BORN: October 9, 1940, Liverpool, England
DIED: December 8, 1980, New York, NY
John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in
Liverpool, England.
When he was four years old, his parents separated.
John's father was a seaman and John did not see a
lot of his father when he was small. After the death of
his mother, John went to live with his Aunt Mimi. They
lived in a little house, with an old apple tree in the
front garden.
John went to an art school, and he was not allow to
play "Rock and Roll". At this college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, who
became his first wife.
At sixteen, Elvis is what was happening. John created the group called the "Quarry Man". They
performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney was introduced to him. At this point, John ask
Paul if he could join the group, and he accepted the next day. The first recording they made was
called "That will be the day" by Buddy Holly.
John had the idea of changing their group name to The Beatles. The Beatles were discovered
by Brian Epstein in the Cavern, where they were performing. After Brian discovered the Beatles
he became their manager. The Beatles released their first single "Love me Do", with George
Martin as their producer. This song went up the charts very fast.
John married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and they had a son together who they called
Julian. John Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono who he met at the Indica
Gallery in November 1966.
In 1970, the Beatles broke up also. After this, John Lennon went his way and he started doing
his first solo album: Imagine. Imagine was the most commercially successful and critically
acclaimed of all John Lennon's post-Beatles efforts.
In 1972, John Lennon gave a charity concert. The concert was held in Madison Square Garden,
August 30, 1972, to help improve the living conditions of the mentally handicapped children.
During that period, John did a series of rock concerts proclaiming Peace and Love, and he gave
te Money from those concerts to the needy people.
In 1973, John and Yoko separated for 14 months. John went to Los Angeles and became a
drunk and was only partying. After, John realizes that he really loved Yoko and that he could not
live without her. So he returned back to Yoko.
On October 9, 1975, they had other son, Sean. John left his music career for 5 years to raise his
son. John did not really exist anymore in the music world. John realized that there is no life
without music after 5 years and he returned to music. He was able to write all the songs on the
album "Double Fantasy" in a period of 3 weeks.
Unfortunately, John was shot in front of his apartment complex in New York. John died of the
age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital on December 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in
the back.
The Double Fantasy album is a great album, which contain one ironic title songs "Just like
starting over" now after John's death. John was just starting over again, when he was killed.
John Lennon created the Beatles and with Paul, Ringo and George, they made great music
together. John was always fighting for people's right. He was a person that cared for other
people. John was not only a great music writer, but also an excellent pop artist and did a lot in
the Rock and Roll music world. His songs will live forever in all our hearts and minds.
