According to May Pang, by the time of Lennon's birthday in 1974:guitar pawn shops until we found an old sitar-guitar, a model that was not being made anymore. I had a plaque made that read "With all my love" and had it mounted on the back of the instrument. John loved chocolate, and I also bought him a rich chocolate
"We had been together for fourteen months and our birthdays were soon approaching. John was going to be thirty-four on October 9 and I was going to be twenty-four on October 24. John loved the sitar sound, and Jimmy Iovine and I prowled around the
Does anyone know anything about the fate of May's musical present?inscription from Elton on the rim. One side of the pendant was made of equal parts gold and platinum, standing for gold and platinum records. The gold was shaped in the form of a wall, the platinum in the shape of a bridge -- Elton's salute to John's
Also according to May Pang:
"About a week after John's birthday, Elton [John]'s present arrived in a box from Van Cleef & Arpel's. John unwrapped the box. Inside it he found a large black onyx pendant attached to a gold chain. The pendant was rimmed in gold, and there was an
"John stared at the inscription. 'They're rhinestones,' he said. His innate cheapness made him doubt anyone's generosity.
"'I don't think so. Elton wouldn't go to Van Cleef & Arpels to buy rhinestones.'
"John studied the pendant for a minute or two, then dropped it on the floor near our bed.
"Later when I was talking to Tony King, I asked him, 'Tell me the truth. Are they rhinestones?"
"'You must be kidding,' Tony replied. They're diamonds, my dear.'"
Reading May's description of this pendant, I'm struck by how much thought (and reverence for Lennon) Elton must have put into conceiving this present.
According to May Pang, by the time of Lennon's birthday in 1974:guitar pawn shops until we found an old sitar-guitar, a model that was not being made anymore. I had a plaque made that read "With all my love" and had it mounted on the back of the instrument.
"We had been together for fourteen months and our birthdays were soon approaching. John was going to be thirty-four on October 9 and I was going to be twenty-four on October 24. John loved the sitar sound, and Jimmy Iovine and I prowled around the
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