Deep in the darkest night
I send out a prayer to you
Now in the world of light
Where the spirit free of lies
And all else that we despised …
– George Harrison, “All Those Years Ago”
For John Lennon, born October 9, 1940.
Ike & Tina Turner — Come Together, from 18 Classic Tracks (2002)
Fats Domino — Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, from Sweet Patootie: Complete Reprise Recordings (2008)
Johnny Winter — Rock and Roll People, from John Dawson Winter III (1974)
Frankie Miller — Jealous Guy, from Full House (1977)
Backbeat Band — Rock ‘n’ Roll Music, from Music from the Motion Picture Backbeat (1994)
Teenage Fanclub — Ballad of John and Yoko, from Deep Fried Fanclub (1995)
Julie Covington — How?, from Julie Covington … Plus (1978)
Sloan Wainwright — Love, from Rediscovery (2008)
Glen Campbell — Grow Old with Me, from Meet Glen Campbell (2008)
Ian McNabb — Woman, from Liverpool: The Number Ones (2008)
Regina Spektor — Real Love, from Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur (2007)
Elliott Smith — Because, from American Beauty: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1999)
Fiona Apple — Across the Universe, from Pleasantville: Music From The Motion Picture (1998)
Colin James — I’m Losing You, from Traveler (2003)
Cowboy Junkies — I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier, from Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Rosanne Cash — I’m Only Sleeping, from Retrospective (1995)
Paul Weller — Instant Karma, from Fly on the Wall: B-Sides & Rarities 1991-2000 (2003)
Sam Phillips — Gimme Some Truth, from Martinis and Bikinis (1994)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba — Imagine, from Imagine (1995)
Allison Crowe — In My Life, from Tidings (2004)
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