Editing Yoko Ono (section)

====''Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' and ''Fly''====
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Ono released her first solo album, ''[[Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band]]'' in 1970, as a companion piece to Lennon's ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]''. The two albums also had companion covers: Ono's featured a photo of her leaning on Lennon, and Lennon's a photo of him leaning on Ono. Her album included raw, harsh vocals, which bore a similarity with sounds in nature (especially those made by animals) and [[free jazz]] techniques used by wind and brass players. Performers included [[Ornette Coleman]], other renowned free jazz performers, and [[Ringo Starr]]. Some songs on the album consisted of wordless vocalizations, in a style that would influence [[Meredith Monk]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.makers.com/blog/women-music-trailblazing-female-singers-songwriters-and-musicians/6|title=Women in Music: Trailblazing Female Singers, Songwriters and Musicians|publisher=makers.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203025326/http://www.makers.com/blog/women-music-trailblazing-female-singers-songwriters-and-musicians/6|archive-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> and other musical artists who have used screams and vocal noise instead of words. The album reached No. 182 on the US charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yoko-ono-plastic-ono-band-mw0000026229/awards|title=Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band: Awards|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>

[[File:Yokoono and johnlennon pelo1972.jpg|thumb|170px|Ono and Lennon, {{circa|1971}}]]
When Lennon was invited to play with [[Frank Zappa]] at the [[The Fillmore|Fillmore]] (then the Filmore West) on June 5, 1971, Ono joined them.<ref>Liner notes to Disc 2, ''Sometime in New York City'' album.</ref> Later that year, she released ''[[Fly (Yoko Ono album)|Fly]]'', a double album. In it, she explored slightly more conventional [[psychedelic rock]] with tracks including "Midsummer New York" and "Mind Train", in addition to a number of [[Fluxus]] experiments. She also received minor airplay with the ballad "[[Mrs. Lennon]]". The track "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" was an ode to Ono's missing daughter,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Beatles: An illustrated record|page=83|year=1978|publisher=Harmony Books|isbn=0-517-53367-7|author1=Carr, R.|author2=Tyler, T.|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> and featured Eric Clapton on guitar. In 1971, while studying with [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] in [[Mallorca]], Spain, Ono's ex-husband Anthony Cox accused Ono of abducting their daughter Kyoko from the kindergarten. They reached an out of court agreement and the charges were dismissed. Cox eventually moved away with Kyoko.<ref>''Kyoko'' (2018), documentary by Marcos Cabotá. Far Visuals. [https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film596058.html Summary at FilmAffinity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301201030/https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film596058.html |date=March 1, 2022}}</ref> Ono would not see her daughter until 1998.<ref name="BioChannel" /> During this time, she wrote "Don't Worry Kyoko", which also appears on Lennon and Ono's album ''Live Peace in Toronto 1969'', in addition to ''Fly''. Kyoko is also referenced in the first line of "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" when Yoko whispers "Happy Christmas, Kyoko", followed by Lennon whispering, "Happy Christmas, [[Julian Lennon|Julian]]."<ref>Jackson, Andrew Grant. ''Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers'', Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, July 2012, p. 50.</ref> The song reached No. 4 in the UK, where its release was delayed until 1972, and has periodically reemerged on the UK Singles Chart. Originally a [[Protest song|protest]] [[song about the Vietnam War]], "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" has since become a Christmas standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/now-thats-what-i-call-christmas%21-the-essential-mw0000797209|title=Various Artists: Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Essential|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 14, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205062218/http://www.allmusic.com/album/now-thats-what-i-call-christmas%21-the-essential-mw0000797209|archive-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/happy-xmas-war-is-over-mt0029822393|title=Happy Xmas (War Is Over): Overview|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 14, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831223449/http://www.allmusic.com/song/happy-xmas-war-is-over-mt0029822393|archive-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> That August the couple appeared together at a benefit in [[Madison Square Garden]] with [[Roberta Flack]], [[Stevie Wonder]], and [[Sha Na Na]] for mentally disabled children organized by [[WABC-TV]]'s [[Geraldo Rivera]].{{sfn|Munroe|Ono|Hendricks|Altshuler|2000|p=320}}

In a 2018 issue of ''[[Portland Magazine]]'', editor Colin W. Sargent writes of interviewing Yoko while she was visiting Portland, Maine, in 2005. She spoke of driving along the coast with Lennon and dreamed of buying a house in Maine. "We talked excitedly in the car. We were looking for a house on the water… We did examine the place! We kept driving north along the water until I don't really remember the name of the town. We went quite a ways up, actually, because it was so beautiful."<ref>{{cite web|author=Sargent, Colin W.|title=Imagine|publisher=[[Portland Monthly]]|date=April 2018|url=https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2018/02/imagine/|access-date=March 12, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308214615/https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2018/02/imagine/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1973, Ono recorded a single, "Joseijoi Banzai, Parts 1 and 2" with musicians billed as the Plastic Ono Band and Elephants Memory and released it only in Japan. She cheered feminism by combining lyrics inspired by Japanese war songs with Pop rhythms, signalling a new direction.<ref>Midori Yoshimoto, “Fluxus and Japanese Women Artists,” in Japanese Women Artists in Avant-garde Movements, 1950–1975, exh. cat. (Tochigi, Japan: Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 2005). p. 198.</ref>