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21. The Room at The Dakota: The Birth of the Most Famous Song in the World

John Lennon's assassination at The Dakota is well known, but years before his tragic death, the same apartment building saw the creation of one of the most famous songs in music history. In 1971, inside his modest room at The Dakota, Lennon composed and recorded Imagine, a song that would become an anthem for peace and hope across generations. A simple piano in an ordinary home gave the world one of the most enduring messages of unity ever written.