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John Lennon : Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon



John Winston Ono Lennon

(born John Winston Lennon)

 (October, 9th 1940 –  December, 8th 1980)

 was an 

English musician

 and activist. 

He gained global fame

 as the founder, 

co-lead vocalist 

and rhythm guitarist 

of 

The Beatles.

 Lennon's 

songwriting partnership 

with 

Paul McCartney

 remains the most 

successful in history.

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.

 He initially was the group's

 de facto leader, 

a role he gradually 

seemed to cede to 

McCartney, 

writing and 

co-writing songs 

with increasing innovation,

 including

 "Strawberry Fields Forever", 

which he later cited

 as his finest work 

with the band. 

Lennon soon expanded 

his work into 

other media by 

participating in 

numerous films, 

including 

How I Won the War

 (1967), 

and authoring

 In His Own Write

 (1964) 

and 

A Spaniard in the Works 

(1965), 

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 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-in for peace, 

and left the Beatles

 to embark on a 

solo career. 

Lennon and Ono 

collaborated on many works, 

including a trilogy of

 avant-garde albums 

and several more films. 

After the Beatles disbanded, 

Lennon released his

 solo debut 

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 

and the international

 top-10 singles 

"Give Peace a Chance",

 "Instant Karma!",

 "Imagine",

and 

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". 

Moving to New York City

 in 1971,

 his criticism of

 the Vietnam War 

resulted in a 

three-year 

deportation attempt

 by the Nixon administration

. Lennon and Ono

 separated from

 1973 to 1975, 

during which time he

 produced 

Harry Nilsson's album 

Pussy Cats

He also had 

chart-topping collaborations 

with

 Elton John 

("Whatever Gets You thru the Night") 

and

 David Bowie 

("Fame"). 

Following a

 five-year hiatus, 

Lennon returned to music

 in 1980

 with the Ono

 collaboration

 Double Fantasy

He was shot and killed

 by 

Mark David Chapman

three weeks after

 the album's release.



Lennon Legend: 

The Very Best of John Lennon

 is the

 third 

official 

compilation album

 of 

John Lennon's 

solo career,

 coming after 1975's 

Shaved Fish

 and 1982's 

The John Lennon Collection

Because neither collection 

spanned Lennon's

 releases up to

 and

 including 1984's 

Milk and Honey

Lennon Legend: 

The Very Best of John Lennon – 

considered the

 definitive Lennon 

retrospective

  was compiled.

 It was released

 in the UK in 1997

 through

 Parlophone 

and early 

1998

 in the US by 

EMI Records.

Lennon Legend: 

The Very Best of John Lennon

 peaked at

 number 4

 on the

 UK Albums Chart 

and certified

 2× Platinum

 by the BPI 

in May 1998.

 The album has

 also certified

 Platinum

 in the US 

and 

Canada 

as of 

December 2008.

 In the history of

 Japanese Oricon chart, 

Lennon Legend 

has been one 

of the longest 

charting albums

 that failed to 

reach top 40,

 selling more than 

190,000 copies 

up to late 2006.


TRACKLIST


Imagine

Instant Karma

Mother 

[Single Version]

Jealous Guy

Power To The People

Cold Turkey

Love

Mind Games

Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

#9 Dream

Stand By Me

(Just Like) Starting Over

Woman

Beautiful Boy

 (Darling Boy)

Watching The Wheels

Nobody Told Me

Borrowed Time

Working Class Hero

Happy Xmas

 (War Is Over)

Give Peace A Chance

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