Sweet Toronto

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Sweet Toronto
VHS cover of Sweet Toronto
Directed by	D.A. Pennebaker
Produced by	Matt Friedman Peter Hansen Mark Woodcock
Starring	John Lennon Eric Clapton Klaus Voorman Alan White Yoko Ono Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis Bo Diddley Chuck Berry
Cinematography	D.A. Pennebaker Roger Murphy Richard Leacock
Distributed by	BMG
Release date(s)	1971
Running time	70 min.
Language	English
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Sweet Toronto (sometimes referred as Sweet Toronto Peace Festival) is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the rock and roll revival concert in Toronto in September, 1969. John Lennon played as part of the Plastic Ono Band, whose members also included Yoko Ono, Klaus Voorman, Alan White, and Eric Clapton. (Their set was released as the album Live Peace in Toronto 1969.) The video also features a selection of other acts: Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Eric Clapton, and Bo Diddley. The actual concert lasted twelve hours, but Pennebaker's documentary focuses mainly on the final hours of the concert. Film reviewers at the time were similarly affected. Latterly, though, both the performances and this film have grown in interest and watchability, particularly given the rarity of such thorough documentation of these key performers' work in concert.

[edit] Track Listing

1. "Bo Diddley"
   • Performed by Bo Diddley
2. "Hound Dog"
   • Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis
3. "Johnny B. Goode"
   • Performed by Chuck Berry
4. "Lucille"
   • Performed by Little Richard
5. "Blue Suede Shoes"
6. "Money (That's What I Want)"
7. "You Make Me Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
8. "Yer Blues"
9. "Cold Turkey"
10. "Give Peace a Chance"
11. "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)"
12. "John, John (Let's Hope For Peace)"
    • Tracks 5-12 performed by The Plastic Ono Band

The complete sets by Berry, Little Richard and Lewis were subsequently released as their own films.

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Discography
Studio albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band · Imagine · Mind Games · Walls and Bridges · Rock 'n' Roll With Yoko Ono: Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins · Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions · Wedding Album · Some Time in New York City · Double Fantasy · Milk and Honey Live albums: Live Peace in Toronto 1969 · Live in New York City Compilations: Shaved Fish · The John Lennon Collection · Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · Peace, Love & Truth · Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon Posthumous albums: Menlove Ave. · Acoustic · Wonsaponatime Soundtracks: Imagine: John Lennon · The U.S. Versus John Lennon Box sets: Lennon · John Lennon Anthology Books: In His Own Write · A Spaniard in the Works
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