query: who sang the ballad of john and yoko

pos: The Ballad of John and Yoko The Ballad of John and Yoko "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is a song written by John Lennon, credited to Lennon–McCartney, and released by the Beatles as a single in May 1969. The song, chronicling the events associated with Lennon’s marriage to Yoko Ono, was the Beatles’ 17th and final UK No. 1 single. Authored by Lennon while on his honeymoon in Paris, it tells of the events of his marriage, in March 1969, to Ono, and their publicly held honeymoon activities, including their "Bed-In" at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel and their demonstration of "bagism". Lennon brought the song

pos: The Ballad of John and Yoko later appeared in the 1988 documentary film "". On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version with a slightly revised, but nonetheless prophetic lyric: "Christ you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are goin' / They're gonna crucify Capp!" According to Ian MacDonald and Mark Lewisohn: The Ballad of John and Yoko "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is a song written by John Lennon, credited to Lennon–McCartney, and released by the Beatles as a single in May 1969. The song, chronicling the events associated with Lennon’s marriage to Yoko

pos: Skywriting by Word of Mouth published. Skywriting by Word of Mouth Skywriting by Word of Mouth, and Other Writings Including the Ballad of John and Yoko, is the third, and last, book written by John Lennon. It was published posthumously in 1986 and included an afterword by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Like his other books, it contains miscellaneous writings and cartoons. The book includes Lennon's autobiography (titled "The Ballad of John and Yoko", also the title of a song), in which he talks about the Beatles' break-up ("I started the band. I disbanded it.") and says that he has no hard feelings against his former

pos: Skywriting by Word of Mouth Skywriting by Word of Mouth Skywriting by Word of Mouth, and Other Writings Including the Ballad of John and Yoko, is the third, and last, book written by John Lennon. It was published posthumously in 1986 and included an afterword by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. Like his other books, it contains miscellaneous writings and cartoons. The book includes Lennon's autobiography (titled "The Ballad of John and Yoko", also the title of a song), in which he talks about the Beatles' break-up ("I started the band. I disbanded it.") and says that he has no hard feelings against his former bandmates:

pos: Sentimental ballad softer ballad songs by the Carpenters, Anne Murray, John Denver, Barry Manilow, and even Streisand, began to be played more often on "Top 40" radio. Furthermore, rock-oriented acts as Queen, Chicago, Toto, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Air Supply, Seals and Crofts, America, the Eagles and Bread, also had made ballad music. When the word "ballad" appears in the title of a song, as for example in The Beatles' "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969) or Billy Joel's "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" (1974), the folk music sense is generally implied. The term "ballad" is also sometimes

pos: Yoko Ono stated his regrets about feeling "guilty enough to give McCartney credit as co-writer on my first independent single instead of giving it to Yoko, who had actually written it with me." The famous couple often combined advocacy with performance art, such as in "bagism", first introduced during a Vienna press conference, where they satirised prejudice and stereotyping by wearing a bag over their entire bodies. Lennon detailed this period in the Beatles' song "The Ballad of John and Yoko". Lennon changed his name by deed poll on April 22, 1969, switching out "Winston" for "Ono" as a middle name. Although

pos: New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Ono's film "Clock", which was filmed in September 1971. That version relied more prominently on the "que pasa" lyrics than the final version. Lennon continued to expand the lyrics and make demo recordings of the song, including an acoustic version from late 1971 which was included on "John Lennon Anthology". The final version released on the album was recorded in 1972 with Elephant's Memory on the backing instruments. "New York City" is in some ways a sequel to "The Ballad of John and Yoko," a song Lennon wrote and performed with The Beatles. Like the earlier Beatles' song, "New York

pos: The Ballad of John and Yoko Q104.3. The Spanish government under Franco objected to the song because of its statement, "Peter Brown called to say, 'You can make it OK, you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.'" The status of Gibraltar is a long-running subject of debate between Spain and the United Kingdom. The single became the Beatles' 17th and final UK No. 1; it reached No. 8 in the US. When cartoonist Al Capp visited John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 Bed-In for Peace in Montreal, Capp pointedly asked Lennon about the meaning of the lyrics of the song. Their testy exchange

pos: Peter Brown (music industry) knowing their daily whereabouts. Brown served as a board member of Apple Corps, the Beatles' company, which he helped establish. After Epstein's death, Brown assumed many of the day-to-day management duties Epstein had performed. Brown was with the Beatles at Rishikesh in 1968. Brown was witness to the wedding of Paul and Linda McCartney and best man at the wedding of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during 1969. Lennon mentioned Brown in a line from "The Ballad of John and Yoko" ("Peter Brown called to say 'You can make it OK, you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain'"), one

pos: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. The lyrics, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, are set to the traditional English ballad "Skewball". It was the seventh single release by Lennon outside his work with the Beatles. The song reached number 4 in the UK, where its release was delayed until November 1972, and has periodically reemerged on the UK Singles Chart, most notably after Lennon's death in December 1980, when it peaked at number 2.

pos: Rize of the Fenix "AM New York" magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars and called "The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage" song as "the finest self-referential ballad since the Beatles' "The Ballad of John and Yoko". Scott Heisel of "Alternative Press" gave it 3 out of 5 stars as well by concluding that "'Fenix' is loaded with classic-rock-aping material which simultaneously admires and lampoons everything from Star Wars ("Deth Starr") to organized religion ("Throwdown")", but "the humor practiced by Black and cohort Kyle Gass hasn't evolved much since [2006's "Pick Of Destiny"]". Moreover, Consequence of Sound gave a score

pos: Yoko Ono year, the couple contributed an experimental piece to "The White Album" called "Revolution 9". Also on "The White Album," Ono contributed backing vocals on "Birthday", and one line of lead vocals on "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". The latter marked the only occasion in a Beatles recording in which a woman sings lead vocals. Ono influenced Lennon to produce more "autobiographical" output and, after "The Ballad of John and Yoko", they decided it would be better to form their own band rather than put the material out under the Beatles name. In 1969, the Plastic Ono Band's first album,

