Biography
John Lennon
John Lennon was a key member of the
Beatles.
John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool,
England. When he was four years old, his parents separated and John was brought up by his mother’s sister Mimi.
In his early years John was a mischievous student. In
his early teens he got his first guitar and he spent many hours playing. His
aunt Mimi, used to regularly say:
“The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never
make a living out of it."
At this college, he met a woman by
the name of Cynthia Powell, who became his first wife. As a child, John lived a
life of uninterrupted calm. Unfortunately that calm was suddenly shattered when
his mother died before his 18th birthday. John did not like to talk about the
death of his mother, because it was painful
.John considered his Aunt Mimi the
greatest person. They lived in a little house, with frilly curtains at the
windows, and an old apple tree in the front garden. When John was away from
home, he thought about Aunt Mimi and her frilly curtains and her apple tree,
and he realized how fortunate he was. Because, though his mother was taken away
from him, he was given something precious in return. 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. Paul McCartney introduced George Harrison
to John Lennon and one day John came up
with the name Beatles for the group.
John married Cynthia Powell in August
1962 and they had a son who they called Julian. John Lennon divorced Cynthia and
re-married with Yoko Ono. In
1970, the Beatles broke up and John
Lennon went his way and he tried to send out his message out clearer. He
started doing this by releasing his first solo album “Imagine.”
Imagine was a passion of John. Itrepresented his dream for the world and his idealism. And it was something that John really wanted to say to the world. Imagine was the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed of all John Lennon's works. In the early 1970s John Lennon also became a figurehead for the anti war Movement. His song “Give Peace a Chance” became an anthem for the anti-war movement
Imagine was a passion of John. Itrepresented his dream for the world and his idealism. And it was something that John really wanted to say to the world. Imagine was the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed of all John Lennon's works. In the early 1970s John Lennon also became a figurehead for the anti war Movement. His song “Give Peace a Chance” became an anthem for the anti-war movement
In 1973, John and Yoko separated for
14 month, but John realized that he really loved her and that he
could not live without her.So, when on October 9, 1975, Yoko gave birth to John's other son Sean ,John
left his whole music career for 5 years to raise his son.
After 5 years John realized that there is no life
without music and he stared to write songs again, but, unfortunately,he was shot in front of his apartment in New York
while he was in the process of releasing another album "Milk and
Honey". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital on December
8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in the back. John Lennon was shot by
David Chapman – an obsessed fan. The death shocked the world, both musical and
non musical.
John was not a
follower, but a leader and 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.
John cannot and will never be replaced by anybody. His songs will live forever
in all our hearts and minds.
John always said “ Love and peace are
eternal”.
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