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Instant Karma!, the Glossary

"Instant Karma!" (also titled "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)") is a song by English rock musician John Lennon, released as a single on Apple Records in February 1970.^[1]

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A-side and B-side

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.

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Aalborg or Ålborg is Denmark's fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022).

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Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London.

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Alan White (Yes drummer)

Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure in the progressive rock band Yes.

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All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass is the third studio album by the English rock musician George Harrison.

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All You Need Is Love

"All You Need Is Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967, with "Baby, You're a Rich Man" as its B-side.

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Allen Klein

Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Anthony Cox (producer)

Anthony D. Cox (born 1937) is an American film producer and art promoter.

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Apple Corps

Apple Corps Limited is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in January 1968 by the members of The Beatles to replace their earlier company (Beatles Ltd.) and to form a conglomerate.

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Apple Records

Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.

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Arthur Janov

Arthur Janov (August 21, 1924October 1, 2017), also known as Art Janov, was an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer.

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Ö3 Austria Top 40

Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3.

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Barry Miles

Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Bed-ins for peace

The bed-ins for peace were two week-long nonviolent protests against wars, intended as experimental tests of new ways to promote peace.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billboard Year-End

Billboard Year-End charts are cumulative rankings of entries in Billboard magazine charts in the United States in any given chart year.

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Billy Preston

William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.

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Black power

Black power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people.

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Bleachers (band)

Bleachers is an American indie pop band from New Jersey.

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Bob Woffinden

Robert Woffinden (31 January 1948 – 1 May 2018) was a British investigative journalist.

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BP Fallon

Bernard Patrick Fallon (born 24 August 1946), also known as BP Fallon, is an Irish DJ, author, actor, photographer, and musician.

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Break-up of the Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 until 1970.

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Bruce Spizer

David "Bruce" Spizer (born July 2, 1955) is an American tax attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana, who is also recognized as an expert on the Beatles.

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Cashbox (magazine)

Cashbox, also known as Cash Box, is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996.

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Causality

Causality is an influence by which one event, process, state, or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause.

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Charles Shaar Murray

Charles Shaar Murray (born Charles Maximillian Murray; 27 June 1951) is an English music journalist and broadcaster.

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Cherie Currie

Cherie Ann Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress and artist.

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Chris Welch

Chris Welch (born) is an English music journalist, critic, and author who is best known for his work from the late 1960s as a reporter for Melody Maker, Musicians Only, and Kerrang!.

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Clapping

A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals.

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Cold Turkey

"Cold Turkey" is a song written by English singer-songwriter John Lennon, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apples 1001 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1813 in the United States. Instant Karma! and Cold Turkey are John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs and songs written by John Lennon.

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Consequence (publication)

Consequence (previously Consequence of Sound) is an independently owned New York–based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television.

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Cue card

Cue cards, also known as note cards, are cards with words written on them that help actors and speakers remember what they have to say.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.

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Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh (born) is an American music critic and radio talk show host.

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David Thompson (also Dave Thomas; born 4 January 1960) is an English writer who is the author of more than 100 books, largely dealing with rock and pop music, but also covering film, sports, philately, numismatics and erotica.

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David Stubbs

David Stubbs (born 13 September 1962 in London) is a British music journalist.

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Derek Taylor

Derek Wyn Taylor (7 May 1932 – 8 September 1997) was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.

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Dutch Charts

Dutch Charts, GfK Dutch Charts, MegaCharts is a chart company responsible for producing a number of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Single Top 100 and the Album Top 100 are the most known ones.

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Dutch Single Top 100

The Dutch Single Top 100 or Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by Dutch Charts.

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Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism, or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds on the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people.

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Electric piano

An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into electrical signals by pickups (either magnetic, electrostatic, or piezoelectric).

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Elephant's Memory

Elephant's Memory (also billed as Elephants Memory, without the apostrophe) was an American rock band formed in New York City in the late 1960s, known primarily for backing John Lennon and Yoko Ono from late 1971 to 1973.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Emperor Rosko

Michael Joseph Pasternak (born 26 December 1942), known by his stage name Emperor Rosko, is an American presenter of rock music programmes, most widely known for his shows on Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Geoff Emerick

Geoffrey Ernest Emerick (5 December 1945 – 2 October 2018) was an English sound engineer and record producer who worked with the Beatles on their albums Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and Abbey Road (1969).

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician.

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GfK Entertainment charts

The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of.

