John Lennon
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	October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980 (40) BIGGEST LP: Double Fantasy (1980) GRAMMY AWARDS: 7 (+ Lifetime Achievement Award) ROLLING STONE: '100 Greatest Artists of All Time': # 38 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1994 "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace" - John Lennon

John Winston Lennon was born October 9, 1940 in Liverpool. Lennon is described not only as one fourth of The Beatles, but as a master songwriter, musician, visionary, genius, and peacemaker, With his life cut short at the age of 40, Lennon's music continues to inspire. Lennon began his musical journey when in his teens and receiving his first guitar. This led to his first band, 'The Black Jacks.' By the time Lennon was 17, the conception of The Beatles was underway and music icon status was only a few years away.

Lennon wrote and released his book In His Own Write.

Lennon wrote and released his second book A Spaniard In The Works.

March 4: Lennon stirred up controversy when his statement that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus was published in The London Evening Standard.

Lennon won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Michelle" with Paul McCartney).

November 9: Lennon met Yoko Ono in London at her art gallery.

During the year, Lennon divorced his first wife and began a relationship with Yoko Ono.

Lennon and Ono were arrested for marijuana possession in London and plead guilty a month later.

Lennon and Ono released Unfinished Music No. 1 - Two Virgins with the controversial cover art of both of them naked.

Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

March 25: Lennon and Yoko began a week long 'bed-in' in a suite at The Amsterdam Hilton hotel to talk about world peace to the press.

Lennon released Unfinished Music No. 2 - Life With The Lions.

Lennon released his single "Cold Turkey." The song was about Lennon's bought with heroin withdrawal.

Lennon released Wedding Album.

Lennon released the live LP Live Peace In Toronto from a performance at the Toronto 'Rock 'N' Roll Festival' in September, 1969. .

The Beatles officially broke up leaving Lennon with a solo career to come.

Lennon released Plastic Ono Band.

Lennon released Imagine.

Lennon topped the Billboard LP chart for a week with Imagine.

Lennon released Some Time In New York City.

During the year, Lennon faced a long battle to get a visa to stay in the US. Lennon's outspokenness about anti-war and his encounters with drugs had resulted in the FBI investigating him for several years.

Lennon released Mind Games.

Lennon released Walls And Bridges. The LP was recorded during an 18 month separation with Ono.

Lennon topped the Billboard LP chart for a week with Walls And Bridges.
Lennon topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for a week with "Whatever Gets You Through The Night."

# 53 Singles Artist of the Year

Lennon hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "#9 Dream."
Year-End Chart Position: # 114

Simon hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Stand By Me.."
Year-End Chart Position: # 187

Lennon released a collection of cover tunes - Rock 'N' Roll.

The compilation Shaved Fish was released.

Lennon was given official permission to live in the US.

# 68 Singles Artist of the Year

Lennon released Double Fantasy.
Lennon hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "(Just Like) Starting Over."
from the LP Double Fantasy
ARC chart run: 27 - 19 - 10 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 14 - 26 - 33 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 5
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December 8: Lennon was murdered in New York.
Double Fantasy topped the Billboard LP chart for 8 weeks.
Lennon hit #1 for 4 weeks with "(Just Like) Starting Over."
Lennon topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 5 weeks with "(Just Like) Starting Over."
Lennon topped the UK singles chart for a week with "(Just Like) Starting Over."

# 7 Singles Artist of the Year

"Woman" hit the Top 40.
from the LP Double Fantasy
ARC chart run: 35 - 22 - 15 - 8 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 10 - 20 - 31 - 37 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 21
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"Woman" hit the Top 10.

Lennon hit #1 for a week with "Woman."

Lennon hit the Top 40 with "Watching The Wheels."
from the LP Double Fantasy
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 26 - 19 - 14 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 16 - 24 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 82
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Lennon hit the Top 10 with "Watching The Wheels."

Lennon was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Double Fantasy) and Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

Lennon won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (Double Fantasy) and was nominated for Record of the Year ("(Just Like) Starting Over") and Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male (Double Fantasy).

John Lennon Collection was released.

# 52 Singles Artist of the Year

Milk And Honey was released.
Lennon hit the Top 40 with "Nobody Told Me."
from the LP Milk And Honey
ARC chart run: 32 - 19 - 17 - 11 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 8 - 10 - 17 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 68
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Lennon hit the Top 10 with "Nobody Told Me."

• October 9:The 'Strawberry Fields' site in New York's Central Park was opened in honor of John Lennon.

Live In New York City was released. The live set was from a 1972 concert.

