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Coffee Break: Remembering John Lennon

John Lennon
John LennonHarry Benson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, via NPR

by Anna Reed

December 08, 2016

We're thinking about John Lennon today, who was shot and killed on this day in 1980. John would have been 76 had his life not been taken 36 years ago.

Lennon famously said "love and peace are eternal". It can be hard to remember that statement on a year when we have lost so many of our heroes. Thankfully, their music keeps them with us from day to day.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what John Lennon songs and covers do you want to hear?

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Songs played

Pert Near Sandstone - I Am The Walrus
Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out
David Bowie - Fame
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Day Tripper
John Lennon - Cold Turkey
Come Together - Arctic Monkeys
I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Tapes 'n Tapes