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John Lennon was a British singer-songwriter and peace activist, best known as the co-founder of the Beatles.After three experimental albums with Yoko Ono, using tape loops, interviews, musique concrète, and other avant-garde performance techniques, Lennon's solo career properly began with the 1969 single "Give Peace a Chance".
Lennon's debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, was released in late 1970. [7] Influenced by primal scream therapy , its songs are noted for their intense nature and "raw" sound, [ 8 ] containing personal lyrics dealing with themes of loss, abandonment, and suffering.
Imagine is the second solo studio album by the English musician John Lennon, released on 9 September 1971 by Apple Records.Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's elaborate sound contrasts the basic, small-group arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970). [1]
John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles .
Jon Wiener took the title of this song for his 1999 book, Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files, about Nixon's attempt to deport Lennon in 1972. [23] The title is used for a 2020 compilation album of Lennon's greatest songs, remixed from scratch by his son Sean. The album was released on 9 October 2020, John Lennon's 80th birthday.
Mind Games is the third solo studio album by English musician John Lennon.It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York in summer 1973. The album was released in the US on 29 October 1973 and in the UK on 16 November 1973.
When initially released in 1969, the song was credited to Lennon–McCartney. [7]On later releases curated by the Lennon Estate, only Lennon is credited; viz. the 1990s reissue of the 1986 album Live in New York City, the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon, and the 1997 compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon and its DVD version six years later.
Gimme Some Truth: The Ultimate Mixes is a compilation album of music recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career, each song remixed from new transfers of the original tracks. [2] It was released on 9 October 2020, on what would have been Lennon's 80th birthday. [ 3 ]