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Sonny Drane (born 13 March 1939) (sometimes referred to as "Sonny Freeman Drane"), is a German-born woman who was briefly popular as a model in Britain in the 1960s. She was propelled to prominence when her first husband, noted British photographer Robert Freeman, included images of her in the first-ever Pirelli Calendar, for which he was the sole photographer.
Although Lennon never revealed with whom he had the affair, writer Philip Norman speculates that it was either Lennon's close friend and journalist Maureen Cleave or Sonny Freeman. [7] Paul McCartney explained that the term "Norwegian Wood" was an ironic reference to the cheap pine wall panelling then in vogue in London. [8]
According to a claim in Philip Norman's 2008 biography of Lennon, between 1963 and 1965, Freeman's then wife, Sonny Drane (a model and 1964 Pirelli calendar-girl), had a year-long clandestine affair with John Lennon. Norman further claimed that she was the inspiration for Lennon's song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". [9]
John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. After a troubled childhood, he gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles .
In the summer of 1980, John Lennon recorded a demo of a new song he’d written called “Life Begins at 40” in his expansive apartment complex at New York City’s Dakota building. With its ...
It has also been said the woman in question was Sonny Freeman, wife of photographer Robert Freeman, [16]: 329, 387–8 who shot the photos on the covers of multiple Beatles albums, including With the Beatles, Help! and Rubber Soul. [18] Cleave ended her association with Lennon in 1966, the same year she married. [9]
John Lennon gave an interview on the day he died. In ET's exclusive clip from Apple TV+'s upcoming docuseries, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, the singer sits down for a radio interview with ...
A new Apple TV+ documentary series, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, is narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and investigates the shooting by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman on 8 December 1980, along ...