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Yoko Ono To Receive Songwriting Credit On 'Imagine,' 48 Years Later

At a music publishing event in New York, Ono was surprised by the announcement that she would be credited along with John Lennon.
Yoko Ono, accompanied by son Sean Lennon, accepted the Centennial Song award for "Imagine" at a National Music Publishers' Association event Wednesday in New York.

Yoko Ono will, legalities willing, be added as a songwriter to one of the most famous pop songs in the world — and John Lennon's biggest solo hit — "Imagine."

"Tonight, it is my distinct honor to correct the record some 48 years later," David

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