That's My Life (My Love and My Home)

"That's My Life (My Love and My Home)"
Single by Alfred Lennon
B-side	"The Next Time You Feel Important"
Released	31 December 1965
Genre	Easy listening
Length	3:00
Label	Piccadilly Records
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Lennon, Tony Cartwright
Producer(s)	John Schroeder

"That's My Life (My Love and My Home)" is a 1965 single by Alfred "Freddie" Lennon, the father of the musician John Lennon of the Beatles.^[1][2]

Background

Tony Cartwright, co-author of the song, began writing it with inspiration from Freddie Lennon's stories.^{[citation needed]} It was recorded by a 30 piece orchestra which included the future members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.^[3] When released, the song had commercial success. However, the song suddenly disappeared from the charts, an action suspected by Cartwright to be instigated by John Lennon.^{[citation needed]} Alfred, disheartened, abandoned further attempts at a career in music.^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed by Freddie Lennon and Tony Cartwright.^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's My Life (My Love and My Home)"	3:00
2.	"The Next Time You Feel Important"	2:48

References

1. "Freddie Lennon". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
2. "Alfred Lennon". Beatlemania. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
3. Frank Mastropolo (31 December 2015). "50 years ago: Did John Lennon sabotage his estranged father's music career?". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 20 April 2021.