Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)

Rock 'n' Roll
A black-and-white photo of a man in a dark doorway
Studio album by
John Lennon
Released17 February 1975 (1975-02-17)
RecordedOctober 1973; 21–25 October 1974
Studio
GenreRock 'n' roll
Length40:03
LabelApple
ProducerJohn Lennon, Phil Spector
John Lennon chronology
Walls and Bridges
(1974) 		Rock 'n' Roll
(1975) 		Shaved Fish
(1975)
Singles from Rock 'n' Roll
  1. "Stand by Me"
    Released: 10 March 1975
  2. "Ya Ya"
    Released: 1975 (Germany only)

Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth solo studio album by English musician John Lennon. Released in February 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced sessions in October 1974 at the Record Plant (East). Lennon was being sued by Morris Levy over copyright infringement of one line in his Beatles song "Come Together". As part of an agreement, Lennon had to include three Levy-owned songs on Rock 'n' Roll. Spector disappeared with the session recordings and was subsequently involved in a motor accident, leaving the album's tracks unrecoverable until the beginning of the Walls and Bridges sessions. With Walls and Bridges coming out first, featuring one Levy-owned song, Levy sued Lennon expecting to see Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album.

The album reached number 6 in both the United Kingdom and the United States, later being certified gold in both countries. It was supported by the single "Stand by Me", which peaked at number 20 in the US, and 30 in the UK. The cover photo was taken by Jürgen Vollmer during the Beatles' stay in Hamburg. It was to be Lennon's last solo album; with no recording contract obligation, he was on hiatus from the music business to raise his son Sean. Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono staged a comeback with their joint release Double Fantasy in 1980.