Authors: Ken Bielen Ben Urich
to-be president’s comments on the murder of Lennon.
Cassidy, Martin. “On the 25th Anniversary of John Lennon’s Death, Residents Reflect
on His Life and Music.”
Greenwich Time
(Greenwich, Connecticut) (December
8, 2005): A-1. Interviews with those who had contact with the Lennons, and
with other Greenwich, Connecticut, residents whose lives were touched by
Lennon.
Castleman, Harry and Walter J. Podrazik.
All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles
Discography 1961–1975.
Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian, 1976. The book includes all of
Lennon’s releases through 1975.
Castleman, Harry and Walter J. Podrazik.
The End of the Beatles?
Ann Arbor, MI:
Pierian, 1985.
Catlin, Roger. “John Lennon.” In
Rock: The Essential Album Guide,
ed. Gary Graff.
Detroit, MI: Visible Ink, 1996: 405–406. A consumer guide to Lennon’s releases.
Cepican, Bob and Ali Waleed.
Yesterday … Came Suddenly.
New York: Arbor House,
1984.
Chapple, Mike. “Row over TV Psychic’s Bid To Contact Lennon Spirit.”
Daily
Post.co.uk
(Liverpool, England) (April 17, 2006). Accessed April 17, 2006, at
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0800beatles/0050news/tm_objectid=16
960186&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=row-over-tv-psychic-s-bid-to-
contact-lennon-spirit-name_page.html#story_continue. The author speaks with
medium Joe Power, who was in Liverpool to visit places frequented by Lennon
in his life.
Charters, David. “Lennon—The Last Big Interview.”
Daily Post.co.uk
(Liverpool,
England) (December 8, 2005). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://icliverpool.
icnetwork.co.uk/0800beatles/0050news/tm_objectid=16459670%26method
=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=lennon%2d%2d%2dthe%2dlast%2dbig%2din
terview-name_page.html. The remembrances of Andy Peebles, the BBC disc
jockey who conducted the last substantial interview of Lennon.
Christgau, Robert. “John Lennon, 1940–1980.”
Village Voice
(December 10, 1980):
1–2. The weekly’s chief music critic’s obituary, tribute to, and appreciation of
Lennon.
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Christgau, Robert.
Rock Albums of the
’
70s.
New York: Da Capo, 1981. The critic
wrote capsule reviews of
Plastic Ono Band
(A);
Imagine
(A);
Some Time in New
York City
(C);
Mind Games
(C+);
Walls and Bridges
(B−);
Rock
’
N
’
Roll
(B−); and
Shaved Fish
(B+).
Christopher, Michael. “UFOs and Chocolate Cake.”
Popmatters.com
(Decem-
ber 8, 2005). Accessed February 4, 2006, at www.popmatters.com/music/
features/051208-lennon-christopher.shtml. Using extensive quotes from May
Pang, who lived with Lennon in the mid-1970s, the author unfolds Pang’s part
in the Lennon saga, a contribution that has largely been erased.
Clancy, Michael. “John: All Those Years Ago.”
amNew York
(December 8, 2005): 3.
The memories of people in New York City at the 25th anniversary of Lennon’s
death.
Clancy, Michael. “NYC Remembers.”
amNew York
(December 9–11, 2005): 3. Local
coverage of the gathering in Central Park to commemorate the 25th anniversary
of Lennon’s death.
Clayton, Marie and Gareth Thomas.
John Lennon: Unseen Archives.
Bath, England:
Parragon, 2002. A coffee table biography in photos and text using British
newspaper photos from the Beatle years through the solo years.
Cleave, Maureen. “How Does a Beatle Live? John Lennon Lives Like This.”
Lon-
don Evening Standard
(March 4, 1966). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://
www.geocities.com/nastymcquickly/articles/standard.html. This article quotes
Lennon extensively on a variety of topics and includes the notorious paragraph
about his thinking that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus and that
Christianity would fade away.
Cocks, Jay. “The Last Day in the Life.”
Time
(December 22, 1980): 18–24. In a
tribute cover story, the author gives a broad overview of Lennon’s life and career
and presents the details of his murder.
