(1940-1980) John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool.
Towards the end of 50 formed his first band The Quarrymen, and Paul McCartney met at a concert. Let them
Ringo Starr and George Harrison and manager of the historic Epstein.
the Beatles were born, now an integral part of Music History.
In 1957, Lennon met Cynthia Powell were married in 1962, when the Beatles were already a big reality.
The manager claims that marriage should remain secret to avoid damaging the image of the beatle and Julian was born while his father was on tour.
reports were always very cold between father and son, so that the child became attached more to Paul McCartney (the famous song "Hey Jude" at the behest of Paul is dedicated to Julian).
In 1963, John writes, "Please Please Me and She Loves You, tracks historical world behind the success of the group.
In the following years John has shown complete artist as an actor in the musical of Beatles A Hard Day's Night, Help and Magical Mystery Tour and the comedy How I Won The War, both as a writer with In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works, and obviously as a writer of beautiful songs, always in tandem with Paul McCartney.
Character always uncomfortable in disagreement with the institutions, religion and power in general, was the soul rebel of the Beatles, always in the forefront of the battles for civil rights and pacifist.
The Beatles in business from 1960 to 1970 are a legendary group that has literally changed the ways of making music, the songs signed by Lennon and McCartney are an integral part of our history.
In 1968 divorce from his wife Yoko Ono and comes into the picture, that will change the life of Beatle and that will be blamed by fans of Cusa was the dissolution of the group.
year later with Yoko politically committed against the war in Vietnam: stay in bed for days, responding to interviews, try to attract the interest of the public.
In one of them was born in bed Give Peace A Chance first single of the new Plastic Ono Band, the group of John and Yoko, and still anthem of the peace movement.
That year also recorded an album Live Peace in Toronto, where the new band, this time with Eric Clapton and Alan White, can also play Cold Turkey, reported the experience of John with the heroine and the cold sweat of those who seek to detoxify.
The Beatles officially disbanded in 1970 but John was already out there, in the same year he published John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, where he plays well, very nice album that contains Mother and Working Class Hero.
In 71 out Power To The People, a song which became the anthem of American Communists, in the same year, leaving Imagine, his most beautiful album with the title track which became an anthem of international pacifism. The album also contains How Do You Sleep, a violent attack on former friend and Scoca Paul McCartney, Ram in response to album in the songs where Paul accuses him Yeah Piss Off, Too Many People 3 Legs and to have abandoned the Friends for a fake alternative career.
Criticism on which they agreed that the fans saw massively increase the influence of Yoko, well-established avant-garde artist.
in 1972 with a live Frank Zappa Some Time in New York City, an album with very poleticizzato collaborations from Eric Clapton to George Harrison and end of the year the single Happy Xmas (War Is Over), which will become a traditional Christmas song.
Lennon did not want this intrusion on his work and always created conflicts with the record companies, who did not want destabilizing surprises.
But he wanted to surprise as the album Two Virgins (first solo album with sound effects, distorted sounds and the screams of Yoko Ono 1968), the return of the honorary knighthood, the continuing battles in favor of the Communists, support including funding to the Black Panther and feminist movements.
Mind Games released in 1973 and the year after the great Walls and Bridges album of great success thanks to the single Whatever Gets You Through The Night. In 75 working
with David Bowie to write Frame then engraved with great success by Bowie himself, and in the same year he published his latest album Rock and Roll with classic 50's, good success with the famous cover of Stand By Me
After that comes from music for five years, the heroine tries to escape, unable after many attempts to settle in New York (the United States had denied entry to his extremist positions).
Double Fantasy in 1980 but released on 8 December of that year he was killed by a deranged man with a gun in front of the Dakota apartment building where he lived in New York. The
more than any other artist who had struggled to pacifism die struck at the heart of a fool, certain Mark Chapman, who kills him with the cry "is about to make history."
dies at age 40.
The album leaps to first place in the world from 1980 to 1981, and Lennon is at the top with both single (Just Like) Starting Over, Give Peace a Chance, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Imagine, Woman and Watching the Wheels, and with the Imagine album, Double Fantasy, Rock 'n' Roll Shaved Fish. In 1984
released Milk and Honey the last album recorded in 1980 with Double Fantasy, and in 1988 the documentary film Imagine: John Lennon.
In 2002, his hometown Liverpool dedicates the new airport which has as its motto, a phrase Imagine: Above Us Only Sky.
A controversial artist, loved and fiercely criticized, one of the most important artists of this century.
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