When the Beatles disbanded around 1969, Paul McCartney released an album called: "McCartney," and it went to number one on the music charts. John Lennon released his album in 1970 and it was called: "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band." It didn't perform that well but did reach number five on the charts.
Lennon moved out of London to a place in the country and built his own recording studio. He wrote songs for the next album and asked his manager over to hear them. When he heard side one of the album he wasn't too impressed and he began getting worried, as two albums in a row not performing well, could lead to a downhill slide.
John flipped the album over so his manager could hear the other side and he told him that he hadn't named the first song on the second side yet, but that he and Yoko kind of liked it. About 40 seconds into the song the manager yelled: "This is it!." He told John that they needed to release it as a single and have it as the first song on the album.
John decided to call the song: "Imagine." and it's also the name he gave the album. The album was a massive hit. He had several more albums but he hit solid gold, or should I say platinum, in 1980, when he released the album: "Doubly Fantasy." It included the major hit "Starting Over," along with "Beautiful Boy," and "Watching the Wheels." Unfortunately, Lennon was murdered before he knew what a hit his last album would become. He was amazing!
Lennon moved out of London to a place in the country and built his own recording studio. He wrote songs for the next album and asked his manager over to hear them. When he heard side one of the album he wasn't too impressed and he began getting worried, as two albums in a row not performing well, could lead to a downhill slide.
John flipped the album over so his manager could hear the other side and he told him that he hadn't named the first song on the second side yet, but that he and Yoko kind of liked it. About 40 seconds into the song the manager yelled: "This is it!." He told John that they needed to release it as a single and have it as the first song on the album.
John decided to call the song: "Imagine." and it's also the name he gave the album. The album was a massive hit. He had several more albums but he hit solid gold, or should I say platinum, in 1980, when he released the album: "Doubly Fantasy." It included the major hit "Starting Over," along with "Beautiful Boy," and "Watching the Wheels." Unfortunately, Lennon was murdered before he knew what a hit his last album would become. He was amazing!
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