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John Lennon

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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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