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Give Peace a Chance

"Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Instant Karma! and Give Peace a Chance are John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs and songs written by John Lennon.

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Go-Set

Go-Set was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble.

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Grove (nature)

A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. Instant Karma! and Happy Xmas (War Is Over) are John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and songs written by John Lennon.

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History Channel

History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.

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I Me Mine

"I Me Mine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. Instant Karma! and i Me Mine are 1970 songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements.

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Ike & Tina Turner

Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner.

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Instant Karma (record label)

Instant Karma is an independent record label created by former Warner Music Group chairman and head of the BPI, Rob Dickins, in 1999.

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Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur is a compilation album of various artists covering songs of John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International's campaign to alleviate the crisis in Darfur.

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Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and compiled on their behalf by the Official Charts Company.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

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Jack Antonoff

Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Jim Keltner

James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the debut solo studio album by English musician John Lennon.

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Jon Wiener

Jon Wiener (born May 16, 1944) is an American historian and journalist based in Los Angeles, California.

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Karma

Karma (from कर्म,; italic) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.

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Klaus Voormann

Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer.

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Lennon (box set)

Lennon is a four-CD box set compilation, featuring highlights from the solo musical career of John Lennon.

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Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's Shaved Fish and 1982's The John Lennon Collection.

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Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (video)

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is a DVD that was released in November 2003, alongside the album of the same name.

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Let It Be (1970 film)

Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film starring the Beatles and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

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Let It Be (album)

Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.

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Let It Be (song)

"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternative mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be. Instant Karma! and Let It Be (song) are 1970 singles and song recordings produced by Phil Spector.

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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada (LAC; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.

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Live in New York City (John Lennon album)

Live in New York City is a posthumous live album by English rock musician John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Mal Evans

Malcolm Frederick Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976) was an English road manager and personal assistant employed by the Beatles from 1963 until their break-up in 1970.

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Mark Hertsgaard

Mark Hertsgaard (born 1956) is an American journalist and the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.

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Mark Lewisohn

Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English historian and biographer.

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McCartney (album)

McCartney is the debut solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 17 April 1970 by Apple Records.

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Melody Maker

Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest.

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Menstrual pad

A menstrual pad, or simply a pad, (also known as a sanitary pad, sanitary towel, sanitary napkin or feminine napkin) is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina.

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Michael X

Michael X (17 August 1933 – 16 May 1975), born Michael de Freitas, was a Trinidad and Tobago-born self-styled black revolutionary, convicted murderer, and civil rights activist in 1960s London.

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Mick Brown (journalist)

Mick Brown (born 1950 in London), educated at Reigate Grammar School, is a British journalist who has written for several British newspapers, including The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and for international publications.

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Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru, also known as Minions 2, is a 2022 American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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Mother (John Lennon song)

"Mother" is a song by English musician John Lennon, first released on his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Instant Karma! and Mother (John Lennon song) are 1970 singles, John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and songs written by John Lennon.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist.

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Murder of John Lennon

On the evening of 8 December 1980, the English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Musica e dischi

("Music and Records") was the oldest and longest-running music industry publication in Italy.

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My Mummy's Dead

"My Mummy's Dead" is the closing song on the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon. Instant Karma! and My Mummy's Dead are 1970 songs, John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and songs written by John Lennon.

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My Sweet Lord

"My Sweet Lord" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. Instant Karma! and my Sweet Lord are 1970 songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements.

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Native American name controversy

The Native American name controversy is an ongoing discussion about the changing terminology used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas to describe themselves, as well as how they prefer to be referred to by others.

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New Zealand Listener

The New Zealand Listener is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, food, culture and entertainment.

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Nicholas Schaffner

Nicholas Schaffner (January 28, 1953 – August 28, 1991) was an American non-fiction author, journalist, and singer-songwriter.

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Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.

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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", otherwise known as simply "Norwegian Wood", is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul.

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Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.

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Oh My Love

"Oh My Love" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that appeared on Lennon's Imagine album in 1971. Instant Karma! and oh My Love are John Lennon songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and songs written by John Lennon.

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music.

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Overdubbing

Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more available tracks of a digital audio workstation (DAW) or tape recorder.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

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Paul Weller

Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.

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Peace movement

A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation.

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Peter Brown (music manager)

Peter Brown is an American-based English businessman.

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Phil McDonald

Philip McDonald is an English recording studio audio engineer, best known as the engineer for EMI and later for Apple Records during the Beatles' studio years, along with Geoff Emerick and others.

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Phil Spector

Harvey Phillip Spector (December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021) was an American record producer best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s along with his two trials and conviction for the murder of Lana Clarkson in the 2000s.

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Philip Norman (author)

Philip Norman (born 13 April 1943) is an English author, novelist, journalist and playwright.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Pioneer Press

The Pioneer Press publishes 32 local newspapers in the Chicago area.

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Plastic Ono Band

The Plastic Ono Band was a rock band formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 for their collaborative and solo projects based on their 1968 Fluxus conceptual art project of the same name.

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Playboy

Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.

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Polo neck

A polo neck, roll-neck (South Africa), turtleneck (United States, Canada), or skivvy is a garment—usually a sweater—with a close-fitting collar that folds over and covers the neck.

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Power to the People (song)

"Power to the People" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1971, credited to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Instant Karma! and Power to the People (song) are John Lennon songs, plastic Ono Band songs, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and songs written by John Lennon.

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Power to the People: The Hits

Power to the People: The Hits is a compilation album gathering John Lennon's most popular songs, as part of the Gimme Some Truth box set.

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Primal therapy

Primal therapy is a trauma-based psychotherapy created by Arthur Janov, who argued that neurosis is caused by the repressed pain of childhood trauma.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Record World

Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with Billboard and Cashbox.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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Redd Kross

Redd Kross is an American rock band from Hawthorne, California, who had their roots in 1978 in a punk rock band called the Tourists, which was started by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald while Steve was still in middle school.

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Remix

A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item.

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Reverberation

Reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb), in acoustics, is a persistence of sound after it is produced.

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Revolution (Beatles song)

"Revolution" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.

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Richard Metzger

Richard Metzger (born July 28, 1965) is a television host and author.

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Richard Williams (journalist)

Richard Williams (born 13 March 1947) is a British music and sports journalist.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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River Deep – Mountain High

"River Deep – Mountain High" is a song by Ike & Tina Turner released on Philles Records as the title track to their 1966 studio album. Instant Karma! and River Deep – Mountain High are 1970 singles, song recordings produced by Phil Spector and song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Roy Carr

Roy Carr (1945 – 1 July 2018) was an English music journalist, covering pop, rock and jazz.

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music-industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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Shaved Fish

Shaved Fish is a compilation album by English rock musician John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band, issued in October 1975 on Apple Records.

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Some Other Guy

"Some Other Guy" is a rhythm and blues song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richie Barrett.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.

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Strawberry Fields Forever

"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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String section

The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.

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Sun Records

Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1952.

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Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan (lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).

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Swiss Hitparade

The Swiss Hitparade (Schweizer Hitparade) is Switzerland's main music sales charts.

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Tambourine

The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills".

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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The Beatles: An Illustrated Record

The Beatles: An Illustrated Record is a 1975 book by music journalists Roy Carr and Tony Tyler, published by Harmony Books.

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The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The John Lennon Collection

The John Lennon Collection is a 1982 posthumous compilation album of music from John Lennon's solo career.

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The John Lennon Video Collection

The John Lennon Video Collection is a music video album compilation that was released on VHS, VCD and LaserDisc in October 1992 in the US, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand as a collection of old and new promotional videos.

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The Ronettes

The Ronettes were an American girl group from Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City.

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The Shining (novel)

The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by American author Stephen King.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Three Blind Mice

"Three Blind Mice" is an English nursery rhyme and musical round.

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Toad the Wet Sprocket

Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986.

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Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel is a German music band formed in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing, and drummer Gustav Schäfer.

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Tony Tyler

James Edward Anthony Tyler (31 October 1943 in Bristol – 28 October 2006 in Hastings, East Sussex) was a British writer who authored several books and wrote for the magazines NME, Macworld, MacUser, PC Pro and Computer Shopper.

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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.

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Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York.

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Tubular bells

Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Ultratop

Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.

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VG-lista

VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart.

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Wall of Sound

The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios, in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the conglomerate of session musicians later known as "the Wrecking Crew".

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Who Has Seen the Wind? (song)

"Who Has Seen the Wind?" is a song written by Yoko Ono that first appeared as the B-side of John Lennon's single "Instant Karma!" It was later issued as a bonus track on a compact disc version of the Wedding Album. Instant Karma! and Who Has Seen the Wind? (song) are 1970 songs and plastic Ono Band songs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Karma!

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