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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 30 Sep 1988
  • Star rank: 353
  • Address:
    1776 Vine St
  • Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing north
  • GPS location:
    34.103109, -118.326544
  • Notes: Star was moved to in front of Capital Records from further north on Vine in Dec 2009

John Lennon

Previous star: Beverly Bayne

Biography

John Winston Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.

Fact file

  • Birth name: John Winston Lennon
  • Born: 9 October 1940 Liverpool, England, UK
  • Died: 8 December 1980 (aged 40) New York, New York, US
  • Genres: Rock, pop
  • Occupations: Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, writer
  • Instruments: Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, harmonium, electronic organ, six-string bass
  • Years active: 1957–75, 1980
  • Labels: Parlophone, Capitol, Apple, EMI, Geffen, Polydor
  • Associated acts: The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Yoko Ono

Read more about John Lennon at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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Billboard, 2012-01-24 21:15:00
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Cee Lo Green Angers John Lennon Fans With 'Imagine' Lyrics
MTV News, 2012-01-03 16:51:09
Green changed a key line in Lennon's song during his New Year's Eve performance.By James Montgomery Cee Lo Green Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images How did you spend your New Year's Eve? Well, if you were Cee Lo Green, you began by royally ticking off John Lennon fans, then briefly ...

Cee Lo Green Adds Religion to 'Imagine,' Fueling Outrage
Billboard, 2012-01-03 15:25:00
Cee Lo Green rang in the New Year with a New Controversy. The "Forget You" singer fueled outrage after his performance on NBC's Times Square telecast for doing what many John Lennon fans deemed sacrilege: changing the lyrics to the late Beatle's song "Imagine" to say "all religion is true" ...

Vine St, east side, between Hollywood and Yucca

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