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John Lennon notes

Timothy wilksen

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 * Born October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England (wikipedia)
 * Born during a German bombing (Partridge, 2005 )
 * Born John Winston Lennon (Partridge, 2005 )
 * Parents were Julia and Alfred (Freddie) Lennon (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John grew upon new castle road in the penny lane district of Liverpool (Partridge, 2005 )
 * When john was 18 months old, his father was arrested for stealing liquor (Partridge, 2005 )
 * In 1944 when Alfred Lennon returned, Julia was pregnant with another man, she had to give up the baby because her father threatened to through her and john out of the house though Alfred was willing to accept the baby as his own (Partridge, 2005 )
 * Soon after, Julia met bobby Dykins and moved into his apartment (Partridge, 2005 )
 * As john grew up he was raised by his aunt Mimi Smith and his mother was rarely around (Partridge, 2005 )
 * Mimi’s husband George bought john a harmonica (Partridge, 2005 )
 * At school john was found to be very near sighted but he loathed his glasses (Partridge, 2005 )
 * Johns best childhood friend was Pete Shotten (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John Lennon went to quarry bank school (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John was very studious and a straight A student but he felt the need to rebel against his strict school with prank and troublemaking (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John spent much of his spare time making weird drawings and caricatures, usually with deformities such as people with claws, bulging eyes, more or less limbs or two heads. (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John often had fazes of going into trances (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John was fond of surrealism (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John committed many minor crimes in his teenage years (Partridge, 2005 )
 * In June 1955, johns uncle George died (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John listened to as much music as he could, especially Elvis Presley, though music wasn’t available at home (Partridge, 2005 )
 * During his later teens, john found it easier to relate to his mother than his aunt (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John often ditched school (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John and his mother shared a love of rock and roll (Partridge, 2005 )
 * A new headmaster, Mr. Pobjoy, had taken office in the school though, unlike the previous headmaster or teacher, Mr. Pobjoy encouraged john in his more artistic pursuits (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John finally decided he wanted to learn music and formed a “Skiffle group” with Pete shotten, Rod Davis, Colin Hanton, Eric Griffiths, and Len Garry (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John taught himself to play the guitar (Partridge, 2005 )
 * John took the role as leader in the band and they named themselves “the Quarry Men” after their school (Partridge, 2005)
 * Mimi was very not supportive of johns music (partridge, 2005)
 * Mr. Pobjoy sent a letter of recommendation for john to the Liverpool school of art and was admitted (partridge, 2005)
 * during one of the Quarry Mens concerts, Paul McCartney heard john singing his own lyrics, this impressed Paul. Paul asked to join and after showing john his guitar skills he was admitted (partridge, 2005)
 * Pete left the quarry men (partridge, 2005)
 * in February 1958, Paul McCartney introduced john to George Harrison and allowed him into the group due to his guitar skill (partridge, 2005)
 * Mimi grew afraid that she was losing john and became very protective (partridge, 2005)
 * due to Mimis protectivity, one day john stormed out of the house and went to Julias but when he returned Mimi had gotten rid of his dog,sally (partridge, 2005)
 * on July 15, 1958 Julia was killed in a car accident (partridge, 2005)
 * after his mother was killed, john took to drinking (partridge, 2005)
 * john began dating Cynthia Powell (partridge, 2005)
 * in 1960, the Quarry Men changed their name to The Beatles, a name inspired by the movie "The Wild Ones" and bore a triple meaning as not only a reference to the film but also to the insect and "beat music" that was popular at the time (partridge, 2005)
 * there first consistent job was for Allan Williams, Owner of the Jacaranda Club. the Beatles eventual obtained a weeklong gig at an illegal strip joint owned by Williams (partridge, 2005)
 * Williams set The Beatles up for a contract to perform in a club in Hamburg, Germany (partridge, 2005)
 * John spent his spare time in Germany by writing letters to Cynthia, drawing cartoons, and walking up and down town making fun of disabled people (partridge,2005)
 * after the Beatles decided to switch to a different club, the owner of the club reported George to the authorities as being underage to be in the club and he was deported, Pete and Paul lit a fire to pack by but were accused of trying to burn the club down and were deported. john returned to Liverpool by train and Stuart stayed in Germany (partridge, 2005)
 * after returning from germany in 1961, stuart left the band (partridge, 2005)
 * Bob Wooler, the owner of the local cavern club, booked the Beatles for a lunch set beginning February 9, 1961 (partridge, 2005)
 * the Beatles became extremely popular (partridge, 2005)
 * after a trip to France, John and Paul began wearing their hair down in a popular french cut (partridge 2005)
 * in November 1961, Brian Epstien became the manager for the Beatles (partridge, 2005)
 * after Cynthia Powell admitted to John that she was pregnant, they were married on August 23, 1962 they were married (partridge, 2005)
 * on June 6, Pete was kicked out of the group in favor of Ringo Starr, who was a much superior drummer (partridge, 2005)
 * July 22, 1963, their first album "introducing the Beatles" was released (albums)
 * January 20, 1964, the Album "meet the Beatles" was released
 * 1964, the Beatles came to America marking the beginning "The British invasion" and on February they performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (bio)
 * After returning to Britain, the Beatles made their first movie "Hard Days Night" (bio)
 * June 22, 1964, the album "Hard days night" was released (album)
 * in 1965, they made their second movie "Help!" (bio)
 * in August 1965, The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium in New York (bio)
 * " we're more popular than Jesus now"- John Lennon (bio)
 * December 6, 1965, "Rubber Soul" was released (album)
 * August 8, 1966, "Revolver" was released (album)
 * August 27, 1967, Epstien died of sleeping pill overdose (bio)
 * June 7, 1967, Sgt. Peppers lonely Hearts Club band was released (album)
 * "Magical Mystery Tour" was filmed (bio)
 * in 1968, the movie "yellow submarine" and the Album "The Beatles", frequently referred to as " the white album" were released (bio)
 * 1986, John divorced Cynthia and married Yoko Ono (bio)
 * 1969, release of the song "give peace a chance" (bio)
 * September 1969, John Left the Beatles (bio)
 * October 1, 1969, "Abbey Road" was released (album)
 * release of the album "Plastic Ono band" (bio)
 * release of the album "imagine" (bio)
 * September 1971, john and Yoko moved to the USA (bio)
 * John and Yoko were involved in many anti vietnam protests (common knowledge)
 * President Nixon attempted to have John deported, this is believed to have been due to Johns protesting of the Vietnam war (bio)
 * fall 1973, John and Yoko separated and john had an affair with May Pang and during this time he released the albums "Mind Games", "Walls and bridges", and "Rock and Roll" but John and Yoko later got back together(bio)
 * John disappeared from the music scene until 1980 with the release of "Double Fantasy"(bio)
 * December 8, 1980, John Lennon was assassinated by Mark Chapman and died of multiple gunshot wounds (wikipedia)