John Lennon

Known for ActingBorn 1940-10-09Died 1980-12-08Liverpool, England, UK

John Beatle Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Daytime Revolution

La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024

Parkinson at 50

365 Day Project

The Beatles: Love

Imagine Imagine

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Our World

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

Paul McCartney: Got Back

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Hanratty: The Whole Truth

The Beatles: Revolution

Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

The Beatles 1+

Ringo Starr: One of Them

Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever

Reflections on Love

The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum

The Mersey Sound

McCartney 3, 2, 1

The Beatles: Get Back

The Beatles: The Complete Story

Doctor Who: Origins

A Life in Ten Pictures

Infamous Assassinations

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

The Beatles

TWST / Things We Said Today

The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

The Day John Lennon Died

The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

The Old Grey Whistle Test

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

The Real John Lennon

The Beatles: A Celebration

The Defiant Ones

The Beatles Story

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

Discovering Lennon