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{{Infobox Television |
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| show_name = Real Chance of Love
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = [[Image:Real Chance allcast.jpg|300px]]
| Name = John Lennon
| format = [[Reality television|Reality]]
| Img = Lie In 15 -- John rehearses Give Peace A Chance.jpg
| runtime = 60 minutes (including commercials)
| Img_capt = Lennon rehearsing "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" in [[Montreal]] in 1969
| creator = Cris Abrego<br>[[Mark Cronin]]
| Img_size = 250
| executive_producer = Cris Abrego<br>Mark Cronin<br>Ben Samek
| Landscape = Yes
| starring = Kamal Givens<br>Ahmad Givens<br>
| Background = solo_singer
| country = [[United States]]
| Birth_name = John Winston Lennon
| network = [[VH1]]
| Born = {{Birth date|1940|10|9|df=yes}}<br />[[Liverpool]], [[England]]
| num_seasons = 1
| Died = {{Death date and age|1980|12|8|1940|10|9|df=yes}}<br />[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
| num_episodes = 11
| Instrument = [[singing|Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[piano]], [[harmonica]], [[banjo]]
| first_aired = [[October 20]], [[2008 in television|2008]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[blues-rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], [[soft rock]], [[pop rock]]
| last_aired =
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[Musician]], [[Poet]], [[Artist]], [[Peace activist]]
| preceded_by = ''[[I Love New York 2|I Love New York 2]]''<br/>''[[I Love Money]]''<br/>
| Years_active = 1957 – 1976, 1980

| Label = [[Parlophone]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Apple Records|Apple]], [[EMI]], [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| Associated_acts = [[The Quarrymen]], [[The Beatles]], [[Plastic Ono Band]], [[The Dirty Mac]]
| URL = [http://www.johnlennon.com www.johnlennon.com]
| Notable_instruments = [[Rickenbacker 325]] <br> [[Epiphone Casino]] <br> [[Gibson J-160E]] <br> [[Les Paul Junior]]
}}
}}
'''''Real Chance Of Love''''' is a reality television series on [[VH1]]. Bachelor brothers Real (Ahmad Givens) and Chance (Kamal Givens) may not have been lucky in love on ''[[I Love New York (TV series)|I Love New York]]'' but now they will both get a second chance with “Real Chance of Love” premiering [[October 20]], [[2008]] at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The tables have turned for these horse-breeding, music-producing entertainer brothers known as the “Stallionaires.” Now, Real and Chance are the ones in control and this time it’ll be a gamble for 17 young ladies who will move into their ranch house to fight for their hearts. After getting dismissed by New York in I Love New York, Real and Chance are in it to win it this time around. And they are being extremely cautious before they choose their queen of hearts. To prevent getting dealt another bad hand, these ladies will have to lay all their cards on the table to impress these two guys. They will compete in challenges designed to test for the qualities Real and Chance are looking for in a woman. Each week, two women will be eliminated until the final episode when the guys will ultimately decide who they want to take a real chance of love with.


In this 11-episode series, these two brothers are certainly wild but in very different ways. Chance is a charming player who gets himself into trouble with his explosive personality. Real is the perfect gentleman with a romantic side he isn’t afraid to show. What these brothers are looking for in a woman is quite different, but in the end what the Stallionaires might want could be the same woman.
'''John Winston Ono Lennon'''<!-- Please do not change his name. His will refers to him as John Winston Ono Lennon and I would add a citation if I knew how to. -->, [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born '''John Winston Lennon'''; 9 October 1940 &ndash; 8 December 1980) was an [[England|English]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[musician]], singer, [[songwriter]], [[artist]], and [[peace activist]] who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of [[The Beatles]].


== Contestants ==
In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded many songs such as <!-- Before adding to this list of Lennon's most significant songs, please seek consensus on the talk page first. Thank you. -->"[[Give Peace a Chance]]" and "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]]". Lennon revealed his rebellious nature and wit on [[television]], in [[film]]s such as ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', in [[book]]s such as ''[[In His Own Write]]'', and in press conferences and interviews. He was controversial through his work as a [[activism|peace activist]], [[drawing|artist]], and [[writer|author]].


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Lennon had two sons: [[Julian Lennon]], with his first wife [[Cynthia Lennon]], and [[Sean Ono Lennon]], with his second wife, [[avant-garde]] artist [[Yoko Ono]]. After a self-imposed retirement from 1976 to 1980, Lennon reemerged with a comeback album, but was murdered one month later in New York City on 8 December 1980. In 2002, respondents to a [[BBC]] poll on the [[100 Greatest Britons]] voted Lennon into eighth place. In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked Lennon number 38 on its list of "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time" and ranked The Beatles at number one.
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==Call-out Order==
==Early years: 1940–1957==
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'''John Winston Lennon''' was born on 9 October 1940, in the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, [[Liverpool]], to [[Julia Lennon]] (née Stanley) and [[Freddie Lennon|Alfred (Alf, or Freddie) Lennon]], during the course of a [[Liverpool Blitz|German air raid in World War II]].<ref name="MaternityHospital">{{cite web |url=http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rock/birthplaces.html |title=Liverpool: Beatle Birthplaces |publisher=Indiana edu |accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref><ref name=”Liverpool Lennons">{{cite web |url= http://www.lennon.net/familytree/sub/julia_stanley.shtml |title= The Liverpool Lennons |publisher=lennon.net/familytree|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref name="Spitzp24"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p24</ref> He was named after his [[paternal]] [[grandfather]], John 'Jack' Lennon, and [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name="Spitzp24"/>
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Alf was a [[merchant seaman]] during [[World War II]], and was often away from home, but sent regular pay cheques to Julia, who was living with Lennon at 9 Newcastle Road, Liverpool, but the cheques stopped when Alf went [[AWOL]] in 1943.<ref name="Spitzp25"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p25.</ref><ref name=”TheBeatlesAnthologyDVD”> ”The Beatles Anthology” DVD 2003 (Episode 6 - 0:37:32) Lennon talking about living at 9 Newcastle Road in Liverpool.</ref> When Alf eventually came home in 1944, he offered to look after Julia and Lennon, but Julia (who was pregnant with another man's child) rejected the idea.<ref name="Spitzp27"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p27.</ref> After considerable pressure from her sister, [[Mimi Smith|Mary "Mimi" Smith]] (who contacted Liverpool's [[Child welfare|Social Services]] to complain about Julia), she handed the care of Lennon over to Mimi.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp55"> Cynthia Lennon - “John”. p55.</ref> In July 1946, Alf visited Mimi and took Lennon to [[Blackpool]], secretly intending to emigrate to [[New Zealand]] with him.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp56"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” p56</ref> Julia followed them, and after a very heated argument, Alf made the five-year-old Lennon choose between Julia or him, and Lennon chose Alf twice. As Julia walked away, Lennon began to cry and followed her. Alf then lost contact with Lennon until [[Beatlemania]], when father and son met again.<ref name="Spitzp30"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p30</ref>
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Throughout the rest of his childhood and adolescence, Lennon lived with his Aunt Mimi and her husband [[George Toogood Smith|George Smith]], who had no children of their own, in [[Woolton]], in a house called "Mendips" ([[251 Menlove Avenue]]). Mimi bought volumes of short stories for Lennon, and George, who was a [[Milkman|dairyman]] at his family's farm, engaged Lennon in solving [[crossword puzzles]], and bought him a harmonica. (Smith died on 5 June 1955).<ref name="Spitzp32"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p32.</ref><ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp56"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” p56.</ref> Julia Lennon visited Mendips almost every day, and when Lennon was 11 he often visited her at 1 Blomfield Road, Liverpool. Julia taught Lennon how to play the banjo, and played [[Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley's]] records to him. The first song he learned was [[Fats Domino]]'s "[[Ain't That A Shame]]".<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp40"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” p40.</ref><ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp41"> Cynthia Lennon - “John”. p41.</ref>
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:{{colorbox|blue}} The contestant won Real Chance of Love.
Lennon was raised as an [[Anglican]], and attended [[Dovedale County Primary School]] until he passed his [[Eleven-Plus]] exam.<ref name=”Lennon’sreligion">{{cite web |url= http://www.nndb.com/people/294/000026216/ |title= Lennon’s religion |publisher=nndb.com/people|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref name=”LiverpoolCathedral">{{cite web |url= http://www.icons.org.uk/nom/nominations/liverpool-anglican-cathederal |title= Liverpool Cathedral |publisher=icons.org.uk|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> From September 1952 to 1957, he attended the [[Calderstones School|Quarry Bank High School]] in Liverpool, where he was known as a "happy-go-lucky" pupil, drawing comical cartoons and making fun of his teachers by [[mimic (entertainment)|mimicking]] their odd characteristics.<ref name="MilesPage107"> Miles 1997 p107</ref><ref name="Spitzpp32-33"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' pp32-33</ref><ref name=”Quarry BankHomePage">{{cite web |url= http://www.calderstones.co.uk/ |title= Quarry Bank/Calderstones school home page |publisher=calderstones.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>
:{{colorbox|red}} The contestant was eliminated.

