love Love' ft. Jason Mraz!". Atlantic Records. http://www.atlanticrecords.com/news/article/?articleId=8a0af8122af095c2012b0c952c760bb7. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Official Site". Jason Mraz. http://jasonmraz.com/. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "RKOP Twitter Feed". July 24, 2011. http://twitter.com/#!/theRKOP/status/95204557109473280.
- ^ "The World As I See It – YouTube". September 19, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjP7VTHUais.
- ^ "Jason Mraz: The World As I See It". iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-world-as-i-see-it-single/id465136628.
- ^ "Jason Mraz Fine-Tunes 4th Album for 2012 Release". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/jason-mraz-fine-tunes-4th-album-for-2012-1005624752.story.
- ^ Jason Mraz Love is my four letter word. Jasonmraz.com (January 14, 2012). Retrieved on April 22, 2012.
- ^ "Jason Mraz sets release date for fourth studio album". Hitfix.com. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/jason-mraz-sets-release-date-for-fourth-studio-album.
- ^ "Jason Mraz sets release date for fourth studio album". jasonmraz.com. http://jasonmraz.com/news/2012/love-is-a-four-letter-word/.
- ^ "Jason Mraz is Engaged". omg.yahoo.com. http://omg.yahoo.com/news/singer-jason-mraz-is-engaged/52985. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Mraz and Prettyman split". dailybeast.com. June 7, 2011. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-06-07/jason-mraz-splits-from-fianc-e-tristan-prettyman-exclusive/.
- ^ "Vegetarian Star". http://vegetarianstar.com/tag/jason-mraz/page/2/.
- ^ "Strawberry Farms". http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-places-to-pick-strawberries/.
- ^ "2010 SIMA Humanitarian of the Year". http://www.sima.com/events/liquid-nation-ball/humanitarian-of-the-year.aspx.
- ^ "Surfrider Foundation Presents Clean Water Awards". http://thecoastnews.com/view/full_story/7719830/article-Surfrider-Foundation-presents-Clean-Water-awards?instance=coast_news_special_coverage_right_column.
- ^ Nature Conservancy | Protecting Nature, Preserving Life. Nature.org. Retrieved on April 22, 2012.
- ^ PSA Download Center. Plowsharegroup.com. Retrieved on April 22, 2012.
- ^ "Jason Mraz Tweets Opposition To Amendment One". Instinct Magazine. 4 May 2012. http://instinctmagazine.com/blogs/blog/jason-mraz-tweets-opposition-to-amendment-one?directory=100011.
- ^ YouTube, Misconceptions - Visit California Commercial, 8 Jan 2011
External links[link]
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- Jason Mraz at the Internet Movie Database
- Jason Mraz at Allmusic
- Jason Mraz's channel on YouTube
- Jason Mraz collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Playlist: Jason Mraz – Nightline 07/17/09 – Reggae to rock, Mraz reveals his musical influences.
- Concert Photos: Jason Mraz – 09/17/2010, 09/18/2010 – Jason Mraz opens for Dave Matthews Band for two sold out shows at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
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| Birth name | Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap |
| Born | (1977-12-09) 9 December 1977 (age 34) |
| Origin | Havering, Essex, England |
| Genres | Electronica, alternative, indie, synthpop,[1] folktronica, ambient, dream pop, rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, array mbira, cello, clarinet, guitar, drums, keytar, nail violin, vocal percussion, synthesizer, sampler, organ, Hang, vocoder |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Almo Sounds (1998–2001) Megaphonic (2005–present) RCA Victor (2006–present) |
| Associated acts | Frou Frou Urban Species IAMX MIKA |
| Website | imogenheap.com |
Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( /ˈɪmədʒɨn ˈhiːp/; born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering)[2] is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes. She has produced three solo albums, the latest of which is 2009's Ellipse, which was a North American chart success and earned Heap two Grammy nominations, winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[3]
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Musical and songwriting style[link]
For her solo work (as well as her work with Frou Frou and Acacia), Heap plays heavily produced and arranged singer-songwriter pop incorporating elements of rock, dance and electronica. As a guest player and collaborator she has played rock (Jeff Beck), hip-hop (Urban Species) and theatre/film music.
