John Lennon

Lennon in all likelihood did more then any other early rock personality to shake up rock 'n' roll, move it forward and infuse it with a conscience. As the most venturesome and candid of the four Beatles, he helped shape the docket of the Sixties - socially, politically and musically.

During his solo years, he created music that alternately distressed and comforted, aroused and sought community. As a human being, he functioned as a model of honesty in his artistry and his life.

Full Name: John Winston Lennon

Born: 9-Oct-1940

Birthplace: Liverpool, England

Died: 8-Dec-1980

Location of death: Manhattan, NY

Cause of death: Assassination

Remains: Cremated

Occupation: Musician

Nationality: English

Education: The Liverpool Art College, Liverpool, England (1957-60)

FAMILY

Father: Alfred Lennon (seaman)

Mother: Julia Stanley

Wife: Cynthia Powell (m. 1962, div. 1968)

Son: Julian Lennon (musician, b. 1963)

Wife: Yoko Ono (artist/musician, m. 1969)

Son: Sean Lennon (musician, b. 1975)

BANDS

The Quarrymen Vocalist/Guitarist 1957-60

The Beatles Vocalist/Guitarist/Pianist 1960-70

Plastic Ono Band Vocalist/Guitarist/Pianist

Which Former Beatles do you prefer?

John signed his autograph for Mark Chapman six hours before he was shot.

Although John and Paul appeared very close publicly, on the road, John would room with George, and Paul would room with Ringo.

John was a believer in reincarnation.

John hated the dark and kept a light on at all times even when he slept.

After a seventeen year absence, John saw his father for the first time in 1964.

Lennon Singles and Albums Released After The Beatles

ALBUMS

1970 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

1971 Imagine

1972 Some Time in New York City

1973 Mind Games

1974 Walls and Bridges

1975 Rock 'n' Roll

1980 Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono)

1984 Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono)

SINGLES

1969 "Give Peace a Chance"

1969 "Cold Turkey"

1970 "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)"

1970 "Mother"

1971 "Power to the People"

1971 "Imagine"

1971 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

1972 "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"

1972 "Woman Is the Nigger of the World"

1973 "Mind Games"

1974 "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"

1975 "#9 Dream"

1975 "Stand by Me"

1975 "Imagine"

1980 "(Just Like) Starting Over"

1980 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

1980 "Imagine"

1981 "Woman"

1981 "Watching the Wheels"

1981 "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"

1982 "Love"

1984 "Nobody Told Me"

1984 "Borrowed Time"

1984 "I'm Stepping Out"

1985 "Jealous Guy"

1988 "Imagine"

1988 "Jealous Guy"

1999 "Imagine"

2003 "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

• "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity."
• "He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride."
• "I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"
• "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."
• "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
• "If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal."
• "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry."
• "I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."
• "All we are saying is give peace a chance."
• "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

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