:{{colorbox|limegreen}} The contestant voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
Julia bought Lennon his first guitar in 1957, which was a [[Gallotone Champion]] acoustic (a cheap model that was "guaranteed not to split").<ref name="Spitzp45"/> Julia insisted it be delivered to her house and not to Mimi's, who hoped that Lennon would grow bored with music, as she was sceptical of Lennon's claim that he would be famous one day, often telling him, "The guitar's all very well, John, but you'll never make a living out of it."<ref name="Spitzp45"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p45</ref><ref name=”JohnLennonbiography">{{cite web |url= http://www.solcomhouse.com/johnlennon.htm |title= John Lennon biography |publisher=solcomhouse.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> On 15 July 1958, when Lennon was 17, Julia was killed on Menlove Avenue (close to Mimi's house) when struck by a car driven by an off-duty police officer.<ref name="MilesPage31"> Miles 1997 p31</ref><ref>Keith Badman ''The Beatles Off The Record'' p18</ref> Her death was a bond between Lennon and [[Paul McCartney]], who also had lost his own mother (to [[breast cancer]]) on 31 October 1956.<ref name="MilesPage20"> Miles 1997 p20</ref>
:{{colorbox|tomato}} The contestant won a date with Real or Chance.

Lennon failed all his [[General Certificate of Education|GCE]] O-level examinations, and was only accepted into the [[Liverpool College of Art]] with help from his school's [[headmaster]] and Mimi. Lennon met his future wife there, [[Cynthia Powell]], when Lennon was a [[Teddy Boy]].<ref name="CynthiaJohnp22"> Cynthia Lennon – “John”. p22.</ref> Lennon was often disruptive in class and ridiculed his teachers, resulting in them refusing to have him as a student.<ref name="Colemanp93"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p93.</ref><ref name="Colemanp97"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p97.</ref> John was diagnosed with hyperactivity, the then term for ADHD. <ref>http://www.add-adhd-help-center.com/newsletters/newsletter_30june03.htm</ref> Lennon failed an annual Art College exam despite help from Powell, and dropped out before his last year of college.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp67"> Cynthia Lennon – “John”. p67.</ref>

==The Beatles: 1957–1970==
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[[Image:Guitarras de Lennon.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Lennon's guitars.]]
When Lennon decided that he wanted to try making music himself, he and fellow [[Quarry Bank Grammar School]] friend, [[Eric Griffiths]], took guitar lessons at [[Hunts Cross]] in Liverpool, although Lennon gave up the lessons soon after.<ref name="Spitzp48"> Spitz (2005) p48</ref> Lennon started [[The Quarrymen]] in March 1957.<ref name="SpitzPage47"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p47</ref> On 6 July 1957, Lennon met McCartney at the Quarrymen's second concert at the St. Peter's Church [[Woolton]] Garden fête.<ref name="SpitzPage93"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p93</ref><ref name=" LennonPlayboyInterview1980">{{cite web |url= http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm |title= Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono - 1980 |publisher=john-lennon.com/|accessdate=2007-12-15}}</ref>
McCartney's father told his son that Lennon would get him "into trouble", but later allowed The Quarrymen to rehearse in the front room at [[20 Forthlin Road]].<ref name="CynthiaJohnp46"> Cynthia Lennon – “John” p46</ref><ref name="MilesPage38"> Miles 1997 p38</ref> It was there that Lennon and McCartney began writing songs together. The first song Lennon completed was "Hello, Little Girl" when he was 18 years old, which later became a hit for the [[Fourmost]].<ref name="MilesPage34-39"> Miles 1997 pp38-39</ref>
McCartney convinced Lennon to allow [[George Harrison]] to join the Quarrymen (even though Lennon thought Harrison to be too young) after Harrison played the song "Raunchy" for Lennon on the upper deck of a bus.<ref>Miles 1997 p49</ref> Harrison joined the band as [[lead guitarist]], and [[Stuart Sutcliffe]]—Lennon's [[art school]] friend—later joined as [[bass guitar|bassist]].<ref name="MilesPage47"> Miles 1997 p47</ref><ref name="MilesPage50"> Miles 1997 p50</ref>
After a series of name changes, the group decided on The Beatles. Lennon was always considered the leader of the group, as McCartney explained: "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."<ref name="McCartneyPlayboyInterview1984">{{cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/~taz4158/macint.htm |title=Paul McCartney 1984 Playboy Interview |publisher=members.tripod.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref name="CynthiaJohnp45-46"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” pp45-46</ref>

[[Allan Williams]] became the Beatles' first manager in May 1960, after they had played in his [[Jacaranda]] club.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp64"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” p64</ref> A few months later he booked them into [[Bruno Koschmider|Bruno Koschmider's]] [[Bruno Koschmider|Indra]] club in [[Hamburg]], Germany.<ref name="MilesPage56"> Miles 1997 p56</ref><ref name="HamburgBeatleClubs">{{cite web |url=http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://webs.wichita.edu/mschneegurt/hamburg/kaiserkeller.gif&imgrefurl=http://webs.wichita.edu/mschneegurt/hamburg/hamburg.html&h=254&w=355&sz=65&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=XuBKiGVW2CiqFM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkaiserkeller%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG |title=Photos of Clubs in Hamburg |publisher=images.google.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon's Aunt Mimi was horrified when Lennon told her about the trip to Hamburg, and pleaded with him to continue his studies.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp70-71"> Cynthia Lennon - “John” pp70-71</ref> After the first residency Sutcliffe left The Beatles to concentrate on his artwork, and to be with [[Astrid Kirchherr]]. McCartney took over as bass player for the group.<ref name="Milesp74-75"> Miles 1997 pp74-75</ref> Koschmider reported McCartney and drummer [[Pete Best]] for arson after the two attached a [[condom]] to a nail in the 'Bambi' (a cinema where they were staying) and set fire to it.<ref name="MilesPage72"> Miles 1997 p72</ref> They were deported, as was [[George Harrison]] for working under age.<ref name="MilesPage72-73"> Miles 1997 pp72-73</ref> A few days later Lennon's [[work permit]] was revoked and he went home by train.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp79"> Cynthia Lennon “John” p79</ref>

After Harrison turned 18 and the immigration problems had been solved, The Beatles went back to Hamburg for another residency in April 1961. While they were there, they recorded "[[My Bonnie]]" with [[Tony Sheridan]].<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp97"> Cynthia Lennon “John” p97</ref> News of Sheridan and The Beatles' record was published on the front page of [[Mersey Beat]]—a Liverpool music magazine—which was available at [[Brian Epstein]]'s music store, and prompted Epstein to order extra copies from [[Polydor]].<ref>MilesPage84</ref> In April 1962, The Beatles went back to Hamburg to play at the [[Star-Club]], and were told that Sutcliffe had died two days before they arrived.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp109"> Cynthia Lennon “John” p109</ref> This was another shock for Lennon, after losing his Uncle and his mother.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp109"> Cynthia Lennon “John” p109</ref>

