John Winston Lennon's Birthday. He would have been 80 today.
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Famed singer-songwriter John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during a German air raid in World War II.
When he was four years old, Lennon's parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt Mimi.
Lennon's father was a merchant seaman.Oct 17, 2019
John's IQ was tested when he was 16 and his IQ was 165
As a performer, writer or co-writer, Lennon had 25 number one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Double Fantasy, his best-selling album, won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1982, Lennon was honoured with the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2002, Lennon was voted eighth in a BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer and thirty-eighth greatest artist of all time. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (in 1997) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (twice, as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994)
Yoko Ono had Lennon's body cremated at the Ferncliff Cemetery, and scattered his ashes in Central Park, in sight of their New York apartment. Five years later, the Strawberry Fields Memorial was dedicated on the approximate spot, and more or less serves as Lennon's official gravesite.
Education: Quarry Bank High School, Liverpool .
Birth Date: October 9, 1940
Death Date: December 8, 1980
His murderer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who had traveled from Hawaii. Chapman stated that he was angered by Lennon's lifestyle and public statements, especially his much-publicized remark about the Beatles being "more popular than Jesus" and the lyrics of his later songs "God" and "Imagine".
Famed singer-songwriter John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, during a German air raid in World War II.
When he was four years old, Lennon's parents separated and he ended up living with his Aunt Mimi.
Lennon's father was a merchant seaman.Oct 17, 2019
John's IQ was tested when he was 16 and his IQ was 165
As a performer, writer or co-writer, Lennon had 25 number one singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Double Fantasy, his best-selling album, won the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1982, Lennon was honoured with the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2002, Lennon was voted eighth in a BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer and thirty-eighth greatest artist of all time. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (in 1997) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (twice, as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994)
Yoko Ono had Lennon's body cremated at the Ferncliff Cemetery, and scattered his ashes in Central Park, in sight of their New York apartment. Five years later, the Strawberry Fields Memorial was dedicated on the approximate spot, and more or less serves as Lennon's official gravesite.
Education: Quarry Bank High School, Liverpool .
Birth Date: October 9, 1940
Death Date: December 8, 1980
His murderer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who had traveled from Hawaii. Chapman stated that he was angered by Lennon's lifestyle and public statements, especially his much-publicized remark about the Beatles being "more popular than Jesus" and the lyrics of his later songs "God" and "Imagine".
Thus, Chapman was a religious nutcase.
Comments (10)
Eventually his music grew on me also.
However, just for your information, 'Stand by Me' was written, better performed, and originally recorded by Ben E. King in 1961.
It was not Lennon's music.
And perhaps for several reasons it is the most appropriate for this blog;
John Lennon was/is a legend, so of course I'm more than happy to add to remembering him, be it birthday/anniversary or not.
Not sure why you are though when you obviously don't, or ever did liked the man???
For your information I am well aware the song did not originate from Lennon, however....
his version/cover was the first I ever heard, and what's that they say about one's first
Who sang it better, is a matter of personal opinion ....
which is not my reason for uploading that certain song, my reason's in the tile of the song.
Another John Lennon, this time written by him also
That's why I posted the blog.