pos: Old Brown Shoe Harrison's offer to record the latter song. Author Simon Leng describes "Old Brown Shoe" as "the most complete in conception" of the three demos, with an arrangement that contains all the main elements present in the Beatles' subsequent recording. The Beatles revisited "Old Brown Shoe" when they were in need of a B-side for their next single, "The Ballad of John and Yoko", Lennon's account of his and Yoko Ono's recent wedding and honeymoon. The recording took place on 16 and 18 April 1969, during the early sessions for the band's "Abbey Road" album. The recording features lead vocals from

pos: John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story is a 1985 British-American made-for-television biographical film that chronicles the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, beginning just before they met in 1966 and concluding with Lennon's murder in 1980. The movie was made with the co-operation of Yoko Ono, who controlled the song rights. It was directed by Sandor Stern and stars Mark McGann as Lennon and Kim Miyori as Ono. The film opens on August 19, 1966, where just before the Beatles begin their next American concert in Memphis, Tennessee for their fourth American tour,

pos: Thunderclap Newman Townshend had planned to work on projects for each of the musicians, but Kit Lambert prevailed upon Townshend, who was working on what became the rock-opera "Tommy", to save time by coalescing the three musicians into the collective project that became Thunderclap Newman. "Something in the Air", which Keen wrote for the film "The Magic Christian", was number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, replacing the Beatles' "Ballad of John and Yoko" and holding off Elvis Presley. Originally titled "Revolution", but later renamed because the Beatles had released a song of that name in 1968 (the B-side

pos: Old Brown Shoe guitarist, recalled that the Beatles attempted the line "Who knows, baby, you may comfort me" countless times, trying to perfect their performance. According to author Elliot Huntley, after Lennon had shown little interest in any compositions other than his own during the January sessions, he now sounded "audibly excited" by "Old Brown Shoe" in his "enthusiastic and energetic backing vocals" on the song. In a 1980 interview, Lennon said that he was responsible for the choice of "Old Brown Shoe" as the B-side of "The Ballad of John and Yoko". It marked the second time that a Harrison composition had

pos: John Lennon the Hilton Amsterdam, campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for Peace. They planned another Bed-In in the United States, but were denied entry, so held one instead at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where they recorded "Give Peace a Chance". 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". 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

pos: Paul McCartney an integral feature of the song's character. McCartney played a Moog synthesizer on the Beatles song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and the Wings track "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)". Ingham described the Wings songs "With a Little Luck" and "London Town" as being "full of the most sensitive pop synthesizer touches". McCartney played drums on the Beatles' songs "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "Dear Prudence", "Martha My Dear", "Wild Honey Pie" and "The Ballad of John and Yoko". He also played all the drum parts on his first and second solo albums "McCartney" and "McCartney II", as well as on the

pos: John and Yoko: A Love Story do, but Paul refuses. Yoko later finds out she's pregnant again but once again she miscarries. In 1970, after Paul decides to quit The Beatles, John decides to disband the group and he does. Yoko is blamed by the public for the break-up. A year later, John and Yoko encounter problems, such as Yoko's ex-husband Tony Cox refusing to let Yoko see Kyoko, despite the divorce agreement granting her joint custody. During a trip in Majorca, Spain, Yoko takes Kyoko by force. After being caught by Spanish officers, she is faced with a kidnapping charge. Much of the subplot deals

pos: Get Back Netherlands, Australia, France, West Germany, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. It was the Beatles' only single that credited another artist at their request. "Get Back" was the Beatles' first single release in true stereo in the US. In the UK, the Beatles' singles remained monaural until the following release, "The Ballad of John and Yoko". "Get Back" is unusual in the Beatles' canon in that almost every moment of the song's evolution has been extensively documented, from its beginning as an offhand riff to its final mixing in several versions. Much of this documentation is in the form of

pos: History of the hippie movement this time, John Lennon of the Beatles and his wife Yoko Ono took up the mantle of a more prominent media role, as a force for continuing the 'humane revolution' that was politically opposed to the 'establishment'. As early as March 1969 the couple had conducted their first "Bed-In for Peace"; in August 1971 they moved to New York City and joined up with the Chicago Trial "Yippie" defendants and other notable activists. In December 1971, Lennon sang at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Michigan, calling attention to Sinclair's ten-year prison sentence for giving two joints to an undercover

pos: Cry Baby Cry the lyrics of the song are loosely based on the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence". Engineer Geoff Emerick resigned during the recording of "Cry Baby Cry", though his departure was precipitated by Lennon and McCartney's obsessions over the recording of both "Revolution" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", respectively, and the overall tensions of the "White Album" sessions. Emerick would not work with the Beatles again until the session for "The Ballad of John and Yoko" nine months later. After a day-long rehearsal, on 16 July 1968 the basic tracks were laid down for Lennon's guitar part and his vocal on

pos: Old Brown Shoe a single for". Walter Everett says the voice leading and harmony on "Old Brown Shoe" are "far more subtle and interesting" than such qualities in "The Ballad of John and Yoko", and similarly views its dualistic theme as "more interesting" than McCartney's lyrics in "Hello, Goodbye". Tim Riley deems the song "at least as good a rocker as 'Savoy Truffle'" and, like "The Inner Light", an example of the Beatles continuing their tradition of offering high-quality and musically diverse B-sides. He describes Harrison's guitar solo as "daring" and a performance that "rises and falls with astonishing fluidity and control". Writing

pos: Abbey Road Harrison recorded solo demos of "All Things Must Pass" (which became the title track of his 1970 triple album), "Something" and "Old Brown Shoe". The latter was re-recorded by the Beatles in April 1969 and issued as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko" the following month. All three of these Harrison demos were later featured on "Anthology 3". During the sessions for the medley, McCartney recorded "Come and Get It", playing all the instruments. It was assumed to be a demo recording for another artist but McCartney later said that he originally intended to put it on

pos: Hey Jude (Beatles album) a stereo mix. The songs "Rain", "Lady Madonna" and "Revolution" were also first mixed for stereo specifically for this album. Prior to the release of the "Get Back" single in the spring of 1969, all Beatles singles were issued in mono in the US. Several other countries adopted the original "The Beatles Again" title. Of these, the Spanish release omitted "The Ballad of John and Yoko", due to that song having been deemed offensive. (In addition to making repeated mention of Christ and crucifixion, the lyrics contain the line "Gibraltar near Spain" at a time when Spain's Franco administration was

