John Lennon

John Lennon
Birth name	John Winston Lennon
Born	October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Died	December 8, 1980 in New York, New York, USA from a gunshot wound
Years Active	1960-1980
Member of	The Quarrymen The Beatles Plastic Ono Band

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Beatles	Himself (singing)	1965–1967	1	2	3

Album History

With The Beatles

• Please Please Me
• Introducing The Beatles (U.S.; Vee-Jay release of Please Please Me)
• With The Beatles
• Meet The Beatles (U.S.; songs from Please Please Me and With The Beatles)
• The Beatles' Second Album (U.S.; songs from With The Beatles)
• A Hard Day's Night (Parlorphone version all songs; United Artists version in U.S. features instrumentals from film)
• Something New (U.S.; songs from A Hard Day's Night)
• The Beatles' Story (U.S.; documentary)
• Beatles For Sale
• The Early Beatles (U.S.; songs from Please Please Me)
• Beatles '65 (U.S.; songs from Beatles For Sale)
• Beatles VI (U.S.; songs from Beatles For Sale and Parlorphone edition of Help!)
• Help! (Parlorphone version all songs; Capitol version in U.S. features instrumentals from film)
• Rubber Soul (U.S. version includes songs from Parlorphone edition of Help!)
• Revolver
• Yesterday...And Today (U.S.; features songs from Parlorphone editions of Help! and Revolver)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Magical Mystery Tour
• The Beatles (more commonly referred to as "The White Album")
• Yellow Submarine
• Abbey Road
• Let It Be
• Hey Jude (U.S.; songs previously not featured on albums)
• The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1975 release of 1965 concert)
• Let It Be...Naked (Re-release of Let It Be without Phil Spector production values)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Edition
• The Beatles 50th Anniversary Edition (White Album)

Beatles singles (releases with no country designation indicate both UK and US releases)

My Bonnie / The Saints (with Tony Sheridan; UK) Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (UK) Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (UK) From Me To You / Thank You Girl She Loves You / I'll Get You I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy (UK) Roll Over Beethoven / Please Mr. Postman (Canada) I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There (US) Please Please Me / From Me To You (US; Vee-Jay, Capitol 6000 series) Sweet Georgia Brown / Nobody's Child (UK--Polydor) All My Loving / This Boy (Canada) Why / Cry For A Shadow (UK--Polydor) Twist And Shout / There's A Place (US--Tollie, Capitol 6000 series) Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That (US) Do You Want To Know A Secret? / Thank You Girl (US--Vee-Jay, Capitol 6000 series) Sie Liebt Dich / I'll Get You (US--Swan) Ain't She Sweet / Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby (UK--Polydor) Sweet Georgia Brown / Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby (US--Atco)

Ain't She Sweet / Nobody's Child (US--Atco) A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today (UK) A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (US) I'll Cry Instead / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You And I Love Her / If I Fell Matchbox / Slow Down I Feel Fine / She's A Woman Eight Days A Week / I Don't Want To Spoil The Party Ticket To Ride / Yes It Is Help! / I'm Down Yesterday / Act Naturally Roll Over Beethoven / Misery (US--Capitol 6000 series) Boys / Kansas City--Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (US--Capitol 6000 series) We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper Nowhere Man / What Goes On Paperback Writer / Rain Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man

Hello Goodbye / I Am The Walrus Lady Madonna / The Inner Light Hey Jude / Revolution (first release on Apple label) Get Back / Don't Let Me Down The Ballad Of John And Yoko / Old Brown Shoe Something / Come Together Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better (UK--1976 re-release) Got To Get You Into My Life / Helter Skelter (US) Back In The U.S.S.R. / Twist And Shout (UK) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da / Julia (US) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day In The Life Beatles Movie Medley / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Free As A Bird / Christmastime (Is Here Again) Real Love / Baby's In Black Now and Then / Love Me Do

