Oct, – Dec, 08, 1980

Born in Liver Pool England His parents Alfred and Julia Lennon Named him after his paternal grandfather and Winston Churchill Myths state John was born during Luftwaffe bombing raids

School Years John was a prankster in school He loved being class clown and getting in trouble Academics was not of his interest nor was he good at it

Music Interest begins At the age of 11 his mother taught him the banjo His Mother bought him his first guitar at the age of 16

The Quarry Men John formed a band named after his school within the same year he received his first guitar Three members John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney They played Gigs all around their hometown in Liverpool

Band Name Change In 1960 the band decided to change their name to the Beatles Pete Best left the Beatles in 1962, soon after they found Richard Starkey ( Ringo Star ) “Love me Do” debut single came out 4 days before Lennon's 22 nd birthday

Beatle mania In 1964 the Beatles was the first from the British bands to come out huge in the United States Feb 1964 they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show

Enormous Shock August 1967 Epstein died from an accidental overdose from sleeping pills McCartney ended up taking charge of the band Magical Mystery tour panned by critics

Lennon's First Marriage Lennon married Cynthia Powell 1962 They had a son together (Julian) Divorced 4 years later in 1966

New Love John and Yoko met in 1966 Yoko was an Japanese Avant- garde artist The two invented a peace protest They recorded a single under the name plastic Ono band ( Give peace a chance)

The Beatles break-up Yoko spending so much time with Lennon was causing tensions between the members Lennon decided to leave the band September 1969 The breakup was kept secret until April 1970

Imagine 1971 Lennon recorded Imagine One of Lennon's best post Beatles efforts Third all time best song by Rolling Stone

Threatened to be Deported Lennon & Yoko moved to the United States Nixon administration threatening to deport for a marijuana conviction in 1968 Documents proved innocence

Last Days In 1980Lennon returned to music recording Double Fantasy Just a few weeks after the release Lennon was shot in the back by a fan which took his life

Help! Help was used as the song title for the Beatles second movie One of Lennon's favorite records because it was real One of two # 1 songs with one word title

Revolution This was the first overtly political Beatles song Two versions were written a slow version which was on the White album the second as a single In 1987 Nike used the song in a commercial

Come Together Timothy Leary asked Lennon to write a song for his political campaign The campaign never took off but gave Lennon a song idea Rolling stone stated this was one of their 500 greatest songs

Listening guide 01 Imagine 0:00, Piano melody in Minor scale vocals comes into the melody in the first verse. 0:37 the drum beat changes to a faster pace after verse one ends and the chorus begins. 1:16 beginning the second chorus the drum beat goes from a constituent beat to a fast off beat Lennon’s vocals raise up an octave 2:12 at the end of the 3 rd verse last line the vocals raise up in a run and the drum beat goes off then starts back up at a faster pace. 2:36 ending the 4 th verse going into the 4 th chorus the beat changes from a steady to off beat fast pace vocals up an octave. 3:01 ending the 5 th verse and the song the beat changes and the vocals change to a long run.

Listening guide 02 Help 0:00 Introduction Started with a strong vocal then I hear a snare drum along with fast guitar picking. 0:50 end of verse one into the chorus the drum switches to snare fast guitar picking and very clear back ground vocals sounded like a choir. 1:12 beginning into the second chorus the beat of the song changed when the drums went into a triple beat the guitar picking changed from slow to fast seemed like it was blended. The last verse running into the chorus the vocals ran following each other the beat changed off beat a bit and the slow / fast picking.

Listening Guide 03 Come Together 0:00 introductions started with vocals shh followed by drum sticks and bass followed with vocals starting out the first verse. 0:56 the drum beat changes along with the rhythm guitar and bass the vocals keep the same tone. 1:11 the rhythm guitar starts strumming at the second verse the vocals pitch goes up an octave the skins change the pattern. 1:45 drums change up the beat to a deeper sound the guitar changes the rhythm and the bass ads in two fast scales. 2:04 the rhythm guitar changes the tone with strumming followed by a scale the vocals goes up two or more octaves almost a slight scream. 2:45 the guitar takes off with a riff and the drums pick up the pace to keep up with the guitars the bass kept the same rhythm going no vocals. 3:07 the drums rolled off with a fast pace hitting all skins two times running a bit of a solo the vocals them came in followed by rhythm guitar and bass.