pos: Old Brown Shoe been included on a Beatles single, following "The Inner Light" in March 1968, although his song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" had also been the B-side of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", a single culled from "The Beatles" and issued in most countries other than Britain and America. The single was released in Britain (as Apple R 5786) on 30 May 1969 and in America (as Apple 2531) on 4 June. Although Chris Thomas supervised the 18 April overdubbing session, George Martin was credited as the song's sole producer. "Old Brown Shoe" was listed with "The Ballad of John and Yoko", as a

pos: More popular than Jesus the comment, saying "if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it". He explained that he was simply remarking on how other people viewed and popularised the band. The events contributed to the Beatles' lack of interest in public live performances, and the US tour was the last they undertook, after which they became a studio-only band. In 1969, the Beatles released "The Ballad of John and Yoko", a non-album single in which Lennon sings the line "The way things are going, They're gonna crucify me." Lennon's solo career included further references

pos: Old Brown Shoe have taken precedence over the rough, self-serving travelogue that was "The Ballad of John and Yoko." Harrison's song works on any level, in any context, while the Lennon piece could only have relevance within the Beatles' self-referential sphere ... This kind of glaring anomaly forced George Harrison out of the Beatles. Writing for Rough Guides, Chris Ingham recognises "Old Brown Shoe" as "perhaps the densest, sharpest Harrison song to make it onto a Beatles record". In his review of "Anthology 3", for "Mojo", in 1996, Ingham admired the "focussed demo work" of Harrison, adding: "Fighting harder for album space consideration

pos: Old Brown Shoe Old Brown Shoe "Old Brown Shoe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist, it was released on a non-album single in May 1969, as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko". The song was subsequently included on the Beatles' compilation albums "Hey Jude", "1967–1970" and "Past Masters, Volume Two". The Beatles rehearsed "Old Brown Shoe" during the sessions for their album "Let It Be" in January 1969. Harrison subsequently taped a solo demo of the song, along with two other compositions that the band had overlooked, "Something"

pos: Something (Beatles song) guitar solos", and one in which Harrison incorporates the gamaks associated with Indian classical music, following his study of the sitar in 1965–68, while also foreshadowing the expressive style he would adopt on slide guitar as a solo artist. Apple Records issued "Abbey Road" on 26 September 1969, with "Something" sequenced as the second track, following Lennon's "Come Together". Lennon considered "Something" to be the best song on the album. Having ensured that "Old Brown Shoe" was chosen as the B-side for the Beatles' single "The Ballad of John and Yoko", according to his later recollection, Lennon now pushed Allen

pos: Lonesome Tears in My Eyes Lonesome Tears in My Eyes "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" is a song written by Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison and Al Mortimer. It was first released by co-writer Johnny Burnette and his Rock 'n' Roll Trio in March 1957. The Beatles, recorded "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" "live in studio" for the BBC radio programme "Pop Go The Beatles" on 10 July 1963, and later transmitted on 23 July. In 1994, their recording was commercially released on the album "Live at the BBC". The song also influenced a later Beatles song, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in

pos: Old Brown Shoe performed "Old Brown Shoe" at the Concert for George in 2002, while Leslie West contributed a recording to the 2003 album "". At the George Fest tribute concert in 2014, the song was performed by Conan O'Brien. According to Ian MacDonald (except where noted): Old Brown Shoe "Old Brown Shoe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist, it was released on a non-album single in May 1969, as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko". The song was subsequently included on the Beatles' compilation albums "Hey Jude",

pos: Keith Richards A third Richards album, "Crosseyed Heart", was released in September 2015. During the 1960s most of Richards' recordings with artists other than the Rolling Stones were sessions for Andrew Oldham's Immediate Records label. Notable exceptions were when Richards, along with Mick Jagger and numerous other guests, sang on the Beatles' 1967 TV broadcast of "All You Need Is Love", and when he played bass with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, Ivry Gitlis, and Yoko Ono as the Dirty Mac for "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" TV special filmed in 1968. In the 1970s Richards worked outside the

neg: Give Peace a Chance later. Lennon later stated his regrets about being "guilty enough to give McCartney credit as co-writer on my first independent single instead of giving it to Yoko, who had actually written it with me." According to author Ian MacDonald, the credit was Lennon's way of thanking McCartney for helping him record "The Ballad of John and Yoko" at short notice. The original last verse of the song refers to: "John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and Hare Krishna". In the performance of "Give Peace a Chance" included on

neg: Al Capp How do you do?," Capp sardonically congratulated Lennon and Ono on their "" nude album cover: "I think that everybody owes it to the world to prove they have pubic hair. You've done it, and I tell you that I applaud you for it." Following this exchange, Capp insulted Ono ("Good God, you've gotta live with that?"), and is asked to "get out" by Derek Taylor. Lennon allowed him to stay however, but the conversation had soured considerably. On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version of his "Ballad of John and Yoko" song with a slightly revised, but nonetheless

neg: New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) David Peel, who is name checked in "New York City," recorded a companion piece, "The Ballad of New York City (John Lennon–Yoko Ono)" on his 1972 album "The Pope Smokes Dope", produced by Lennon and Ono. Elephant's Memory, who provided the backing music for "New York City," also recorded a companion song "Local Plastic Ono Band" on their 1972 album "Elephant's Memory", also produced by Lennon and Ono. Bielen and Urish claim that two other songs on the "Elephant's Memory" album, "Power Boogie" and "Liberation Special," are powerful rockers reminiscent of "New York City." Personal on the "Some Time in

neg: The Ballad of John and Yoko Ballad of John, George and Yoko', then I would have been on it." Backed with Harrison’s "Old Brown Shoe", the single was released in the United Kingdom on 30 May 1969. Lennon and Ono were performing a second Bed-In at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal at the time. The United States release followed on 4 June. In the UK and Europe, it was the first Beatles single to be released in stereo. It was therefore the first release not given a mono mix. The song has been included on several compilation albums: "Hey Jude" (US, 1970), "1967–1970" (1973), "20

