John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon2 (born John Winston Lennon), MBE (Liverpool, UK, October 9, 1940 - New York, USA, December 8, 1980) was a multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the Beatles, a British rock band active during the 1960s, and recognized as the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed in the history of popular 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 with the 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 solo career, marked by several critically acclaimed albums, including John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance "and" Imagine ".

Showed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in the music, film, literature and drawing, as well as statements in press conferences and interviews. Moreover, the controversy pursued him because of his constant activism for peace, along with his wife Yoko Ono. In 1971 he moved to New 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 by the anti-war movement. After his self-imposed retirement from the music business in 1975 to devote tie