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1940: John Winston Lennon is born October 9th in
Liverpool 1946: Lennon's father Alfred leaves 1957: Lennon gets his first guitar by his mother Julia and forms the Quarrymen; Paul McCartney meets Lennon at a church festival in Woolton and agrees to join the band 1958: George Harrison is introduced to Lennon by McCartney and joins the band; Lennon is accepted for the Liverpool College of Art where he meets Stuart Sutcliffe who joins the band as a bass player; Lennon's mother Julia (44) dies in a car accident 1960: Changing name into Beatles; Allen Williams becomes their first manager; Pete Best is hired to be the Beatles' first permanent drummer; First residency in Hamburg; Stuart Sutcliffe leaves the band to concentrate on his artwork and to stay with german photographer Astrid Kirchherr; 1961: Second residency in Hamburg; Recordings with Tony Sheridan; Allen Williams resolves contractual ties with the Beatles after a fallout 1962: The Beatles sign new management contract with Brian Epstein who saw them play in the Liverpool Cavern; Stuart Sutcliffe (21) dies of a brain hemorrhage; Recording contract with EMI under producer George Martin; Pete Best is replaced by Ringo Starr; First single Love Me Do 1963: First LP Please Please Me Getting married to Cynthia Powell Birth of son Julian First US-Tour 1964: Lennon writes his first book of short stories and drawings In His Own Write 1965: Appointment of the order of the MBE Lennon's second book A Spaniard In The Works is released 1966: Lennon's statement that the Beatles were "more poular then Jesus is followed by boycott of Beatles records; Last tour of the Beatles 1967: Composition of the classic LP Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1968: Divorce from Cynthia Formation of Apple First solo-LP with Yoko Ono Two Virgins 1969: Last concert of the Beatles on top of the roof of the Apple building Wedding to Yoko Ono Formation of the Plastic Ono Band with Yoko Ono Last recordings with the Beatles Returning of the MBE 1970: Dissolution of the Beatles 1971: Composition of the classic Imagine Emigration to NYC followed by legal procedures of deport after a support of left wing civil rights activists like Jerry Rubin and Bobby Seal 1972: Showing more political ambition on the LP Some Time In New York City and various beneficial acts together with Yoko Ono 1973: Break from marriage with Yoko ("Lost Weekend") 1974: Show with Elton John in Madison Square Garden; Reconciliation with Yoko Ono; 1975: Compilation album Shaved Fish Birth of son Sean on Lennon's 35th birthday, following a five years break from showbusiness 1977: Lennon and Ono receive the US Green Card 1980: Final album Double Fantasy Lennon (40) is shot dead on the 8th of december in front of the Dakota building in NYC 1995: The three surviving Beatles record the Lennon songs Free As A Bird and Real Love. |
1970: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band