neg: The Ballad of John and Yoko Greatest Hits" (UK, 1982), "Past Masters" (1988) and "1" (2000). An uncredited 20-second sample of the song is used in the title track of Timothy Leary's 1970 album "You Can Be Anyone This Time Around", with Leary's words: "You can be anyone this time around; John and Yoko this time around" spoken over the sample. Several US radio stations declined to broadcast the song because of what they saw as sacrilegious use of the words "Christ" and "crucify" in the chorus: In 2012 the song was ranked as the 404th best classic rock song of all time by New York's

neg: New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Lennon incorporating a bit of New York City vernacular with the statement "what a bad ass city." Music critic Johnny Rogan claims that "the melody sounds like a direct lift from 'The Ballad of John and Yoko.'" Music critic Paul Du Noyer describes "New York City" as a "solid, rousing rocker." Music critic Paul Blaney describes it as "a rough and tumble rocker" and a "dense exciting street rocker." Lennon is backed by Elephant's Memory, whose provide a brassy sound. Beatles expert Bruce Spizer describes Lennon's guitar playing as being in "Chuck Berry style." According to Du Noyer, Lennon performs

neg: The Ballad of John and Yoko to McCartney’s home on 14 April 1969, before recording it that evening. Recalling the controversy engendered by Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" remark in 1966, McCartney was alarmed at the references to 'Christ' in the new song but agreed to assist Lennon. Ono later said: "Paul knew that people were being nasty to John, and he just wanted to make it well for him. Paul has a very brotherly side to him." The song was recorded without George Harrison (who was on holiday) and Ringo Starr (who was filming "The Magic Christian"). In Barry Miles' biography, McCartney recalls that Lennon

neg: Real Love (Beatles song) Love" originated as part of an unfinished stage play that Lennon was working on at the time, titled "The Ballad of John and Yoko". The song was first recorded in 1977 with a handheld tape recorder on his piano at home. Eventually the work evolved under the title "Real Life", a song which Lennon would record at least six times in 1979 and 1980, and then abandoned. The song was eventually combined with elements of another Lennon demo, "Baby Make Love to You". In June 1978, Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono told the press that they were working on

neg: Real Love (Beatles song) a musical, "The Ballad of John and Yoko", which had been planned during the previous year. Songs proposed to be included up to this point were "Real Love" and "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him". In later versions, Lennon altered portions of the song; for example, "no need to be alone / it's real love / yes, it's real love" became "why must it be alone / it's real / well it's real life." Some takes included an acoustic guitar, while the eventual Beatles release features Lennon on piano, with rudimentary double-tracked vocals, and a tambourine. The version

neg: United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Emma from Bridgend. Perhaps the best-known competitor in 1990 was former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown. His entry was a standard middle-of-the-road rock ballad called "Ball and Chain". Jewish cantor Simon Spiro sang the ballad "Face in the Crowd". Kim Goody was a familiar face on children's television in the seventies and eighties. In the national final she sang the nostalgic ballad "Sentimental Again". Finally, another name from the 1970s, John Miles. He performed another anthemic effort, "Where I Belong", accompanying himself at the piano. As in the last two years, a national telephone vote decided the outcome of

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story roles. However, he found the movie to be often "ploddingly dull" and the songs the "best part of the show." John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story is a 1985 British-American made-for-television biographical film that chronicles the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, beginning just before they met in 1966 and concluding with Lennon's murder in 1980. The movie was made with the co-operation of Yoko Ono, who controlled the song rights. It was directed by Sandor Stern and stars Mark McGann as Lennon and Kim Miyori as Ono. The film opens on August

neg: Yoko Ono "Live Peace in Toronto 1969", was recorded during the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. This first incarnation of the group also consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bass player Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White. The first half of their performance consisted of rock standards. During the second half, Ono took to the microphone and performed an avant-garde set along with the band, finishing with music that consisted mainly of feedback, while she screamed and sang. 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

neg: WFOM 40-AM presentation style. WFOM was by far the first Metro station to air "The Ballad of John & Yoko" (1969), "Time" by the Chambers Bros. (August 1968), "Oh Well" by the pre-pop Fleetwood Mac and "No Time" by the Guess Who (both, late 1969), as well as cuts by groups such as Blondie (late-1978) and Culture Club (mid-1982). When Dickey acquired the station in the mid 1990s, the format changed to a quick information format specifically for Cobb County, Georgia. After that failed, the station became a simulcast of WCNN's sports format. In 2004, WFOM switched to a simulcast of

neg: Bagism out when a young female member of the audience stripped off her clothes and danced in naked delight. When the police were called and attendants tried to remove her, groups of people started stripping off their clothes in solidarity. There was a retreat and a truce was worked out, and no-one was arrested. The nude girl incident, with accompanying photo, made the front pages of the London evening papers." As Lee Harris noted later. Bagism is mentioned three times in the songs of John Lennon. The first time is in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where John refers to

neg: Bohemian Rhapsody tape, while coloured stage lights provided a light show based around the voices of the opera section. A blast of pyrotechnics after Roger Taylor's high note on the final "for me" would announce the band's return for the hard rock section and closing ballad. Queen played the song in this form all through the Magic Tour of 1986. This style was also used for the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, with Elton John singing the opening ballad and then after the taped operatic section, Axl Rose singing the hard rock section. John and Rose sang the closing ballad part together in

neg: Bed-Ins For Peace single visit with any world leader. Their marriage ("You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain"), the first Bed-In ("Talking in our beds for a week"), the Vienna press conference ("Made a lightning trip to Vienna...The newspapers said..."), and the acorns ("Fifty acorns tied in a sack") were all mentioned in the song "The Ballad of John and Yoko". Due to John and Yoko's very public image, the Amsterdam Bed-In was greeted by fans, and received a great deal of press coverage. Following the event, when asked if he thought the Bed-In had been successful, John became rather frustrated. He

neg: John Henry (folklore) deaths; their entrails fell on the ground. You sang the song slowly, you worked slowly, you guarded your life, or you died. There is some controversy among scholars over which came first, the ballad or the hammer songs. Some scholars have suggested that the "John Henry" ballad grew out of the hammer songs, while others believe that the two were always entirely separate. Songs featuring the story of John Henry have been recorded by many musical artists and bands of different ethnic backgrounds. Some of these include: The story also inspired the Aaron Copland's orchestral composition "John Henry" (1940, revised