On 9 May 1962, [[George Martin]] signed The Beatles to EMI's comedy label, Parlophone. After their first recording session, Martin voiced his displeasure with drummer [[Pete Best]].<ref name="CynthiaJohnp119"> Cynthia Lennon “John” 2006 p119</ref> It was decided that [[Ringo Starr]], drummer with [[Rory Storm]] and the Hurricanes, should join, although it was left to manager Epstein to inform Best. Epstein dismissed Best on 16 August 1962, which was almost exactly two years after Best had joined the group.<ref name="Milesp57"> Miles 1997 p57</ref><ref name="Spitzp330"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p330</ref> The Beatles released their first double-sided original single, "[[Love Me Do]]" b/w "[[P.S. I Love You]]" on 5 October; it reached #17 on the British charts (although Starr did not play on these tracks, Martin having secured the services of [[Andy White (drummer)|Andy White]] a session drummer, before he knew Best had been replaced). On 11 February 1963, the group recorded their first album ''[[Please Please Me]]'' in one day with Lennon suffering from a [[common cold]].<ref name="MilesPage93"> Miles 1997 p93</ref> Originally the Lennon-McCartney songs on the first pressing of the album, as well as the single "[[From Me to You]]" and its B-side "[[Thank You Girl]]", were credited to "McCartney-Lennon", but this was later changed to "Lennon-McCartney".<ref name="Cross"> Cross “The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record“ 2005</ref> Lennon and McCartney usually needed an hour or two to finish a song, most of which were written in hotel rooms after a concert, at Wimpole Street—[[Jane Asher]]'s home—or at Cavendish Avenue; McCartney's home<ref name="MilesPage149"> Miles 1997 p149</ref> or at [[Kenwood, St. George's Hill|Kenwood]] (Lennon's house).<ref name="MilesPage171"> Miles 1997 p171</ref>
[[Image:Beatlessullivantogether.jpg|thumb|right|250px|McCartney, Starr, Harrison and Lennon on the [[Ed Sullivan]] show in 1964.]]
The album and single hit #1 in Britain, and EMI offered the album to their U.S. subsidiary, [[Capitol Records]], but they turned it down.<ref>Spizer, The Beatles Are Coming!, 498 Production, 2003 pg.11</ref> Epstein finally secured a deal with [[Vee-Jay Records]]; a predominantly black R&B and gospel label.<ref>Spizer, The Beatles Are Coming!, 498 Production, 2003 pg.8</ref> Neither the single or the accompanying album, ''Introducing The Beatles'' were successful in the US. By the time the group recorded "[[She Loves You]]", they were dropped from Vee Jay and once again, Capitol declined to release their records. EMI were forced to release it on the even more obscure [[Swan Records]] label.<ref>Spizer, The Beatles Are Coming!, 498 Production, 2003 pg.45</ref> It did eventually hit #1 in January 1964, after Capitol Records finally released "[[I Want To Hold Your Hand]]" in America. Following the historic Ed Sullivan Show appearances, The Beatles would embark on a two-year non-stop period of productivity: constant international tours, making movies, and writing hit songs. Lennon wrote two books, "[[In His Own Write]]" and "A Spaniard In The Works",<ref>John Winston Lennon, Coleman, Sidjwick & Jackson 1984, pg 239-240</ref> while The Beatles achieved recognition from the British Establishment when they were appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Members of the Order of the British Empire]] in the 1965 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=43667|supp=yes|startpage=5488|date=4 June 1965|accessdate=2008-03-17}}</ref>

Lennon complained that nobody heard them play for all the screaming, and their musicianship was beginning to erode.<ref>John Winston Lennon, Coleman, Sidjwick & Jackson 1984, pg 288</ref> By the time he wrote his 1965 song [[Help! (song)|Help!]], he said he was subconsciously crying out for help and seeking change.<ref>Beatles Anthology, Chronicle, 2000 pg. 171</ref> The catalyst for this change occurred on 4 March 1966, when Lennon was interviewed for the ''[[Evening Standard|London Evening Standard]]'' by [[Maureen Cleave]], and talked about [[Christianity]] by 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 [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] were thick and ordinary."<ref name="LennonIKnew">{{cite web |first=Maureen |last=Cleave |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/05/bmlennon05.xml |title=The John Lennon I Knew |publisher=telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Five months later, an American teen magazine called ''Datebook'' reprinted part of the quote on its front cover.<ref name="DatebookLennonJesus">{{cite web |first=Terry |last=Rawlings |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iDE0dH6ZLwUC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=datebook+lennon&source=web&ots=VS70r-jL0Z&sig=waVkD8mCIwvsGe02sMf-1gnMEZI&hl=en |title=Then, Now and Rare British Beat 1960-1969 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |date=[[2002-10-03]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> The American [[Bible Belt]] protested in the [[Southern United States|South]] and [[Midwest]], and [[Social conservatism|conservative]] groups staged public burnings of Beatles' records and [[memorabilia]].<ref name="LennonSorryJesus">{{cite web |first=Kenneth |last=Bielen |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s2VCWBa0-o8C&pg=RA1-PA55&dq=Jesus+%2B+Lennon&ei=rnnLR7q3LpbWzASc-rCpCQ&sig=p1UaFUsJaMoSPwTtOZrXvVAcQDs |title=The Lyrics of Civility |publisher=Garland Publishing |date=[[2000-05-11]]|accessdate=2008-03-03}}</ref> Many radio stations banned The Beatles' music, and some concert venues cancelled performances. At a press conference in [[Chicago]], on 11 August 1966, Lennon addressed the growing controversy: {{cquote | 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.<ref name="Milesp293-295"> Miles 1997 pp293-295</ref>}}
The [[Roman Curia|Vatican]] accepted Lennon's apology.<ref name="AOLRockQuotes">{{cite web |url=http://music.aol.com/feature/famous-quote-john-lennon |title=AOL Music's ''Infamous Rock Quotes'' |publisher=music.aol.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> 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."<ref name="LennonIKnew"/>

At the end of 1968, Lennon performed as part of the group [[Dirty Mac]], in [[The Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Rock and Roll Circus]]'' film. The [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]], made up of Lennon, [[Eric Clapton]], [[Keith Richards]] and [[Mitch Mitchell]], also backed Ono's performance.<ref name="DirtyMac">{{cite web |first=Ethan |last=Russell |url=http://www.ethanrussell.com/Gallery/g2-supergroup.html |title=The "Supergroup" - also known as "The Dirty Mac" |publisher=Ethan Russell 1967-2004 |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> Lennon also released "[[Two Virgins]]" with Ono,<ref>John Ono Lennon, Coleman, Sidjwick & Jackson 1984, pg 48-49</ref> an album known more for its cover than the musical content. Lennon and Ono were married on 20 March 1969, and he soon released a series of fourteen lithographs called "Bag One" depicting scenes from their honeymoon.,<ref>Fawcett, One Day At A Time, Evergreen 1976, pg 185</ref> eight of which were deemed indecent and most were banned and confiscated.<ref>John Ono Lennon, Coleman, Sidjwick & Jackson 1984, pg 279</ref>

Lennon left The Beatles in September 1969 (Starr had previously left and then returned during 1968, and Harrison had left on 10 January 1969, during the filming for ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]'', but returned after a Beatles' meeting at Starr's house two days later).<ref name="Spitzp809"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p809</ref> Lennon agreed not to make an announcement while the band renegotiated their recording contract, but McCartney released a question-and-answer interview that he had written himself in April 1970, declaring that he was no longer a member of The Beatles.<ref name="Spitzp853"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p853</ref> Lennon's reaction when told was, "Jesus Christ! He [McCartney] gets all the credit for it!" Lennon later told ''Rolling Stone'': "I was a fool not to do what Paul did, which was use it to sell a record," (McCartney's first solo album) and later wrote, "I started the band. I finished it."<ref>John Lennon 1987 Skywriting by Word of Mouth : And Other Writings, Including "The Ballad of John and Yoko" Harper Paperbacks</ref>

In 1970, [[Jann Wenner]] recorded an interview with Lennon that was played on [[BBC]] radio in 2005. The interview reveals Lennon's bitterness towards McCartney and the hostility he felt that the other members had for Ono. Lennon said: "One of the main reasons The Beatles ended is because we got fed up with being sidemen for Paul. After [[Brian Epstein]] died we collapsed. Paul took over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us when we went round in circles?"<ref name="John LennonseasononBBCRadio ">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/17/lennon.shtml |title=John Lennon season on BBC Radio to mark the 25th anniversary of his death |publisher=bbc.co.uk/pressoffice|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon later expressed his displeasure with the scant credit he was given as an influence on [[George Harrison]] in his autobiography, ''I Me Mine'', and unhappy that McCartney's songs, such as "[[Yesterday (song)|Yesterday]]", "[[Hey Jude]]" and "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]" were more covered than his own contributions, but Lennon also stated his true feelings about his former band members by saying: "I still love those guys. The Beatles are over, but John, Paul, George and Ringo go on."<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/>

