John Lennon
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| - | '''John Winston Ono Lennon''', (born '''John Winston Lennon'''; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member <!-- "founder members" is the common British term; per the MoS, please do not change to "founding members" --> of [[rock music|rock]] group [[the Beatles]], the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With [[Paul McCartney]], he formed a [[Lennon–McCartney|songwriting partnership]] that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. | + | '''John Winston Ono Lennon''', (born '''John Winston Lennon'''; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an [[English musician]], singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member <!-- "founder members" is the common British term; per the MoS, please do not change to "founding members" --> of [[rock music|rock]] group [[the Beatles]], the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With [[Paul McCartney]], he formed a [[Lennon–McCartney|songwriting partnership]] that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. |
| - | Born and raised in [[Liverpool]], as a teenager Lennon became involved in the [[Skiffle#Skiffle in Britain|skiffle craze]]; his first band, [[the Quarrymen]], evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When [[Break-up of the Beatles|the group disbanded]] in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' and ''[[Imagine (album)|Imagine]]'', and iconic songs such as <!-- Before adding to this list of Lennon's most significant songs, please seek consensus on the talk page first. Thank you. -->"[[Give Peace a Chance]]" and "[[Working Class Hero]]". 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 raise his infant son [[Sean Lennon|Sean]], but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album ''[[Double Fantasy]]''. He was [[Death of John Lennon|murdered]] three weeks after its release. | + | ==Discography== |
| - | + | * ''[[Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Apple, 1968) | |
| - | Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and [[peace activist|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]] and the larger [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]]. | + | * ''[[Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Zapple, 1969) |
| - | + | * ''[[Wedding Album]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Apple, 1969) | |
| - | As of 2012, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceeded 14 million and, as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|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. | + | * ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' (Apple, 1970) |
| + | * ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'' (Apple, 1971) | ||
| + | * ''[[Some Time in New York City]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Apple, 1972) | ||
| + | * ''[[Mind Games (John Lennon album)|Mind Games]]'' (Apple, 1973) | ||
| + | * ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' (Apple, 1974) | ||
| + | * ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (Apple, 1975) | ||
| + | * ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Geffen, 1980) | ||
| + | * ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]'' <small>(with Yoko Ono)</small> (Geffen, 1984) | ||
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John Winston Ono Lennon, (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of rock group the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed a songwriting partnership that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century.
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Discography
- Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (Apple, 1968)
- Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (with Yoko Ono) (Zapple, 1969)
- Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) (Apple, 1969)
- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple, 1970)
- Imagine (Apple, 1971)
- Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) (Apple, 1972)
- Mind Games (Apple, 1973)
- Walls and Bridges (Apple, 1974)
- Rock 'n' Roll (Apple, 1975)
- Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) (Geffen, 1980)
- Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono) (Geffen, 1984)
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