New York City (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) David Peel, who is name checked in "New York City," recorded a companion piece, "The Ballad of New York City (John Lennon–Yoko Ono)" on his 1972 album "The Pope Smokes Dope", produced by Lennon and Ono. Elephant's Memory, who provided the backing music for "New York City," also recorded a companion song "Local Plastic Ono Band" on their 1972 album "Elephant's Memory", also produced by Lennon and Ono. Bielen and Urish claim that two other songs on the "Elephant's Memory" album, "Power Boogie" and "Liberation Special," are powerful rockers reminiscent of "New York City." Personal on the "Some Time in
John Brown Lennon confidant, opposed the effort. That year he ran for mayor of Bloomington, Illinois on the Labor Party ticket, narrowly losing the election by 286 votes to Republican and incumbent mayor, Edward Jones. John Brown Lennon died on January 18, 1923. He is buried in Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois. John Brown Lennon John Brown Lennon (October 12, 1850 - January 18, 1923) was an American labor union leader and general-secretary of the Journeyman Tailors Union of America (JTU). In 1890, he was elected treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and served in that capacity until he was defeated