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The History of John Lennon (Part Two - 1957–65: Formation, commercial breakout, and touring years)

2011-01-24T01:18:00.000-08:00

1957–65: Formation, commercial breakout, and touring years

The Beatles evolved from Lennon's first band, the Quarrymen. Named after Quarry Bank High School, the group was established by him in September 1956 when he was 15, and began as a skiffle group. By the summer of 1957 the Quarrymen played a "spirited set of songs" made up of half skiffle, and half rock and roll.Lennon first met Paul McCartney at the Quarrymen's second performance, held in Woolton on 6 July at the St. Peter's Church garden fête, after which McCartney was asked to join the band.

McCartney says that Aunt Mimi: "was very aware that John's friends were lower class" & would often patronise him when he arrived to visit Lennon. According to Paul's brother Mike, McCartney's father was also disapproving, declaring Lennon would get his son "into trouble";] although he later allowed the fledgling band to rehearse in the McCartneys' front room at 20 Forthlin Road.During this time, the 18-year-old Lennon wrote his first song, "Hello Little Girl", a UK top 10 hit for The Four most nearly 5 years later.

George Harrison joined the band as lead guitarist,[36] even though Lennon thought Harrison (at 14 years old) was too young to join the band, so McCartney engineered a second audition on the upper deck of a Liverpool bus, where Harrison played Raunchy for Lennon.Stuart Sutcliffe, Lennon's friend from art school, later joined as bassist.Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Sutcliffe became "The Beatles" in early 1960. In August that year The Beatles, engaged for a 48-night residency in Hamburg, Germany, and desperately in need of a drummer, asked Pete Best to join them.] Lennon was now 19, and his aunt, horrified when he told her about the trip, pleaded with him to continue his art studies instead. After the first Hamburg residency, the band accepted another in April 1961, and a third in April 1962. Like the other band members, Lennon was introduced to Preludin while in Hamburg,and regularly took the drug, as well as amphetamines, as a stimulant during their long, overnight performances.

Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager from 1962, had no prior experience of artist management, but nevertheless had a strong influence on their early dress code and attitude on stage. Lennon initially resisted his attempts to encourage the band to present a professional appearance, but eventually complied, saying, "I'll wear a bloody balloon if somebody's going to pay me". McCartney took over on bass after Sutcliffe decided to stay in Hamburg, and drummer Ringo Starr replaced Best, completing the four-piece line-up that would endure until the group's break-up in 1970. The band's first single, "Love Me Do", was released in October 1962 and reached #17 on the British charts. They recorded their debut album, Please Please Me, in under 10 hours on 11 February 1963,[45] a day when Lennon was suffering the effects of a cold, which is evident in the vocal on the last song to be recorded that day, Twist and Shout. The Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership yielded eight of its fourteen tracks. With few exceptions—one being the album title itself—Lennon had yet to bring his love of wordplay to bear on his song lyrics, saying: "We were just writing songs ... pop songs with no more thought of them than that–to create a sound. And the words were almost irrelevant".In a 1987 interview, McCartney said that the other Beatles idolised John: "He was like our own little Elvis ... We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest".

The Beatles achieved mainstream success in the UK around the start of 1963. Lennon was on tour when his first son, Julian, was born in April. During their Royal Variety Show performance, attended by the Queen Mother and other British royalty, Lennon poked fun at his audience: "For our next song, I'd like to ask for your help. For the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands ... and the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery." After a year of Beatlemania in the UK, the group's historic February 1964 US debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show marked their breakthrough to international stardom. A two-year period of constant touring, moviemaking, and songwriting followed, during which Lennon wrote two books, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works.[The Beatles received recognition from the British Establishment when they were appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1965.

The History of John Lennon (Part One - 1940 till 1957, The Early Years)

2011-01-22T02:24:00.000-08:00

The History of John Lennon (1940–57: Early years)

Lennon was born in war-time England, on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, to Julia and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman who was away at the time of his son's birth. He was named John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather, John "Jack" Lennon, and then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.His father was often away from home but sent regular pay cheques to 9 Newcastle Road, Liverpool, where Lennon lived with his mother,but the cheques stopped when he went absent without leave in February 1944. When he eventually came home six months later, he offered to look after the family, but Julia—by then pregnant with another man's child—rejected the idea. After her sister, Mimi Smith, twice complained to Liverpool's Social Services, Julia handed the care of Lennon over to her. In July 1946, Lennon's father visited Smith and took his son to Blackpool, secretly intending to emigrate to New Zealand with him.[7] Julia followed them—with her partner at the time, 'Bobby' Dykins—and after a heated argument his father forced the five-year-old to choose between them. Lennon twice chose his father, but as his mother walked away, he began to cry and followed her.[8] It would be 20 years before he had contact with his father again.[9]