neg: Yoko Yamaguchi enka genre. Yamaguchi penned another hit with "Brandy Glass," performed by actor and singer, Yujiro Ishihara. She began writing novels during the 1980s. Yamaguchi died from respiratory failure on September 6, 2014, at the age of 77. Yoko Yamaguchi Yoko Yamaguchi (May 10, 1937 – September 6, 2014) was a Japanese lyricist and novelist. In 1985, Yamaguchi won the Naoki Prize for her novels, "Enka no Mushi" ("Japanese Ballad Lover") and "Robai" ("Old Japanese Plum"). Yamaguchi was a native of Nagoya. She began her career by opening an upscale bar in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Yamaguchi wrote song lyrics

neg: Yoko Yamaguchi Yoko Yamaguchi Yoko Yamaguchi (May 10, 1937 – September 6, 2014) was a Japanese lyricist and novelist. In 1985, Yamaguchi won the Naoki Prize for her novels, "Enka no Mushi" ("Japanese Ballad Lover") and "Robai" ("Old Japanese Plum"). Yamaguchi was a native of Nagoya. She began her career by opening an upscale bar in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Yamaguchi wrote song lyrics during the slow times while managing her bar, leading to a series of successful songs during the 1970s. In 1971, Yamaguchi's song "Yokohama Tasogare" ("Yokohama Twilight Time"), performed by Hiroshi Itsuki, became a major hit within the

neg: Florence St. John "Breaking the Spell". At the age of seventeen, in 1872, she married the company's pianist and conductor, Alfred St. John. After this, St. John sang in provincial music halls and as a ballad singer in concerts. Alfred became ill, and in 1875 they moved to London, where she sang at the Oxford Music Hall under the name "Florence Leslie", and he taught music when he was well enough. He died in September of that year. By the end of the year, St. John had joined Charles Durand's English Opera Company on tour, where she began to use her married name

neg: John Parr Parr's last concert in the U.S. was a duet of the song with Daltrey at Madison Square Garden, joining them on stage were Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon, John Entwistle and Zak Starkey. John Entwistle had wanted to include the song in the set at Live Aid but was outvoted by the band. He went on to record the song himself. Parr was soon singing with Marilyn Martin on the song "Through the Night", from the "Quicksilver" soundtrack (1986). Parr wrote and produced further tracks for Martin's debut album, including the hit "Night Moves". A year after, he wrote and sang

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story meditation with the Maharishi there. He leaves and renounces the stay in India as not the answer to his problems. After returning, John calls Yoko by phone and invites her to come to his house, while Cynthia is away in Greece. Since Tony is away, too, Yoko agrees to the visit. At the house, they start recording songs and at dawn, John and Yoko consummate their relationship. After both Cynthia and Tony find out about their affair, John leaves Cynthia and his son Julian, while Yoko leaves Tony and her daughter Kyoko. As the months pass, John and Yoko have

neg: Bob Dylan one of Dylan's most covered songs. Also in 1972, Dylan protested the move to deport John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who had been convicted of possessing cannabis, by sending a letter to the U.S. Immigration Service, in part: "Hurray for John & Yoko. Let them stay and live here and breathe. The country's got plenty of room and space. Let John and Yoko stay!" Dylan began 1973 by signing with a new label, David Geffen's Asylum Records (and Island in the UK), when his contract with Columbia Records expired. On his next album, "Planet Waves", he used the Band as

neg: Imagine (John Lennon song) Song Award and recognized Lennon's desire to add Yoko Ono as a co-author of the song. In December 1971, Lennon and Ono appeared at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Lennon performed "Imagine" with an acoustic guitar, yielding the earliest known live recording of the song, later included on the "John Lennon Anthology" (1998). In 1975, he sang "Imagine" during his final public performance, a birthday celebration for Lew Grade. Elton John performed the song regularly on his world tour in 1980, including at his free concert in Central Park, a few blocks away from Lennon's apartment in The Dakota. On

neg: Past Masters prepared for release with a dedicated mono mix (the set excludes later material mixed and issued only in stereo, and material whose mono version was simply created as an equal mix of the two channels of the stereo version). As a result, the track listing for "Mono Masters" differs from "Past Masters" on the second half of disc two, omitting three songs that never had a true mono mix ("Old Brown Shoe", "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Let It Be"), and adding five songs which had previously unreleased true mono mixes. "Only a Northern Song", "All Together Now",

neg: Abbey Road with the last backing track, for "Because", being taped on 1 August. Overdubs continued through the month, with the final sequencing of the album coming together on 20 August the last time all four Beatles were present in a studio together. McCartney, Starr and Martin have reported positive recollections of the sessions, while George Harrison said, "we did actually perform like musicians again". Lennon and McCartney had enjoyed working together on the non-album single "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in April, contributing friendly banter between takes, and some of this camaraderie carried over to the "Abbey Road" sessions. Nevertheless,

neg: Hilton Amsterdam shoot. Koster unearthed the lost negatives of these historic pictures in March 2009. The couple were sitting in bed in Room 702 of the hotel in Lennon's words "like Angels", discussing peace with signs over their bed reading "Hair Peace" and "Bed Peace". After seven days, they flew to Vienna, Austria, where they held a Bagism press conference.The hotel and event is mentioned in the song "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where he mentions Hilton Amsterdam by name and uses the following words: "…the news people said: Hey, what you doin' in bed? I said: We're only tryin' to

neg: Yoko Ono Sean. On October 9 of that year, the Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island in Iceland, dedicated to peace and to Lennon, was turned on with her, Sean, Ringo, George Harrison's widow Olivia in attendance. Ono returned to Liverpool for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, where she unveiled "Sky Ladders" in the ruins of Church of St Luke (which was largely destroyed during World War II and now stands roofless as a memorial to those killed in the Liverpool Blitz). Two years later, on March 31, 2009, she went to the inauguration of the exhibition "Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story with Yoko's problems on trying to regain her daughter's love and seeing her again. In June 1971, John and Yoko emigrate to New York in the United States for a new life, where he records a solo album called "Imagine", which is a huge hit, and Yoko records some songs as well. John and Yoko later face problems when the U.S. Government threatens to deport them, their house is bugged and a spy is sent to spy on them. Throughout 1971, John and Yoko perform live at several venues including the Apollo Theater. The next day, at a Houston, Texas

