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Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree for Washington, D.C.’ Goes Virtual Through April 30!

Published 4 years ago by AJ Edmonds
Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree for Washington, D.C.’ Goes Virtual Through April 30!

In 2007, Ono gifted a dogwood tree, titled 'Wish Tree for Washington, D.C.’ , to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 6

Published 4 years ago
ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 6

BORN


BILL HALEY of Bill Haley And His Comets

THIS HAPPENED


In 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarrymen were appearing. As The Quarrymen were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney — eager to impress Lennon — picked up a guitar and played Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” and Gene Vincent’s “Be-Bop-A-Lula.” And the world was blissfully unaware of how it had been changed.

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