==Solo career: 1970–1980==
{{see|John Lennon discography}}
While still a Beatle, Lennon and Ono recorded three albums of experimental music, ''[[Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins]]'', ''[[Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions]]'', and ''[[Wedding Album]]''. His first "solo" album was ''[[Live Peace in Toronto 1969]]''—recorded prior to the breakup of The Beatles—recorded at a Rock 'n' Roll Festival in [[Toronto]] with [[The Plastic Ono Band]]. He also recorded three solo singles: the anti-war anthem, "Give Peace a Chance", "[[Cold Turkey]]", and "[[Instant Karma!]]". Following The Beatles' split in 1970, Lennon released the ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' album. It included "[[Working Class Hero]]", which was banned by [[BBC Radio]] for its use of the word "fucking".<ref name=" Schechterp106"> Schechter “The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record“ 2005 p106</ref>

His album ''[[Imagine (album)|Imagine]]'' followed in 1971, and the title song would later become an anthem for anti-war movements. The song "[[How Do You Sleep?]]" was widely perceived as having been written as a personal attack against McCartney, although Lennon later claimed the song was about himself.<ref name="ImagineReview">{{cite web |url=http://www.superseventies.com/lennon2.html |title=Lennon - Imagine Review |publisher=superseventies.com |accessdate=2007-01-20}}</ref><ref name="LennonMcCartneyMelodyMaker">{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/db1971.11jp.beatles.html |title=Lennon and McCartney in Melody Maker magazine |publisher=geocities.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> On 31 August 1971, Lennon left England for New York, and released the "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" single in December of 1971.<ref name="LennonSingles">{{cite web |url=http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hifrxqe5ldde~T22 |title=Lennon's singles |publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> To advertise the single, Lennon and Ono paid for a billboard in [[Times Square]], New York, which read, "WAR IS OVER" in large text with "if you want it" in much smaller text underneath.<ref name="JPRInstitute"/> ''[[Some Time in New York City]]'' was released in 1972. Recorded with [[Elephant's Memory]], it contained songs about women's rights, race relations, Britain's role in [[Northern Ireland]], and Lennon's problems obtaining a United States [[United States Permanent Resident Card|Green Card]].<ref name="LennonFilmMakersCreditCampaign">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6040148.stm |title=Lennon filmmakers credit campaign |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=[[2006-10-12]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> Lennon had been interested in [[left-wing]] politics since the late 1960s, and reportedly donated money to the [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK)|Workers Revolutionary Party]].<ref name="MI5Agent">{{cite web |url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/lenn-m02.shtml |title="Was there a high-level MI5 agent in the British Workers Revolutionary Party?" |publisher=wsws.org/articles|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

In 1972, Lennon released "[[Woman Is the Nigger of the World]]". Many radio stations refused to broadcast the song, although Lennon was allowed to perform it on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]''.<ref name="DickCavettShow">{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cavettlennon.php |title=DVD Reviews, The Dick Cavett Show |publisher=dvdverdict.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> On 30 August 1972 Lennon and Elephant's Memory gave two [[benefit concert]]s at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York to benefit the patients at the [[Willowbrook State School]] mental facility on [[Staten Island]].<ref name="WillowbrookLennon">{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Deming |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/26375/John-Lennon-Live-in-New-York-City/overview |title=John Lennon: Live in New York City (film) |publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=[[2008-03-02]]|accessdate=2008-03-03}}</ref> These were to be Lennon's last full-length concert appearances.<ref name="RockHallFame">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/john-lennon |title=Rock 'n' Roll hall of Fame |publisher=rockhall.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

In November 1973, Lennon released ''[[Mind Games]]'', which was credited to "the Plastic U.F.Ono Band". He also wrote "[[I'm the Greatest]]" for [[Ringo Starr]]'s album ''[[Ringo (album)|Ringo]]'' (his own demo version of the song appears on the ''[[John Lennon Anthology]]'') and produced "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)" for [[Mick Jagger]]. In September 1974, Lennon released ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' and the single "[[Whatever Gets You Thru the Night]]" (a #1 duet with Elton John). A second single from the album, "[[#9 Dream]]", was released in December. He wrote "[[Goodnight Vienna]]" for Starr, and played piano on the recording.<ref name=”GoodnightVienna">{{cite web |url= http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pcs7168.html |title= Goodnight Vienna|publisher=jpgr.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-17}}</ref> On 28 November, Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at Elton John's [[Thanksgiving]] concert at Madison Square Garden after he lost a [[Gambling|bet]] with Elton that "Whatever Gets You" would reach #1.<ref name="LennonEltonBet">{{cite web |first=Graham |last=Calkin |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r5998.html |title=Whatever Gets You Thru The Night b/w Beef Jerky |publisher=Graham Calkin |date=[[2007-02-19]]|accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> Lennon performed "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]", "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" and "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]". Lennon rush-released his ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' album of cover songs in February 1975 – with [[Phil Spector]] as producer – before ''Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits'' was released (issued by [[Morris Levy]] on the Adam VIII label).<ref name="MorrisLevyBiog">{{cite web |first=Dick |last=de Heer |url=http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/morris_levy.htm |title=Morris Levy Biog |publisher=Rockabilly |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

Lennon's last stage appearance was on [[Associated TeleVision|ATV]]'s 18 April 1975 special called ''A Salute to [[Lew Grade]]'' performing "Imagine", "Stand By Me" (cut from the televised edition), and "Slippin' and Slidin'" from his ''Rock 'n' Roll'' LP.<ref name="HowstuffWorksAlfredLennon">{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Buskin |url=http://people.howstuffworks.com/john-lennon46.htm |title=The Death of John Lennon's Father, Alf Lennon |publisher=How Stuff Works |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> Lennon's backup band was BOMF (also known as "Etc." that evening).<ref>Tannenbaum, John & Yoko: A New York Love Story</ref> The band members wore two-faced masks, which were digs at Grade, with whom Lennon and McCartney had been in conflict with because of Grade's control of The Beatles' publishing company. [[Dick James]], The Beatles' publisher, had sold his majority share in Maclen Music (Lennon's and McCartney's publishing company) to Grade in 1969. During "Imagine", Lennon interjected the line "and no immigration too", a reference to his battle to remain in the United States.<ref name="LennonFilmMakersCreditCampaign"/> In October 1975, Lennon fulfilled his contractual obligation to EMI/Capitol for one more album by releasing ''[[Shaved Fish]]'', a greatest hits compilation. On 9 October 1975 &ndash; Lennon's 35th birthday &ndash; his son Sean Ono Lennon was born, and Lennon retired from the music business to care for him. Lennon interrupted his retirement briefly for Ringo Starr, writing and recording "Cookin' (In The Kitchen of Love)" in June 1976. This was his last recording session until his 1980 comeback.<ref>Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium, Madinger/Easter, 44.1 Publishing, 2000</ref>

Lennon emerged from retirement in November 1980, releasing ''[[Double Fantasy]]'', which also featured Ono. In June 1980, Lennon had travelled with Sean to [[Bermuda]] for a sailing trip on a 43-foot [[schooner]], where he wrote songs for the album.<ref name="BermudaLogBookSale">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4849940.stm |title=Lennon ship log book up for sale |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=[[2006-03-27]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> The name of the album was taken from a species of [[freesia]] flowers that Lennon had seen in the [[Bermuda Botanical Gardens]]. He liked the name and saw it as a perfect description of his marriage to Ono.<ref name="FantasyFlowerBermudaTrip">{{cite web |first=John |last=Clarke Jr. |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/3687/whatever_gets_you_through_the_storm |title=Whatever gets you through the storm |publisher=Paste Magazine |date=[[2007-01-09]]|accessdate=2008-03-06}}</ref> After the release of the album, Lennon started planning the next album, ''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]''.<ref name="RememberingJohnLennon">{{cite web |url=http://newfinland.blogspot.com/2007/12/remembering-john-lennon.html |title=Remembering John Lennon |publisher=newfinland.blogspot.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon was asked whether the group were dreaded enemies or the best of friends in 1980. He replied that they were neither, but had not seen any of them for a long time. Lennon said that the last time McCartney had visited Lennon they had watched the episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', in which [[Lorne Michaels]] made a $3,000 cash offer to get The Beatles to reunite on the show.<ref name="SNLTranscripts">{{cite web |url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75rbeatles.phtml |title=SNL Transcripts: Beatles' Offer 24 April 1976 |publisher=snltranscripts.jt.org|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> They had considered going to the studio to appear as a joke, but were too tired.<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/> This event was fictionalized in the 2000 television film, ''[[Two of Us (2000 television)|Two of Us]]''.<ref name="IntervieWithStanfield">{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Lewis |url=http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/twoofus/stanfield.html |title=An interview with Mark Stanfield |publisher=Martin Lewis |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