Menlove Ave. was released and included unreleased outtakes and alternate versions of Lennon's songs.

Imagine: John Lennon was released. The compilation was released in conjunction with a documentary on Lennon.

The box set Lennon was released.

Lennon was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards.

Lennon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon was released.

Ranked # 16 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (and # 47 on Rock On The Net's Poll).

The box set John Lennon Anthology and a shortened version of the set, Wonsaponatime, were released.

VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs included "Imagine" at # 10.
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Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs included "Imagine" at # 15.

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years included "(Just Like) Starting Over" at # 72.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Plastic Ono Band (1970) at # 22 and Imagine (1971) at # 76.

Rolling Stone: The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time included Lennon at # 38.

Two LPs of Lennon's work were released: Acoustic, which included 17 tracks, and an updated version of Rock 'N' Roll.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included "Imagine" at # 3.

# 216 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

The soundtrack for The U.S. Vs. John Lennon was released.

Lennon's cover of "Ain't That A Shame" could be heard on the Fats Domino tribute compilation Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino.

Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon was certified platinum.

Rolling Stone: 'The Greatest Singers' includes Lennon at # 5.

The box set Signature Box, the hits collection Power To The People: The Hits, and Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2CDs including a remastered and 'stripped down' version of the LP) were released.

• October 5: The 4CD/BluRay compilation Imagine - The Ultimate Collection was released.

• October 9: Gimme Some Truth. was released.
  
  
  
  
  
  

