John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at benefit for Attica Prison riot families 50 years ago #OnThisDate #OTD (Dec 17 1971)

Video: 'John Lennon Imagine Live (Acoustic Guitar)'

(Friday, December 17, 1971, evening EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, performed tonight at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the borough of Manhattan, at a concert benefit for the families of the victims of the recent riot at New York’s Attica State Prison.


Video: 'Yoko Ono & John Lennon - O Sisters O Sisters'

During the show, which was captured on 16mm film, Lennon performed acoustic versions of both “Imagine” and “Attica State” while Yoko sings “Sisters O Sisters.”