==Marriages and relationships==
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In one of his last major interviews, in September 1980, Lennon said that he had never questioned his [[chauvinistic]] attitudes towards women until he met Ono. Lennon was always distant with his first son, but was close to his second son, calling him, "My pride". Near the end of Lennon's life, he said that he accepted the role of [[househusband]], after taking on the role of a [[wife]] and mother in his relationship with Ono.<ref name=" LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/>

===Cynthia Lennon===
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[[Image:John and Cynthia on car.JPG|thumb|left|200px| Lennon and Cynthia Powell in 1959.]]
Cynthia Powell met Lennon at the [[Liverpool Art College]] in 1957.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp22"/> Although Lennon was not her type, she was attracted to him. After hearing Lennon comment favourably about another girl who looked like [[Brigitte Bardot]], Powell changed the colour of her hair to blonde.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp25-26"> Cynthia Lennon – “John” pp25-26.</ref> Their relationship started after a college party before the summer holidays when Lennon asked Powell to go a [[pub]] with him and some friends.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp27"> Cynthia Lennon – “John” p27</ref> Powell pretended to be engaged (to a young man called Barry, in Hoylake) so Lennon stormed off, shouting, "I didn't ask you to fucking marry me, did I?"<ref name="Spitzp156"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p156</ref> Lennon was often jealous, and once slapped Powell across the face (knocking her head against the wall) the day after he saw her dancing with Sutcliffe.<ref name="CynthiaJohnp48-49"> Miles 1997 pp48-49</ref> In mid-1962, Powell discovered she was pregnant with Lennon's child.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp122"> Cynthia Lennon “John”. p122.</ref> They were married on 23 August at the Mount Pleasant [[Register Office]] in Liverpool. Manager Epstein thought a married Beatle might alienate some fans and insisted the Lennons keep their union a secret. [[Julian Lennon|John Charles Julian Lennon]] was born in Sefton General Hospital on 8 April 1963.<ref name="CynthiaLennonJohnp128-129"> Cynthia Lennon “John” pp128-129</ref>
Lennon was on tour and would not see Julian for three days, and shortly after went on holiday to Spain with [[Brian Epstein|Epstein]], which would lead to speculation of an affair between the two (Epstein was widely known to be homosexual). Shortly afterwards, at Paul McCartney's twenty-first birthday party, a drunken Lennon physically attacked Cavern Club MC [[Bob Wooler]] for saying "How was your [[honeymoon]], John?" (Wooler was referring to Lennon's marriage, and not Lennon's holiday in Spain with Epstein).<ref>Cynthia Lennon, John, pg 155</ref> In 1991, a fictionalized account of the Lennon/Epstein holiday was made into an independent movie called ''The Hours And Times''.<ref name="HoursandTimes">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104448/ |title=The Hours and Times |publisher=IMDb |date=1991|accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> Lennon was distant to Julian, who felt closer to McCartney than to his father. Julian later said, "I've never really wanted to know the truth about how dad was with me. There was some very negative stuff talked about me ... like when he said I'd come out of a whiskey bottle on a Saturday night.<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/> Stuff like that. You think, where's the love in that? Paul and I used to hang about quite a bit ... more than dad and I did. We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad."<ref name="EternalFlame"/>

Cynthia Lennon had become aware of Lennon's infidelities, but cites his increasing drug use for their growing apart. She was also aware of Lennon's friendship with Ono. Eventually, according to Cynthia, she actually suggested to Lennon that perhaps Ono was the woman for him.<ref>Cynthia Lennon: A Twist of Lennon, Avon 1978 p182</ref> When Lennon and The Beatles went to [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] to meditate, Cynthia and Lennon were separated on the train platform. A policeman, who did not recognize her, kept her from boarding the train. As she watched Lennon's train pull out of the station, she broke into tears. In the documentary ''Imagine'' she explained, "Normally I wouldn't have broken down, I'd have kept my cool... I knew I'd get there anyway. But at that point I felt so sad. This was symbolic of our life... I'm getting off at this station."<ref>Cynthia Lennon Interview, ''Imagine'', Documentary, Warner Brothers 1988</ref> Lennon later tried to sue Cynthia for divorce, claiming she had committed adultery and not him.<ref name="Colemanp464"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p464</ref> When it was discovered that Ono had become pregnant, Cynthia petitioned Lennon for divorce. During negotiations Lennon refused to give his wife any more than £75,000, supposedly saying, "What have you done to deserve it? Christ, it's like winning the bloody [[Football pools|pools]]." The case was settled out of court, with Cynthia receiving £100,000, £2,400 annually, custody of Julian and the Lennons' house (Kenwood).<ref name="Colemanp467"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p467</ref>

When Lennon and Ono moved to New York, Julian would not see his father again until 1973.<ref>Pang, Instamatic Karma, Back cover quote from Cynthia and Julian Lennon</ref> During the time Lennon and Ono were separated, he lived with his personal assistant, May Pang. With Pang's encouragement, it was arranged for Julian (and Cynthia) to visit Lennon in Los Angeles, where they went to [[Disneyland Park (Anaheim)|Disneyland]].<ref name="CynthiaJohnp336-340"> Cynthia Lennon “John” 2006 pp336-340</ref> Julian started to see his father more regularly, and played drums on "Ya Ya" from Lennon's 1974 album ''Walls and Bridges''.<ref name="RollingWallsBridgesreview">{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Gerson |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnlennon/albums/album/170665/review/5945311/walls_and_bridges |title=Wall and Bridges LP |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=[[1974-11-21]]|accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref name="CynthiaJohnp344"> Cynthia Lennon “John” 2006 p344</ref> Lennon also bought Julian a [[Gibson Les Paul]] guitar, and a [[drum machine]] for Christmas in 1973, and encouraged Julian's interest in music by showing him some chords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lennon.net/memorabilia/blackguitar.shtml|title=Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection| publisher=Lennon.net|accessdate=2007-08-28}}</ref><ref name="CynthiaJohnp345"> Cynthia Lennon “John” 2006 p-345</ref> In his 1980 ''Playboy'' interview, Lennon was quoted as saying: "Sean was a planned child, and therein lies the difference. I don't love Julian any less as a child. He's still my son, whether he came from a bottle of whiskey or because they didn't have pills in those days. He's here, he belongs to me, and he always will",<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/> which hurt Julian. In an interview shortly before his death, Lennon said he was trying to re-establish a connection with the then 17-year-old Julian, and confidently predicted that "Julian and I will have a relationship in the future." Both [[Julian Lennon|Julian]] and [[Sean Lennon#Solo discography|Sean Lennon]] went on to have recording careers years after their father's death.<ref name="SeanLennonDisco">{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/seanlennon/discography |title=Sean Lennon's discography |publisher=rollingstone.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> After Lennon's death, it was revealed that Julian was not mentioned in Lennon's [[Will (law)|will]].<ref name="LastWillLennon">{{cite web |url= http://www.courttv.com/people/wills/lennon.html |title=The Will of John Lennon |publisher=courttv.com |accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref> It was said that Ono gave Julian £20 million, which Julian refuted by saying that it was minimal compared to the figure reported.<ref name="EternalFlame"/>

