John Lennon

vocal, electric guitar, producer, acoustic guitar, guitar, arranger, handclaps, harmonica, piano, performer, tambourine, electric piano, 12 string guitar, organ, percussion, guitars, maracas, mellotron, electric bass guitar, free reed, Hammond organ, clavioline, jew's harp, Moog, banjo, snare drum, glockenspiel, lap steel guitar, ukulele, effects, harpsichord

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Beatles
Plastic Ono Band performer #9 Dream, Aisumasen (I’m Sorry), Beef Jerky, Bless You, Bring On the Lucie (Freda Peeple), Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Going Down on Love, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, I Know (I Know), Imagine, Intuition, It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Meat City, Mind Games, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out), Nutopian International Anthem, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Old Dirt Road, One Day (at a Time), Only People, Out the Blue, Scared, Steel and Glass, Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox), Tight A$, What You Got, Whatever Gets You Thru the Night, You Are Here
Phil Spector producer, recording, vocal Ain't That a Shame, Angel Baby, Cold Turkey, Come Together, Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Give Peace a Chance, Here We Go Again, Hound Dog, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Mother, New York City, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Since My Baby Left Me, To Know Her Is to Love Her, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) producer Cold Turkey, Come Together, Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Give Peace a Chance, Hound Dog, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, I'm Losing You, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Mother, New York City, Nobody Told Me, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Real Love, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Marc Allen (new age)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Plastic Ono Band performer #9 Dream, Aisumasen (I’m Sorry), Beef Jerky, Bless You, Bring On the Lucie (Freda Peeple), Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Going Down on Love, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, I Know (I Know), Imagine, Intuition, It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Meat City, Mind Games, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out), Nutopian International Anthem, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Old Dirt Road, One Day (at a Time), Only People, Out the Blue, Scared, Steel and Glass, Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox), Tight A$, What You Got, Whatever Gets You Thru the Night, You Are Here
Phil Spector producer, recording, vocal Ain't That a Shame, Angel Baby, Cold Turkey, Come Together, Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Give Peace a Chance, Here We Go Again, Hound Dog, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Mother, New York City, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Since My Baby Left Me, To Know Her Is to Love Her, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Yoko Ono (Japanese-American musician and artist) producer Cold Turkey, Come Together, Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Give Peace a Chance, Hound Dog, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, I'm Losing You, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Mother, New York City, Nobody Told Me, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Real Love, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Robert Stevens mix, producer Cold Turkey, Come Together, Give Peace a Chance, Here We Go Again, Hound Dog, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Mother, New York City, Real Love, Rock and Roll People, Since My Baby Left Me, To Know Her Is to Love Her, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
Klaus Voormann bass, bass guitar, double bass Bless You, Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Imagine, It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out), Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Old Dirt Road, Scared, Steel and Glass
Jonathan Wyporath editor Cold Turkey, Come Together, Give Peace a Chance, Hound Dog, Imagine, Instant Karma (We All Shine On), It’s So Hard, Mother, New York City, Well, Well, Well, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
New York Philharmonic performer Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Imagine, It’s So Hard, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!, Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
The Little Big Horns performer Beef Jerky, Going Down on Love, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out), Scared, Steel and Glass, Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox), What You Got
Alan White (Yes drummer) cymbals, drums, vibraphone Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep?, How?, Imagine, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!
Jim Keltner drums Bless You, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Jealous Guy, Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out), Old Dirt Road, Scared, Steel and Glass
Nicky Hopkins electric piano, piano Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep?, How?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!
George Harrison (The Beatles) dobro, guitar, slide guitar Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, How Do You Sleep?, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, Oh My Love
Rod Linton acoustic guitar Crippled Inside, Gimme Some Truth, Oh Yoko!
King Curtis (saxophonist) saxophone I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die, It’s So Hard
Andy Davis (Guitarist on "Imagine") acoustic guitar Gimme Some Truth, Oh Yoko!
John Barham (English pianist, composer, arranger) harmonium, vibraphone How?, Jealous Guy
Steve Brendell double bass, maracas Crippled Inside, I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
George Martin producer Grow Old With Me
Jack Douglas producer I'm Losing You
Jim Gordon (Drummer (Derek and the Dominos)) drums It’s So Hard
Joey Molland acoustic guitar I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
John Tout acoustic guitar Crippled Inside
Julian Lennon drums Ya Ya
Mike Pinder tambourine I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die
Roy Cicala mix Angel Baby
Ted Turner (of Wishbone Ash) acoustic guitar Crippled Inside
The 44th Street Fairies performer #9 Dream
Cee-Roo remixer A Day in the Life
Tom Evans (UK guitarist for Badfinger) acoustic guitar I Don’t Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don’t Wanna Die

