Video: 'Cold Turkey - John Lennon Plastic Ono Band [Original video]'

(Monday, October 20, 1969) — The single “Cold Turkey”/“Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)” by the Plastic Ono Band, a rock band formed by John Lennon of The Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, as a vehicle for their collaborative and solo projects, was released today in the U.S. (Oct. 24, 1969, in the UK).

Video: 'Cold Turkey'

It was the second solo single issued by Lennon, released when he was still officially a member of the Beatles, and the first to feature a performance formally recorded in a studio.

“Cold Turkey” was also the first song Lennon wrote for which he took sole credit; his previous compositions, including his first single release, “Give Peace a Chance,” were attributed to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.

Lennon had privately informed the other members that he was quitting The Beatles on Sept. 20, 1969, and first entered the studio as a solo performer just five days later to begin recording “Cold Turkey.”

Video: 'Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)'