===Yoko Ono===
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[[Image:Yoko Ono 2007.jpg|150px|thumb|right| Ono at the opening ceremony of her art exhibition in [[São Paulo]], Brazil. November 2007.]]
There are two versions of how Lennon and Ono met: On 9 November 1966, Lennon went to the [[Indica Gallery|Indica]] gallery in London, where Ono was preparing her conceptual art exhibit, and they were introduced by gallery owner [[John Dunbar]].<ref name="PeelIan2002"> Peel "The Unknown Paul McCartney" 2002</ref><ref name="IndicaGalleryMeeting">{{cite web |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1937863,00.html |title=Indica Gallery Meeting |publisher=arts.guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref> Lennon was intrigued by Ono's "Hammer A Nail" Piece: patrons hammered a nail into a wooden board, creating the art piece. Lennon wanted to hammer a nail in the clean board, but Ono stopped him because the exhibit had not opened. Dunbar then said to Ono, "Don't you know who this is?" Ono had not heard of The Beatles but relented, on the condition that Lennon pay her five shillings. Lennon then said, "I'll give you an imaginary five shillings and hammer an imaginary nail."<ref name=" LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/> The second version is that in late 1965, Ono was in London compiling original musical scores for a book that [[John Cage]] was working on.<ref name="CageBiog">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9018542/John-Cage |title=John Cage biog |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> She knocked on McCartney's door, but he declined to give her any manuscripts as he kept all his originals, but suggested that Lennon might oblige. When asked, Lennon gave the original handwritten lyrics to "The Word" from ''Rubber Soul'' to Ono. They were reproduced in Cage's book, ''Notations''.<ref name="Milesp272"> Miles 1997 p272</ref>

Lennon began his physical relationship with Ono—seven years his senior—in May 1968, after Lennon returned from India, where he had received numerous postcards from Ono, who was in London.<ref name="JPRInstitute">{{cite web|first=Murray |last=Sayle |url=http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op18.html |title=The Importance of Yoko Ono |publisher= jpri.org/publications |date=[[2000-11-18]]|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> As Cynthia Lennon was in Greece on holiday, Lennon invited Ono to his home, where they spent the night recording what would become the ''[[Two Virgins]]'' album, and later said they made love at dawn.<ref name="TwoVirginsCD">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Music-No-Two-Virgins/dp/B0000009RE |title=Unfinished Music, No. 1: Two Virgins |publisher=[[Rykodisc]] |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref>Liner notes for Two Virgins CD</ref> When Cynthia returned home she found Lennon and Ono, who was wearing Cynthia's bathrobe, drinking tea together. Lennon simply said, "Oh, Hi".<ref>Cynthia Lennon: A Twist of Lennon, Avon 1978 p183</ref> Cynthia filed for [[divorce]] later that year, on the grounds of John's adultery, which was proven by Ono's pregnancy. Ono later miscarried [[John Ono Lennon II]] on 21 November 1968.{{Fact|Old source (Stanley Cavell) seems to be wrong. An other standard source is needed.|date=August 2008}}

During Lennon's last two years in The Beatles, he and Ono began public protests against the [[Vietnam War]]. Lennon sent back his MBE insignia in 1969, which [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth]] had bestowed upon him in 1965.<ref name="LennonMBE">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10804303037,00.html |title=John Lennon, MBE |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> He wrote: "Your Majesty, I am returning this in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against "Cold Turkey" slipping down the charts. With love. John Lennon of Bag."<ref name="LennonReturnsMBE">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3338583.stm |title=Lennon returns MBE |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-15}}</ref><ref name="MBE1965">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1579754.stm |title=Lennon gets MBE in 1965 |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-15}}</ref> The couple were married in [[Gibraltar]] on 20 March 1969, and spent their honeymoon in [[Amsterdam]] campaigning for an international "[[Bed-In]]" for peace. They planned another "Bed-in" in the United States, but were denied entry. The couple then went to neighbouring [[Montréal]], and during a "Bed-in" at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] recorded "Give Peace a Chance".<ref name="Top10ClassicProtestSongs">{{cite web |first=Ruehl |last=Kim |url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/toptens/tp/Top10Protest.htm |title=Top 10 Classic Protest Songs |publisher=About.com |date=[[2007-02-19]]|accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> Lennon and Ono often combined advocacy with [[performance art]], as in their "[[Bagism]]", which was first introduced during a Vienna press conference. Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles' song "[[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]".<ref name="Crossp322"> Cross “The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record” 2005 p322</ref> In April 1969, on the roof of Apple Records, Lennon changed his name to John Ono Lennon.<ref>Ray Coleman: John Ono Lennon (Vol II), Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., pg64</ref> After Ono was injured in a car accident, Lennon arranged for a king-sized bed to be brought to the recording studio as he worked on The Beatles' last album, ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]''.<ref>Geoff Emerick, Here There and Everywhere: My Life Recording The Music of The Beatles, Gotham Books, 2006,pp279-280</ref> To escape the acrimony of The Beatles' breakup, Ono suggested they move permanently to New York, which they did on 31 August 1971. They first lived in the St. Regis Hotel on 5th Avenue, East [[55th Street (Manhattan)|55th Street]], and then moved a loft at 105 Bank Street, [[Greenwich Village]], New York City, on 16 October 1971. After a robbery, they relocated to the more secure [[the Dakota|Dakota]] at 1 West 72nd Street, in February 1973.<ref name="LennonHomesNewYork">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob42.html |title=John Lennon’s Homes, Part Three – New York City |publisher=ntlworld |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref>

===May Pang and the "Lost Weekend"===
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In June 1973, Ono decided that she and Lennon should separate. Ono suggested that he take their personal assistant, May Pang, as a companion.<ref name="LennonRevealed">{{cite web |url=http://www.lennonrevealed.com |title=You say you want a revelation? |publisher=lennonrevealed.com |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon soon moved to California with Pang, and embarked on an eighteen-month period he would later call his "Lost Weekend."<ref name="EternalFlame"/>

While Lennon and Pang were living in L.A., Lennon's drunken behaviour was widely reported by the media. Lennon also took the opportunity to get reacquainted with his son, Julian, whom he had not seen in four years.<ref name="PangInstamaticKarma"> Pang "Instamatic Karma" 2008</ref>

In May 1974, Lennon and Pang returned to New York where he began work on "Walls and Bridges." On the evening of 23 August 1974, both Lennon and Pang claimed to have seen a U.F.O. in the sky from their balcony. Lennon mentioned the sighting in the booklet accompanying the ''Walls and Bridges'' album.<ref name="UFOSightings">{{cite web |url=http://www.uforth.com/ |title=UFO sightings and Lennon |publisher=uforth.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> When Lennon lost a bet to Elton John and joined on stage at Madison Square Garden in November 1974, Ono was in the audience.<ref name="PangLovingJohn">{{cite book | author=Pang, May | title=Loving John | publisher=[[Warner Books]] (Paperback)| year=1983 | id=ISBN 978-0446379168 }}
</ref> Although Lennon would later claim he had no idea she was there, it was he who arranged for her seats.<ref name="PangLovingJohn"/>

In December 1974, Harrison was in New York on the ''Dark Horse'' tour, and Lennon agreed to join him on stage, but they had an argument over Lennon's refusal to sign the agreement that would legally dissolve The Beatles partnership, which was meant to be at New York's Plaza Hotel on 19 December 1974. Lennon finally signed the papers in [[Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World]] in [[Florida]], while on holiday there with Pang and Julian.<ref name="PangInstamaticKarma"/> In January 1975, [[David Bowie]] achieved his first U.S. #1 hit with "[[Fame (David Bowie song)|Fame]]", co-written with Lennon (who contributed vocals and guitar) and [[Carlos Alomar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/david-bowie|title=David Bowie|work=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction |date=1996 |publisher=rockhall.com|accessdate=2007-08-31}}</ref>

On 31 January 1975, the Lennons reunited and, on 9 October 1975 – Lennon's 35th birthday – Ono gave birth to a son, Sean Ono Lennon. Lennon issued a statement: "I feel higher than the [[Empire State Building]]" and soon retired from the music business.<ref name="HowstuffWorksAlfredLennon"/> He cited many reasons, but they were primarily the fact that he had been under contract since he was 22 years old and he was now free, rock 'n' roll was not as interesting as it once was, and the limited relationship he had had with first son made him decide to live a family life and become a househusband.<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/>

