Second, that he is a serious and committed artist whose practice happened to generate a hit record.
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"The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous -- I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, " Lennon later recalled.
In fact, that sound was already developing in Muscle Shoals at a studio called Fame the first studio in the region to cut a hit record.
Sinclair had also had a hit record the previous year when he was the lead voice on the Scotland football team's World Cup record We Have a Dream.
In a daily research note Wednesday, Barclays Capital estimated that silver-coin demand globally hit a record high of 3, 800 metric tons in 2011, while U.S. sales hit a record high of 1, 240 tons.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose for a tenth straight day to hit a record high of 14, 530 Thursday -- matching a winning streak in 1996 -- as investors continue to be buoyed by the Feds quantitative easing program.
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Levels of methane, a more potent greenhouse gas, hit a new record at 1, 813 parts per billion - more than two-and-a-half times the pre-industrial level.
The cost of a barrel of North Sea Brent crude hit a record before pulling back Thursday when priced in euros and British pounds, two currencies that have been weakening of late.
And from the realm of pedal-powered transportation we brought you the SplinterBike - a bicycle made entirely from wood that can hit a record-breaking 30 miles per hour.
Platinum net length rose to a seven-week high and palladium net length hit a record high.
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The postponement came the day that GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association released a report finding that solar installations in the U.S. hit a record 684 megawatts in the third quarter.
The Vix, a measure of stockmarket volatility traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, hit a record of 59.1 on October 8th, a sign of extreme nervousness.
The Karachi stock exchange hit a record high on the expectation of a Sharif-led government.
Moscow hit a record summer temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius (101 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday.
The EIA estimates that in 2012 exports of U.S. coal hit a record 124 million tons.
On July 8, the Karachi Stock Exchange hit a record high, after years in the doldrums.
Odd, then, that Shell shares hit a record high in the days after the Prudhoe Bay news.
Unemployment in the single currency bloc hit a record high in January and February, at 12 percent.
Volkswagen says its group sales hit a record high last year despite slowing sales in Western Europe.
French TF1 television said turnout hit a record low, with 55.6% of the electorate choosing not to vote.
In U.S. stocks, traders were keeping an eye on the potential for blue chips to hit a record.
Despite the flooding, the 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange hit a record high on Tuesday.
Sales hit a record 400, 000 vehicles from January through August, though the momentum has slowed in recent months.
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Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record high in 2011, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
Comex copper-futures volume hit a daily record of 127, 276 contracts on April 10.
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Elsewhere, new-home sales increased in April and topped expectations, while prices hit a record high, according to the Commerce Department.
And auto sales, fueled by zero-percent financing offered by manufacturers, are surging and could even hit a record this month.
Last month, the number of foreclosure filing hit a record of 360, 149, according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.
Japan's monthly trade deficit hit a record in January after its recent aggressive monetary policy stance weakened its currency sharply.
On Monday, the cost of insuring 10 million euros of Greek government debt hit a record high of 3.95 million euros.
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