John Lennon

MusicTelevision Age

Beatles co founder

Facts

Born: 1940
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Music
Era: Television Age

Overview

Co founded the Beatles in Liverpool in 1960. The Lennon and McCartney catalog is the most successful songwriting partnership in chart history, and the band holds the record for the most number one albums in Billboard history with twenty number one singles. His solo album Imagine 1971 gave the world one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century. He entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 1988 and solo in 1994.

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