The Life of John Lennon

John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool England on 9 October 1940. In the mid-1950s he formed his first band.The Quarrymen(after Quarry Bank High School,which he attended)who, whit addition of Paul McCartney and George Harrison ,later became The Beatles. After some years of performing in Liverpool and Hamburg ,Germany, "Beatlemania"erupted in England and Europe in 1963 after the release of their singled "Love Me Do" and"Please Please Me". The next the Beatles flew to America To appear on "toast of the Town"and Beatlemania spread worldwide. Queen Elizabeth II granted all four Beatles M.B.E.medals in1965,for import revenues form their record sales; John returned his four years later, as part of an antiwar statement. John and the Beatles continued to tour and perform live until 1966 , when protest over his calling the Beatles phenomenon "more popular than Jesus" and the frustrations of touring made the band decide to quit the road. They devoted themselves to studio work,recording and releasing albums such as "sgt.Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band", "Magical Mystery Tour" and the "White album". Instead of appearing live, the band began making the own "pop clips",which were featured on television programs of the time. In the late 1960s John began performing and making albums with second wife Yoko Ono, as the Beatles began to brake up. their first two albums," Two Virgins" and "Life with the Lions",were experimental and flops by Beatles standards, while their "Wedding Album" was almost a vanity work, but their live album "Live peace in Toronto" became a top ten hit, at the end of 1960s. In early of the 1970s John and Yoko continued to record together, making television appearances and performing at the charity concerts. After the release of John's biggest hit,"Imagine", they moved to US,where John was nearly deported because of his political views,but after four-year legal battle he won the right to stay. In the midst of this , John and Yoko separated for over a year John lived in Los Angeles with personal assistant May Pang while Yoko date guitarist David Spinozza. When John made a guest appearance at Elton John's thanksgiving1974 concert, Yoko was in audience, and surprised John backstage. they reconciled in early 1975, and Yoko soon became pregnant. After the birth of their sob Sean Lennon. John settled into the role of "househusband" and full time daddy,while Yoko became his business manger, both appeared happy in their new life together. After a five-year break form music and public eye, they made a comeback with their album "Double Fantasy", but within weeks of their re-emergence. Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman, a onetime Beatles fan angry and jealous over John's ongoing career.