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36-731: In 1982, The Peace Museum hosted Give Peace A Chance , a major exhibition about music and peace, featuring John Lennon 's guitar inscribed with two drawings of John and Yoko Ono in Lennon's hand. Ono wrote the dedication to the book for the exhibition, published by Chicago Review Press . Also featured in the show were U2 , Bob Marley , Holly Near , Joan Baez , Stevie Wonder , Country Joe McDonald , Harry Chapin , Pete Seeger and Graham Nash , among others. Chicago's Peace Museum opened its doors in 1981 with an exhibition called "The Unforgettable Fire" which featured drawings from survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings . The exhibit drew

72-555: A Chance " is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney ), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec , Canada. Released as a single in July 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records , it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released while he was still

108-525: A Saturday afternoon show The Saturday Sequence and a late night Sunday show, Scott on Sunday . The Saturday show featured interviews with many artists, and during this time Scott interviewed Dion , Jackson Browne , Don Henley and many others. The Sunday shows were more eclectic, featuring 1950's rock'n'roll, soul , classic rock and more contemporary music. In 1989 he also began the Classic Albums series for Radio 1. The show and Scott were remembered on

144-649: A chance". A live concert performance of the song is included on Live Peace in Toronto 1969 . (Source: Apple Records) John, Yoko, and the Elephant's Memory performed the song on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in September 1972. (Source: YouTube) The British group Yes also paid tribute to Lennon's words on their 1971 release The Yes Album , in " Your Move ". After being issued as a single, it appeared on album in

180-834: A chance". He went on to say this several times during the Bed-In. Lennon asked his press officer, Derek Taylor to find a recording engineer. On 1 June 1969, in Room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, André Perry, owner of a local recording studio, arrived and used a simple setup of four microphones and a four-track tape recorder he brought with him. The recording session was attended by dozens of journalists and various celebrities, including Timothy Leary , Rabbi Abraham Feinberg , Joseph Schwartz, Rosemary Woodruff Leary, Petula Clark , Dick Gregory , Allen Ginsberg , Roger Scott , Murray

216-781: A cleaner recording environment. When initially released in 1969, the song was credited to Lennon–McCartney . On later releases curated by the Lennon Estate, only Lennon is credited; viz. the 1990s reissue of the 1986 album Live in New York City , the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon , and the 1997 compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon and its DVD version six years later. John Lennon expressed his regrets about being "guilty enough to give McCartney credit as co-writer on my first independent single instead of giving it to Yoko , who had actually written it with me." According to author Ian MacDonald ,

252-533: A dedicated Radio 1 Vintage tribute show introduced by Richard Skinner on 30 September 2017. Scott and his wife, Lesley, had two children. A heavy smoker, Scott was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer in the summer of 1988. His last Radio 1 broadcast was on 8 October 1989, with ' Heroes and Villains ' by the Beach Boys as the final song, and his last words were: "Thank you for your company, thank you for your support and thank you for your kindness". He died in

288-439: A full review of all existing Beatles session tapes and during production, Barrett compiled several tapes for the presentation. Roger Scott was chosen to narrate the special. It's this project that Scott worked on that gave him access to the tapes. In later years Barrett, who died in 1984 (and also Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn) had been accused as the source of the leaked recordings. Barrett (nor Lewishohn) never leaked anything; it

324-607: A member of the Beatles , and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the British singles chart . The song was written during Lennon and Ono's " Bed-In " honeymoon in Montreal. When asked by a reporter what he was trying to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered spontaneously "Just give peace

360-571: A suit was brought by the State of Illinois to protect and distribute its collection. 41°52′57.7″N 87°42′57.9″W  /  41.882694°N 87.716083°W  / 41.882694; -87.716083 This article related to a building or structure in Chicago is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Illinois museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Give Peace A Chance " Give Peace

396-578: A teenager, he began playing records out the window of his suburban London home and watching the reaction of passers-by to the music. After a brief time as a merchant seaman , Scott found his way to the United States and joined the radio station WPTR in Albany, New York in 1966. Scott's job, based on his British accent , was to be 'friend of the Beatles ', and Scott learned the craft of disc jockey, working with Boom Boom Brannigan and other legendary names at

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432-474: A truncated form for the singles compilation Shaved Fish in 1975. The track's first full-length album appearance was on the 1982 compilation The John Lennon Collection . Although technically the first "solo" single released by a member of The Beatles while the band was still active, the artist credit was to the Plastic Ono Band, not John Lennon. Shortly after Lennon's 1980 murder , fans gathered outside

