Julian Charles John Lennon
(born John Charles Julian Lennon)
(April, 8th 1963)
is an English musician,
photographer,
author,
and philanthropist.
He is the son of
Beatles member
John Lennon
and his first wife
Cynthia;
Julian is named after
his paternal grandmother
Julia.
Julian inspired three
Beatles songs:
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
(1967),
"Hey Jude"
(1968),
and
"Good Night"
(1968).
Lennon started a
music career
in 1984
with the album
Valotte,
best known for
"Too Late for Goodbyes"
and the title track,
He has held
exhibitions of his
fine-art photography
and has written
several children's books.
In 2006,
Lennon produced the
environmental documentary film
Whaledreamers,
which won eight
international awards.
In 2007,
he founded
The White Feather Foundation
(TWFF),
whose stated
mission goal is
to address
"environmental and
humanitarian issues".
Early life
Julian Lennon
was born
John Charles Julian Lennon
on
April,8th 1963
at Sefton
General Hospital
in Liverpool,
to
John Lennon
and
Cynthia Powell.
He was named after
his paternal grandmother,
Julia Lennon,
who died
five years
before his birth.
The Beatles' manager,
Brian Epstein,
was his godfather.
Lennon was
educated firstly at
Kingsmead School,
Hoylake,
during 1974–1975;
then,
when his mother remarried,
he moved to Wales
and attended
Ruthin School,
a boarding
private school
in the town of Ruthin,
Denbighshire,
in North Wales.
Lennon inspired one
of his father's
most famous songs,
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds",
whose lyrics describe
a picture the boy
had painted,
a watercolour of his friend,
Lucy O'Donnell,
from nursery school,
surrounded by stars.
Another composition
of his father inspired
by him
was the lullaby
"Good Night",
the closing song of
The Beatles
(also known as The White Album).
In 1967,
at the age of four,
he attended the set
of the Beatles' film
Magical Mystery Tour.
When Julian
was five years old,
in 1968,
his parents divorced,
following his father's
infidelity with
Japanese multimedia artist
Yoko Ono.
John Lennon
married Ono on
March 20th 1969.
Julian would later have
a younger half-brother,
Sean Lennon.
Paul McCartney wrote
"Hey Jude"
to console him over
the divorce;
originally called
"Hey Jules",
McCartney
changed the name
because he thought that
"Jude"
was an easier name
to sing.
After his parents' divorce,
Julian had almost
no contact with his father
until the early 1970s when,
at the request of his
father's then-girlfriend,
May Pang
Yoko Ono
and Lennon
had temporarily separated,
he began to visit
his father regularly.
John Lennon
bought Julian a
Gibson Les Paul guitar
and a drum machine
for Christmas 1973
and encouraged
his interest
in music by
showing him
some chords
Valotte
is the debut
studio album by
singer-songwriter
The album was produced by
Phil Ramone and recorded at
several studios from
February to August 1984.
It was released in
October 1984
on Charisma and Atlantic.
The album was first
certified gold
in the United States,
in the new year,
then shortly afterwards
being certified platinum.
From the album,
four singles
were released,
each with a
music video,
charting at
various positions
on the singles charts
in both the
United Kingdom
and US.
"Too Late for Goodbyes",
the second
US single,
and
"Valotte",
the first US single,
were both
US Billboard
Top 10 hits,
the former reaching No. 5
and the latter reaching
No. 9.
The album peaked
at No. 17
in the US
and No. 20
in the UK.
Lennon toured the US,
Australia,
and Japan in
March–June 1985.
TRACKLIST
Valotte
O.K. for You
On the Phone
Space
Well I Don't Know
Too Late for Goodbyes
Lonely
Say You're Wrong
Jesse
Let Me Be
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