Birthday
1940-10-09Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UKBiography
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release. Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement. As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.All Movies List
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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2022Meeting the Beatles in India
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2020Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols
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2019The Beatles: The Long and Winding Road
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2018The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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2016Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
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2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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2015George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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2011The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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2011Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
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2010The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964
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2010Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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2010John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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2010The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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2010Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
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2008John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
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2006The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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2005