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Elephant's Memory was a New York band most notable for backing up John Lennon and Yoko Ono during 1972 (appearing as the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band) on a pair of albums and a handful of TV and live appearances. Two of their songs appeared earlier in the soundtrack to the movie Midnight Cowboy, "Jungle Gym At The Zoo" and "Old Man Willow". Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to everyday speech. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... For the song by Die Ärzte, see Yoko Ono (song). ... This article is about the 1969 film. ...

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The first incarnation of Elephant's Memory between 1967 and 1968 was:

• Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
• Rick Frank - drums

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In 1969 the line-up was:

• Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
• Rick Frank - drums
• John Ward - guitar
• Chester Ayers - guitar
• Myron Yules - bass/trombone
• Richard Sussman - keyboards
• Michal Shapiro - vocals
• David Cohen - guitar, keyboards, vocals

adding, later in the year, Chris Robinson on guitars and vocals.

In 1969, the band had a minor hit with the song "Mongoose," a rocking retelling of the age-old mongoose vs. cobra fable.

Between late 1969 and 1973 the line up remained more less constant around the following members:

• Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
• Rick Frank - drums
• Wayne "Tex" Gabriel (Barrett) - guitar
• Arthur Kaplan - bass
• Adam Ippolito - keyboards/vocals

adding, at various times, Daria Price on castanets and John La Bosca on piano.

The final manifestation of the band was:

• Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
• Rick Frank - drums
• Gary Van Scyoc - bass/vocals
• Chris Robinson - guitar/keyboards/vocals
• Jon Sachs - guitar/vocals

Discography

• Midnight Cowboy (1969, soundtrack, "Jungle Gym Zoo" and "Old Man Willow")
• Elephant's Memory (1969)
• Take it to the Streets (1970)
• Sometime In New York City (1972, John Lennon & Yoko Ono)
• Elephant's Memory (1972)
• Approximately Infinite Universe (1973, Yoko Ono)
• Angels Forever (1974)
• Live in New York City (Live John Lennon album, recorded 1972, released 1986)