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John Winston Ono Lennon, ( October 9, 1940– December 8, 1980), is best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, artist and author. As half of the legendary Lennon-McCartney songwriting group, he heavily influenced the development of rock music, leading it towards more serious and political messages. He is recognized as one of the musical icons of the century, and his songs (such as "Imagine" and "Strawberry Fields Forever") are frequently ranked as the best songs of the 20th century.1 Early life
John Winston Lennon was born on the evening of 9 October, 1940 during the height of Germany's Blitz on Britain. He inherited his mother's reddish-blonde hair and his father's slightly squinted eyes and prominent nose. Both of his parents had musical background and experience, though neither pursued it seriously. John Lennon's childhood years were tinged with tragedy. He lived with his parents in Liverpool until his father Fred Lennon, a merchant seaman, walked out on the family. His mother, Julia, then decided that she was unable to care for John as well as she should and so gave him to her sister, Mimi, who resided nearby at 251 Menlove AvenueJohn Lennon 251 Menlove Avenue named Mendips is a National Trust property in south Liverpool, England, and was the childhood home of John Lennon. The five-year-old Lennon moved to this address in 1945 when his mother Julia sent him to live with his Aunt M. Roles were reversed as the socially class-concious, strict but loving Aunt Mimi became mother to John, while his true mother Julia acted more like a free-willed aunt who visited regularly and spoiled the lad.
Around adolescence, Lennon developed severe myopiaNormal vision for a achromatopsic colour-blind person. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute The same view when achromatopsic and myopic. Myopia also known as nearsightedness or short-sightedness is a refractive defect of the eye, where the person affected, or shortsightedness, and was obliged to wear thick, horn-rimmed glasses in order to see clearly. But only grudgingly did he allow himself to be photographed bespectacled, even though one of his idols, Buddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley ( September 7, 1936 February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. Biography Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas. The Holleys were a musical family and as a young boy H wore glasses. During his early Beatle career, Lennon wore contacts or prescription sunglasses, but later finally accepted his fate and donned his trademark, round "granny-glasses" in late 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil. Although John lived apart from his mother he still kept in contact with her through regular visits, and during this time Julia was responsible for introducing her son to a lifelong interest in music by teaching him how to play the banjoString instruments The banjo is a string instrument, derived from "banjar," an African string instrument. Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of "bandore", though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for. Soon after his 16th birthday , his mother was killed after she was struck by a car which was being driven by a drunken off-duty police officer. The young Lennon was unfortunate enough to witness this event, and it was a profound influence on many of his later songs, and was also one of the factors that cemented his friendship with Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942), much better known simply as Paul McCartney is a British musician, composer and producer. He was born at Walton Hospital, located in northern Liverpool near his teenage home, where his mother had worked a, who lost his mother to breast cancer at the age of 16. Later, in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, Lennon wrote a song entitled Julia in honour of his mother.
His Aunt Mimi was able to get him accepted into the Liverpool College of Art by showing them some of his drawings, and it was there that he met his future wife, Cynthia PowellCynthia Powell Lennon (born September 10, 1939), was the first wife of Beatle John Lennon. Born in Blackpool, England, she grew up in Liverpool and Hoylake. At 18, she attended the Liverpool College of Art, where she met and started going out with John Le. However, John steadily grew to hate the conformity of art school and like many young men of his age became increasingly interested in Rock 'n' Roll music and American singers like Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. Eventually, in the late 1950s, Lennon formed his own skiffle group called The Quarry Men, which later became The Silver Beatles (a tribute to Buddy Holly's Crickets) and soon afterwards was shortened to The Beatles.
He married Cynthia in 1962 after she became pregnant with his child. The marriage was generally one sided, with Cynthia showering John with love. He used to beat her early on (alluded to in Getting Better), and was considering leaving her (alluded to in If I Fell). He also had a string of extramarital affairs, which he claims is the subject of the song Norwegian Wood.