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums... I would record live drums, and then I would spend a day editing them to take the life out of them. I like to breathe my own life into these sounds, and I do try to keep the 'air' in the music. Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Imogen Heap[4]
A skilled multi-instrumentalist, Heap extensively uses manipulated electronic sounds as an integral part of her music. She also mixes ambient sound into her music (such as the sound of a frying pan in use cooking food, in the background of her song "My Secret Friend") and has commented that "certain sounds give the music a width and a space, and that's important."[4]
Heap states that her song lyrics come from personal experience, but are not straightforwardly confessional. She has stated "Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mum or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened."[4]
Biography[link]
Early life[link]
Heap played music from an early age, becoming classically trained in several instruments including piano, cello and clarinet. She attended Friends School, a private, Quaker-run boarding school in Saffron Walden. Heap's mother (an art therapist) and her father (a construction rock retailer) separated when she was twelve. By the age of thirteen, she had begun writing songs.
Heap did not get along well with the music teacher at her boarding school, so she principally taught herself sequencing, music engineering, sampling and production (on Atari computers). She also taught herself to play the guitar and drums, and subsequently two percussion/idiophone instruments, the array mbira and the Hang.[5] After school, she went on to study at the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, South London.
Early work as musician (including work with Acacia)[link]
After being introduced to Nik Kershaw by his manager Mickey Modern, Heap and Kershaw recorded four demos that Mickey Modern took to Rondor Music. Consequently, a few months later she signed her first record contract at 18 to independent record label Almo Sounds[6]. Modern and Wood formed Modernwood Management, and managed Heap until 2006, when Modernwood was dissolved. Wood continues to manage the artist via his new company, Radius Music[7].
During 1996, Heap began working with an experimental pop band called Acacia, which featured her future collaborator Guy Sigsworth and was fronted by the singer Alexander Nilere. While never a full member of the band, Heap was a guest vocalist (as a counterpart to Nilere) and contributed to various Acacia single and album tracks. One Acacia song, "Maddening Shroud", would later be covered by Frou Frou[8].
Mickey Modern asked Dennis Arnold to place Imogen in the line up in the 1996 Prince's Trust Concert in Hyde Park, London organized by Harvey Goldsmith. Heap performed four songs between sets by The Who and Eric Clapton.
[edit] 1998–2000: iMegaphone
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Heap's debut album, iMegaphone (an anagram of "Imogen Heap") was a mixture of self-penned and self-produced tracks, alongside tracks co-written and produced with established producers such as David Kahne, former Eurythmic Dave Stewart and Guy Sigsworth. The album was released in 1998 internationally via Almo Sounds, to favorable reviews comparing Heap's angst-filled songs to work by PJ Harvey, Kate Bush and Annie Lennox. Promotion for the record included a tour of America and performances around Europe. Three singles were commercially released in the UK: "Getting Scared", "Shine" and "Come Here Boy". "Oh Me, Oh My" was sent to US radio stations in place of "Shine".
Heap's early success was soon replaced by problems. Almo Sounds cut funding for UK promotion and gave Heap a deadline to deliver songs for her second album. Upon delivery of the songs, she was told that they lacked "hit potential". It was announced that the record label would be sold to Universal and its artists moved to other labels or released. Heap was one of the artists who was dropped from the label, leaving her without a record contract. iMegaphone had, however, been licensed from Almo Sounds to Aozora Records in Japan, who eventually re-released and re-promoted the album in January 2002, featuring "Blanket" and "Aeroplane" (a Frou Frou remix/remake of one of her B-sides, "Airplane" of the Shine single released in 1998). The album featured new packaging, all-new artwork, and a previously unavailable hidden track, entitled "Kidding", recorded live during her 1999 tour.
Copies of the original Almo Sounds release remain rare. A Brazilian label, Trama Records, currently claims to hold the license to the record and has started re-printing copies of the album in limited quantities. The album was released digitally on the US iTunes Music Store in early 2006. After achieving commercial success with her work with Guy Sigsworth as the duo Frou Frou and her second solo album, Speak for Yourself, Heap was able to secure the re-release of iMegaphone.