neg: Heart on a Wall also played keyboards and sang backup vocals), features renowned musicians like guitarists Carlos Alomar (David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop), John Siegler (Todd Rundgren's Utopia),Tommy Morrongiello (Bob Dylan, Blue Öyster Cult) and Earl Slick (Bowie, John Lennon, Yoko Ono) as well as Blondie's Clem Burke on drums, and guest appearances by Chris Stein and Debbie Harry. "Heart on a Wall" was released in the US, the UK and France (Chrysalis CHR-1368) as well as Australia and New Zealand (L-37774), West Germany (204 425-320) and the Netherlands (204 425). "Living In Your Heart" backed with "Don't Look Around" was

neg: The Beatles in Mono Be" are not included in this set, as no true mono mixes of these albums were issued. The same holds true for the songs "The Ballad of John and Yoko", "Old Brown Shoe" and the single mix of "Let It Be", which were also omitted. A mono version of the "Yellow Submarine" album was released in the UK, but it was simply a fold-down (two stereo channels combined into one channel) from the stereo mix, not a unique, separate mono mix. "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be" were issued in the UK in mono on reel-to-reel tape and on LP

neg: Mono Masters for "Mono Masters" differs from "Past Masters" on the second half of disc two, omitting some later songs that never had a mono mix ("Old Brown Shoe", "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Let It Be"), and adding several songs released on stereo-only albums that had unreleased mono mixes. Tracks 9–12 and 15 were prepared in March 1969 for release as a 7" mono "Yellow Submarine" EP, two months after the release of the similarly titled soundtrack album, but the project was scrapped, although the EP was mastered. Subsequently, the tracks were only released in stereo (and in an

neg: The Lines You Amend one critic describing it as "Beatle-esque pop". "Billboard" magazine's critic suggested it was in the style of Violent Femmes. "Rolling Stone"'s critic wrote that the song begins sounding like "The Ballad of John and Yoko", but then becomes "a likable hybrid of T. Rex and Crowded House." Portions of the music video were filmed in a York University lecture hall. The Lines You Amend "The Lines You Amend" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan, and the third single released from their 1996 album, "One Chord to Another". The song was written by Jay Ferguson. It is the band's

neg: Jimmy Staggs music and the entertainment industry, the "Stagg Line", which appeared in Sunday editions of the Chicago Sun-Times. Jim became the Chicago chairman of Let Us Vote (LUV), a youth campaign which began in late 1968 to establish the minimum voting age as 18 in all states. Joey Bishop was honorary national chairman and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart contributed a campaign song. Everyone's efforts resulted in the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution being ratified in 1971. While serving as WCFL's music director, Staggs authorized the station to play the controversial Ballad of John and Yoko; he later

neg: Skewball solo version released on the American edition of her CD-album "My Heart" (2011) as well as a duet version with her late son Terry Melcher released in 2014 on the CD-album "Music, Movies & Memories". The melody was also the basis for the song "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band, which has become a Christmas standard since its release in 1971. Skewball Skewball was the name of an 18th-century British racehorse, most famous as the subject of a broadsheet ballad and folk-song. The horse was foaled in 1741 and originally owned

neg: The Ballad of John and Yoko had a sudden inspiration for the song and had suggested that the two of them should record it immediately, without waiting for the other Beatles to return. Reflecting this somewhat unusual situation, the session recordings include the following exchange: The session marked the return of Geoff Emerick as recording engineer at a Beatles session after he had quit working with the group during the tense "White Album" sessions nine months earlier. Commenting in the "Beatles Anthology" book, Harrison said: "I didn't mind not being on the record, because it was none of my business … If it had been 'The

neg: More popular than Jesus but Christianity expanded with Catholicism experiencing exceptional growth through Pope Francis' lead". On 18 May 1968, Lennon summoned the other Beatles to a meeting at Apple Corps to announce that he was the living reincarnation of Jesus: "I have something very important to tell you all. I am Jesus Christ. I'm back again." The meeting was adjourned for lunch and Lennon never mentioned the subject again. In May 1969, Lennon and McCartney recorded "The Ballad of John and Yoko", with Lennon singing the lines, "Christ, you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be, The way things

neg: The Pope Smokes Dope International). The Pope Smokes Dope The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records. Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on "The David Frost Show", with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972. The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 (by Orange

neg: The Pope Smokes Dope The Pope Smokes Dope The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records. Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on "The David Frost Show", with Lennon playing tea-chest bass. The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono. This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972. The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 (by Orange Records

neg: 1967–1970 "1962–1966" collection, the Blue Album was largely the same in the US and UK, although there were some variations. The US edition had "Strawberry Fields Forever" in its original 1967 stereo mix while both "Penny Lane" and "Hello, Goodbye" were presented in fake stereo, and "I Am the Walrus" with a four-beat electric piano introduction; the UK version had the more common six-beat beginning. In the Spanish edition "One After 909" substituted "The Ballad of John and Yoko", a song that was banned from the airwaves shortly after being released as a single in 1969, for its allusion to "Christ"

neg: Barenaked Ladies demo tapes reflection after the laughing stops, while 'Blame It On Me' indicates the songwriting duo is capable of losing the smirk without losing focus." Potter called "Be My Yoko Ono" a "weepy love ballad" whose satire contains "nary a trace of the malice John [Lennon]'s widow draws from virtually every direction," and described "If I Had $1000000" as a "warmly comic comeuppance on the quest for the almighty buck that has the pair trading drop-dead one-liners at the end of each plaintive refrain." A December 1991 "Toronto Star" article remarked that twelve months earlier, the Barenaked Ladies "were virtual unknowns. Today,

neg: Mrs. Lennon Mrs. Lennon "Mrs. Lennon" is Yoko Ono's first single from her second studio album "Fly" (1971). It includes the B-side "Midsummer New York". The song was also featured in the film "Imagine" (not to be confused with the ). "Slant Magazine" critic Zachary Hoskins described "Mrs. Lennon" as a "haunting, piano-led ballad." Ono biographers Nell Beram & Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky described the song's theme as the way the public defined Ono solely as ex-Beatle John Lennon's wife and did not recognize her as an artist in her own right. Beram & Boriss-Krimsky feel that the lack of promotion her records including

