Video: 'JohnSinclairFreedomRally' (John & Yoko perform at 1:10:39)

(Saturday, December 11, 1971, approximately 3:00 a.m. EST; during the John Sinclair Freedom Rally) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, appeared early this morning at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally in the Crisler Arena at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at ‘John Sinclair Freedom Rally’ in Ann Arbor, Michigan 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1971) →

Video: 'Wings Wild Life full album (1971)'

(Friday, December 3, 1971) — Wild Life, the debut studio album by the British–American rock band Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles, was released today in Britain (it would be released in the U.S. three days later on Monday, December 6, 1971). Continue reading Paul McCartney’s new band Wings releases debut album ‘Wild Life’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 3 1971) →

(Saturday, November 13, 1971) — “Imagine” by former Beatle John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers), #3 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2004 list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two consecutive weeks. Continue reading John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ single peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 13 1971) →

Video: 'John Lennon - Luck of The Irish Rare performance'

(Friday, November 12, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were captured on a black and white “open-reel” Sony video recording machine today at their newly occupied apartment in Greenwich Village in New York City rehearsing a brand new song he had written, titled “The Luck of the Irish.” Continue reading Lennon, Ono rehearse ‘The Luck of the Irish’ in their New York apartment 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 12 1971) →