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

(Saturday, November 15, 1969) — “Cold Turkey” by 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, debuted at #86 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

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.

Video: 'Cold Turkey'

“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.”

Also on this day, Lennon was filmed while sailing around the island of Spetses during a vacation in Greece.

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