2001: Interim work[link]
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In the gap between the end of promotion for iMegaphone internationally and the re-promotion, Heap had also begun to think about her second solo album, and had started writing songs, both solo, as well as working with Guy Sigsworth; however, as she was without a record deal, the songs were shelved. During the time when she was unsigned, Heap appeared on two UK singles, "Meantime" (a track written by her former Acacia colleagues Guy Sigsworth and Alexander Nilere for the soundtrack to the independent British film, G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time) and "Blanket" (a collaboration with Urban Species). In 2000, Heap sang on the album You Had It Coming by Jeff Beck.
2002–2003: Frou Frou[link]
Heap had kept in contact with Guy Sigsworth (who had co-written and produced "Getting Scared" from iMegaphone) and this led to the pair of them establishing the collaborative project Frou Frou.
The initial concept for Frou Frou was Sigsworth's, and the project was to have been an album written and produced by her with each track featuring a different singer, songwriter, poet or rapper. Heap explains that Sigsworth invited her over to his studio to write lyrics to a four-bar motif he had, with one condition – that she include the word "love" somewhere. The first line she came up with was "lung of love, leaves me breathless", and the Details album track, "Flicks" was born. A week later, Sigsworth phoned Heap up again, and together they wrote and recorded the future single "Breathe In".
Throughout the process, Frou Frou work was an equal partnership, with Heap and Sigsworth making equal contributions to writing, arrangement, production and instrumental performance and Heap handling all of the vocals.
In August 2002, they released the Details album and singles "Breathe In", "It's Good To Be In Love", and "Must Be Dreaming" (although the latter two were not commercially available). The album was critically acclaimed, but did not enjoy the commercial success that they had been hoping for.
In late 2003, after an extensive promotional tour of the UK, Europe and the US, the duo were told that their record label, Island Records would not be picking up the option for a second album.
Heap and Sigsworth remain firm friends, and have worked together since the project, including their temporary re-formation in late 2003, when they covered the Bonnie Tyler classic, "Holding Out for a Hero", which was featured during the credits of the movie Shrek 2 after Jennifer Saunders version in the film. Frou Frou saw a resurgence in popularity in 2004, when their album track "Let Go" was featured in the film Garden State.
In a 2005 interview Heap said of frou frou "(it) was really like a kind of little holiday from my own work. Guy and I, we have always worked together, and then over the years, it became clear that we wanted to do a whole album together. It was very organic and spontaneous - just one of those wonderful things that happens. But there was never a mention of a second record from either of us, and not uncomfortably. We're just both kind of free spirits. I love to work with a lot of different people, but I was also just gagging to see what I could do on my own. But I'm sure in the future, Guy and I will get back together to do another record, or to record a few songs together."[4]
[edit] 2004–2005: The O.C. and Speak for Yourself
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In December 2003, Heap announced on her Web site that she was going to write and produce her second solo album, using her site as a blog to publicise progress.
Heap set herself a deadline of one year to make the album, booking a session to master the album one year ahead in December 2004. She re-mortgaged her flat to fund production costs, including renting a studio at Atomic Studios, London (previously inhabited by UK grime artist, Dizzee Rascal), and purchasing instruments.
At the end of 2004, with the album completed, Heap premiered two album tracks online, selling them prior to the album's release – "Just for Now" and "Goodnight and Go".
In April 2005, The O.C. featured the vocoded-vocal track, "Hide and Seek" in the closing scenes of their season two finale. The track was released immediately to digital download services, such as iTunes, in the US, where it charted. The track was released to iTunes UK on 5 July 2005 (the same day as the UK airing of the season finale) and entered the official UK download chart.
Heap made a decision to put out the album on her own in the UK, starting her own record company, titled Megaphonic Records. The album was titled Speak for Yourself.
Speak for Yourself was released in the UK on 18 July 2005 on CD and iTunes UK, where it entered the top 10 chart. The initial 10,000 physical copies pressed sold out, distributed through large and independent record stores and Heap's own online shop.
In August 2005, Heap announced that she had licensed Speak for Yourself to Sony BMG imprint RCA Victor for the album release in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The album was released in November 2005 and debuted at #144 in the Billboard Top 200 album chart. In concert, Heap performed solo, controlling the sound through her Apple PowerBook laptop, as well as singing and playing the piano and array mbira.
She returned from the US, already having sold over 120,000 copies.
