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Years active. 1955–2005. Website. www.linkwray.com. Fred Lincoln " Link " Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to ...
John Winston Ono Lennon[nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His work included music, writing, drawings and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains ...
Whatever Gets You thru the Night. " Whatever Gets You thru the Night " is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1974 on Apple Records, catalogue number Apple 1874 in the United States and Apple R5998 in the United Kingdom. [5] In the U.S. it peaked at No. 1 on all three record charts: Billboard Hot 100, Cashbox, and Record ...
The band's name, thought of by Lennon, was a play on that of Fleetwood Mac. [3] When asked what type of guitar amp he wanted to use for the performance, Lennon answered: "One that plays." [4] In 1996, the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus album was issued, concurrently with the home video of the event. The DVD edition followed in October 2004.
The Wrays, also known as The Wray Brothers Band, were an American country music group from Texas composed of Bubba Wray, Scotty Wray, Jim Covert, Lynn Phillips and Joe Dale Cleghorn. Following several independent singles, The Wrays released three singles on Mercury Records in the 1980s. [1] Their highest-charting single, "You Lay a Lotta Love ...
Lennon had acquired the guitar in 1964 and played it during the 1965 sessions for the Beatles' LP "Help!" It was photographed being played by both Lennon and George Harrison — as was the Maton case.
John Lennon is still making music history.. An acoustic guitar that once belonged to The Beatles star and was considered lost for 50 years sold at auction for nearly $3 million in New York City on ...
Producer (s) John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector. " Gimme Some Truth " (originally spelled "Give Me Some Truth") is a protest song written and performed by John Lennon. It was first released on his 1971 album Imagine. "Gimme Some Truth" contains various political references emerging from the time it was written, during the latter years of the ...