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JOHN LENNON John Lennon was a great song writer and musician.
He played the rhythm guitar, the piano, and sang. He was in the most
popular group in the history of rock music. In 1959, John founded this
group, called The Beatles. The original Beatles were John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. Brian Epstein became the
manager of the Beatles in 1961. Epstein made many changes in the
group. John rebelled and did not want to "package" and "clean up" the
group in order to please fans. These changes were made anyway
despite John's protests. The Beatles had signed a contract with EMI
records and were beginning to record with them. On August 16, 1962,
Pete Best, the drummer was suddenly fired from the group. Ringo Starr
was inducted into the Beatles two days after Best was fired. John
Lennon and Paul McCartney shared the credit of songs written by either
one of them. The credit simply read Lennon-McCartney. The two as
song writers were a perfect mix. John had a quick artistic sense and he
was easily excited by new challenges, he projected a sarcastic and
rebellious tough-guy personality, who was actually a vulnerable romantic.
While Paul projected the sweet image and who was underneath an
injured, controlling, perfectionist. By 1964, The Beatles arrived at JFK
Airport. They were greeted with mass hysteria. Two days later, more
than 73 million people watched them perform live on the Ed Sullivan
Show. Four weeks later, The Beatles held the top five music singles in
America at the same time. John was influenced by many things in
1965-1966 such as psychedelia, marijuana, and Bob Dylan. Many felt
that these years were the best song writing years of John Lennon's life.
1966 The Beatles had been touring for over four years, and they,
especially John were tired of it. John wanted to spend more time with his
wife, Cynthia, and his song, Julian. At one time, they had to do 32
concerts in 19 days. On their next album, Beatles For Sale, the material
reflected how unhappy John and Paul were with life on the road. Songs
like "I'm a Loser" and "No Reply" spoke of depression and the frenzy of

life in the spotlight. John once said, "It's like we're four freaks being
wheeled out to be seen, shake our hair about, and get back into our cage
afterwards." The Beatles felt that they needed to work only in the studio
now. So, on August 29, 1966, The Beatles performed their last live
performance ever at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
Almost a year later, Brian Epstein, the Beatles Manager was found dead
in his apartment of a suicidal overdose. This caused many problems for
the group. John later admitted that "The Beatles were finished when
Eppy died. I knew, deep inside me, that that was it, without him, we'd had
it." John met a Japanese artist name Yoko Ono in 1967. In just a few
weeks, the two were inseparable. This new relationship destroyed John's
marriage with Cynthia and eventually destroyed his relationship with Paul
McCartney, and the other Beatles. After John's divorce from Cynthia,
John Winston Lennon changed his name to John Ono Lennon in honor of
Yoko Ono. He insisted on using "JOHNANDYOKO" as his official
signature and identity. John and Yoko were married in the year of 1969.
John released his first solo single in 1969, "Give Peace a Chance."
He did not credit this song to Lennon-McCartney, but to The "Plastic Ono
Band." On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney resigned from the
Beatles. The group dissolved officially in 1971.John Lennon and Paul
McCartney became rivals after the Beatles broke up. They were at
constant competition with records. John released his "Signature" solo
album: Imagine in 1971. One song on the record, entitled "How do you
Sleep?" includes the lines: The only thing you done was Yesterday
And since you've gone you're just
Another Day How do you sleep? These lines were directed to
Paul McCartney. John Lennon recorded seven albums during
1970-1975 which included Imagine 1971 and Rock and Roll 1975.
John semi-retired from music in 1975-1980. He was raising his
son, Sean, with wife, Yoko Ono. In 1980, John and Yoko released

Double Fantasy. By November, their album was climbing to the top of the
charts. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono left
their Dakota apartment to go to the recording studio. A young man
named Mark David Chapman approached John, wanting to get his picture
taken with im. The two were photographed together. At 10:49 p.m. that
night, John and Yoko were returning from the studio when Chapman
stepped out of the shadows and gunned down John Ono Lennon at the
age of 40. The world mourns the loss of John Lennon.