During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

John Lennon played harmonica on early Beatles ' hits as " Love Me Do ", " Please Please Me ", " I'll Get You " and " I Should Have Known Better ", in the later songs such as " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

In 1974, Moon played drums on Harry Nilsson's album " Pussy Cats ", which was produced by John Lennon.

This band played Williams ' compositions almost exclusively ( the Lennon – McCartney song " Blackbird ," the standard " Poinciana ," and the Freddie Hubbard blues " Birdlike " being the exceptions ) and toured and recorded throughout the remainder of the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

The record sleeve-note shows that Lennon and McCartney made more extensive and prominent use of keyboards, previously played unobtrusively by Martin.

Lewisohn also reports that, in the case of " Back in the U. S. S. R .", also recorded during Starr's absence, the three remaining Beatles each made contributions on bass and drums, with the result that those parts may be composite tracks played by Lennon, McCartney and / or Harrison.

* Ron Nasty ( styled after John Lennon ) — played by Neil Innes

In both versions the lead guitar played by Lennon is in the left channel and the rhythm guitar played by Harrison is in the right channel.

"' He and his childhood friends Pete Shotton and Ivan Vaughan often played in the wooded area behind the building, which Lennon nicknamed in the plural " Strawberry Fields.

After Lennon played the song for the other Beatles on his acoustic guitar, the band recorded the first take.

Lennon played an Epiphone Casino ; McCartney played a Mellotron, a new home instrument purchased by Lennon on August 12, 1965, ( with another model hired in after encouragement from Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues ); Starr played drums, and Harrison played electric guitar.

It is sung by Lennon over an increasingly complicated underlying arrangement which features a tamboura, played by George Harrison, lead electric guitar put through a Leslie speaker, played by Lennon, and a counter melody on Lowrey organ played by McCartney and taped with a special organ stop sounding " not unlike a celeste ".

The Rolling Stones featured a slide guitar as early as their 1963 recording of the John Lennon / Paul McCartney song " I Wanna Be Your Man ".

Instead of replacing him with a new member, Paul McCartney changed from rhythm guitar ( with John Lennon ) to bass and the band continued as a four-piece.

* John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals ; rhythm and acoustic guitars ; harmonica and handclaps ; nylon-string acoustic guitar on " Till There Was You "; Hammond organ on " I Wanna Be Your Man " and tambourine on " Don't Bother Me "

Lennon, for his part, made much greater use of acoustic guitar, forsaking his famous Rickenbacker.

* John Lennon – lead, harmony and background vocals ; acoustic, bass, lead, and rhythm guitars ; keyboards ( acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond organ, harmonium and mellotron ); extra drums and assorted percussion ( tambourine, maracas, thumping on the back of an acoustic guitar, handclaps and vocal percussion ); harmonica, whistling and saxophone ; tapes, tape loops and sound effects ( electronic and home-made )

The title track sequence, filmed in black-and-white, is arguably one of the prime archetypes of the modern performance-style music video, employing rhythmic cross-cutting, contrasting long shots and close-ups, and unusual shots and camera angles, such as the shot near the end of the song, in which George Harrison's left hand and the neck of his guitar are seen in sharp focus in the foreground while the completely out-of-focus figure of John Lennon sings in the background.

The lineup for the released versions of " Get Back " was Paul McCartney, lead vocal and bass ; John Lennon, lead guitar and backing vocal ; George Harrison, rhythm guitar ; Ringo Starr, drums ; and Billy Preston, electric piano.

Harrison, the usual lead guitarist, had temporarily quit the group on 10 January, so Lennon worked out the lead guitar.

* John Lennon – lead guitar, harmony vocal

* John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, acoustic guitar, piano

* John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, piano, lead guitar

Recorded at the Caribou Ranch, it featured backing vocals and guitar by John Lennon under the pseudonym Dr. Winston O ' Boogie ( Winston being Lennon's middle name ).

As with the A-Side, Lennon appears on the B-Side, playing guitar.

James is mentioned in The Beatles ' song " For You Blue ": while John Lennon plays the slide guitar ( James ' trademark ), George Harrison says, " Elmore James got nothin ' on this, baby.

After that time for the last 20 years of his life he played primarily electronic keyboard instruments on stage and in the studio, but occasional lead guitar ( including the acoustic guitar given to him by John Lennon, with Maurice used on " This Is Where I Came In ", 2001 ).

The cartoonist visited John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 Bed-In for Peace in Montreal, and their testy exchange later appeared in the documentary film Imagine: John Lennon ( 1988 ).

" John Lennon borrows these same words as lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Lennon promoted the album with music videos for the two hits made by movie director Sam Peckinpah and producer Martin Lewis.

After 1991, Lennon left the music business for several years.

In 2007 Lennon sold off a " significant " share of his stake in his father's catalogue of work, in exchange for an undisclosed sum, and the agreement that the purchasing company, Primary Wave, would market and promote his new material.

In 2009, Lennon founded The White Feather Foundation, whose mission " embraces environmental and humanitarian issues and in conjunction with partners from around the world helps to raise funds for the betterment of all life, and to honour those who have truly made a difference.

* 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel ( until March 31 ).

Trudeau was the first world leader to meet John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono on their ' tour for world peace '.

Lennon said, after talking with Trudeau for 50 minutes, that Trudeau was " a beautiful person " and that " if all politicians were like Pierre Trudeau, there would be world peace.

Two new 325s were created for Lennon and were shipped to him while The Beatles were in Miami Beach, Florida, on the same 1964 visit to the US: a one-off custom 12-string 325 model and an updated six-string model with modified electronics and vibrato.

Known for having raucous shows expressing an extraordinary amount of energy, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison performed completely still and simply sang through fourteen encores.

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

Travelling circuses, like Pablo Fanque's, dominated the British provinces, Scotland, and Ireland ( Fanque would enjoy fame again in the 20th century when John Lennon would buy an 1843 poster advertising his circus and adapt the lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite !).

is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her marriage to John Lennon ( 1969 – 1980 ) and her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking.

After Ono was injured in a car accident, Lennon arranged for a king-sized bed to be brought to the recording studio as he worked on The Beatles ' last recorded album, Abbey Road.