2006–2007: The year of the 'White Rabbit'[link]
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Heap also announced, on her return to the UK, that she had signed a deal for the album to be released internationally, as well as re-promoted in the UK, with a new imprint of Sony BMG, White Rabbit, run by former Sony BMG UK A&R vice president Nick Raphael. The deal meant that the album could have the promotional backing provided by a respected major label, whilst Heap retained sole control and the team she established for Megaphonic Records.
Speak for Yourself was re-released on the label on 24 April 2006, ahead of a full promotional push on 15 May, a week after the second single, "Goodnight and Go", was commercially released in the UK.
In August 2006, Heap performed a set at the V Festival, where it was announced that "Headlock" was to be the third single to be lifted from the album, and released on 16 October 2006 in the UK.
In late September and early October, Heap embarked on a tour of the UK, holding a competition on MySpace for different support acts for each venue, before touring throughout Canada and the US in November and December. This was her first tour of North America that included a band, incorporating upright bass, percussion, and support acts Kid Beyond and Levi Weaver on beatbox and guitar, respectively. In December 2006, Heap was featured on the front page of The Green Room magazine.
On 7 December 2006, Heap received two Grammy nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, one for Best New Artist and the other for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for "Can't Take It In".
[edit] 2007–2009: Ellipse
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Throughout the creation of her album Ellipse, Heap posted vlogs, or VBlogs as she called them, through YouTube.[9] She used these to comment on the album as well as update on its release. The album's release was pushed back multiple times. These included Heap being asked to perform at the annual event PopTech in October 2008. During the event, she premiered one of her album's songs, "Wait it Out".
Heap announced on her Twitter page that Ellipse's first single would be "First Train Home". On 17 August 2009 Heap made the entire album Ellipse available for live streaming via her webpage.
Ellipse was released in the United Kingdom on 24 August, and in the United States on 25 August.
[edit] 2011–present: Heapsongs
On 14 March 2011 Heap officially started work on a new record as fans sent in nearly 900 "sound seeds", or samples of everyday sounds such as a "dishwasher door", a "bicycle" or a "burning match". Heap has stated that the concept for this record will be to record one track over a two week period every 2 months. Each song and video will be released immediately.[10] According to her website, the album will be completed in roughly 1.5 years.
The first song, initially entitled #heapsong1 and later retitled "Lifeline", premiered worldwide on 28 March 2011 via Ustream[11] along with a live remix by Tim Exile. "Lifeline" was released on 30 March 2011 as a digital download from Imogen's website and via iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers. Released alongside this was a 12 page 3DiCD package (a 3D virtual CD) including crowd sourced (and paid for) images, the instrumental version of the song, the "seeds and solos only" version and "heap speaks seeds and solos" - an-18 minute commentary by Heap on how the sounds and solos were used in "Lifeline".
On 6 May 2011 Heap tweeted that she and Deadmau5 were working on a collaboration. The song is tentatively titled "Telemisscommunications".[12][13][14]
List of heapsongs so far[link]
- heapsong1 is entitled "Lifeline" and was released on 30 March 2011.
- heapsong2 is entitled "Propeller Seeds" and was released on 5 July 2011.
- heapsong3 is entitled "Neglected Space" and was released on 17 October 2011.
- heapsong4 is entitled "Minds Without Fear" and was released on 21 October 2011. It was the first song to be featured on 2011 Indian show, The Dewarists.
- heapsong5 is entitled "Xizi She Knows" and was released on 24 January 2012. It is the fifth song off the forthcoming album overall.[15]
- heapsong6 is entitled "Me The Machine" and was performed live by Heap on 22 April 2012. The song premiered along with the film, Love the Earth, as part of Earth Day 2012.
Recordings for television and film[link]
Heap has recorded several songs for films, including a cover of the Classics IV hit "Spooky" for the soundtrack to the Reese Witherspoon film Just Like Heaven. Her song "Hide and Seek" was featured in The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff (who used her former band Frou Frou's "Let Go" in his 2004 film Garden State), and was also used in a 2007 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Shia LaBeouf. "The Moment I Said It" was also used in the episode "Seven Seconds" of the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.
In 2004, while recording her second solo album, she was commissioned to record a cover of a short nursery rhyme for the HBO television series, Six Feet Under, entitled "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)".
