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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 founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated 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". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release. Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film, and in interviews. 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 some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement. As of 2012 Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 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.

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Discography

Instant Karma
Two Virgins, 1991
Shaved Fish, 1975
Borrowed Time, 1984
Wonsaponatime, 1998
Studio Tracks, Volume 4
Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him, 1984
Mind Games, 1973
The Dream Is Over
Greatest Hits
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, 1997
Some Time in New York City, 2007
Double Fantasy, 2000
Unplugged
Imagine, 1971
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, 2010
No. 9 Dream, 1974
I'm Stepping Out, 1984
The Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 2, 1989
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 11, 1997
The Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 4, 1988
Happy Xmas (War Is Over), 1971
A Toot and a Snore in '74, 1992
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions, 1969
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 12, 1997
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 5, 1997
Live in New York City, 1986
The Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 1, 1988
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 3, 1996
Live Peace in Toronto 1969, 2006
Karaoke Lennon & McCartney, 1993
The John Lennon Collection, 1989
Double Fantasy Stripped Down, 2010
The Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 3, 1989
Power to the People, 1971
I Love You
Power to the People: The Hits, 2010
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 16, 1998
Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits, 1998
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 21, 1998
Lennon, 1990
Nobody Told Me, 1984
Instant Karma!, 1992
Live
John Lennon Signature Box, 2010
Christmas Present (disc 3)
Power to the People / Open Your Box, 1971
Absolute Elsewhere (Mind Games Sessions) (disc 2), 1997
Imagine: All the Outtakes, 1994
Sometime in New York City, 2005
(Just Like) Starting Over / Kiss Kiss Kiss, 1980
Acoustic, 2004
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 1, 1996
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 15, 1998
John Lennon, 2009
Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, 1997
Rock 'n' Roll, 2004
Menlove Ave., 1986
Live Jam, 1973
Imagine Sessions, 2011
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, 1997
Woman, 1981
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 18, 1998
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 4, 1996
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon, 2005
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 8, 1997
Mother, 1970
Hushed Bells Over
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 19, 1998
Stand by Me, 1975
The Interview (disc 1)
Walls and Bridges, 2007
Free as a Bird: The Dakota Beatle Demos, 1996
Unfinished Music #2: Life With the Lions, 1990
Whatever Gets You Through the Night, 1974
Imagine: John Lennon, 2000
Milk and Honey, 1984
The Lost Sleepy Blind Lemon Lennon Album, 1990
Jealous Guy, 1988
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 2, 1996
Watching the Wheels, 1981
1971-10-09: Let's Have a Party: Syracuse, NY, USA
Instant Karma: All Time Greatest Hits, 2001
Best
Mind Games Sessions
Unfinished Music No. 3: Wedding Album, 1997
Remember, 2006
Peace, Love & Truth
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 6, 1997
Be Bop a Lula / Move Over M S.L., 1975
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 14, 1998
Beatles Classic Hits, 1994
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 20, 1998
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 13, 1998
Imagine: The Alternate Album, 1990
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 9, 1997
Imagine / Jealous Guy, 1988
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 17, 1998
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 22, 1998
Lennon Legend: In his Own Words (disc 1)
Джон Леннон, 1983
Serve Yourself, 1995
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 7, 1997
The U.S. vs. John Lennon, 2006
Woman Is the Nigger of the World, 1972
Gimme Some Truth, 2010
The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes, Volume 10, 1997
Anthology, 1998
Give Peace a Chance, 1993

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Song	Watching The Wheels
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Album	Double Fantasy
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