==Political activism==
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[[Image:Jlbedin3.JPG|thumbnail|right|250px|Recording "Give Peace a Chance".]]
Lennon and Ono used their honeymoon at the [[Amsterdam]] [[Hilton Hotel|Hilton]], in March 1969, as a "Bed-in for Peace" that attracted world-wide [[mass media|media]] coverage.<ref name="EternalFlame">{{cite web|first=Precious|last= Williams |url=http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2328156 |title= Eternal Flame |publisher=scotsman.com |date=[[2002-05-19]]|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> At the second "Bed-in" in [[Montreal]], in June 1969, they recorded "Give Peace a Chance" in their hotel room. The song was sung by over half a million [[demonstration (people)|demonstrators]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] at the second [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam|Vietnam Moratorium Day]], on 15 October 1969.<ref name="VietnamMoratorium">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/15/newsid_2533000/2533131.stm |title= 1969: Millions march in US Vietnam Moratorium |publisher=bbc.co.uk/onthisday|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> When Lennon and Ono moved to New York City in August 1971, they befriended peace activists [[Jerry Rubin]] and [[Abbie Hoffman]]. Lennon performed at the "Free [[John Sinclair (poet)|John Sinclair]]" concert in [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], on 10 December 1971.<ref name="JohnLennonOnTelevision">{{cite web |url= http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob18.html |title= John Lennon on Television |publisher=homepage.ntlworld.com|accessdate=2007-12-17}}</ref> Sinclair was an antiwar activist and poet who was serving ten years in state prison for selling two [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]]s of [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] to an undercover policeman.<ref name="TwentyToLife">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/316826/Twenty-to-Life-The-Life-and-Times-of-John-Sinclair/overview |title=The Life and Times of John Sinclair |publisher=movies.nytimes.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon and Ono appeared on stage with [[Phil Ochs]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and other musicians, plus antiwar [[radical left|radical]] and [[Yippie]] member, [[Jerry Rubin]], and [[Bobby Seale]] of the [[Black Panthers]]. Lennon performed the song, "John Sinclair", which he had just written, calling on the authorities to "Let him be, set him free, let him be like you and me". Some 20,000 people attended the rally, and three days after the concert the State of Michigan released Sinclair from prison.<ref name="SinclairBiog">{{cite web|first=John |last=Sinclair |url=http://www.johnsinclair.us/10for2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=875&Itemid=74 |title=John Sinclair's Bio |publisher=John Sinclair|date=[[2003-05-12]]|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> This performance was released on the two-CD ''John Lennon Anthology'' (1998) and the album ''[[Acoustic (John Lennon album)|Acoustic]]'' (2004). Lennon later performed the song on the [[David Frost]] Show accompanied by Ono and Jerry Rubin.<ref name="JohnLennonOnTelevision"/>

In 1972, the [[Richard Nixon]] Administration wanted to silence Lennon by trying to have him [[deportation|deported]] from the U.S., as [[Richard Nixon]] believed that Lennon's support for [[George McGovern]] could lose him the next election.<ref name="JudgeReleasesLennonLetters">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/648607.stm|title= Judge releases Lennon letters |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> Republican Senator [[Strom Thurmond]] suggested, in a February 1972 memo, that "deportation would be a strategic counter-measure" against Lennon.<ref name="ThurmondLennon">{{cite web |url= http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=120879 |title= The US vs. John Lennon |publisher=thenation.com|accessdate=2007-12-17}}</ref> The next month the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] began deportation proceedings against Lennon, arguing that his 1968 [[misdemeanour]] conviction for cannabis possession in London had made him ineligible for admission to the U.S. Lennon spent the next four years in deportation hearings.<ref name="LennonFilmMakersCreditCampaign"/> While his deportation battle continued, Lennon appeared at rallies in New York City and on TV shows, including a week hosting the ''Mike Douglas Show'' in February 1972, where Jerry Rubin and Bobby Seale appeared as his guests.<ref name="LennonRubinMikeDouglas">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4786289.stm|title= Lennon and Rubin on the Mike Douglas show |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref>

On 23 March 1973, Lennon was ordered to leave the U.S. within 60 days, while Ono was granted permanent residence.<ref name="ImportantDates">{{cite web |url=http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/years/1973.htm |title=Nostalgia Central - important dates 1973 |publisher=nostalgiacentral.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> In response, Lennon and Ono held a press conference at the New York American Bar Association on 1 April 1973 to announce the formation of the conceptual state of "[[Nutopia]]"; a place with "no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people", and all of its inhabitants would be ambassadors.<ref name="joinnutopia">{{cite web |url=http://www.joinnutopia.com/ |title=Declaration of Nutopia |publisher=joinnutopia.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> The Lennons asked for political asylum in the U.S. while waving the white flag of Nutopia; two white [[handkerchief]]s. The entire press conference can be seen in the 2006 documentary released by [[Lions Gate]], ''[[The U.S. vs. John Lennon]]''.<ref name="USVersusLennon">{{cite web |url=http://www.theusversusjohnlennon.com |title=The US Versus John Lennon |publisher=theusversusjohnlennon.com |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> In June 1973, Lennon and Ono made their last political statement by attending the [[Watergate scandal| Watergate]] hearings in Washington, D.C.<ref name="MindGamesWatergate">{{cite web |url=http://www.superseventies.com/lennon3.html |title=Mind Games John Lennon, plus Watergate |publisher=superseventies.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

Lennon's order of deportation was overturned in 1975. After Lennon’s murder, historian [[Jon Wiener]] filed a [[Freedom of Information]] request for FBI files on Lennon.<ref name="WienerJon1999"> Wiener “Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files“ 1999</ref> The FBI admitted it had 281 pages in its files on Lennon but refused to release most of them, claiming they were national security documents. In 1983, Wiener sued the FBI with the help of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Southern California. The case went to the Supreme Court before the FBI settled out of court in 1997; releasing all but ten of the contested documents.<ref name="LennonFBIfiles">{{cite web |url=http://www.LennonFBIfiles.com |title=Lennon's FBI files |publisher=LennonFBIfiles.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> The story is told in the documentary ''The U.S. vs. John Lennon'', by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld, released in theatres in September 2006, and on DVD in February 2007. The final ten documents in Lennon's FBI file were released in December 2006.<ref name="LennonFiles">{{cite web |url=http://lennonfbifiles.com/fbi_release06.html |title=Lennon Files |publisher=lennonfbifiles.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

In 1976, Lennon's U.S. immigration status was finally resolved favourably, and he received his [[United States Permanent Resident Card|green card]]. With the departure of Nixon from the White House, his successor, [[Gerald Ford]], showed little interest in continuing the battle. When [[Jimmy Carter]] was inaugurated as president on 19 January 1977, Lennon and Ono attended the Inaugural Ball.<ref name="LennonandCartersBall">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.activemusician.com/John-Lennon-Biography--t8i1613 |title=John Lennon Biography |publisher=Active Musician |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref><ref name="InauguralBalls">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:SlgLd2psW3sJ:www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/politics/inauguration/history.pdf+%22Jimmy+Carter%22+%2B+%22Inaugural+Ball%22+%2B+Lennon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=uk |title=Inaugural History (page 20) |publisher=[[CBS News]] |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref>