Cohan, Jillian. “Local Fans of Lennon Imagine.”
Wichita Eagle
(December 8, 2005):
1-A. Wichita residents discuss Lennon’s musical legacy.
Coker, Matt. “Strange Days Indeed: The Gipper, Tricky Dick,
American Hard-
core, The U.S. vs. John Lennon
and Déjà vu All over Again.”
www.ocweekly.com
(September 21, 2006). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://www.ocweekly.
com/film/film/strange-days-indeed/25872/. Excellent, culture studies–based
article that compares the documentary
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
with the hard-
core punk documentary
American Hardcore,
and how both films are connected
to Orange County, California.
Coleman, Ray.
Lennon.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. An expansive biography by
the former editor of
Melody Maker.
Coles, Robert. “On the Death of John Lennon.”
Mademoiselle
(June 1981): 124.
Collins, Paul. “John Lennon: The Dream Is Over.”
icLiverpool.co.uk
(February 6,
2006). Accessed February 6, 2006, at http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/
0800beatles/0050news/. A thoughtful essay that notes the contradictions in
Lennon’s life, the wide range of his music creations, and provides an argument
for “In My Life” as the best Beatles’ song.
“A Comedy of Letters.”
Times Literary Supplement
(March 26, 1964): 35. A review
of Lennon’s book
In His Own Write.
Compton, Todd. “McCartney or Lennon: Beatle Myths and the Composing of
the Lennon-McCartney Songs.”
Journal of Popular Culture
22 (Fall 1988):
144 Annotated Bibliography
99–131. The author discusses the myth that Lennon wrote the hard rockers and
McCartney wrote the soft ballads.
Connelly, Christopher. “A Survival LP for Yoko Ono: With a Little Help from Some
Friends.”
Rolling Stone
434 (November 8, 1984): 53 ff. The author speaks with
Yoko Ono about the release of the Lennons’
Milk and Honey: Every Man Has a
Woman,
a collection of Ono songs recorded by various artists, and the burden of
wearing the mantle of “Mrs. Lennon.”
Connolly, Ray.
John Lennon, 1940–1980.
London: Fontana, 1981. A newsstand
biography published on the occasion of Lennon’s death.
Constantine, Alex.
The Covert War against Rock: What You Don’t Know about the
Deaths of Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian Jones, Jimi
Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, John Lennon, the Notorious B.I.G.
Venice, CA: Feral House, 2000.
Coppage, N. “The Ex-Beatles: Surmounting the Aftermath.”
Stereo Review
(March
1974): 88.
Corbin, Carole Lynn.
John Lennon.
Chicago: Franklin Watts, 1982.
Corbyn, Zoe. “Where Were You the Day Lennon Died?”
Guardian
(Manchester,
England) (December 8, 2005). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://arts.guardian.
co.uk/features/story/0,,1661857,00.html. Prominent art scene Londoners
remember the impact of hearing of Lennon’s assassination.
Cott, Jonathan. “A Conversation.”
Rolling Stone
335 (January 22, 1981): 37–39.
For what was to be a
Rolling Stone
cover story about Lennon’s return to music,
the author and the artist had a long talk on December 5, 1980.
Cott, Jonathan. “The Eggman Wears White.”
Rolling Stone
(September 14,
1968): 1.
Cott, Jonathan. “John Lennon Talks.”
Vogue
(March 1969): 170–171 ff. The author
conducts a long interview that covers Lennon’s Beatles’ compositions, Bob
Dylan, India, and the
Two Virgins
album cover. The interview took place at the
time of the recording of the White Album.
Cott, Jonathan and Christine Doudna, eds.
The Ballad of John and Yoko.
Garden City,
NY: Doubleday/Rolling Stone Press, 1982.
Crossland, David. “The Stars in St. Pauli: Hamburg’s Heady Days of Rock & Roll.”
Spiegel
(February 15, 2006). Accessed February 15, 2006, at http://www.
spiegel.de/international/0,1518,400870,00.html. The author speaks with
Horst Fascher, who founded the Star Club in Hamburg and has published his
autobiography
, Let the Good Times Roll.
“Los Cubanos Recuerdan a John Lennon.”