In late 2005, Heap was asked to write a track for the soundtrack of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe entitled "Can't Take It In", when a track that fellow Brit singer Dido submitted was deemed unfitting. Heap's track is played at the end of the film in an orchestral version produced by Heap and Harry Gregson Williams, who scored the movie. In addition, she composed a track for the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, but it was deemed to be too dark in tone for the film. Instead, it was included in her album Ellipse as "2-1". 2-1 has also featured in CSI Miami (Season 8 Episode 9), as well as promotional trailers for the film The Lovely Bones.
In March 2006, Heap completed a track about locusts, entitled "Glittering Cloud", for a CD of music about the plagues of Egypt entitled Plague Songs, accompanying The Margate Exodus project, for musical director Brian Eno.
Heap recorded an a cappella version of the Leonard Cohen track "Hallelujah", for the season three finale of The O.C., and her "Not Now But Soon" was included on the original soundtrack for the NBC show, Heroes.
Song usage[link]
Imogen Heap and Frou Frou songs have been featured in various TV shows, movies, advertisements, and marching band productions, notably including CSI, The OC, SNL, Garden State, and So You Think You Can Dance.
Also notable is the sampling of Heap's song "Hide & Seek" in Jason DeRulo's single "Whatcha Say",[16] which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps used Heap's song "Aha" in their 2010 production titled, "Metropolis: The Future is Now"
The Pack rapper Young L's 2001 mixtape 'As I Float: The Great John Nash' makes extensive use of samples of Imogen Heap songs on nearly every track.
Collaborations[link]
Heap has collaborated as a guest vocalist, co-writer, remixer or producer with many various artists throughout her career. Among them co-writing and producing By The Time for Mika and Now or Never for Josh Groban. The diverse range of other musicians Heap has worked with include IAMX, Jeff Beck, Temposhark, LHB, J. Peter Schwalm, Way Out West, Jon Bon Jovi, Mich Gerber, Sean Lennon, Urban Species, Matt Willis, Jon Hopkins, MIKA, Acacia, Britney Spears, Nik Kershaw, Blue October, Joshua Radin, Nitin Sawhney, I Fight Dragons and Deadmau5.[12][13][14]
Use of technology[link]
Heap is an outspoken advocate of using new technology to interact and collaborate with her fans. In August 2009 she used Vokle, an online auditorium, to take questions from listeners over video chat.[17]
Imogen also teamed up with Vokle to hold open cello auditions for her North American tour. She provided sheet music for “Aha” on her website and encouraged local fans to learn the part and audition live via Vokle. Imogen would then pick the cellist to accompany her for that particular city - sometimes with the help of viewers and her puppet Lion, Harold.
In 2010 Imogen opened her online auditions to singers and choirs and invited them to audition via submitted YouTube videos to accompany her on stage as she performed the song "Earth" from Ellipse. The winner of each local show was also invited to do a 15 minute gig of their own. In the studio, the official album recording of "Earth" was made up entirely of numerous tracks of vocals.
July 2011 saw Imogen unveil a pair of in development, high-tech musical gloves at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.[18] Inspired by the VAMP [19] system developed by Elly Jessop at MIT’s media lab, Imogen set out to develop the musical gloves in collaboration with Thomas Mitchell, a lecturer in music systems at the University of the West of England, Bristol. The gloves combine sensors developed by 5DT,[20] x-io Technologies [21] with Shure microphones.
Using nothing but hand gestures, Imogen is currently able to amplify/record/loop acoustic instruments and her voice, play virtual instruments and manipulate these sounds live. Imogen has for many years been working toward a less constricting live set up which enables her to be mobile while performing live multiple musical production tasks, songs and improvising spontaneously without the need 'to go back to basecamp'. The gloves enable the audience to instinctively understand and connect with the process of what's going on on stage - the 'hidden' 50% of her performance. This is part of a larger audio/visual performance project Imogen has been working towards for a couple of years with the aim of touring in 2013.
Charity[link]
In 2008 she participated in a music album called Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace, which is an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the human rights situation in Tibet. The album was issued on 5 August via iTunes and on 19 August in music stores around the world.[22] On 12 October 2008, Heap also participated in "Run 10k: Cancer Research UK," placing fifth of the women in the actual run and raising over £1000 for the cause with the help of her fans.
