Lennon videotaped performing ‘Dear Yoko’ at New York vacation home 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 11 1980)


Video: 'John Lennon home video footage in FULL. NYC Cold springs harbour 1980.' (Apr. 11, 1980, at 1:18-7:02)

(Friday, April 11, 1980, evening EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon, using his newly acquired video camera to record his day-to-day activities, recorded two takes of his new written song, “Dear Yoko,” today at Cannon Hill, his family’s secluded, sprawling mansion overlooking Cold Spring Harbor on New York’s Long Island.