Category Archives: 1970s

Jim Morrison: 11 hours to live

(Friday, July 2, 1971, 6 p.m., Paris) — With 11 hours to live, singer Jim Morrison, front man for the rock group The Doors, goes out again with old friend Alan Ronay for one last drink and then meets up with girlfriend Pamela Courson to see the 1947 Robert Mitchum film “Pursued.”

Mob figure Colombo shot At New York rally


WNEW 1978 JOE COLOMBO OBITUARY Bill Jorgensen

(Monday, June 28, 1971) — Before thousands of stunned spectators and amid heavy police security, Joseph A. Colombo Sr., the 48-year-old reputed chief of a Brooklyn Mafia family, was shot in the head and critically wounded today at Columbus Circle in New York City less than an hour before a massive Italian-American civil rights rally began.

Lennon interviewed for BBC radio

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbppTWzp5o&

"Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album" (May 28, 1971 @ 3:19)

(Friday, May 28, 1971) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon is interviewed by BBC radio at his home, Tittenhurst Park, near Ascot, England, during sessions for what would become Lennon’s Imagine album.

Lennon lashes out at McCartney

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLJk936gtrY

"Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album" (May 22, 1971)

(Saturday, May 22, 1971) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon, in the presence of former Beatle George Harrison playing slide guitar, records the song How Do You Sleep?, an attack aimed at his former Beatles songwriting partner and close friend Paul McCartney. The recording took place at Lennon’s home, Tittenhurst Park, near Ascot, England, during sessions for what would become Lennon’s Imagine album.  Lennon also encounters a fan who is camping out on his property.