Video: 'THE DICK CAVETT SHOW - John Lennon and Yoko Ono 9-8-1971)'
(Wednesday, September 8, 1971, beginning around 6:00 p.m. EDT) — John Lennon said tonight his second wife, Yoko Ono, didn’t break up the British rock group The Beatles, but if she had “she should get credit for all the nice music we’ve all made since we broke up.” Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono tape appearance on ‘The Dick Cavett Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 8 1971)
Video: 'STAND BY ME. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)' (Sept. 7, 1971, at 2:50-3:01)
(Tuesday, September 7, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, continued shooting their 1972 Imagine film today in the Japanese gardens of Kykuit, on the grounds of the Rockefeller Kykuit estate in Pocantico Hills, New York, a hamlet in the Westchester County town of Mount Pleasant, New York. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono visit Japanese gardens for ‘Imagine’ film 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 7 1971)
Video: 'John Lennon - Imagine (The Ultimate Collection)' (first 10 videos constitute original album)
(Tuesday, September 7, 1971) — Imagine, the second studio album by former Beatle John Lennon, began shipping to American record stores today (released Oct. 8, 1971, in the UK). Continue reading John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ album begins shipping to American record stores 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 7 1971)
Video: 'What’s That In The Sky? - excerpt from the IMAGINE film'
(Monday, September 6, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, continued shooting their 1972 Imagine film today at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, inviting celebrities, including ex-Beatle bandmate George Harrison, to their hotel suite and film them entering the room with Yoko. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono film celebrity cameos for ‘Imagine’ TV special in New York hotel 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 6 1971)
Video: 'NOBODY TOLD ME. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)' (Sept. 5, 1971, at :49-1:10/2:14-3:01)
(Sunday, September 5, 1971) — On the Sunday before the Labor Day holiday, former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, resumed conceptual filming for their Imagine project today at various locations in the Manhattan borough of New York City, mostly in Lower Manhattan, beginning with a sculpture garden at 77 Water Street. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono filmed at various locations in Lower Manhattan 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1971)
(Saturday, September 4, 1971) — “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” by Paul and Linda McCartney peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ by Paul and Linda McCartney peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1971)
(Saturday, September 4, 1971) — “Smiling Faces Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘Smiling Faces Sometimes’ by The Undisputed Truth peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1971)
Video: 'Riders on the Storm (2017 Remaster)'
(Saturday, September 4, 1971) — “Riders on the Storm” by American rock band the Doors peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week, exactly nine weeks after the death of lead singer Jim Morrison in Paris.
Continue reading ‘Riders On The Storm’ by The Doors peaks at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1971)
(Saturday, September 4, 1971) — “If Not For You” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘If Not For You’ by Olivia Newton-John peaks at #25 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1971)
Video: 'WATERGATE AFFAIR BBC DOKUMENTATION 1994' (Sept. 3, 1971, at 23:52)
(Friday, September 3, 1971, approximately 11:00 p.m. PDT; during the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Under the authorization of U.S. presidential adviser John Ehrlichman, the Beverly Hills, California, office of Lewis Fielding, a psychiatrist treating Daniel Ellsberg (who had leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press, exposing systematic lies to the nation about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War), was broken into late tonight by a team of burglars. Continue reading White House ‘Plumbers’ break into office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 1971)