In 2008 Imogen was asked to perform at POP!Tech in Camden, Maine (US). There she performed selections from her then forthcoming album Ellipse. After her set and an encouraging plea for another performance later in the conference by the audience and organizers, Imogen agreed. Having nothing else prepared though, she decided to improvise a song on the spot with parameters (tempo, key) suggested by the audience. After the show, Imogen was asked by a Poptech attendee if she would give the newly created piece of music to his charity. A ‘lightbulb’ moment occurred in Heap’s head and she saw the potential in doing these improvised pieces for local charities at each show during the tour she would soon begin.
The first of these songs materialized at Imogen’s show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, in London on the 19th of February 2010. Using the same parameters and audience participation from POP!Tech, Imogen improvised a song titled, "The Shepherdess". After the show, Imogen made the song available worldwide as a digital download on her website asking for donations per download. All proceeds went to the Great Ormond Street Hospital where Imogen was diagnosed with osteomyelitis and underwent life-saving surgery as a little girl. Loving the concept, Imogen rolled this out for her North American Tour, donating all the proceeds for each song to a local charity from that city.
In 2011 Imogen was set to play a benefit concert in New Zealand's Christchurch city to help rebuild the Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti High School, following a severe 6.3 aftershock in February originating from the 7.1 earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in September 2010. The concert was held at the Burnside High Aurora Centre, also featuring performances from Roseanna Gamlen-Greene, and The Harbour Union including The Eastern, Lindon Puffin, Delaney Davidson and The Unfaithful Ways.[23]
Live 4 X[link]
In 2010, Imogen Heap partnered with Thomas Ermacora of Bubbletank[24] to organize a series of online charitable events called Live 4 X.
The initial event was inspired by the 2010 Pakistan floods. Triggered by monsoon rains, the floods left approximately one-fifth of the country of Pakistan underwater, affecting over 14 million people and damaging or destroying over 900,000 homes. Teaming up with Richard Branson’s Virgin Unite and Vokle.com, Heap and Ermacorda create an online webcast/fundraiser to raise awareness and money for the flood stricken. Hosted by comedian, creative, and internet personality Ze Frank, the webcast included a series of conversations with Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity, Gary Slutkin, and Anders Wilhelmson, (and later Richard Branson and Mary Robinson) with live performances by musicians Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Kate Havnevik, KT Tunstall, Josh Groban, Kaki King, Zoe Keating and Mark Isham.
The premise of Live 4 X thus established, Heap has since continued to refine the model, organize, host, and perform a number of charitable, streaming-live, concert events. By integrating live entertainment with educated discussion and technology, Live 4 X became an effective charitable outreach tool.
Following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Heap told Washington Times Communities journalist and recording artist Jennifer Grassman, that she intended to continue organizing Live 4 X events to benefit various charitable causes.[25]
Catalog of Live 4 X events to date:
- August 31, 2010 – Live 4 Pakistan raised funds for flood relief and recovery in that region. Musicians included Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Kate Havnevik, KT Tunstall, Josh Groban, and Zoe Keating. In an ironic turn of events, Heap, was kept from appearing on Live 4 Pakistan due to Hurricane Earl which at the time was progressing along the US eastern seaboard. Heap, stranded and unable to get an internet connection, later posted a video message as well as a performance of her song “Wait It Out” from Ellipse.[26]
- February 3, 2011 – Live 4 Capetown[27]
- April 11, 2011 – Live 4 Sendai raised funds for Japanese tsunami recovery following the disastrous Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. The event was also used to solicit rebuilding design ideas on behalf of Architecture for Humanity. Performers included Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, KT Tunstall and Jamie Cullum and hosted by Ze Frank.[28]
Film[link]
After touring for nearly two years straight for her album Speak for Yourself Imogen continued her travels, this time with only a laptop and video camera on hand as she began her writing trip for her next album. Nine weeks later she returned to the UK with the beginnings of the award-winning Ellipse and footage (as requested by a fan to film the making of the album) from its quiet beginning. Back in Essex, Imogen sought the talents of long-time friend and film maker Justine Pearsall to continue documenting the creation of the album. The film documents every moment of joy, excitement, frustration, and even the renovation of the Imogen’s childhood home including turning her old playroom into her new home studio. Everything In-Between: The Story of Ellipse was released in November 2010.
