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John Lennon As half of The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most successful songwriting teams of the century. Together they wrote dozens of hit tunes, ranging from "Hey Jude!" and "Ticket to Ride" to "Penny Lane" and "Let It Be." Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had the most interesting and frustrating solo career. Lennon was capable of inspired, brutally honest confessional songwriting and melodic songcraft. The Beatles broke up in 1970 and afterwards John Lennon dabbled in everything from revolutionary politics to the television talk-show circuit during the early '70s. After releasing two albums, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, in the early '70s, John Lennon sunk into an infamous "lost weekend" where his musical output was decidedly uneven and his public behavior was often embarrassing. Halfway through the decade, he sobered up and retired from performing to become a house-husband and father. In 1980, he launched a comeback with his wife Yoko Ono, releasing the duet album Double Fantasy that Autumn. Just as his career was on an upswing, John Lennon was tragically assassinated outside of his New York apartment building.. On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan, murdered Lennon outside the Dakota in Manhattan. Lennon's death returned his music to worldwide prominence and propelled the song "Starting Over" to #1. For a man who had lived an extraordinary life, his hopes for the future were modest. He told Wenner, "I hope we're a nice old couple living off the coast of Ireland or something like that - looking at our scrapbook of madness." Birth, 9 October 1940 - Birthplace, Liverpool, England - Death, 8 December 1980. |
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