📆 #ONTHISDAY - Today in John / Yoko history

[LordGoodgod]

On this day in 1973, John's review of The Goon Show Scripts by Spike Milligan was published by the New York Times.

"You had to be there, and he was."

You had to be there, and he was (Published 1973)

Milligan, Spike: Book The Goon Show Scripts, by S Mifiigan, revd by J Lennon

www.nytimes.com

 

[Skylar Moody]

#OTD in 1961, John and Paul travelled to Paris together for John's 21st birthday!

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

Also #OTD, October 1, 1971, the LP "Imagine" got a gold certificate.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 2, 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were at Hit Factory Studio mixing songs for Double Fantasy.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 3, 1964, John Lennon recorded the TV show Shindig! with The Beatles.

 

[Madeline Bocaro]

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#OTD, in 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono participated on Jerry Lee Lewis' telethon.
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Extra photo of John Lennon doing "" and Yoko Ono doing "". So cool lol.

MY STORY about John & Yoko's appearance on the Telethon...
JOHN & YOKO BRING PEACE TO JERRY LEWIS’ LABOR DAY TELETHON

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Record Mirror #OTD, October 4, 1969.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 5, 1963, John Lennon, with the Beatles, recorded their first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!

And very well observed by @Skylar Moody, it was also the day of the launch of Love Me Do in the UK in 1962, which was the beginning of change in the world!

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 6, 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were at Syracuse Museum.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 7, 1980, John and Yoko were at the Hit Factory studio mixing for Double Fantasy.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 9, 1940, John Winston Ono Lennon was born in Liverpool.

35 years later, his beloved second child, @Sean Taro Ono Lennon was born too.

© Bob Gruen, December 11, 1975.

 

[Julia Stanisławska]

44 years ago John celebrated his last birthday with Sean in the Dakota. Yoko wishes for them were literally written in sky.

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

#OTD, October 10, 1980, John Lennon gave an interview to Robert Hilburn at Hit Factory Studio.

 

[LordGoodgod]

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#OTD, October 10, 1980, John Lennon gave an interview to Robert Hilburn at Hit Factory Studio.

One of his most fascinating interviews! And the fact we have footage of it - priceless!!

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

One of his most fascinating interviews! And the fact we have footage of it - priceless!!

An interview with John Lennon while watching Star Wars. lol

 

[LordGoodgod]

An interview with John Lennon while watching Star Wars. lol

Exactly!! Trying to listen to John having a gentle conversation while those sound effects keep blaring is unintentionally hilarious!

 

[Georgescrackerbox]

on this day in:
in 1964 The Beatles had their concert in Odeon (birmingham)
1968 The beatles was recording savoy truffle
in 1971 Imagine/its so hard was released as an US single

 

[Ingryd Medeiros]

53 years since the launch of Imagine (single) in the US is a very important day.

 

[Madeline Bocaro]

Sean Lennon spoke about ‘Imagine’ on NPR radio in September 2021...

“There’s a kindness to the song. It’s like a hug, so it doesn’t feel like you’re being lectured. It takes a very particular stance that I don’t think any other politically-minded song has ever done.”

 

[Madeline Bocaro]

YOKO ONO: HALF-A-WIND Show @ Lisson Gallery opening...
October 11 – Nov. 14, 1967
See my story about Yoko's exhibition

Photo:
Half a Wind
Half a Room
Half a Me!