On November 5, 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall, Heap conducted an orchestra (including friends and family) as they performed an original composition by Imogen herself orchestrated by Andrew Skeet. Heap also worked with London Contemporary Voices at this time, a scratch choir formed for this concert, which continues as a new choir in its own right. It was the score to the concept film Love The Earth - in creative partnership and co-production with Thomas Ermacora again for another Bubbletank production - in which fans were invited to submit video footage highlighting all of the breathtaking qualities of nature to be selected and edited into a film. This performance was broadcasted live worldwide.
In March for the Birds' Eye Festival at the Birds Eye View Film Festival at the Southbank Centre, Imogen composed in collaboration with Andrew Skeet an a cappella choral score to the first ever surrealist film ‘The Seashell and the Clergyman’ (Germaine Dulac, 1927) with the Holst Singers, a programme repeated at the Reverb Festival at the Roundhouse in February 2012 and in the Sage, Gateshead.
Heap also performed in the Film and Music Arena at Latitude Festival in 2011.
Discography[link]
Main article: Imogen Heap discography
- 1998: iMegaphone
- 2005: Speak for Yourself
- 2009: Ellipse
- 2012: Heapsongs
Frou Frou[link]
- Details (2002 • Island Records/MCA/Universal) (UK: #128)
- "Breathe In" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal) (UK: #44)
- "It's Good to be in Love" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal)
- "Must be Dreaming" (single) (2002 • Island Records/Universal)
- "Let Go" (Promotional single)
Guest appearances[link]
- Hate EP by Acacia (1996 • Radar Records)
- Sway EP by Acacia (1996 • Radar Records)
- Maddening Shroud EP by Acacia (1997 • WEA)
- Cradle by Acacia – all tracks except "Wire" (1997 • WEA)
- Blanket by Urban Species – "Blanket" and "Predictably Unpredictable" (1998)
- Amor Fati by Mich Gerber – "Embers of Love", "Sirens Call (Qishm)" and "Mare" (2000)
- ¡Viva Nueva! by Rustic Overtones – "Valentine's Day Massacre" (2001 • Tommy Boy Records)
- You Had It Coming by Jeff Beck – "Dirty Mind" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (2001 • Sony Music)
- Tell 'Em Who We Are by LHB[disambiguation needed
] – "Coming Up For Air" (2003 • Telstar TV) - Contact Note by Jon Hopkins – "Second Sense" (2004 • Just Music)
- It's Better To Have Loved EP by Temposhark – "Not That Big (Metronomy Remix)" (2005 • Paper & Glue)
- Foiled by Blue October – "Congratulations" (2006 • Universal Records)
- Musikain by J. Peter Schwalm – "P.I.N." (2006 • Musikain Records)
- The Invisible Line by Temposhark – "Not That Big" (2007 • Paper & Glue)
- London Undersound by Nitin Sawhney – "Bring It Home" (2008 • Cooking Vinyl)
- Kingdom of Welcome Addiction by IAMX – "My Secret Friend" (2009 • Metropolis Records)
- The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Mika – "By The Time" (2009 • Casablanca Records)
- Live at Ronnie Scott's - Jeff Beck - (2008 • Eagle Records) - (2009 • DVD)
Compilation appearances[link]
- New Dawn (Class of '94) – "Missing You" – (1994)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack – "Getting Scared" – (1998 • Warner Music Group)
- Virtual Sexuality soundtrack – "Come Here Boy" – (1998 • EMI)
- G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time soundtrack – "Mean Time" (with GMT) – (1999 • Island Records/Universal)
- Serve Chilled – "Blanket" (with Urban Species) – (1999 • Hed Kandi)
- Women Talking Dirty soundtrack – "Getting Scared" – (2001 • Polygram International)
- American Psycho 2: All American Girl soundtrack – "Angry Angel" – (2002 • Rondor Music (London) Ltd)
- Garden State – "Let Go" – (2004 • Epic Records/Sony BMG)
- Nearing Grace Soundtrack – "The Walk" – (2005 • Sony BMG)
- Music from the OC: Mix 4 – "Goodnight and Go" – (2005 • Warner Music Group)
- Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends – "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)" – (2005 • Astralwerks/EMI)
- Just Like Heaven Soundtrack – "Spooky" – (2005 • Sony BMG)
