John Lennon Pseudonyms

[Mrs. O'Boogie]

John Lennon loved to make up names, which is apparent in his books, 'In His Own Write', 1964 and 'A Spaniard In The Works', 1965.

His most frequent use of the pseudonym was in recording credits.

John Lennon holds the world record for recording pseudonyms, (Guinness Book Of Records, 2007).

1. Dr Winston O'Boogie. ( ' Mind Games ' album, 1973 ).
2. John F Lennon.
3. Joel Nohnn. ( anagram of John Lennon, with 1 'n' missing. John used this name, on Yoko's songs ' Move On Fast ' and ' Is Winter Here To Stay ', 1973. John plays guitar on both tracks ).
4. Fred Zimmerman.
5. Johnny Silver. ( although John denied using this name ).
6. John Green. ( John used this when he was travelling ).
7. Mel Torment. ( on the track ' Scared ', 1974 ).
8. John O'Cean. ( John used this name, on Yoko's songs ' She Hits Back ' and ' Woman Power ', 1973. John plays guitar on both tracks ).
9. Mr Winston O'Reggae. ( on the track ' Steel and Glass ', 1974 ).
10. Dr Winston.
11. Dr Winston O'Ghurkin.
12. Reverend Thumbs Ghurkin. ( on the track ' Old Dirt Road ', 1974 ).
13. Reverend Fred Ghurkin.
14. Booker Table And The Maitre D's. ( on the track ' Beef Jerky ', 1974 ).
15. Captain Kundalini. ( on the track ' What You Got ', 1974 ).
16. Dr Dream. ( on the track ' # 9 Dream ', 1974 ).
17. Dwarf McDougal. ( on the track ' Nobody Loves You, When You're Down And Out ', 1974 ).
18. Jock Lennon.
19. Johnny Rhythm.
20. Mr. Leslie. ( whilst travelling with Cynthia Lennon ).
21. Hon. John St. John Johnson.
and the WALRUS.

Here is the link from were I found the information

pictureyourself2.mysite.orange.co.uk/page5.html

theres other intresting facts on it.
Sarah - David Bowie

[nowheregirl]

That's interesting. I didn't know he was in the Guinness Book of Records. A lot of those were on Walls and Bridges.

[Mrs. O'Boogie]

Yeah, I notice that lot of those were on Walls and Bridges. This one though, Johnny Rhythm, I heard it actually in the track of the song “Just Because" on Rock & Roll, when he speaks before the fadeout, in the style of a 1950s disc jockey closing out a radio program.

Also in the Track of "All You Need Is Love" on Beatles Love, at the end of the song John said something like “Put the riff title” (Or something like that I really can’t understand him well I have tried but I can't ;D) and I think is Ringo who said “That was Johnny Rhythm saying just goodbye to yours all and God blesses.” So, aparentlyhe was using that name since the 60’s I guess.

I knew he used a lot of Pseudonyms, when he traveled and even in records but I didn't know he was on the Guinness Book of Records either. I discover this information looking for references of John's Pseudonyms to use in a chapter on my fan fiction, Dr Winston O'Boogie is one of my favorites as my nickname well shows it.

[lennonlegend]

Ah, good old pseudonyms. I often think up pseudonyms for myself, as I don't like to give out my real name to strangers for some reason. Lennon had some fun names there. I don't know why, but 'Johnny Rhythm' makes me smile.

[onolennon]

I like Dwarf McDougal