BBCMundo.com
(December 20, 2005).
Accessed February 4, 2006, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/hi/spanish/
learn_english/newsid_4522000/4522820.stm. Short note about a tribute con-
cert held in John Lennon Park in Havana to commemorate the 25th anniversary
of his passing.
Curiel, Jonathan. “Art and Politics Frightened the FBI: Lennon Most Notable
Example of Government Monitoring Celebrities.”
San Francisco Chronicle
(September 24, 2006). Accessed September 24, 2006, at http://sfgate.com/
cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/24/INGQ3LAA3E1.DTL. Using the
documentary
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as a launchpad, the author highlights
other examples of artists who have been persecuted by the U.S. government,
including Pete Seeger, Charlie Chaplin, and Pablo Picasso.
Annotated Bibliography 145
Dalton, David. “Rock and Roll Circus.”
Rolling Stone
54 (March 19, 1970): 36–39.
A firsthand account of the Rolling Stones’ BBC-TV special from December 1968
that had not yet aired at the time of the article. Lennon and friends performed
“Yer Blues.”
Danton, Eric R. “Lennon Recalled as Bono Powers U2.”
Hartford Courant
(December 8, 2005). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://www.u2achtung.
com/01/articles/article.php?id=138. Concert review of U2 show notes the
lead singer’s nods to Lennon on the anniversary of his death.
Davies, Hunter. “For the Record.”
Guardian
(Manchester, England) (December
8, 2005). Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/
story/0,11710,1662006,00.html. The author, who wrote the only authorized
biography of The Beatles, sets the facts straight about Lennon’s opinion of the
book.
“Davies Relates to Lennon after Shooting.”
Contactmusic.com
(January 31, 2006).
Accessed March 4, 2007, at http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.
nsf/mndwebpages/davies%20relates%20to%20lennon%20after%20shooting_
31_01_2006. Ray Davies of the Kinks speaks of his shooting experience in New
Orleans and comments on the pain Lennon would have gone through.
Davies, Rod. “All He Was Saying Is Give Peace a Chance.”
Texas Observer
(December
26, 1980): 2. An appreciation of Lennon written on the occasion of his
murder.
Davis, T. N. “Of Many Things: Beatle John Lennon’s Statement.”
America
115
(August 20, 1966): 164. The author, editor-in-chief of the Jesuit periodical,
basically agrees with Lennon’s assertion that popular music artists were more
popular with youth than the Christian religion.
DeCurtis, Anthony.
Rocking My Life Away: Writing about Music and Other Matters.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998. The author is a contributing editor
at
Rolling Stone
magazine. The collection of essays includes “Plastic Ono Band/
John Lennon” written in 1987 for
Rolling Stone
as part of a feature on the
100 best albums of the past 20 years and another titled “John Lennon: The
Man,” also written for
Rolling Stone
on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of
Lennon’s death.
DeGuisti, Tony. “End of an Odyssey.”
Oklahoma Observer
(January 10, 1981): 6.
Thoughts on the passing of Lennon and the end of an era.
DeLuca, Dan. “When John Lennon Rattled Richard Nixon.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
(September 29, 2006). Accessed September 29, 2006, at http://www.philly.
com/mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/15633161.htm. The author
asserts that, despite the failings of the creators of the documentary
The U.S. vs.
John Lennon,
Lennon himself makes the film a success.
DeLuca, Dan. “Yoko Ono Brings Some of Lennon’s Art Here.”
Philadelphia
Inquirer
(June 2, 2006). Accessed June 2, 2006, at http://www.philly.com/
mld/inquirer/entertainment/weekend/14719301.htm. For the exhibit “In
My Life: The Artwork of John Lennon,” presented in suburban Philadelphia,
the author conducts a telephone interview with Yoko Ono about her role in
sharing Lennon’s legacy.
Denberg, Jody. “When Hearts Are Trumps: ‘Milk and Honey,’ John Lennon and
Yoko Ono.”
Record
3 (May 1984): 54–56. A review of the posthumously
released album.
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DeWitt, David and Tara Mulholland. “Web-Only Guide: Lennon Lore and More.”