Jhon Lennon

lenonoJohn Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon only), MBE (Liverpool, UK, October 9, 1940 - New York, USA, December 8, 1980) was a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer who rose toBritish reputation as one of the founding members ofThe Beatles, a British rock band active during the 1960 and recognized as the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed in the history ofpopular music. Along with Paul McCartney, formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the twentieth century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, where as a teenager he became familiar withthe skiffle craze, forming the band The Quarrymen, which later became The Beatles in 1960. As the group began to disintegrate until its dissolution at the end of that decade, Lennon launched a solocareer marked by several critically acclaimed albums, including John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band and Imagine and iconic songs as "Give Peace a Chance"and" Imagine. "
Revealed a rebellious nature andbiting wit in music, film, literature and drawing, and in his statements at press conferences and interviews. Moreover, the controversy pursued him because of his constant advocacy for peace, along withhis wife Yoko Ono. In 1971 he moved aNew York, where his opposition to the Vietnam War led to numerous attempts by the Nixon administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems bythe antiwar movement. After his self-imposed "retirement" of the music industry in 1975 to devote time to his family, Lennon returned to it in 1980 with a comeback album, Double Fantasy. Lennon wasmurdered three weeks after the launch.
In the United States, sales of Lennon's solo approaching fourteen million units, 2 and either as a performer, author or co-responsible of twenty number one singleson the Billboard Hot 100. In 2002 he was placed in the eighth in a BBC poll of "100 greatest British", while in 2008 was described by Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest singer of all time. After...