468-532: The Chiltern District of Buckinghamshire on 31 October 1989, at the age of 46. In December 1989 a tribute to him was recorded and broadcast on Radio 1, compered by Alan Freeman , with performances from Cliff Richard , Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe , Mark Knopfler , Chris Rea , and Mark Germino , whose single 'Rex Bob Lowenstein' had been a particular favourite of Scott. In 2010, the internationally syndicated radio show It's Only Rock 'n' Roll broadcast

504-402: The 'Three O'Clock Thrill' and the daily 'Hitline', together with the jingle 'Grab a little piece of heaven' by David Dundas . In 1976 his regular Friday rush-hour oldies show "Cruising", first broadcast at weekends in 1973, acquired a cult following, largely owing to his introduction of obscure rock-a-billy records to his London audience for the first time. He was also one of the first people in

540-694: The British media to popularise the music of Bruce Springsteen . It was also during this time that Roger Scott helped champion the Knebworth Rock Festival in 1980. The Festival's Headliner was the Beach Boys who had just released their latest album titled "Keeping the Summer Alive". Scott was always a big supporter of the West Coast Beach Boys influence on modern popular music and in anticipation of

576-697: The Dakota and sang "Give Peace a Chance". The single re-charted in the UK in January 1981, peaking at number 33. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with " Instant Karma! " and " Imagine ", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . On 4 March 2022 at 08:45 ( CET ), 150 European public radio stations broadcast this song for peace and against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and on 8 March at 12:00 (CET), 200 European private radio stations did

612-617: The K and Derek Taylor , many of whom are mentioned in the lyrics. Lennon played acoustic guitar and was joined by Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers , also on acoustic guitar. Some years later, Perry recalled the occasion and spoke about the challenges of getting a good sound out of the recording. Because of the room's poor acoustics, he said, the raw recording could not have been released without help: Originally there were no intentions to have any over-dubs done. But when I left John, he looked at me and I said, 'Well, I'll go back to

648-541: The Peace Choir. 7" single CD-maxi On 1 June 2008, the 39th anniversary of the song's recording, the first of three digital-only (and thus environmentally friendly ) singles were released through Twisted Records exclusively on Beatport with remixes featuring a newly recorded vocal by Yoko Ono . It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on 16 August 2008. These are not

684-604: The Rock Festival and also a series of two concerts at the Empire Pool (now the Wembley Arena ), Scott had listeners vote on their all time 15 top Beach Boy Hits of all time. Two subsequent Fridays were used to play back the top songs coupled with some excellent interviews with all the then band members including some insightful interviews with band member, and producer at the time, Bruce Johnston. Additionally Scott included one of

720-513: The Wembley concerts in his Friday night live concert series. Scott disdained the standardised playlists, market and audience research and other techniques introduced by the commercial stations in the 1980s. Roger Scott was also the source of many unreleased Beatles session tapes that were issued on bootlegs. Scott was working alongside EMI engineer John Barrett on a media presentation called The Abbey Road Video Show in 1982–83. Barrett had already done

756-451: The anthem of the anti Vietnam-war and counterculture movements, and was sung by half a million demonstrators in Washington, D.C. , on Vietnam Moratorium Day , on 15 November 1969. They were led by Pete Seeger , who interspersed phrases like, "Are you listening, Nixon ?" and "Are you listening, Agnew ?", between the choruses of protesters singing, "All we are saying ... is give peace

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792-538: The attention of U2, who held benefits for the museum and named their next album after the exhibition. The Museum also hosted poster exhibitions of the art of John Heartfield , Daumier and Gary Trudeau . The Peace Museum was one of two peace museums in the US. The other, and the only one still operating, is the Dayton International Peace Museum . The Peace Museum closed sometime around 2007. In 2011,

828-545: The credit was Lennon's way of thanking McCartney for helping him record " The Ballad of John and Yoko " at short notice. The original last verse of the song refers to: "John and Yoko, Timmy Leary , Rosemary [Leary], Tommy Smothers , Bobby Dylan , Tommy Cooper , Derek Taylor , Norman Mailer , Allen Ginsberg , and Hare Krishna ". In the performance of "Give Peace a Chance" included on the Live Peace in Toronto 1969 album, Lennon openly stated that he could not remember all of

864-539: The first versions Ono has done of this song: in 2004, she did a new version for Wake Up Everybody ; in 2005, a version recalling the events of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on Peace, Love & Truth ; and one of the first remixes with the lyrics used in this mix was released on the Open Your Box remix album . The last installment was released 18 February 2009, Yoko's birthday. Roger Scott Roger Scott (23 October 1943 – 31 October 1989)

900-482: The launch of legal land-based commercial radio , Scott returned to the UK in 1971, only to find the introduction was not as advanced as he had anticipated. Meanwhile, he secured a position at UBN , a closed-circuit station broadcasting music to all the United Biscuits factories nationwide. It was about this time he also had a brief stint on BBC Radio 1 but, anticipating a future in commercial radio, he did so under

