John Lennon's 70th birthday bash this weekend celebrated asfolks 'Imagine'

HOLLYWOOD, Calif - PRN - GHN News - Yoko
Ono, the late John Lennon's wife, is joining with a cast of
entertainers and others in celebration of what would have been John
Lennon's 70th birthday, had not an assassin's bullet killed him at the
apex of his career.

John Lennon, music video on YouTube

  Eight remastered collections of John Lennon were released  on October 5 in anticipation of the big weekend bash planned for Lennon's 70th birthday October 9. studio albums and several new collections were released internationally.

YouTube and EMI Music are joining with a series of tributes on that occasion.

YouTube will honor John Lennon
beginning at 9 pm PT on Friday, October 8 and continue their homepage
spotlight for 24 hours.  It will feature a personal video from Yoko Ono,
asking people to submit videotaped tributes to John Lennon to YouTube.

Video testimonials are coming in to be highlighted from many of Lennon's famous friends and fans, including Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, Aerosmith, the Jonas Brothers, Jeff Bridges, Tony Hawk, Bret Michaels, DMC (Run-DMC), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Bill Walton, and others, will also be included in YouTube's homepage spotlight.

"I hope you'll join me and a family of peace around the world to celebrate this very special day," said Yoko Ono.  "Send in your own video tribute to YouTube, and we will share in keeping John's memory alive."The official Lennon site reminds people how ",Imagine"
became Lennon's best-known song what is referred to as "an international
anthem of peace."

YouTube
has also created a global Yoodle of the YouTube logo, as part of the
tribute to John Lennon.  It will be initiated at the same time the
YouTube spotlight begins and remain live for 24 hours.

A
Google doodle will be live on Google homepages all over the world
beginning Friday, October 8 and all day Saturday, October 9th until
midnight.  This is a first-ever video doodle, which features a sketched
animation that features John Lennon's self-portrait set to an audio clip
of his song "Imagine."

There are featured eight eight remastered John Lennon solo albums and new titles including Double Fantasy Stripped Down, Power To The People: The Hits,Gimme Some Truth, and the John Lennon Signature Box and other tapings that have been restored to include the six 'Live Jam' recordings featured on an original album Some Time in New York City.

Announcements of the John Lennon birthday tribute informs the public of deluxe 11CD and digital John Lennon Signature Box that includes 13 previously unreleased home recordings, and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and Julian Lennon have each written personal essays for the lavish collection.

"If John Lennon had only been one of the four members of the Beatles,
his artistic immortality would already have been assured. The so-called
“smart Beatle,” he brought a penetrating intelligence and a stinging wit
both to the band’s music and its self-presentation. But in such songs
as “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),”
“Rain” and “In My Life,” he also marshaled gorgeous melodies to evoke a
sophisticated, dreamlike world-weariness well beyond his years,"
introduces Lennon's official website.

“I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one,” remains
a reminder to fans and friends of Lennon's personal message in a song
people "Imagine" in moments of remembrance of his work.