	Unfinished Music No. 1 - Two Virgins Released: November, 1968 Billboard peak: # 124 Tracks: "Two Virgins Side One" - "Two Virgins Side Two" - "Remember Love"
	Unfinished Music No. 2 - Life With The Lions Released: May, 1969 Billboard peak: # 174 Tracks: "Cambridge 1969" - "No Bed For Beatle John" - "Baby's Heartbeat" - "Two Minutes Silence" - "Radio Play"
	Wedding Album Released: October, 1969 Billboard peak: # 178 Tracks: "John And Yoko" - "Amsterdam"
	Live Peace In Toronto Released: December, 1969 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 10 Live Tracks: "Blue Suede Shoes" - "Money" - "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - "Yer Blues" - "Cold Turkey" - "Give Peace A Chance" - "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)" - "John John (Let's Hope For Peace)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band Released: December, 1970 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 6 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Mother" - "Hold On" - "I Found Out" - "Working Class Hero" - "Isolation" - "Remember" - "Love" - "Well Well Well" - "Look At Me" - "God" - "My Mummy's Dead"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Imagine Released: September, 1971 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Imagine" - "Crippled Inside" - "Jealous Guy" - "It's So Hard" - "I Don't Want To Be A Soldier" - "Give Me Some Truth" - "Oh My Love" - "How Do You Sleep?" - "How?" - "Oh Yoko!"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Some Time In New York City Released: June, 1972 Billboard peak: # 48 Tracks: "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "Sisters, O Sisters" - "Attica State" - "Born In A Prison" - "New York City" - "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - "The Luck Of The Irish" - "John Sinclair" - "Angela" - "We're All Water"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Mind Games Released: October 26, 1973 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 9 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Mind Games" - "Tight As" - "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" - "One Day (At A Time)" - "Bring On The Lucie (Freda People)" - "Nutopian Internation Anthem" - "Intuition" - "Out Of The Blue" - "Only People" - "I Know (I Know)" - "You Are Here" - "Meat City"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Walls And Bridges Released: October 4, 1974 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Going Down On Love" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "Old Dirt Road" - "What You Got" - "Bless You" - "Scared" - "#9 Dream" - "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Brid Of Paradox)" - "Steel And Glass" - "Beef Jerky" - "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out)" - "Ya Ya"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Rock 'N' Roll Released: February, 1975 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 6 Tracks: "Be-Bop-A-Lula" - "Stand By Me" - "Rip It Up / Ready Teddy" - "You Can't Catch Me" - "Ain't That A Shame" - "Do You Want To Dance" - "Sweet Little Sixteen" - "Slippin' And Slidin'" - "Peggy Sue" - "Bring It On Home To Me" - "Send Me Some Lovin'" - "Bony Morone" - "Ya Ya" - "Just Because"
	Shaved Fish Released: October, 1975 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 12 Tracks: "Give Peace A Chance / Cold Turkey" - "Instant Karma" - "Power To The People" - "Mother" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "Imagine" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "Mind Games" - "#9 Dream" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / Give Peace A Chance (Reprise)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Double Fantasy Released: November 17, 1980 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 8 weeks) Tracks: "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Kiss Kiss Kiss" - "Cleanup Time" - "I'm Losing You" - "I'm Movin' On" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Yes, I'm Your Angel" - "Woman" - "Beautiful Boys" - "Dear Yoko" - "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" - "Hard Times Are Over"
	John Lennon Collection Released: November, 1982 US: 3x Platinum Billboard peak: # 33 Tracks: "Give Peace A Chance" - "Instant Karma" - "Power To The People" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "#9 Dream" - "Mind Games" - "Love" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Imagine" - "Jealous Guy" - "Stand By Me" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Woman" - "I'm Losing You" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Dear Yoko" - "Move Over Ms. L." - "Cold Turkey"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Milk And Honey Released: January, 1984 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 11 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "I'm Stepping Out" - "Sleepless Night" - "I Don't Wanna Face It" - "Don't Be Scared" - "Nobody Told Me" - "O' Sanity" - "Borrowed Time" - "Your Hands" - "(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess" - "Let Me Count The Ways" - "Grow Old With Me" - "You're The One"
	Live In New York City Released: January, 1986 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 41 Live Tracks: "New York City" - "It's So Hard" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "Well, Well, Well" - "Instant Karma" - "Mother" - "Come Together" - "Imagine" - "Cold Turkey" - "Hound Dog" - "Give Peace A Chance"
	Menlove Ave. Released: October, 1986 Billboard peak: # 127 Tracks: "Here We Go Again" - "Rock And Roll People" - "Angel Baby" - "Since My Baby Left Me" - "To Know Her Is To Love Her" - "Steel And Glass" - "Scared" - "Old Dirt Road" - "Nobody Loves You" - "Bless You"
	Imagine: John Lennon Released: October, 1988 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 31 Tracks: "Real Love" - "Twist And Shout" - "Help" - "In My Life" - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - "A Day In The Life" - "Revolution" - "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" - "Julie" - "Don't Let Me Down" - "Give Peace A Chance" - "How?" - "Imagine" (Rehearsal) - "God" - "Mother" - "Stand By Me" - "Jealous Guy" - "Woman" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Imagine"
