Tag: Julian Lennon

When Julian Lennon met the Fonz!

Every generation seemingly has the need of portraying the time in which they grew up as the “best time” and their generation as being the best and the most exciting. We all have the tendency as we get older to enhance the good times and to minimize the bad ones in which we came of age. Even the music we listened to while growing up holds special memories and has special associations with momentous events in our lives. I want to share with you an item that I actually purchased twice in my years of collecting.

Julian and the Fonz

The same photo as the one shown below that did not include Julian’s signature was given by me as a gift to Julian Lennon at a book signing at a Barnes and Noble in New York City. The original photo was signed by Henry Winkler only, the actor who played “The Fonz” in the TV show “Happy Days.” Julian stared at the photo when I handed it to him, broke into a wonderful smile, and motioned to his personal assistant and  said, “Look, it’s me and the Fonz.” He thanked me for the gift and gave it to his PA for safekeeping.

Years later, I had the opportunity to purchase another signed photo. This time the photo was also signed by Julian, along with Ron Howard, the award winning director and actor, and actors Henry Winkler, Anson Williams and Don Most. Ron Howard was to go on to direct the special film that dealt with the Beatles touring years entitled “Eight Days a Week.”

Happy Days

The photo below was taken the first year of “Happy Days” production. John Lennon, May Pang and Julian visited the cast members on the set when this photo was taken. Could not resist getting this one as a permanent part of the collection because of all of the signatures present on the photograph. 

Having Julian’s signature on this photo is of special importance to me, knowing that he was having a great time with his dad during this time frame!

Will have this one professionally framed.

Photo Signed by: Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Don Most, Anson Williams & Julian Lennon

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK-RON HOWARD

To The Good Old Days!!!

Julian Lennon singing lead vocal on a nostalgic song written by Styx lead singer Dennis DeYoung. The two singers do a great job on this song of “looking back.”

A SONG OF NOSTALGIA “TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS”

Julian Lennon + Dennis DeYoung – “To The Good Old Days” (Art Track) – YouTube

The best way for me to conclude this post is to say growing up in the 50’s and 60’s in particular WAS the most exciting time to be around and to come of age. There was so much change occurring in the culture and so many things going on challenging previously held beliefs that it made you wonder, “What Was Coming Next?” I will argue this point with all subsequent generations!!! Be prepared for a peaceful battle if you disagree with my assessment! LOL! in either case, be healthy and happy!

Finally, this is the song that really tugs on the heartstrings as it features Julian Lennon singing a rare song about his dad. Someone posted this radio performance of Julian singing this obscure number on YouTube! Julian at the time of this performance was touring (in the 90’s) and performed this number only a few times on the radio! What a heartfelt beautiful song this is!

Julian Lennon – Loving Is Easy When You Don’t Count The Costs – YouTube

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Julian Lennon

Though not a book, nor a print item per se, this item which certainly has both Beatle connections and print-related qualities, is a very rare and difficult item to find!

First of all, the Beatles connection is that Julian of course is John Lennon’s son, and being a son of a Beatle gives one the license to post this item here.

In the 80’s, when Julian began his musical career with the excellent Valotte album, little is known that he also signed a contract with Fuji products in Japan to promote some of their products. A rare vinyl promo record was released in Japan only, containing a single track called “Fuji Girl.”

I have followed Julian’s career quite closely over the years but lacked knowledge of this release until I spotted it on an Ebay auction a couple of years ago.  I was both pleased and surprised of learning of its release. This offered further evidence that there are always collecting surprises lurking around out there in Beatle-related circles.

Here are a few photos of my copy of the rare Julian Lennon promo of Fuji Girl!

I have also included a signed print of the cover of his latest LP entitled “Jude.”

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