John Winston Lennon Research Paper
John Winston Lennon Early Life
John Winston Lennon was born to Alfred and Juila Lennon on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool
England. John was Named after paternal grandfather and the prime minister at the time,
Winston Churchill. With his parents messy relationship, and his father never being around. His aunt, Mimi Smith, complained to the Liverpool Social Services, causing Lennon's mother to handover the care of John to her. Throughout the rest of his childhood he lived with his aunt and uncle. John regularly visited his mother, who taught him how to play the banjo, and bought him his first guitar at the age of 15. When John was 17, his mother was struck by a car, and killed. Early Music Career
John Lennon formed the group, The Quarrymen, named after Quarry Bank High School, in …show more content…
The Beatles
John Lennon formed the Beatles in 1960, being his big claim to fame. The Beatles were John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe. In desperate need of a drummer, they asked Pete Best. They traveled to Hamburg, Germany for a residency. When
Stuart Sutcliffe decided to stay in Hamburg, Paul McCartney took over bass, and Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best on drums. The band released their first single Love Me Do, in October
1962. The other Beatles idolized John, looking up to him. After all he was the oldest in the group, and very much the leader. The Beatles starting to achieve mainstream success in the
UK during the beginning of 1963. Eventually in February 1964 the group appeared on The Ed
Sullivan Show marking their breakthrough to international stardom. Being unknowingly introduced to LSD at a dinner party Lennon had attended, lead to a long road of drug use.
Which was more apparent with the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which revealed Lennon's lyrics, that strongly contrasted with the simple love songs from The Beatles early years. After experimenting not only in drugs, but in music with his second wife
John Winston Lennon was born to Alfred and Juila Lennon on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool
England. John was Named after paternal grandfather and the prime minister at the time,
Winston Churchill. With his parents messy relationship, and his father never being around. His aunt, Mimi Smith, complained to the Liverpool Social Services, causing Lennon's mother to handover the care of John to her. Throughout the rest of his childhood he lived with his aunt and uncle. John regularly visited his mother, who taught him how to play the banjo, and bought him his first guitar at the age of 15. When John was 17, his mother was struck by a car, and killed. Early Music Career
John Lennon formed the group, The Quarrymen, named after Quarry Bank High School, in …show more content…
The Beatles
John Lennon formed the Beatles in 1960, being his big claim to fame. The Beatles were John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe. In desperate need of a drummer, they asked Pete Best. They traveled to Hamburg, Germany for a residency. When
Stuart Sutcliffe decided to stay in Hamburg, Paul McCartney took over bass, and Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best on drums. The band released their first single Love Me Do, in October
1962. The other Beatles idolized John, looking up to him. After all he was the oldest in the group, and very much the leader. The Beatles starting to achieve mainstream success in the
UK during the beginning of 1963. Eventually in February 1964 the group appeared on The Ed
Sullivan Show marking their breakthrough to international stardom. Being unknowingly introduced to LSD at a dinner party Lennon had attended, lead to a long road of drug use.
Which was more apparent with the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which revealed Lennon's lyrics, that strongly contrasted with the simple love songs from The Beatles early years. After experimenting not only in drugs, but in music with his second wife