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Yoko Lennon Ono (小野 洋子; born
February 18,
1933) is a
Tokyo-born
American
musician and
artist.
She attended Jiyu-gakuen (自由学園 "Learning Garden of Freedom"), a music
school, as a child, and later
Sarah Lawrence College. In Japan, she first married the composer
Toshi Ichiyanagi from 1956 to 1962. Then she married an American
Christian fundamentalist film-maker, Tony Cox, from 28 November 1962
to 2 February 1969. They had a daughter, Kyoko Cox, whom Ono did not see
after the divorce until 1998.
An early member of the
Fluxus art movement, Ono is now best remembered for marrying, as her
third husband,
The Beatles'
John Lennon in the late
1960s; they had one child together,
Sean Taro Ono Lennon.
Ono is often accused by Beatle fans of breaking up the band; however,
in a recent interview (Jay
Leno 2003), she revealed the disappointment she felt by the breakup
and how it impacted a life that she was used to. There are Lennon fans
who, in addition, blame Yoko Ono for the experimental (and considered
bizarre and somewhat unpopular) phase that Lennon explored in his solo
work immediately following the band breakup. On the other hand, many
Lennon fans consider, as Lennon consistently attested, that Ono had a
profound and beneficial influence on his oeuvre.
Ono performed with Lennon on several of his albums, beginning with the
1968 "Two Virgins" and including those recorded under the name of the
Plastic Ono Band. Ono also achieved moderate success as a musician in
her own right. Quite a few of her songs have been covered by other
prominent musicians, including
Elvis Costello's cover of "Walking On Thin Ice".
She currently resides in
New York City in the
United States.
See also:
Japanese American
Discography
- Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968)
- Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions (1969)
- Wedding Album (1969)
- Live Peace In Toronto (1969)
- Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band (1970)
- Fly (1971)
- Sometime In New York City (1972)
- Approximately Infinite Universe (1973)
- Feeling The Space (1973)
- Welcome: The Many Sides Of Yoko Ono (1973)
- A Story (1974/97)
- Double Fantasy (1980)
- Season Of Glass (1981)
- It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (1982)
- Milk And Honey (1984)
- Every Man Has A Woman (1984)
- Starpeace (1985)
- Onobox (1992)
- Walking On Thin Ice (1992)
- Rising (1995)
- New York Rock (1995)
- Rising Mixes (1996)
- Blueprint For A Sunrise (2001)
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