John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His work included music, writing, drawings and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. More about John Lennon
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Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed The Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Sometimes called "the smart Beatle", Lennon initially was the group's de facto leader, a role he gradually ceded to McCartney. Through his songwriting in the Beatles, he embraced myriad musical influences, initially writing and co-writing rock and pop-oriented hit songs in the band's early years, then later incorporating experimental elements into his compositions in the latter half of the Beatles' career as his songs became known for their increasing innovation. Lennon soon expanded his work into other media by participating in numerous films, including How I Won the War, and authoring In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works, both collections of nonsense writings and line drawings. Starting with "All You Need Is Love", his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture of the 1960s. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, multimedia artist Yoko Ono, held the two-week-long anti-war demonstration Bed-ins for Peace and left the Beatles to embark on a solo career.In total, we tracked 1083 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Lennon (PSA/DNA John Lennon Autographed Gibson Les Paul Tribute Satin Tobacco Burst) was sold in March 2024 for $29999.90 while the cheapest item (THE BEATLES / JOHN LENNON / AUTOGRAPH SAMPLE CARD) found a new owner for $0.01 in January 2023. The month with the most items sold (43) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $3.99 for an autographed item of John Lennon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2018 with $5912.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.99 was September 2022. In average, an autographed item from John Lennon is worth $25.95.
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Alan White, Who Drummed With Yes and Ex-Beatles, Dies at 72 (05/29/22): The invitation to perform with John Lennon, which he thought was a joke, led to almost 50 years with one of progressive rock’s foremost bands.
Fans, Ono, bandmates mark 40 years since John Lennon's death (12/08/20): It was Dec. 8, 1980, when Lennon was with his wife, Yoko Ono, and was shot by Mark David Chapman outside the Dakota apartments in Manhattan.
John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time (08/26/20): Mark David Chapman shot and killed the former Beatle on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, hours after Lennon autographed an album for him.
Dirty Projectors Also Covered John Lennon, Thankfully, and 10 More New Songs (03/20/20): Hear tracks by Perfume Genius, Holly Humberstone, the Pretenders and others.
This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven (03/20/20): The actress Gal Gadot assembled celebrities singing John Lennon’s anthem on social media. The result is far from inspiring in a time of crisis.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 "Wedding Album" being reissued to mark couple's (02/2019): Secretly Canadian/Chimera Music John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's experimental 1969 record, Unfinished M...
John Lennon, Liam Gallagher nominated for 'NME Ultimate Icon' (07/2012): Alex Turner and David Bowie are also shortlisted for the music magazine prize.