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story John and three-year-old Sean. Soon, Yoko receives a phone call from Kyoko, and it is revealed she wants to come to The Dakota to visit for Christmas. When Kyoko is unable to visit on Christmas Day, this leaves Yoko sad. In 1980, John is amazed by the new-wave music of the 80's and wants to record another album and starts writing songs again. Before long, John and Yoko record another album called "Double Fantasy". As the months pass they record another album called "Milk and Honey". On December 8, after a recording session for the album, John suggests they go

neg: Wedding Album and four consisted entirely "of single tones maintained throughout, presumably produced electronically", and that the pitch of the notes appear to alter slightly at certain points, clearly giving the impression he listened to the whole piece. This led Lennon and Ono to send the following telegram to Williams: All pieces by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, except where noted. Wedding Album Wedding Album is the final in a succession of three experimental albums by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It followed "" and "". The album was released as by "John and Yoko", without last names mentioned. "John & Yoko",

neg: Emma Aline Osgood She sang at the Brighton Festival in the spring of 1877, with Madame Patey, and Signor Foli, in Verdi's "Requiem;" and also at Liverpool at the Philharmonic Concert, and later in 1877, where Verdi's "Requiem" was again given, with Annie Williams in the second soprano part. At Exeter Hall, Osgood sang in most of the principal oratorios, "Messiah," "Creation," "St. Paul," with much success. She also sang for the first time in Boosey's ballad concert, and brought out Sullivan's melodious ballad, and "My Dearest Heart". In the autumn of this year, she sang for the first time at the Leeds

neg: Harry Nilsson itself in his next release, "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night" (1973). Performing a selection of pop standards by the likes of Berlin, Kalmar and Ruby, Nilsson sang in front of an orchestra arranged and conducted by veteran Gordon Jenkins in sessions produced by Derek Taylor. This musical endeavor did not do well commercially. The session was filmed, and broadcast as a television special by the BBC in the UK. 1973 found Nilsson back in California, and when John Lennon moved there during his separation from Yoko Ono, the two musicians rekindled their earlier friendship. Lennon was intent

neg: Larry Dvoskin Curious Thing" from Spacehog's album "As It Is On Earth", the latest Spacehog album. In 1999, Dvoskin released a collection of artist demos entitled "Beside Me", under the moniker “Larry D.” on his own Cool Guy Records imprint, distributed by The Orchard distribution company. On November 26, 2009, Dvoskin released his second solo album "Life Is Strange". Chicago co-founder and keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago appeared as a guest vocalist on the track "Journey Through Life.” In June 2013, Dvoskin conceived, produced and sang on an a cappella remake of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s iconic peace anthem "Give Peace

neg: Akiva Nof composed and wrote popular songs and hits for leading performers including HaGashash HaHiver. His song Izevel (about Jezebel) was a number one hit in 1972. As a student in the Netherlands in the 1960s, while working as a freelance reporter for Kol Israel, Nof interviewed John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-In. At the end of the interview, Lennon sang a verse from Nof's song Oath for Jerusalem, which Nof transcribed for him into Latin characters. Nof has published two poetry and song books titled "Longing For The Past", and "Pleasure Comes For Ever". Akiva Nof Akiva Nof (,

neg: Yoko Ono reading an unapologetic statement, he was released to immigration officials because he had also been found guilty of overstaying his business visa. On June 26, 2007, Ono appeared on "Larry King Live" along with McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison. She 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 ever, with Thurston Moore: She had previously performed the song with John and with

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story court, Tony is put in jail when he refuses to let Yoko see Kyoko. Yoko and John then go to the U.S. Supreme Court, where Yoko obtains full custody of her, but still does not know where she is. In 1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon defeats George McGovern for re-election, leaving John unhappy and causing him to get drunk and have sex with another girl, much to Yoko's chagrin. This results in the two of them having marital problems, and not long after they move into The Dakota building, she tells him they need to be separated for a while,

neg: Sims Reeves In February 1848 he sang Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus", at Exeter Hall for John Hullah, "Acis and Galatea" in March and "Jephtha" in April and May. He was, meanwhile establishing himself as the leading ballad-singer in England. In September 1848 at the Worcester festival he took a solo in "Elijah", and sang in Beethoven's "Christ on the Mount of Olives", and packed the hall in a recital of "Oberon". At the Norwich Festival he was sensational in "Elijah" and "Israel in Egypt". After his November appearance at the Sacred Harmonic Society in "Judas Maccabaeus", a critic wrote, 'the mantle of Braham

neg: Mary Hervey many years after she was a maid of honour. She was extreme forward and pert, and my Lord Sunderland got her a pension of the late king George I, it being too ridiculous to continue her any longer an officer in the army." At court Mary Lepell divided the honours for wit and beauty with her friend Mary Bellenden, subsequently the wife of Colonel John Campbell, who became the fourth Duke of Argyll. Pope and Gay sang her praises. William Pulteney, first Earl of Bath and Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield wrote a joint ballad in her honour

neg: Henry Phillips (singer) Edward Loder's "Nourjahad" and in John Barnett's "The Mountain Sylph", making a success of the ballad "Farewell to the Mountain". In 1843 Phillips began a series of "table entertainments", which he continued at intervals to the end of his career. In 1844 he visited America. On his return he sang in "Maritana" by Vincent Wallace, and "Elijah". Mendelssohn composed a "scena" for him to words from Ossian, "On Lena's gloomy heath", and he sang it at the Philharmonic Concert on 15 March 1847. After this his voice declined. His engagements gradually dropped off, and he retired at a farewell concert

neg: John Liptrot Hatton however humble a degree, of adding to the material of musical enjoyment, or of contributing anything to the regeneration of the popular taste in an important department of chamber music.' It was also during the 1840s that he wrote "Simon the Cellarer", another abiding favourite (which he sold to Oliphant for 'a £10 note'). This was incorporated into the ballad opera "Diamond cut diamond" by Henri Drayton in 1859. Charles Santley, who championed "To Anthea" and "Simon the Cellarer" and sang them with Hatton accompanying, lived long enough to record them both, twice, in the early 20th century, preserving his

