I used to love watching the original "Monday Night Football" on ABC, when it was a real show. You never knew who might appear at half-time with Howard Cosell, and that made it entertaining even if the game wasn't. And one night, John Lennon was the guest.
I recall where I was when the news came in that John Lennon had been shot in front of his home at the Dakota in New York City. Being a baby boomer, I lived through the assassinations of the 1960s....JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, so hearing that John Lennon had been killed stirred up those memories of shock and loss.
Today is a Monday, and so was December 8th, 1980, the day we lost John Lennon. I was too young to remember where I was or what I was doing that day, but 34 years later it is impossible not to feel the impact of that fateful day.
As soon as the Queen of England decided to bestow one of the country's highest honors upon John Lennon, almost anyone could have guessed it wasn't going to end well.
When ever Beatles memorabilia goes up for auction, it brings in some major coin. A guitar John Lennon handed off to his cousin after recording a Beatles' hit is going up for auction and it's expected the price tag on the item will be well over a million dollars.
As a lifelong fan of "The Beatles", I had to take note that on this day in 1971, the "Imagine" solo album by John Lennon was certified gold. Imagine all the great songs he wound have written by now, had he lived. This song was his masterpiece.
In some ways, growing up with John Lennon's for a dad must have been pretty cool -- but in others, it could be fairly nerve-wracking, as Sean Lennon explained in a recent chat.
As you know by now, I'm a huge fan of The Beatles, and love the music each produced solo, after the breakup. Long before MTV and music videos were in fashion, John Lennon was featured walking through Central Park in New York City, and other Big Apple locations to the tune of his 1973 hit song, "Mind Games".