Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

October 8, 1940 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

John Lennon

Biography

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release. Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement. As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Known For

Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum

Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song

Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

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