Editing Yoko Ono (section)

====The Plastic Ono Band====
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[[File:John Lennon performing Give Peace a Chance 1969.jpg|thumb|Lennon and Ono recording "[[Give Peace a Chance]]", at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]], Montreal, 1969]]
After "The Ballad of John and Yoko", Lennon and Ono decided it would be better to form their own band to release their newer, more personally representative art work, rather than release the sound material as the Beatles.<ref>[[Ian MacDonald|McDonald, Ian]], ''[[Revolution in the Head]]'', 3rd ed., Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-55652-733-3}}, 1556527330</ref> To this end they formed the [[Plastic Ono Band]], a name based on their 1968 [[Fluxus]] [[conceptual art]] project of the same name.<ref name="John 2020, pp. 17-19">''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 17-19</ref> Plastic Ono Band was first conceived of by Ono in 1967 as an idea for an art exhibition in Berlin<ref>''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, p. 13</ref> but The Plastic Ono Band was first physically realized in 1968 as a multi-media machine maquette by John Lennon, also called ''The Plastic Ono Band''.<ref name="John 2020, pp. 17-19"/> In 1968, Lennon and Ono began a personal and artistic relationship in which they decided to credit their future endeavours as work of The Plastic Ono Band. Under that name Ono and Lennon collaborated on several art exhibitions, concerts, [[happening]]s and experimental [[noise music]] recording projects, including a sound and light installation in the [[Apple Corps|Apple]] press office that consisted of four perspex columns, each representing a member of the Beatles, with one holding a tape recorder and amplifier, the second a closed-circuit TV and camera, the third a record player and amplifier, and the fourth a miniature light show and loud speaker. Soon after The Plastic Ono Band name was used in recording and releasing somewhat more standard [[rock music|rock]]-based albums.

In July 1969, Lennon's first solo single, "Give Peace a Chance" (backed by Ono's "Remember Love") was the first release to be credited to the Plastic Ono Band. It was followed in October by "[[Cold Turkey]]" (backed by Ono's "[[Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)|Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for her Hand in the Snow)]]"). The singles were followed in December by the group's first album, ''[[Live Peace in Toronto 1969]]'', which had been recorded live at the [[Toronto Rock and Roll Revival]] festival in September. This incarnation of the group also consisted of guitarist [[Eric Clapton]], bass player [[Klaus Voormann]], and drummer [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]]. The first half of their performance consisted of rock standards. During the second half, Ono took to the microphone and performed two original feedback-driven compositions, "Don't Worry Kyoko" and "John John (Let's Hope For Peace)",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/core2001.html|last=Calkin|first=Graham|title=Live Peace in Toronto 1969|publisher=Jpgr.co.uk|access-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009190538/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/core2001.html|archive-date=October 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>Blaney, John (2005). ''John Lennon: Listen to This Book'' (illustrated ed.). [S.l.]: Paper Jukebox. p. 42. {{ISBN|978-0-9544528-1-0}}.</ref> constituting the entirety of the second half of the live album.