Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono (Japanese: 小野 洋子, b. 18 February 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. She first became known in popular culture as the girlfriend an later wife of John Lennon. The two met when Lennon was still with The Beatles and still married to Cynthia Lennon. On 20 March 1969, Lennon and Ono were married at the registry office in Gibraltar and spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam, campaigning with a week-long Bed-In for Peace.

In 1969 the two formed the Plastic Ono Band and in December 1970 released 'twin' albums as Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band and John Lennon/Plastic Ono band, both groundbreaking musically although Ono's was typically more experimental. When the Beatles disbanded the couple moved to MAnhattan, USA. They separated in July 1973, with Ono pursuing her career and Lennon living between Los Angeles and New York with personal assistant May Pang, with Ono's blessing. They later reconciled and their son, Sean, was born on 09 October 1975, Lennon's 35th birthday.

After an artistic hiatus the couple returned to recording music in New York and in November 1980 released a joint album Double Fantasy. They were recording more material in New York in December when Lennon was shot outside the couple's home with Ono present. Ono released new song Walking on Thin Ice (For John)" as a single less than a month later, and it became her first solo chart success. In 1981, she released the album Season of Glass, which featured the cover photo of Lennon's bloody spectacles next to a half-filled glass of water, with a window overlooking Central Park in the background.