John Lennon

The Beatles started out as a vocal group called the Quarrymen. John Lennon formed this group when he was in high school. Each member of the Beatles joined this vocal group besides Ringo Starr. They soon became known as the Beatles in 1960. They were discovered by Brian Epstein in 1961. Brian Epstein became a their official manager. He secured a contract with EMI records. Two members of the Beatles left. The two people who left are Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe who was replaced by Ringo…

John Lennon is an inspirational leader of the Beatles, anti-war activist, father, poet, singer/ songwriter, and illustrator of the 1960’s. He leaded peace through catchy tunes and meaningful lyrics that supported a non- violent and peaceful country. Although there was a very wide variety of great leaders that did a very important part in world history, I used a very strict criteria of how to choose a unique leader that people can learn from and admire. My criteria was: who is a person who has…

The day the figurehead of the Beatles and lead singer John Lennon died, it seems as if a simple killing united the world as one on one devastating day. John was killed on December 8th 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside of his New York Apartment, forever moving the image of the music industry. I believe that John Lennon’s assassination was an unjust act of obsession that ultimately ended the life of one of the most influential people in all of music; however is success lacked due to his chronic…

Alyssa Bartel Dr. Byrd English Composition II 1 December, 2016 Imagine John Lennon, the author of Imagine, dedicated most of his time on Earth campaigning as a political activist and song writer. Among Lennon’s projects, his most influential was his campaigning for world peace. In fact, most of Lennon’s most famous works are along the theme of world peace and trying to convince the general public to accept one another in spite of any differences. “Imagining gives people the ability to…

John Lennon was most known for his work in the band the Beatles. They were a rock band that formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. There were four members of this band John Lennon ,Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They quickly became famous for their good looks and great music, they were a boy band to start. Their albums a hard day’s night, please please me, are still popular albums today. John and the Beatles made many amazing albums ,but once they got older a huge change…

write. To artists music is not only something that they enjoy, but it is their life. Chris Tomlin and John Lennon are both very successful artists.…

Introduction John Winston Lennon was born a simple man, but his musical talents helped shape the history of rock and roll and he continues to inspire thirty-five years after his death. John’s life was a struggle when he was younger, however, he used his musical talents to become one of the greatest selling artists of all time. John grew up in Liverpool, England and went to school at the Liverpool Arts College. John was born in 1940. His mother was unable to take care of him, so she gave him…

On December 8, 1980 John Lennon was shot directly across from Strawberry Fields, by the Dakota building where he and his wife lived. In John Lennon 's memory, Yoko Ono, Lennon’s wife decided to create a memorial in his honor. She wanted to commemorate John Lennon as a rock legend and a peace activist, so Ono created the John Lennon memorial in Strawberry Fields, Central park. John Lennon’s memorial is an effective memorial because of its background, location, design, my individual experience,…

against the spread of Nazi’s and as a result was targeted. However, encompassed in all the horror that occurred as a result of World War II, a miracle was born. That miracle would grow up to be, Beatle front man and advocator of world peace, John Winston Lennon . John aside from making world changing music, made world changing decisions that impacted such areas as the peace movement and freedom to free speech. Although he only lived for 40 years, those 40 years impacted history in a huge way,…

song by John Lennon «Imagine". Lennon’s solo work as well as all the work of the Beatles in total is an invaluable cultural heritage of the 20th century. The Beatles’ songs in due time became a symbol of change. Listening to rock and roll, people are no longer afraid of the state. Rock became a symbol of freedom and independence from Big Brother. The Beatles became an apologist of this idea and the movement for equality and peace in the 1960s. After the collapse of the Beatles, John Lennon…