Do you remember many  of John Lennon's songs ?

Which of John Lennon's song do you like best  ? 

He used to compose several great songs without  

Sir Paul MacCartney after going into his solo career,

didn't he ?

 Whatever gets you thru the night was John

Lennon's first single (1974)  with the Apple

label.This recording featured Sir Elton John

on harmony vocals and piano too.The live re-

-cording with Elton John was released in 1981.

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Obs : 1) Take a look at the fourth word in  the song's

title . Thru is an informal way of writing "through".

This is a very informal American writing which

appears in some lyrics and newspapers,but it's not

often accepted in British English. 2) 'salright that it

is repeated ,several times in the song, it is also very

informal.Its formal spelling is  It's all right 

Let's listen to the song and sing along with John

Lennon at his pace,ok ? Click on the links below

to check vocabulary and listen to the song too.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/pace_1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffunerQ_AfA

John Lennon motivated lots of people to learn En-

-glish because , only then , they could sing along

with their idol and they could also understand  the

songs' lyrics .

J.Lennon's fans will never forget the way he died !

He was shot ,out of the blue, on Dec.8th,1980, by 

Mark David Chapman, in front of the building whe-

-re he lived with his wife ,Yoko Ono , in New York.

 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/stalk_2

It was really shocking ! All over the world people

were extremely sad ! Newspapers and magazines

published several reports about his assassination,

and there were special editions about his career.

Well, fortunately ,John Lennon had time to record

so many  beautiful songs which we may listen to

them any time we miss him.