…Mark David Chapman waited outside the Dakota Apartments in New York City for the return of one of its famous residents. When that man stepped out of a car, Chapman shot him dead. It was John Lennon.
Thirty years after the death of John Lennon, Rolling Stone magazine is set to release the artist's final print interview.
In the interview, given three days before his death, Lennon shares his thoughts about his life, work and plans for the future in a marathon conversation with writer Jonathan Cott.
While brief excerpts of Cott's original interview were published in Rolling Stone days after Lennon's murder in 1980, this is the first time the entire nine-hour conversation has been published.
In selected audio excerpts released on Rolling Stone's website, Lennon talks about fan's expectations, reflects on his journey from angry young artist to middle-aged father, recalls his childhood and explains his decision to stop making records in the late 1970s.
The artist who created today’s 101 number one song of the day was going through two very rough years of self-induced problems. Although those two years ended with a chartbuster, it was his career that was about to go bust. He was beset by lawsuits and fines for being late at concerts or not showing up at all. In 1970, 26 of his 80 sechedules appearances were cancelled; in 1971 the figures were better but only slightly – 12 out of 40 were cancelled. Illness, management battles and eviction from his Los Angeles mansion added to his woes. But on December 8, 1971 he owned the number one song in America. But it was only a brief period of remission because it would be the last time he broke into the top ten. Here’s Sly and the Family Stone with “Family Affair.”
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