936-484: The pseudonym 'Bob Baker'. In 1975 he and Tim Rice were resident team captains on a short-lived BBC television pop quiz programme, 'Disco!', hosted by Terry Wogan and broadcast on Sunday afternoons. He did not enjoy working on television, and the show finished after only one series. In 1973 Scott joined the original on-air line-up of London's Capital London . His afternoon drive-time shows became immensely popular with Londoners, generating such landmark features as

972-1011: The same. The Rockin' 1000 performed this song for the opening of the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 , also in reaction to the invasion. In 1991, Ono recorded a new version of the song (as well as a music video) in response to the imminent Gulf War . Accompanying musicians included Amina , Adam Ant , Sebastian Bach , Bros , Felix Cavaliere , Terence Trent D'Arby , Flea , John Frusciante , Peter Gabriel , Kadeem Hardison , Ofra Haza , Joe Higgs , Bruce Hornsby , Lee Jaffe , Al Jarreau , Jazzie B , Davey Johnstone , Lenny Kravitz , Cyndi Lauper , Sean Ono Lennon , Little Richard , LL Cool J , MC Hammer , Michael McDonald , Duff McKagan , Alannah Myles , New Voices of Freedom, Randy Newman , Tom Petty , Iggy Pop , Q-Tip , Bonnie Raitt , Run , Dave Stewart , Teena Marie , Little Steven Van Zandt , Don Was , Wendy & Lisa , Ahmet Zappa , Dweezil Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa as

1008-478: The single. And since it was multi-track I dubbed the original 4-track to an 8-track machine and then used the other 4-tracks to overdub some voices. The next day I went back to John [with the mix]. They moved everybody out of the room and it was just the three of us, with Yoko, and I played it for him and he thought it was wonderful. Kept it 'as is.' There's a story going around about overdubbing in London, England. Nothing

1044-431: The station. Eight months later he left WPTR to become the evening presenter at the Montreal station 1470 CFOX . From 1967 to 1971 he was known by listeners for his on-air antics and for his passionate love of music. Notable during this time was his participation in " Give Peace a Chance ", recorded by John Lennon with Yoko Ono during their Bed-In for Peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Anticipating

1080-404: The studio and listen to this and see what it's like.' And then I decided that the background was a bit too noisy and needed a little 'sweeping.' By this I mean, we kept all the original stuff, we just improved it a bit by adding if you like, some voices. So we called a bunch of people in the studio that night, I did, actually that was my decision. And that's probably why John gave me such a credit on

1116-417: The tapes to some bootleggers for some extra cash shortly before his death. The majority of the leaked Beatles EMI material came from Scott. One set has been confirmed to have been sold to Dieter Schubert of bootleg label The Swingin' Pig. In June 1988, after fifteen years of broadcasting with Capital, he moved to commercial-free BBC Radio 1 . There, he reached a national audience for the first time, presenting

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1152-400: The words and improvised with the names of the band members sharing the stage with him and anything that came to mind: "John and Yoko, Eric Clapton , Klaus Voormann , Penny Lane , Roosevelt , Nixon , Tommy Jones and Tommy Cooper , and somebody." The third verse contains a reference to masturbation , but Lennon changed this to " mastication " on the official lyric sheet. He later stated this

1188-572: Was a "cop out" but wanted to avoid unnecessary controversy. "Give Peace a Chance", backed with Ono's "Remember Love" as the B-side , was released on 4 July 1969 in the UK, and a few days later on 7 July 1969 in the US. The song reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart , and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Billboard described it as "an infectious rhythm ballad" with "clever arrangement and performance." The song quickly became

1224-535: Was a British radio disc jockey. He was best known for presenting an afternoon radio show on Capital London from 1973 until 1988 and a late night Sunday show, Scott on Sunday on BBC Radio 1 until his death from stomach cancer. Roger Scott was born in Chipping Barnet in 1943, and grew up in Surbiton . He developed an early love of the rock and roll music being created at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s. As

1260-456: Was his compilations of tapes, copies of which were made by Scott, that got leaked. Scott actually used some of the tracks from these dubs in 1984 for a 12-hour radio show on the Beatles entitled "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". This material subsequently appeared (taken directly from the radio show syndication transcription discs) on the bootleg NEMS release "Not For Sale" in early 1985. After Scott got diagnosed with stomach cancer, he sold

1296-449: Was overdubbed in England. The only thing that was overdubbed, like I said, is some of these people, and the reason why I did it, is I wanted to give him some kind of option. You see the point of the matter, it's not that we wanted to cheat anything, it was a question of like, not usable, the condition was absolutely terrible. [We took] the original stuff that was there, and added a few voices in

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