Daily Archives: September 27, 2020

John Lennon completes ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ for ‘Double Fantasy’ album 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: '(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (official music video HD)'

(Saturday, September 27, 1980, session started at 4:00 p.m. EDT; during sessions for Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey) — Former Beatle John Lennon, who returned to the recording studio last month after a five-year absence for what would turn out to be his final studio albums, Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey (both with his wife, Yoko Ono), completed “(Just Like) Starting Over” today, recording the wishing bell that opens the track at the Record Plant studio in New York City. Continue reading John Lennon completes ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ for ‘Double Fantasy’ album 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1980) →

John Lennon records ‘I Found Out’ for debut solo album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1970)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'I Found Out (Studio Outtake)'

(Sunday, September 27, 1970; during sessions for John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band) — Former Beatle John Lennon recorded “I Found Out” today at EMI Studio 3 in London, with fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr on drums, for Lennon’s debut solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, released Dec. 11, 1970.
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Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact defensive military alliance 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1940)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'An Axis of Evil is Complete - Japan Joins Italy and Germany - WW2 - 057 - September 28 1940' (Sept. 27, 1940, at 2:22)

(Friday, September 27, 1940, 1:00 Central European Summer Time; during World War II) — The Tripartite Pact, an agreement creating a defensive military alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan was signed today in Berlin. Continue reading Germany, Italy and Japan sign Tripartite Pact defensive military alliance 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1940) →