neg: Ellis Hall (musician) to California in the early 1980s, Hall took Castillo up on the offer to join Tower of Power. He sang lead vocals and composed music for their T.O.P. and Power albums, releasing the ballad "Some Days Were Meant For Rain" on the latter which was previously written while he was with the Ellis Hall Group and dedicated to his former manager who was having marital problems at the time. After leaving Tower of Power, Hall worked as a session musician and featured artist on records with artists including the California Raisins, John Klemmer, Carl Anderson, Larry Dunn, George Duke and

neg: Murder ballad Sam Bass, and their ilk—have been entirely lost, or are known only to the children of those who knew and sang them. These children are now, of course, old men and women. Some of the best examples of western murder ballads will be lost forever when these people die. Tom Lehrer's song, "The Irish Ballad", is famously a parody of the traditional murder ballad. J.H.P. Pafford, in a review of Olive Burt's "American Murder Ballads and their Stories", states that the song contains "a running prose commentary on the incidents described in many [such] ballads". Australian musician Nick Cave published

neg: John and Yoko: A Love Story reunite, and on October 9, 1975, John Lennon receives a birthday present when Yoko, finally, gives birth, by Cesarian section, to a son John names Sean, while at the same time, John learns from Leon Wildes that he will not be deported from the U.S., after all. After Sean is born, John decides to retire from the music business to raise Sean for the first five years of his life. John becomes a househusband during this time, and Yoko runs a business. Three years later, Julian comes from England to visit John and later Julian has a jamming session with

neg: Krystal Jung In 2014, Krystal joined the ballad group S.M. the Ballad, initially formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2010. On the group's 2nd album "Breath", she sang the Japanese version of the title track "Breath" with TVXQ's Changmin. She also sang a duet with EXO's Chen titled "When I Was... When U Were...". Krystal performed her duet with Chen live at the "S.M. The Ballad Joint Recital" on February 12. In June, Krystal, along with her sister Jessica, was featured in the reality show, "Jessica & Krystal". The show took on a more close and personal side of the two sisters, addressing

neg: Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Protestant who had lived in Ulster for more than 300 years was [sic] scandalous, naive and even racist. Lines like 'You anglo pigs and scotties sent to colonise the North', 'Repatriate to Britain all if you who call it home' or (worst of all) 'Internment is no answer, it's those mothers' turn to burn' simply weren't worthy of Lennon, especially with his concern with racial problems, and his earlier avowed pacifism. Lennon donated the royalties from "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. The personnel on the recording were: Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko

neg: Rosaura Lopez cleaner at the Dakota building. When Lennon arrived in 1973, her services were included as part of the rental package. 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 1973 and 1980. In 2005 she wrote a book in Spanish reflecting that period: "En casa de John Lennon" ("At John Lennon's House"), Hercules Ediciones, . The book contains photos of John, Yoko and Sean along with some postcards that John and Yoko sent to her, and anecdotes such as:

neg: Rosaura Lopez 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 1973 and 1980. In 2005 she wrote a book in Spanish reflecting that period: "En casa de John Lennon" ("At John Lennon's House"), Hercules Ediciones, . 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

neg: Chris Iijima the Census as "Other" suddenly realized that they had an identity, a history, and a place at the table." Iijima sang a song from the album on the Mike Douglas Show, co-hosted with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on February 15, 1972. Iijima was a founder of Asian Americans for Action, one of the first Asian American-focused civil rights organizations of the 1960s. Iijima later became a law professor and wrote about discrimination against Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and members of other racial groups. A documentary on Iijima's life, "A Song for Ourselves", by Tadashi Nakamura premieres on February 28,

neg: The United States of America (band) already become a respected and innovative composer, involved in experimental music as part of the Fluxus movement with John Cage, Morton Feldman, LaMonte Young, David Tudor, Yoko Ono and others. Moskowitz was studying music at Barnard College where she was taught by Otto Luening; she also sang in a vocal group with Art Garfunkel, and worked with David Rubinson on a musical theatre production, as well as on the "Time-Life" project. Byrd and Moskowitz began a relationship – he has referred to their "profound musical and personal relationship", and she has described him as being her "aesthetic guru" – and

neg: Too Many People Too Many People "Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney from he and his wife Linda McCartney's 1971 album "Ram" as well as the B-side of the "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" single. "Too Many People" was written as a dig at McCartney's former bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon, as well as his wife Yoko Ono. The song also begins with the line "piss off", later revealed to be a direct attack on Lennon. McCartney sang falsetto during parts of the bridge. The guitar solo between the second bridge and third stanza is played by Hugh McCracken. The second

neg: One Voice Children's Choir formed the choir as a nonprofit organization to continue working with them. One Voice is led by director Fukuda and has 140 members ages 4–17. Every year, the choir perform around 50 to 70 times. The group meets year-round for once-a-week practices. They perform a vast selection of music such as pop music, gospel music, classical music, Broadway musical songs, and patriotic songs. In 2003, the choir sang the Christmas song "Innocence of Youth" and won the John Lennon International Music Award after singing in a competition for Yoko Ono. In 2014, One Voice received national attention for their rendition

neg: Chen (singer) Exo member alongside Luhan, Tao, and Kai at the 2011 "SBS Gayo Daejeon". In 2014, Chen joined the ballad group SM the Ballad, initially formed by SM Entertainment in 2010. On the group's second album "Breath", he sang the Chinese version of the lead single "Breath" with Zhang Liyin. He also sang a duet with f(x)'s Krystal titled "When I Was... When U Were...", and "A Day Without You" with Shinee's Jonghyun. Chen performed his duets with Krystal and Jonghyun live at the "SM the Ballad Joint Recital" on February 12. In July 2014, Chen released his first solo song

neg: Ayuo Takahashi Danny Thompson, Maddy Prior, Takehisa Kosugi, Carlos Alomar, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Dave Mattacks, Yohji Yamamoto, Jadranka Stojaković, Hiromi Ōta, Yoko Ueno, Clive Deamer, Mikigami Koichi, Wataru Ohkuma, Aki Takahashi, Mie Miki, Kazue Sawai and many Japanese traditional musicians. Three CDs of his music have been released in the United States from the TZADIK label in the 21st century. Ayuo has composed music for films, ballet, contemporary dance, and theater. "Border Line", directed by the Korean-Japanese film director, Lee Sang-il in 2002, features music mostly performed alone by Ayuo. Ayuo has a unique distinctive style in his music. He can