Throughout the rest of his childhood and adolescence, he lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, who had no children of their own, at Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue, Woolton.[10] His aunt bought him volumes of short stories, and his uncle, a dairyman at his family's farm, bought him a mouth organ and engaged him in solving crossword puzzles.[11] Julia visited Mendips on a regular basis, and when he was 11 years old he often visited her at 1 Blomfield Road, Liverpool, where she played him Elvis Presley records, and taught him the banjo, playing "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino.[12]

In September 1980 he talked about his family and his rebellious nature:

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 recognised 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.[13]

He regularly visited his cousin, Stanley Parkes, who lived in Fleetwood. Seven years Lennon's senior, Parkes took him on trips, and to local cinemas.[14] During the school holidays, Parkes often visited Lennon with Leila Harvey, another cousin, often travelling to Blackpool two or three times a week to watch shows. They would visit the Blackpool Tower Circus and see artists such as Dickie Valentine, Arthur Askey, Max Bygraves and Joe Loss, with Parkes recalling that Lennon particularly liked George Formby.[15] After Parkes's family moved to Scotland, the three cousins often spent their school holidays together there. Parkes recalled, "John, cousin Leila and I were very close. From Edinburgh we would drive up to the family croft at Durness, which was from about the time John was nine years old until he was about 16."[16] He was 14 years old when his uncle George died of a liver haemorrhage on 5 June 1955 (aged 52).[17]

Lennon was raised as an Anglican and attended Dovedale Primary School.[18] From September 1952 to 1957, after passing his Eleven-Plus exam, he attended Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, and was described by Harvey at the time as, "A happy-go-lucky, good-humoured, easy going, lively lad."[19] He often drew comical cartoons which appeared in his own self-made school magazine called The Daily Howl,[20] but despite his artistic talent, his school reports were damning: "Certainly on the road to failure ... hopeless ... rather a clown in class ... wasting other pupils' time."[21]

His mother bought him his first guitar in 1957, an inexpensive Gallotone Champion acoustic for which she "lent" her son five pounds and ten shillings on the condition that the guitar be delivered to her own house, and not Mimi's, knowing well that her sister was not supportive of her son's musical aspirations.[22] As Mimi was sceptical of his claim that he would be famous one day, she hoped he would grow bored with music, often telling him, "The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living out of it".[23] On 15 July 1958, when Lennon was 17 years old, his mother, walking home after visiting the Smiths' house, was struck by a car and killed.

Lennon failed all his GCE O-level examinations, and was accepted into the Liverpool College of Art only after his aunt and headmaster intervened. Once at the college, he started wearing Teddy Boy clothes and acquired a reputation for disrupting classes and ridiculing teachers. As a result, he was excluded from the painting class, then the graphic arts course, and was threatened with expulsion for his behaviour, which included sitting on a nude model's lap during a life drawing class. He failed an annual exam, despite help from fellow student and future wife Cynthia Powell, and was "thrown out of the college before his final year."

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If I Were Gayus Tambunan (Andai Aku Jadi Gayus Tambunan)

2011-01-22T01:24:00.000-08:00

Gayus Tambunan cases been phenomenal. Gayus is a tax corruptor in Indonesia. Although he was jailed, but he still could vacation to Bali and overseas. A former inmate in the city of Gorontalo Indonesia, namely Bona Paputungan, create a simple song "Andai Aku Jadi Gayus Tambunan" This song received overwhelming response.

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The Beatles Hey Jude Lyrics

2010-01-21T03:11:00.000-08:00

Songwriters: Mccartney, Paul;Lennon, John

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude, don't be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey Jude, don't let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You're waiting for someone to perform with.
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.

Na na na, na na na na, na na na, hey Jude...

