The Lives of John Lennon released to the public. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono threatened to sue for libel, claiming the book made her briefly consider suicide, but never pursued any legal action, later explaining that she wanted to maintain a positive attitude and that her lawyers had advised her a civil action would only draw more attention to the book. Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon denounced the book, stating "Every single person was annihilated. My mother was called a bulldog and a domineering woman, which was nothing—"nothing"—like my mother. And he called "me" a spaniel. I thought, I'd rather be a spaniel than a Rottweiler,
Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album) "Oldies But Mouldies"; no official title had been chosen until Lennon saw the neon sign prepared as cover art by John Uomoto, with Lennon's name and the words "ROCK 'N' ROLL" beneath. This struck Lennon in a positive way, and it became the album title. "All tracks produced and arranged by John Lennon, except * produced by Phil Spector, and arranged by Spector and Lennon." Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album) Rock 'n' Roll is the fifth studio album by John Lennon. Released in 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon.