John Lennon
- 70 years of his birth -
John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool, an October 9, 1942, in the midst of the Blitz of the second guerra.Sus parents, Fred and Julia Lennon soon separated, and the little John, aged five , goes to live with her aunt Mary Smith: "Mimi." Rebel since childhood, listening to Elvis Presley ... and never separates from the rock and the music as Aunt Mimi buys a second hand guitar, learning to play alone, from banjo lessons from his mother.
With some school friends founded "The Quarrymen", his first band. In July 1957, includes Paul Mac Cartney and seven months Later, George Harrison. In the Liverpool School of Art, John met Stuart Sutcliffe, who became one of his best friends and another member of The Quarrymen. With Pete Best on drums and the brand name "The Silver Beatles", in 1960, will play the red light district of Hamburg, Germany.
there with Tony Sheridan recorded an album as a support group returned a year later and become a professional musician. Some Germans believed them. Soon after, Sutcliffe died of a stroke, a fact which profoundly affects Lennon who had lost his mother at the age of 17. Undoubtedly the young man's life John was not easy.
start playing in Liverpool at The Cavern "and grow rapidly in popularity. That's where they were discovered by Brian Epstein, record seller in the shop of his father who then becomes "manager" by The Beatles (it was called the fifth Beatle) After being rejected by the Decca label in June 1962 signed a contract with record producer George Martin EMI.El key part in the development of the group, refuses to Pete Best. Instead
enter another acquaintance of The Beatles in their time in Hamburg: Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey). On September 4, recorded their first single, "Love Me Do." The song arrives at No. 17 on Billboard British. In 1963, John married his girlfriend Cynthia. From this union was born his son Julian.Mientras thus increases the unswerving devotion to The Beatles, with a string of number one hits such as "Please, please me."
In 1964 came the conquering of the American public with its debut in New York where for the first time in the history of music filled the stadium and their performances at the legendary Ed Shullivan show on TV. In the mid 60's, The Beatles is the most famous band in the world and the composer of the brilliant tandem Lennon-Mac Cartney reaches degrees of singular virtuosity.
continue the successes, the movies, the popularity and controversy, for example, when receiving the hands of Queen Elizabeth II of England the title "Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 or when Lennon said that "The Beatles were more popular in Jesus Christ."
After leaving the live performances, where he could barely hear his music by the hysterical screams of fans, The Beatles begin their more mature stage, they go to India to meditate and enter psychedelia. Revalued classical music and symphonic style. In 1967 he released "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The same year, the group's representative, Brian Epstein, died of an overdose of droga.La life of John Lennon also admitted in a whirlwind.
Meet the Japanese artist Yoko Ono, Cynthia asks for divorce for adultery. On March 20, 1969 John and Yoko marry in Gibraltar, and begin their famous series of "bed-ins" and protests in bed, one of his many campaigns with the aim of promoting peace in the world. Both edit the "Album of marriage", with certificate, photo of the cake and included wheezing, following which Lennon is no longer "Sir John" to restore honor given year back for the crown.
At that point, the relationships between four of Liverpool become increasingly strained, and not even recorded together in the studio. On April 10, 1970, Paul Mac Cartney announces the separation of the group. Shortly after he released "Abbey Road", with live concert recording surprise that The Beatles were on the roof of the offices of Apple, its label phonograph.
After the breakup of The Beatles, Lennon devoted himself to his solo career, and on wheels after the release of the album "Cold Turkey" from the "Plastic Ono Band", which describes sus tormentos al abandonar la heroína.
John y Yoko también se involucran más y más en causas políticas radicales a favor de la paz. En 1971 se mudan a Nueva York, y editan dos discos solistas aclamados por la crítica: "Plastic Ono Band" e "Imagine", cuyo tema principal se transformaría en el símbolo de Lennon por excelencia. Su lucha por la paz se acentúa. Tras una breve separación, la pareja se reúne nuevamente en 1974.
Más tarde nace su hijo Sean, por lo que Lennon se toma un período sabático de cinco años para criarlo. En 1980 Lennon regresa musical front with the album "Double Fantasy", which reached number one in various parts of the world. However, the harbinger of a new era of prolific creation is truncated by a crazed fan, Mark David Chapman, who shot five times at point-blank discharge on December 8, 1980, at the entrance of the Dakota building in New York.
was only forty years. The media start to spread the news shortly before midnight. People can not believe it. John Lennon is dead. The world is in mourning!
composer, poet, musician, artist, producer, creator and basically an important reference for several generations, John Lennon left us just over a quarter century, although it remains indelibly present his thoughts and his indelible musical legacy. Ricardo A.
Carrasqueta
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