John Lennon sees his father Alf for the final time
Prior to the recording session for the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album track ‘Remember’, John Lennon invited his father Alf to lunch at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot.
Category: John Lennon
US single release: Instant Karma! by John Lennon
‘Instant Karma!’, John Lennon’s first solo single, was released in the USA on 20 February 1970.
Plastic Ono Band perform Instant Karma! on Top Of The Pops
The BBC music show Top Of The Pops had been a mainstay of the television schedules for some time by 1970, and The Beatles appeared five times on it, …
UK single release: Instant Karma! by John Lennon
‘Instant Karma!’, John Lennon’s first solo single, was released in the UK on 6 February 1970.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono donate a bag of their hair to Michael X
In one of their more peculiar publicity stunts, John Lennon and Yoko Ono exchanged a bag of their shorn hair for a pair of Muhammad Ali’s bloodstained boxing shorts …
Recording: Instant Karma! by Plastic Ono Band
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: Phil Spector Engineer: Geoff Emerick The third single by Plastic Ono Band, ‘Instant Karma!’, was written, recorded and mixed on 27 January …
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition is raided by police
John Lennon’s Bag One, an exhibition of lithographs including several containing erotic imagery, had opened on 15 January 1970. Just 24 hours later it was raided by police officers, …
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition opens in London
An exhibition of John Lennon’s erotic lithographs opened on this day at the London Arts Gallery at 22 New Bond Street, London W1.
Album release: Live Peace In Toronto 1969 by Plastic Ono Band
Recorded on 13 September 1969 at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, the album Live Peace In Toronto 1969 marked the public debut of the hastily-assembled Plastic Ono …
John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet the parents of A6 Murderer James Hanratty
John Lennon and Yoko Ono met the parents of James Hanratty, the so-called A6 Murderer, on 10 December 1969.
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day five
The final day of a five-day shoot for the BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko took place at the Bull Hotel in Long Melford, Suffolk.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono make Apotheosis 2
John Lennon and Yoko Ono had made a film titled Apotheosis in September 1969. Three months later they made a sequel.
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day four
The fourth day of a five-day shoot for the BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko took place in the countryside in Lavenham in Suffolk, England.
Recording, mixing: Item 1 and Item 2 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: John Lennon Engineer: Geoff Emerick Although it was never released, a fourth album of experimental music by John Lennon and Yoko Ono …
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day three
The third day of a five-day shoot for the BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko began at Tittenhurst Park before moving on to the Apple …
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day two
This was the second day of a five-day shoot for the BBC documentary 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko, which filmed John Lennon and Yoko Ono at …
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day one
The British Broadcasting Corporation filmed John Lennon and Yoko Ono over a five-day period for a television documentary titled 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko, first broadcast …
UK single release: Cold Turkey by Plastic Ono Band
‘Cold Turkey’, John Lennon’s second non-Beatles single, was released in the UK on 24 October 1969.
US single release: Cold Turkey by Plastic Ono Band
‘Cold Turkey’, John Lennon’s second non-Beatles single, was released in the USA on 20 October 1969.
US album release: Wedding Album by John & Yoko
The third long player of experimental recordings by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Wedding Album, was released by Apple in the US on this day.