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
The Beatles performer, vocal, 12 string guitar, Hammond organ, Moog, acoustic guitar, banjo, clavioline, effects, electric bass guitar, electric guitar, electric piano, glockenspiel, guitar, guitars, handclaps, harmonica, harpsichord, jew's harp, lap steel guitar, maracas, mellotron, organ, percussion, piano, snare drum, tambourine, ukulele A Day in the Life, A Hard Day’s Night, A Taste of Honey, Across the Universe, Act Naturally, Ain’t She Sweet, All I’ve Got to Do, All My Loving, All Together Now, All You Need Is Love, And I Love Her, And Your Bird Can Sing, Anna (Go to Him), Another Girl, Any Time at All, Ask Me Why, Baby It’s You, Baby You’re a Rich Man, Baby’s in Black, Because, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Besame Mucho, Birthday, Blue Jay Way, Boys, Can’t Buy Me Love, Carry That Weight, Cayenne, Chains, Come Together, Cry Baby Cry, Cry for a Shadow, Dear Prudence, Devil in Her Heart, Dig It, Dig a Pony, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Doctor Robert, Don’t Bother Me, Eight Days a Week, Eleanor Rigby, Every Little Thing, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby, Flying, For You Blue, From Me to You, Get Back, Girl, Glass Onion, Good Morning Good Morning, Hallelujah, I Love Her So, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Hello Little Girl, Help!, Hey Bulldog, Hold Me Tight, Honey Don’t, How Do You Do It, I Am the Walrus, I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party, I Got to Find My Baby, I Need You, I Saw Her Standing There, I Should Have Known Better, I Wanna Be Your Man, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), I Want to Hold Your Hand, If I Fell, In My Life, It Won’t Be Long, It’s All Too Much, It’s Only Love, I’ll Be Back, I’ll Be on My Way, I’ll Cry Instead, I’ll Follow the Sun, I’ll Get You, I’m Only Sleeping, I’m So Tired, I’m a Loser, I’ve Got a Feeling, I’ve Just Seen a Face, Julia, Komm gib mir deine Hand, Komm gib mir deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand), Komm, gib mir deine Hand, Komm, gib mir deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand), Lady Madonna, Let It Be, Like Dreamers Do, Little Child, Long Tall Sally, Love Me Do, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Maggie Mae, Magical Mystery Tour, Mean Mr Mustard, Medley: Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey!, Misery, Money (That’s What I Want), Mr. Moonlight, My Bonnie, No Reply, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Not a Second Time, Nowhere Man, Octopus’s Garden, Oh! Darling, One After 909, Only a Northern Song, P.S. I Love You, Please Mister Postman, Please Mr. Postman, Please Please Me, Polythene Pam, Revolution 1, Rock and Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven, Run for Your Life, Searchin’, Sexy Sadie, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise), She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, She Loves You, She Said She Said, She’s Leaving Home, She’s a Woman, Sie liebt dich, Some Other Guy, Something, Strawberry Fields Forever, Sun King, Sure to Fall (In Love with You), Taxman, Tell Me What You See, Tell Me Why, Thank You Girl, The Ballad of John and Yoko, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, The End, The Fool on the Hill, The Inner Light, The Long and Winding Road, The Night Before, The Sheik of Araby, The Word, There’s a Place, Things We Said Today, This Boy, Three Cool Cats, Ticket to Ride, Till There Was You, Tomorrow Never Knows, Twist and Shout, Two of Us, Wait, What You’re Doing, When I Get Home, Words of Love, Yellow Submarine, Yer Blues, You Can’t Do That, You Like Me Too Much, You Never Give Me Your Money, You Really Got a Hold on Me, Young Blood, Your Mother Should Know, You’ll Be Mine, You’re Going to Lose That Girl, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
Plastic Ono Band producer Give Peace a Chance
Yoko Ono producer Walking on Thin Ice (1981 re-edit)
Marc Allen producer, vocal (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess, (Just Like) Starting Over, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), Borrowed Time, Cleanup Time, Dear Yoko, Don’t Be Scared, Grow Old With Me, I Don’t Wanna Face It, I’m Losing You, I’m Stepping Out, Let Me Count the Ways, Nobody Told Me, O’ Sanity, Sleepless Night, Watching the Wheels, Woman, Your Hands, You’re the One
松本香穂 producer, piano Do the Oz, God, Hold On, I Found Out, Isolation, Look at Me, Love, Mother, My Mummy’s Dead, Remember, Well Well Well, Working Class Hero
John Rubenstein arranger, producer, piano Give Peace a Chance, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Give Peace a Chance: Reprise, Mother, Power to the People, Whatever Gets You Thru the Night, Woman Is the Nigger of the World
[dialogue] vocal Brian Was a Beautiful Guy… He Presented Us Well (interview), Mick Jagger and John Lennon’s Introduction of The Dirty Mac, We Were Four Guys… That’s All (interview), We Were Performers… in Britain (interview)
Clear producer Gimme Some Truth, Jealous Guy, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko!
The Quarrymen vocal, guitar In Spite of All the Danger, That’ll Be the Day
Maisah vocal, guitar My Bonnie, Why
David Bowie vocal, guitar Fame, Fame ’90 (remix)
Hrvoje Hitrec vocal, guitar My Bonnie, Sweet Georgia Brown
Baby 63 vocal, guitar My Bonnie (Mein Herz ist bei dir nur), The Saints
Ringo Starr piano Cookin’ (in the Kitchen of Love)
Robert Dimbleby vocal My Bonnie
The Armoires producer New York City
Elton John performer Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (live)
The Dirty Mac vocal Yer Blues
CCC producer Rock Around the Clock
Jaime Heras vocal El Hombre Que Venía del Siglo XX, Parte 9
Artaban performer Fredssangen
Dave Held producer Cold Turkey
河合優子 performer Whatever Gets You Through the Night / Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (live)
Bill Elliot & The Elastic Oz Band producer God Save Us
Elastic Oz Band producer, vocal Do the Oz