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JOHN LENNON BIOGRAPHYJohn Winston Ono Lennon , MBE (born John Winston Lennon ; 9 October 1940 8December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fameas a founder member of the Beatles , one of the most commercially successful and critically

acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney , he formed a songwritingpartnership that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. When he was four years old, his parents separated and he ended up living with his AuntMimi. John's father was a merchant seaman and John did not see a lot of hisfather when he was small. As a child, John was a prankster and he enjoyedgetting in trouble. As a boy and young adult, John enjoyed drawing grotesquefigures and cripples. One of the reasons for his obsession with cripples anddeformities was because of the Death of his Mother Julia. The John's school

master thought that John could go to an art school for college, since he did notget good grades in school, but had artistic talent. He made it to art school, and was not allow to play "Rock and Roll".

At this college, he met a woman by the name of Cynthia Powell, who becamehis first wife. As a child, John lived a life of uninterrupted calm. He didn'trecall feeling desperately sad or unusually happy. Unfortunately that calm wassuddenly shattered when his mother died before his 18th birthday. John didnot like to talk about the death of his mother, because it was to great a sorrow

to be publicized. After the death of his mother, John went to live with his AuntMimi. John consider his Aunt Mimi the greatest person. They lived in a littlehouse, with frilly curtains at the windows, and an old apple tree in the frontgarden. When John was away from home, he thought about Aunt Mimi andher frilly curtains and her apple tree, and he realized how fortunate he was.Because, though his mother was taken away from him, he was givensomething precious in return.

At sixteen, Elvis is what was happening. John created the group called the

"Quarry Man". They performed at school. One day, Paul McCartney wasintroduced to him. At this point, John ask Paul if he could join the group, andhe accepted the next day. Paul McCartney introduced George Harrison toJohn Lennon. The first recording they made was called "That will be the day" by Buddy Holly. John married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and they had ason together who they called Julian.Cynthia described John as "Rough, ready

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and not her type at all, but had an irresistible character". Since the Beatles were becoming very popular at the time, Cynthia had to keep a very lowprofile. John Lennon divorced Cynthia and re-married with Yoko Ono who hemet at the Indica Gallery in November 1966. In 1970, the Beatles broke up

also, after Paul McCartney has announced that he is leaving the Beatles. Afterthe Beatles broke up, John Lennon went his way and he tried to send out hismessage out clearer. He started doing this by releasing his first solo albumImagine.

In 1973, John and Yoko separated for 14 month, because of all the publicpressure and problems they were going through. John went to Los Angelesand he was single again after a long time. John became a drunk and was onlypartying . May Pang became John's companion during this time as a guidance.

During this time, people start seeing more of John. John recorded differentrecords like "Mind Games", "Rock and Roll", "Walls and Bridges" . He worked with Ringo on his album, David Bowie with his "Fame" album and also withElton John during this time. After going through all this, John realizes thatthere was not really anybody that loves him, besides Yoko. So he returned back to Yoko. He realizes that he really really loves her and that he could notlive without her.

On October 9, 1975, Yoko gave birth to John's other son Sean. John left his

whole music career for 5 years to raise his son. John did not miss music at allduring this period. He became a househusband and raised his son. John didnot really exist anymore in the music world. John realized that there is no life without music after 5 years. He was able to write songs now with ease sincethere were no pressure. John wrote all the songs on "Double Fantasy" in aperiod of 3 weeks. This album was written, recorded, and released in 1980. When John was singing and writing this album, he was visualizing everybodyin his age group. Unfortunately, John was shot in front of his apartmentcomplex in New York while he was in the process of releasing another album"Milk and Honey". John died of the age of 40 in the Roosevelt Hospital onDecember 8, 1980, after receiving multiple gun shot in the back.

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland HardawayJudkins ),[1] known by his stage name Stevie Wonder , is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and was a child prodigy who developed into one of

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the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century . [2] Blind since shortly afterbirth ,[3] Wonder signed with Motown 's Tamla label at the age of eleven [2] and continuesto perform and record for Motown as of the early 2010s.

Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition ", "Sir Duke ", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life " and "I Just Called to Say I Love You ". Well known albumsalso include Talking Book , Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life .[2] He has recordedmore than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards , the mostever awarded to a male solo artist. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist forpolitical causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr. 's birthdaya holiday in the United States .[4] In 2009, Wonder was named a United NationsMessenger of Peace .[5] In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at

number five.

Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan , in 1950, the third of six children toCalvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway . Owing to his being born six weeks premature,the blood vessels at the back of his eyes had not yet reached the front and their abortedgrowth caused the retinas to detach. [3] The medical term for this condition is retinopathyof prematurity , or ROP, and it was exacerbated by the oxygen therapy given while in hishospital incubator .[7]

When Stevie Wonder was four, his mother left his father and moved to Detroit with her

children. She changed her name back to Lula Hardaway and later changed her son'ssurname to Morris, partly because of relatives. Morris has remained Stevie Wonder'slegal surname ever since. He began playing instruments at an early age, includingpiano, harmonica, drums and bass. During childhood he was active in his church choir .

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