His Life and Times by Chance Tufano John Lennon Let it Be His Life and Times by Chance Tufano Biography for John Lennon. The name of the book I used for this report is “John Lennon – All I Want Is The Truth,” by Elizabeth Partridge. The quotes from John Lennon that are used in my report are also from the same book. Some of the pictures were found on www.johnlennon.com.

John Lennon Let it Be Oxford Street Maternity Hospital Birth Name : John Winston Lennon Date of Birth : October 9th, 1940 Place of Birth : Oxford Street Maternity Hospital Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Parents : Julia and Alfred Lennon Family : Aunt Mimi and Uncle George Smith (Julia’s sister) John was born during the height of the German bombing of Liverpool during World War II. John’s father, “Freddie” was not around for his birth as he worked on ships out of the Liverpool docks. Freddie was not around much and did not stay with John’s mother. He did not see his father again till he had become famous. Julia Lennon had trouble and in 1945, her sister Mimi and her husband George took over caring for John. John lived with his aunt and uncle throughout the rest of his life. Julia would visit and John would visit with her up until John was 17 when she was hit by a car and killed on July 15th, 1958.

John Lennon Let it Be “Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic musician. But I cannot be what I am not. Because of my attitude, all the other boys' parents ... instinctively recognized what I was, which was a troublemaker, meaning I did not conform and I would influence their kids, which I did ... I did my best to disrupt every friend's home ... Partly, maybe, it was out of envy that I didn't have this so-called home, but I really did ... There were five women who were my family. Five strong, intelligent women. Five sisters. Those women were fantastic ... that was my first feminist education ... One happened to be my mother ... she just couldn't deal with life. She had a husband who ran away to sea and the war was on and she couldn't cope with me, and when I was four-and-a-half, I ended up living with her elder sister ... the fact that I wasn't with my parents made me see that parents are not gods” The quote is from John Lennon that he said in 1980 in an interview looking back on his life. The picture on the left is of John Lennon at five years old. The picture on the right is Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue, Aunt Mimi and Uncle George’s home, where John Lennon lived for most of his childhood and as a teen. John enjoyed reading, writing, drawing, art, the harmonica or mouth-organ, and music. John went to Dovedale Primary School where he made his first friend, Pete Shotten.

John Lennon Let it Be “Rock ‘n’ roll was real – everything else was unreal. To me it got through – it was the only thing to get through to me out of all the things that were happening when I was fifteen.” 1956 – John hears Elvis Presley for the first time and his addiction to rock ‘n’ roll starts. 1956 – His mother buys him his first guitar 1957 – John starts his first band called the Quarry Men 1957 – John meets Paul McCartney and Paul joins the band, July 6th , 1957 The Quarry Men was named after his school, Quarry Bank High School, and started when John was 15. The picture on the right is from June 22nd, 1957 of a Quarry Men performance. Colin Hanton is on the drums, Eric Griffiths on guitar, John Lennon near microphone, Len Garry on bass, Pete Shotten on washboard, and Rod Davis playing the banjo.

John Lennon Let it Be 1957 – Paul McCartney performs with the Quarry Men for the first time 1957 – John attend Art College 1958 – John meet George Harrison and joins the Quarry Men in February 1958 – July 15th, John’s mother Julia is hit and killed by a car Picture on right and on top is Paul McCartney when he was in Quarry Men. Picture on right and on the bottom is George Harrison, age 14, in Quarry Men.

“I was raised in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg.” John Lennon Let it Be “I was raised in Liverpool, but I grew up in Hamburg.” 1958- Stuart Sutcliffe, from John’s art school, joins Quarry Men 1958 – John gets his first girlfriend, Cynthia Powell 1960 – May 10th, John changes name from Quarry Men to The Beatles 1960 – January 1961 – The Beatles go play in clubs in Hamburg, Germany. 1961 – They are all deported after separate incidents 1961 – April – Stuart quits the group

John Lennon Let it Be 1962 – April – Stuart dies from a brain hemorrhage 1962 – August 23rd, Cynthia becomes pregnant and her and John marry 1962 – July – Ringo Starr joins the band 1963 – April 8th, Cynthia gives birth to John’s son, Julian Lennon Picture on top is from 1959 of John Lennon and Cynthia Powell. Picture on bottom is Ringo Starr.

John Lennon Let it Be “It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You’d wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?” 1963 – September 15th, Beatlemania Begins 1963 – March 22nd, 1st album – “Please Please Me” 1963 – November 22nd, “Second Album” released Picture of album , “Please Please Me.”

John Lennon Let it Be 1964 – February – first appearance in America 1964 – Beatles made their first film “A hard Day’s Night” 1965- March – The Beatles start filming their second movie “Help” 1965- Summer - John’s second book “A Spaniard in the Works” is released 1965 – October 26 – The Beatles are awarded the title of Members of the Order of the British Empire. 1966- John starts a addiction to drugs/LSD 1966- August – The Beatles decide not to tour anymore 1966 – Late – John gets a minor role in a antiwar film called “How I won the War”

John Lennon Let it Be 1966 – November 9 – John meets Yoko Ono for the first time 1967- August 27 – Johns business manager and friend Brian Epstein dies of a overdose 1968- October 19 – John is charged with possession of cannabis 1969- March 20- John and Yoko are officially married 1970- John leaves the Beatles 1970- November 25 – John returns his MBE Medal to protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria Biafra Conflict 1972- February 29 – John and Yoko’s visa’s run out leaving them 10 days left in the USA 1972- The FBI attempts to deport John

John Lennon Let it Be 1972- September - John is forced to go to Los Angeles by Yoko 1972- Late September - Yoko tells John to get in a relationship with their 22 year old assistant May Pang 1974- Thanksgiving - John does his LAST live performance 1975 – January – John goes back to Yoko Ono claiming he could not live without her 1975 – October 9- Yoko gives birth to Sean Ono Lennon

John Lennon Let it Be 1980 – December 6 – John Lennon is shot 5 times by Mark Chapman at the recording studio, The Dakota and he dies Picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1980, New York.

John Lennon Let it Be Beatles Albums: March 22, 1963 – “Please Please Me” November 22,1963- “With the Beatles” June 10, 1964 – “A Hard Day’s Night” December 4,1964- “Beatles for Sale” August 6, 1965- “Help!” December 3,1965- “Rubber Soul” August 5, 1966 – “Revolver” June 1, 1967- “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”

John Lennon Let it Be November 27, 1967- “Magical Mystery Tour” November 22,1968- “The White Album” January 17, 1969- “Yellow Submarine” September 26, 1969- “Abbey Road” May 8, 1970 – “Let It Be Picture of album cover holder for “Let it Be.”