2010-01-11T00:14:00.000-08:00

The Beatles Lyrics - Come Together

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me

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The Beatles Discography - Studio Albums

2009-12-29T04:13:00.000-08:00

The Beatles Discography

Studio Albums

The following table below includes studio albums released in multiple countries

Year	Album	Peak chart positions						Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Album	UK	AUS	CAN	US	GER	NOR	Certifications (sales thresholds)
1963	Please Please Me Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 22 March 1963	1	—	—	—	—	—	US: Platinum CAN: Gold
	With The Beatles Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 22 November 1963	1	—	—	—	1	—	US: Gold CAN: Gold GER: Gold
	Beatlemania! With The Beatles Label: Capitol Canada Released: 25 November 1963	—	—	—	—	—	—	CAN: Gold
1964	Introducing... The Beatles Label: Vee-Jay (US) Released: 10 January 1964	—	—	—	2	—	—
	Meet The Beatles! Label: Capitol (US) Released: 20 January 1964	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 5× Platinum CAN: Platinum
	Twist and Shout Label: Capitol Canada Released: 3 February 1964	—	—	—	—	—	—	CAN: 3× Platinum
	The Beatles' Second Album Label: Capitol (US) Released: 10 April 1964	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 2× Platinum CAN: Platinum
	The Beatles' Long Tall Sally Label: Capitol Canada Released: 11 May 1964	—	—	—	—	—	—	CAN: Gold
	A Hard Day's Night Label: United Artists (US) Released: 26 June 1964	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 4× Platinum CAN: Gold
	A Hard Day's Night Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 10 July 1964	1	1	—	—	—	—
	Something New Label: Capitol (US) Released: 20 July 1964	—	—	—	2	—	—	US: 2× Platinum CAN: Gold
	Beatles for Sale Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 4 December 1964	1	1	—	—	1	—	US: Platinum CAN: Gold
	Beatles '65 Label: Capitol (US) Released: 15 December 1964	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 3× Platinum CAN: Platinum
1965	Beatles VI Label: Capitol (US) Released: 14 June 1965	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: Platinum CAN: Gold
	Help! Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 6 August 1965	1	1	—	—	1	—
	Help! Label: Capitol (US) Released: 13 August 1965	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 3× Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum
	Rubber Soul Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 3 December 1965	1	1	—	—	1	—	GER: Gold
	Rubber Soul Label: Capitol (US) Released: 6 December 1965	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 6× Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum
1966	"Yesterday" ...and Today Label: Capitol (US) Released: 15 June 1966	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 2× Platinum CAN: Platinum
	Revolver Label: Parlophone (UK) Released: 5 August 1966	1	1	—	—	1	14
	Revolver Label: Capitol (US) Released: 8 August 1966	—	—	—	1	—	—	US: 5× Platinum CAN: 2× Platinum
1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US) Released: 1 June 1967	1	1	—	1	1	1	US: 11× Platinum^[3] CAN: 8× Platinum^[9] GER: Platinum^[6]
1967	Magical Mystery Tour Label: Capitol (US), Parlophone (UK)^[C] Released: 27 November 1967	31	1	—	1	1	13	UK: Gold^[10] US: 6× Platinum^[3] CAN: 4× Platinum^[11]
1968	The Beatles Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US) Released: 22 November 1968	1	1	1 ^[12]	1	1	1	US: 19× Platinum^[3]
1969	Yellow Submarine Label: Capitol (US), Parlophone (UK)^[D] Released: 13 January 1969	3	—	1 ^[13]	2	—	1	US: Platinum^[3] CAN: Gold^[5]
1969	Abbey Road Label: Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US) Released: 26 September 1969	1	1	1 ^[14]	1	1	1	US: 12× Platinum^[3] CAN: Diamond^[9] GER: Platinum^[6]
1970	Let It Be Label: Parlophone (UK), United Artists (US) Released: 8 May 1970	1	1	1 ^[15]	1	—	1	US: 4× Platinum^[3] CAN: 3× Platinum^[11]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love

2009-12-22T03:47:00.000-08:00

Artist : The Beatles
Title : Can't Buy Me Love
Duration : 02 minutes and 10 seconds

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The Beatles - Hey Jude

2009-12-22T03:45:00.000-08:00

Artist : The Beatles
Title : Hey Jude
Duration : 7 Minutes 01 second

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Boomerang - Pelangi

2009-12-17T00:28:00.000-08:00

Title : "Pelangi"
Artist : Boomerang
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Boomerang - Kisah Seorang Pramuria

2009-12-16T23:32:00.000-08:00

Title : "Kisah Seorang Pramuria"
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Boomerang - Neraka Jahanam

2009-12-16T23:28:00.001-08:00

Title : "Neraka Jahanam"
Artist : Boomerang
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