Question

Tuliskan biografi tentang John Lennon
dalam bahasa inggris (minimal 5 paragraf)

Answer 1

John Winston Lennon was born in
Liverpool on 9 October 1940. A founder
member of The Beatles, and their singer,
songwriter and guitarist, he was
murdered in New York City on 8 December
1980.
The early years
Lennon grew up with his aunt Mimi and
uncle George in a house called Mendips, at
251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. He kept in
close contact with his mother Julia
Lennon until her death in 1958 , but had
little contact with his father Alf.
Julia Lennon taught her son to play the
banjo, and they shared a love of Elvis
Presley's music. The first song he learned
to play was Fats Domino's Ain't That A
Shame.
In 1957 she bought John his first guitar, a
Gallotone Champion acoustic "guaranteed
not to split". Julia ensured it was
delivered to her house rather than Mimi's,
as her sister was disapproving of music.
She told her nephew, "The guitar's all very
well, John, but you'll never make a living
out of it".
Lennon's first school was Dovedale
Primary School, and upon passing his 11
Plus attended Quarry Bank Grammar
School (1952-1957). He formed The
Quarrymen in March 1957, and in July the
same year met Paul McCartney at the
garden fete at St Peter's Church in
Woolton, Liverpool.
The pair quickly bonded, and began
rehearsing and writing songs together at
McCartney's home at 20 Forthlin Road.
Lennon's first completed song was Hello
Little Girl, later a hit for the Fourmost.
McCartney also introduced Lennon to
George Harrison, and convinced him to let
the young guitarist join the group,
eventually named The Beatles after a
series of other names were rejected.
We all looked up to John.
He was older and he was
very much the leader -
he was the quickest wit
and the smartest and all
that kind of thing.
Paul McCartney
Lennon failed all his GCE O level exams,
but with the help of his head teacher was
accepted into the Liverpool College of
Art. There he met Cynthia Powell, who
became his first wife. They married after
she became pregnant with their son
Julian, who was born on 8 April 1963.
With The Beatles
An unruly pupil, Lennon dropped out of
college before his final year. By this time,
however, The Beatles were working hard
to establish a name for themselves.
Initially managed by Allan Williams from
May 1960, they were booked later that
year to play at the Indra club in Hamburg.
The trip wasn't a success: McCartney and
drummer Pete Best were accused of
arson after a fire started in the cinema
where they were staying, and George
Harrison was deported for working while
under the age of 18. Lennon returned to
Liverpool after his work permit was
revoked.
The Beatles returned to Hamburg after
Harrison turned 18, and from April 1961
began another residency. While there
they recorded My Bonnie with singer
Tony Sheridan .
In 1962 they returned to Hamburg to play
at the Star Club, and in May were signed
to EMI subsidiary label Parlophone. Their
first single, Love Me Do , was released on
5 October.
By the following year The Beatles had
become a worldwide phenomenon, under
the auspices of manager Brian Epstein .
Their success looked unstoppable, though
in March 1966 Lennon was interviewed by
journalist Maureen Cleave, who quoted
him as saying:
Christianity will go. It
will vanish and shrink. I
do not know what will go
first, rock 'n' roll or
Christianity. We're more
popular than Jesus now.
Jesus was all right, but
his disciples were thick
and ordinary.
The quote led to protests in the southern
and midwest US states, which included
public bonfires of Beatles records and
memorabilia. Lennon issued an apology of
sorts at a Chicago press conference in
August 1966, saying:
I was not saying
whatever they're saying
I was saying. I'm sorry I
said it really. I never
meant it to be a lousy
anti-religious thing. I
apologise if that will
make you happy. I still do
not know quite what I've
done. I've tried to tell
you what I did do, but if
you want me to
apologise, if that will
make you happy, then
OK, I'm sorry.
By this time The Beatles had long tired of
the demands of Beatlemania and the
frenetic pace of touring. Lennon later
wrote:
I always remember to
thank Jesus for the end
of my touring days; if I
hadn't said that The
Beatles were 'bigger
than Jesus' and upset
the very Christian Ku
Klux Klan, well, Lord, I
might still be up there
with all the other
performing fleas! God
bless America. Thank you,
Jesus.