John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership. Wikipedia

After the Beatles John Lennon started a successful solo career, selling over 14 million records as of 2012. As writer, co-writer or performer Lennon is responsible for over 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. Posthumously inducted into the songwriters hall of fame and the Rock and Roll hall of fame twice (with the Beatles and as a solo artist).

Voted the 8th greatest Briton in 2008 by the BBC and the 5th greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, John Lennon is one of the most important figures in popular music history.

Explore the amazing musical career of John Lennon on our selection of timelines, we’ve embedded the first in this post, but make sure to follow the links below to see the rest of the timelines.

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Timeline of John Lennon albums

 

More John Lennon timelines

• Timeline of The Beatles albums

• Timeline of The Beatles US & UK number-one singles

• Timeline of The Beatles core catalogue

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Histropedia uses data from Wikipedia and Wikidata to automatically generate interactive timelines with events linked to Wikipedia articles. Combine timelines and events to create your own custom timeline and start playing lego with history! Learn more about Histropedia

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Hidden events are marked by small grey lines on the timeline.

HIDDEN EVENTS: (IMPORTANT) 

These timelines span several decades, so when you first open them some of the events will be hidden.

Make sure you zoom in to different periods on the timeline to uncover all of the events.

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