	Lennon (box set) Released: July, 1991 Tracks: "Give Peace A Chance" - "Blue Suede Shoes" - "Money" - "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - "Yer Blues" - "Cold Turkey" - "Instant Karma" - "Mother" - "Hold On" - "I Found Out" - "Working Class Hero" - "Isolation" - "Remember" - "Love" - "Well, Well, Well" - "Look At Me" - "God" - "My Mummy's Dead" - "Power To The People" - "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)" - "Imagine" - "Crippled Inside" - "Jealous Guy" - "It's So Hard" - "Give Me Some Truth" - "Oh My Love" - "How Do You Sleep?" - "How?" - "Oh Yoko" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "New York City" - "John Sinclair" - "Come Together" - "Hound Dog" - "Mind Games" - "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry)" - "One Day (At A Time)" - "Intuition" - "Out Of The Blue" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "Going Down On Love" - "Old Dirt Road" - "Bless You" - "Scared" - "#9 Dream" - "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)" - "Steel And Glass" - "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out)" - "Stand By Me" - "Ain't That A Shame" - "Do You Want To Dance" - "Sweet Little Sixteen" - "Slippin' And Slidin'" - "Angel Baby" - "Just Because" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" (live) - "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - "I Saw Her Standing There" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Cleanup Time" - "I'm Losing You" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Woman" - "Dear Yoko" - "I'm Steppin' Out" - "I Don't Wanna Face It" - "Nobody Told Me" - "Borrowed Time" - "(Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess" - "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" - "Grow Old With Me"
	Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon Released: February, 1998 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 65 Tracks: "Imagine" - "Instant Karma" - "Mother" - "Jealous Guy" - "Power To The People" - "Cold Turkey" - "Love" - "Mind Games" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "#9 Dream" - "Stand By Me" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Woman" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Nobody Told Me" - "Borrowed Time" - "Working Class Hero" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Give Peace A Chance"
	John Lennon Anthology (box set) Released: November, 1998 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 99 Tracks: "Working Class Hero" - "God" - "I Found Out" - "Hold On" - "Isolation" - "Love" - "Mother" - "Remember" - "Imagine" - "Fortunately" - "Baby Please Don't Go" - "Oh My Love" - "Jealous Guy" - "Maggie Mae" - "How Do You Sleep?" - "God Save Oz" - "Do The Oz" - "I Don't Want To Be A Soldier" - "Give Peace A Chance" - "Look At Me" - "Long Lost John" - "New York City" - "Attica State" (live) - "Imagine" (live) - "Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple)" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" (live) - "It's So Hard" (live) - "Come Together" (live) - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Luck Of The irish" (live) - "John Sinclair"(live) - "Mind Games (I Promise)" - "Mind Games (Make Love, Not War)" - "One Day At A Time" - "I Know" - "I'm The Greatest" - "Goodnight Vienna" - "A Kiss Is Just A Kiss" - "Real Love" - "You Are Here" - "What You Got" - "Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out" - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" (Home) - "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - "Yesterday" (Parody) - "Be Bop A Lula" - "Rip It Up / Ready Teddy" - "Scared" - "Steel And Glass" - "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)" - "Bless You" - "Going Down On Love" - "Move Over Ms. L." - "Ain't She Sweet" - "Slippin' And Slidin'" - "Peggy Sue" - "Bring It On Home To Me / Send My Some Lovin'" - "Phil And John 1-3" - "Be My Baby" - "Stranger's Room" - "Old Dirt Road" - "I'm Losing You" - "Sean's Little Help" - "Serve Yourself" - "My Life" - "Nobody Told Me" - "Life Begins At 40" - "I Don't Wanna Face It" - "Woman" - "Dear Yoko" - "Watching The Wheels" - "I'm Stepping Out" - "Borrowed Time" - "The Rishi Kesh Song" - "Sean's Loud" - "Beautiful Boy" - "My. Hyde's Gone (Don't Be Afraid)" - "Only You" - "Grow Old With Me" - "Dear John" - "The Greak Wok" - "Mucho Mungo" - "Satire 1-3" - "Sean's In The Sky" - "It's Real"
	Wonsaponatime Released: November, 1998 Tracks: "I'm Losing You" - "Working Class Hero" - "God" - "How Do You Sleep?" - "Imagine" (Take 1) - "Baby Please Don't Go" - "Oh My Love" - "God Save Oz" - "I Found Out" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" (live) - "A Kiss Is Just A Kiss (As Time Goes By)" - "Be Bob A Lula" - "Rip It Up / Ready Teddy" - "What You Got" - "Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out" - "I Don't Wanna Face It" - "Real Love" - "Only You" - "Grow Old With Me" - "Sean's In The Sky" - "Serve Yourself"
	Acoustic Released: November, 2004 Billboard peak: # 31 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Love" - "Working Class Hero" - "Well Well Well" - "Look At Me" - "God" - "My Mummy's Dead" - "Cold Turkey" - "I'm A Man" - "Luck Of The Irish" - "John Sinclair" - "Woman Is The N***** Of The World" - "What You Got" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Dear Yoko" - "Real Love" - "Imagine" - "It's Real"
	The U.S. Vs. John Lennon (soundtrack) Released: September, 2006 Tracks: "Power To The People" - "Nobody Told Me" - "Working Class Hero" - "I Found Out" - "Bed Peace" - "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" - "Give Peace A Chance" - "Love" - "Attica State" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama" - "Imagine" - "How Do You Sleep" - "New York City" - "John Sinclair" - "Scared" - "God" - "Here We Go Again" - "Gimme Some Truth" - "Oh My Love" - "Instant Karma"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Double Fantasy Stripped Down Released: October, 2010 Tracks: "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Kiss Kiss Kiss" - "Cleanup Time" - "I'm Losing You" - "I'm Movin' On" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Yes, I'm Your Angel" - "Woman" - "Beautiful Boys" - "Dear Yoko" - "Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" - "Hard Times Are Over"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Power To The People: The Hits Released: October, 2010 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 24 Tracks: "Power To The People" - "Gimme Some Truth" - "Woman" - "Instant Karma" - "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" - "Cold Turkey" - "Jealous Guy" - "#9 Dream" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Mind Games" - "Watching The Wheels" - "Stand By Me" - "Imagine" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Give Peace A Chance"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Signature Box (box set) Released: October, 2010
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Gimme Some Truth. Released: October 9, 2020 Billboard peak: # 40 Tracks: "Instant Karma" - "Cold Turkey" - "Isolation" - "Power To The People" - "Imagine" - "Jealous Guy" - "Gimme Some Truth" - "Come Together" (live) - "#9 Dream" - "Mind Games" - "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" - "Stand By Me" - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - "Watching The Wheels" - "Woman" - "Grown Old With Me" - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - "Give Peace A Chance"