Beatles Compilations

The Beatles: 1962-1966 The Beatles: 1967-1970 Rock And Roll Music The Beatles' Love Songs The Beatles Rarities (U.S. and U.K. editions each featured different tracks and packaging) The Beatles' Reel Music Live At The Tavern Club

Live At The BBC Past Masters Anthology (Various outtakes and demos) Yellow Submarine Songtrack 1 Love (remixes and dubs for Cirque du Soleil show) Live At The BBC, Vol. 2

Solo Albums Unfinished Music: Two Virgins Unfinished Music 2: Life With The Lions The Wedding Album Plastic Ono Band: Live Peace In Toronto Imagine Some Time In New York City Mind Games Walls And Bridges Rock And Roll Double Fantasy Milk And Honey (released posthumously) Live In New York City

Solo Compilation Albums Shaved Fish The John Lennon Collection Menlove Ave. Imagine: John Lennon Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon Wonsauponatime Instant Karma: All Time Greatest Hits Acoustic Peace, Love And Truth Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon The U.S. Vs. John Lennon

Remember Gimme Some Truth Power To The People: The Hits John Lennon Signature Box

Awards and Accolades Grammy Awards With the Beatles: Nominated: Record Of The Year (1964) I Want To Hold Your Hand Nominated: Best Contemporary Song (1964) A Hard Day's Night Won: Best New Artist (1964) Won: Best Performance By A Vocal Group (1964) A Hard Day's Night Nominated: Contemporary Rock & Roll Vocal Group Performance, Album Of The Year, Vocal Group Performance (1966) Help! Nominated: Album Of The Year (1967) Revolver Won: Best Album Cover/Package, Graphic Arts (1967) Revolver Won: Song of the Year (1967) Michelle Won: Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance (1967) Eleanor Rigby Nominated: Group Vocal Performance, Contemporary Vocal Group (1968) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Won: Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Album, Best Album Cover/Packages and Graphic Arts, Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical, 1968) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Nominated: Best Instrumental Arrangement, Accompanying Vocalists (1968) A Day In The Life Nominated: Album Of The Year (1969) Magical Mystery Tour Nominated: Best Performance By Pop Duo or Vocal Group, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year (1969) Hey Jude Nominated: Album Of The Year, Contemporary Vocal Group (1970) Abbey Road Won: Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical, 1970) Abbey Road Nominated: Best Original Score Written For Motion Picture or TV Special (1970) Yellow Submarine Nominated: Record Of The Year, Contemporary Vocal Group (1971) Let It Be Won: Best Original Score Written For Motion Picture or TV Special (1971) Let It Be Won: Grammy Trustees Award (1972) Won: Hall Of Fame Award (1975) Nominated: Best Historical Album (1996) The Beatles: Live At The BBC Won: Best Music Video (Longform) (1997) The Beatles Anthology Won: Best Music Video (Shortform) (1997) Free As A Bird Won: Best Pop Performance By Duo or Vocal Group (1997) Free As A Bird Won: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (2008) Love Won: Best Surround Sound Album (2007) The Beatles Love Won: Best Historical Album (2011) The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings Nominated: Best Spoken Word Album (2012) Fab Four Memories--The Beatles Bond Won: Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) Won: Best Music Film (2017) Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years Won: Best Music Video (Shortform, 2024) I'm Only Sleeping Solo: Nominated: Record of the Year (1982) (Just Like) Starting Over Nominated: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male (1982) Double Fantasy Nominated: Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording (1984) Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue) Lifetime Achievement Award (Posthumous, 1992) Grammy Hall Of Fame Award (1999) Imagine Won: Album of the Year (1982) Double Fantasy Emmy Awards Won: Outstanding Documentary, Sound Mixing (Non-fiction), Direction (Non-fiction), Sound Editing (Non-fiction), Picture Editing (Non-fiction) Get Back Trivia First married to Cynthia Twist; son Julian. Later married to Yoko Ono; son Sean