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Thanksgiving 1974 was VERY GOOD to
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Lost Bet to Elton John
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Gets Back with Yoko!
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Paid it off by performing at this Madison Square Garden Thanksgiving Night Show
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(his last live performance)
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Got back together with Mama-san, Yoko Ono
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(ending his 18-month Long Weekend)
- Side 1:
- Whatever Gets you Through the Night
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- I Saw her Standing There
- Side 2:
- Slippin and Slidden
- Stand by Me
- Oh My Love
- Lady Marmalade
10" bootleg of John Lennon performing with Elton John on Thanksgiving night, 1974
Elton John sang backing vocals and also played piano on the studio version.
He famously wagered Lennon that this song would become a #1 hit. When it did, Lennon made good on the wager by making a guest appearance at an Elton John concert on Thanksgiving night 1974 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
It turned out to be Lennon's last live rock performance. That night, the duo also sang The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There."
Backstage, Yoko Ono reunited with Lennon, ending John's 18-month separation from her, known as his "Lost Weekend."
John made a guest appearance at Elton John's Thanksgiving 1974 concert, Yoko was in the audience, and surprised John backstage. They reconciled in early 1975, and Yoko soon became pregnant. After the birth of their son Sean Lennon, John settled into the roles of "househusband" and full-time daddy, while Yoko became his business manager; both appeared happy in their new life together. After a five-year break from music and the public eye, they made a comeback with their album "Double Fantasy", but within weeks of their re-emergence, Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman, a onetime Beatles fan angry and jealous over John's ongoing career.
via webhaney.com