- Music from the OC: Mix 5 – "Hide and Seek" – (2005 • Warner Music Group)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – "Can't Take It In" – (2005 • Disney Records/EMI)
- The Last Kiss soundtrack – "Hide and Seek" – (2005 • Lakeshore Pictures)
- Plague Songs – "Glittering Clouds (Locusts)" – (2006 • 4AD)
- So You Think You Can Dance (US) – "Hide and Seek" – (2006)
- So You Think You Can Dance (US) – "Let Go" – (2006)
- The Black Donnellys – "The Moment I Said It" – (2007)
- In Search of Sunrise 6 – "Hide and Seek" (Tiëstos' In Search Of Sunrise Remix) – (2007)
- The Holiday – "Just For Now" and "Let Go" (Under 'Frou Frou') – (2006)
- So You Think You Can Dance – "The Moment I Said It" – (2007)
- Heroes Original Soundtrack – "Not Now, But Soon" – (2008 • NBC Records)
- Criminal Minds – "The Moment I Said It" – (2008)
- Songs For Tibet – The Art of Peace' – "Hide & Seek 2" – (2008)
- Greys Anatomy – "Bad Body Double" – (2009)
- So You Think You Can Dance (US) - "Aha!" - (2009)
- The Vampire Diaries - "Wait it Out" - (2009)
- Melrose Place - "Aha!" - (2009)
- Powder Blue - "Blanket" - (2009)
- Chuck – "Wait it Out" – (2010)
- CSI: NY - "Wait it Out" - (2010)
- Made in Chelsea - "Goodnight and Go" (2011)
References[link]
- ^ A Universe of Artists Who Create Their Own Sound Worlds The New York Times 10 December 2006
- ^ Rigby, Tony (10 February 2006). "Imogen Heap, Scala, London". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/imogen-heap-scala-london--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fivestar-525700.html. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (2009-12-03). "A 21st-Century Geek Getting Her Loop On". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/arts/music/04heap.html. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Singer Imogen Heap talks about her new album Speak for Yourself, the musical uses of a frying pan". UCW Entertainment. 27 December 2005. http://news.ucwe.com/content/view/1244/29/. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
- ^ Williams, Andrew (2006-10-23). "60 SECONDS: Imogen Heap". Metro. http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=22257&in_page_id=11. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ "ALMO Sounds On A&M Records.com". ALMO Sounds History. Leslie J. Pfenninger. http://www.onamrecords.com/Almo_Sounds.html#panel-2. Retrieved 5 May 2012. "Imogen Heap's demo was given to Jerry Moss who offered a contract with ALMO Sounds. She signed with the label in April."
- ^ "Radius Music Ltd | Imogen Heap". Radius Music Ltd. http://www.radiusmusic.co.uk/imogen_heap.php. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Maddening Shroud - Frou Frou". Island Records/MCA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d63gdxEFKxw. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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- ^ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13627483
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- ^ http://blog.imogenheap.com/post/14563060722/west-lake-saying-goodbye-for-now-to-beautiful-life
- ^ WhoSampled - Jason Derülo's Whatcha Say sample of Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek
- ^ "NPR Interview With Imogen Heap". http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=112440133&m=112452741. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "Imogen Heap's musical gloves mix sounds on the fly". http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/07/musical-gloves-mix-sounds-on-t.html. Retrieved 201-07-11.
- ^ "The Vocal Augmentation and Manipulation Prosthesis (VAMP)". http://opera.media.mit.edu/publications/jessop_nime2009_vamp.pdf. Retrieved 201-09-12.
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- ^ E-Online (22 July 2008) Sting, Matthews, Mayer Gamer for Tibet Than Beijing
- ^ OVQ (20 April 2011) Imogen Heap To Play Fundraiser For UPT
- ^ [1] Bubbletank
- ^ [2] 2011 interview with Jennifer Grassman regarding Japan tsunami recovery and Live 4 Sendai
- ^ [3] Live 4 Pakistan
- ^ [4] Live for Capetown
- ^ [5] Live 4 Sendai
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