==Drugs, meditation and primal therapy==
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Lennon was first given drugs in [[Hamburg]], Germany, as The Beatles had to play long sets and were often given [[Preludin]] by customers or by [[Astrid Kirchherr]], whose mother bought them for her.<ref name="MilesPage66-67"> Miles 1997 pp66-67.</ref> McCartney would usually take one, but Lennon would often take four or five, and later took [[amphetamines]] called "Black Bombers" and "Purple Hearts".<ref name="MilesPage66-67"> Miles 1997 pp66-67.</ref><ref name="CynthiaJohnp76"> Cynthia – “John” p76</ref> The Beatles first smoked [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] with [[Bob Dylan]] in New York in 1964; Dylan mistakenly interpreted the lyric "I can't hide" from "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" as "I get high" and presumed that The Beatles were already familiar with the drug.<ref name="MilesPage185"> Miles 1997 p185</ref><ref name="MilesPage188-189"> Miles 1997 pp188-189</ref> Lennon later said The Beatles "smoked marijuana for breakfast", and that other people had trouble talking to them, because they were sniggering all the time.<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/>
In a 1995 interview, Cynthia said there were problems throughout their marriage because of the pressures of The Beatles' fame and rigorous touring, and because of Lennon's increasing use of drugs.<ref name="CynthiaInterviewLiverpoolEcho">{{cite web |url=http://www.merseyworld.com/beatlemania/cynthia/ |title=Cynthia Lennon interview with Linda McDermott, ''Liverpool Echo'', 17 February 1995 |publisher=merseyworld.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> During his first marriage Lennon tried [[LSD]], and read ''[[The Psychedelic Experience]]'' by [[Timothy Leary]], [[Richard Alpert]], and [[Ralph Metzner]], which was based on, and quoted from, the ''[[Bardo Thodol|Tibetan Book of the Dead]]''.<ref name="PiedPiperDies">{{cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E0DD1E39F932A35755C0A960958260 |title=Pied Piper Of Psychedelic 60's, Dies at 75 – 1 June 1996 |publisher=nytimes.com|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref><ref name="Tibetandeathtext">{{cite web |url=http://www.summum.us/mummification/tbotd/ |title=The first English language translation of the famous Tibetan death text |publisher=summum.us|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> He later used [[heroin]], and wrote about the [[withdrawal symptoms]] he experienced in "Cold Turkey".<ref name="Colemanp570"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p570</ref>
On 24 August 1967, The Beatles met the [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] at the [[The London Hilton on Park Lane|London Hilton]], and later went to [[Bangor, Wales|Bangor]], in North [[Wales]], to attend a weekend of personal instruction.<ref name="BeatlesinBangor">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/walesonair/database/beatles.shtml |title=Beatles in Bangor |publisher=bbc.co.uk/wales|accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> The time Lennon later spent in India at the Maharishi's [[ashram]] was productive, as most of the songs recorded for [[The White Album]], and ''[[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]]'' were composed there by Lennon and McCartney.<ref name="MilesPage397"> Miles 1997 p397</ref> Although later turning against the Maharishi, Lennon still advocated [[meditation]] when interviewed.<ref name="LennonMcCartneyTheTonightShow">{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/db1968.05ts.beatles.html |title=Lennon & McCartney Interview, The Tonight Show |publisher=geocities.com|accessdate=2007-01-07}}</ref> In 1968, Cynthia Lennon went on vacation to [[Greece]], leaving Lennon at Kenwood with [[Pete Shotton]]; his school friend and so-called assistant. After several days of taking [[LSD]] and smoking [[marijuana]], Lennon convened a meeting at the Beatles' business HQ to inform the others that he felt he was the reincarnation of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref>Shotton and Schaffner "John Lennon In My Life" (1983) pp167-168</ref> Later that day, he phoned Ono, whose own husband Tony ([[Anthony Cox]]) was in [[Paris]] on business, and invited her to Kenwood.

In 1970, Lennon and Ono went through [[primal therapy]] with Dr. [[Arthur Janov]] in Los Angeles, California. The therapy consisted of releasing emotional pain from early childhood. Lennon and Ono ended the sessions before completing a full course of therapy, as Ono constantly argued with Janov.<ref name="LennonPlayboyInterview1980"/><ref name="JanovTherapy">{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob11.html |title=John Lennon and Primal therapy |publisher=ntlworld.com|accessdate=2007-12-12}}</ref> The song "Mother" is based on Lennon's experience and understanding of Primal Therapy.<ref name="SongFactsMother">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2082 |title=”Mother” by John Lennon |publisher=Song Facts |accessdate=2008-04-20}}</ref>

==Humour==
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Each of The Beatles was known, especially during [[Beatlemania]], for their sense of humour. During live performances of "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]", Lennon often changed the words to "I want to hold your [[mammary gland|gland]]", because of the difficulty hearing the vocals above the noise of screaming audiences. At the Royal Variety Show in 1963—in the presence of members of the British royalty—Lennon told the audience, "Those of you in the cheaper seats can clap your hands. The rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery."<ref name="LiverpoolLifestyle">{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/liverpool-lifestyle/2007/11/26/what-will-liz-think-of-these-100252-20163545/ |title=What will Liz think of these? |publisher=liverpoolecho.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> Lennon put on weight during 1965, and later said, "It was my fat-Elvis period."<ref>Lawrence ''John Lennon: In His Own Words'' 2005 p62</ref>

During the "[[Get Back]]" sessions, Lennon introduced "[[Dig a Pony]]" by shouting, "I dig a [[pygmy]] by [[Charles Hawtrey (talkies)|Charles Hawtrey]] and the [[Hearing aid|Deaf Aids]]; phase one in which Doris gets her [[sex|oats]]!" The phrase was later edited to precede "[[Two of Us]]" on ''Let It Be''. Lennon often counter-pointed McCartney's upbeat lyrics, as in "[[Getting Better]]":

: McCartney: "I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better, all the time."

: Lennon: "Can't get no worse."<ref name="scoresp310"> Leonard “The Beatles - Complete Scores” 1993 p310</ref>

Lennon appeared in various television comedy shows, such as the ''[[Morecambe and Wise]]'' show with the rest of The Beatles, and played a doorman in a gents' toilet in ''[[Not Only But Also]]''.<ref name="MorecambeWise">{{cite web |first=Laurence Marcus |last=Stephen Hulse |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/morecambeandwise.htm |title=The Morecambe and Wise Show |publisher=Television Heaven |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref><ref name="Notonlybutalso">{{cite web |first=Laurence Marcus |last=Stephen R. Hulse |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/not.htm |title=Not Only… But Also… |publisher=Television Heaven |accessdate=2008-03-02}}</ref> Lennon's humour could also be cruel, such as when [[Brian Epstein]] asked Lennon for a title for Epstein's autobiography, and Lennon answered: "How about ''Queer Jew'' ?"<ref name="Colemanp90"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p23.</ref> When Lennon heard that the title of the book would be ''[[A Cellarful of Noise]]'', he said to a friend: "More like ''A Cellarful of Boys''."<ref name="Colemanp90"> Coleman - ''Lennon: The Definitive Biography'' p90</ref>

==Writing and art==
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[[Image:06041901.jpg|thumb|right|Lennon's comic, "The Daily Howl".]]
Lennon started writing and drawing early in life, with encouragement from his Uncle George, and created his own [[comic strip]] in his school book, which he called "The Daily Howl". It contained drawings—frequently of crippled people—and [[satire|satirical]] writings, often with a [[Word play|play on words]]. Lennon wrote a weather report saying, "Tomorrow will be Muggy, followed by Tuggy, Wuggy and Thuggy."<ref name="DailyHowl">{{cite web |url=http://triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/archives/dailyhowl.shtml |title=The Daily Howl - Bill Harry, Mersey Beat |publisher=triumphpc.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref><ref name="Spitzp31"> Spitz - ''The Beatles: The Biography'' p31</ref> He often drew [[caricature]]s of his school teachers, and when he was in Hamburg he sent love poems and drawings to Cynthia (his future wife) once writing, "Our first Christmas, I love you, yes, yes, yes."<ref name="CynthiaJohnp35"> Cynthia Lennon – “John” p35</ref>

When Liverpool's ''[[Mersey Beat]]'' magazine was founded, Lennon was asked to contribute. His first piece was about the origins of The Beatles: "A man appeared on a flaming pie, and said you are Beatles with an 'A'."<ref name=" CynthiaJohnp98-99"> Cynthia Lennon – “John” pp98-99</ref>
The first two books by Lennon are examples of [[literary nonsense]]: ''[[In His Own Write]]'' (1964) and ''[[A Spaniard in the Works]]'' (1965). Ono later allowed the works of Lennon to be published after his death: ''Skywriting by Word of Mouth'' (1986) and ''Ai: Japan Through John Lennon's Eyes: A Personal Sketchbook'' (1992), which contained Lennon's drawings illustrating the definitions of Japanese words. ''Real Love: The Drawings for Sean'' followed in 1999. ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' included writing and drawings by Lennon.<ref name="LennonBooks">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob08.html |title=The Lennon Library |publisher=Ntl World |accessdate=2008-03-03}}</ref> Lennon's love of nonsense language was influenced by his appreciation for [[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]].<ref name="StanleyUnwinBlogPage">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.bikwil.com/Vintage35/Stanley-Unwin.html |title=Stanley Unwin |publisher=Bikwil |accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref>

==Pseudonyms==
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Throughout his solo career, Lennon appeared on his own albums (as well as those of other artists, like Elton John) under such [[pseudonym]]s as Dr Winston O'Boogie, Mel Torment (a play on singer [[Mel Tormé]]), and The Reverend Fred [[Gherkin]]. He and Ono (as Ada Gherkin "ate a gherkin", and other [[sobriquet]]s) also travelled under such names, thus avoiding unwanted public attention.<ref name="SuperSeventies">{{cite web |url=http://www.superseventies.com/lennon4.html superseventies.com |title=Walls And Bridges review and pseudonyms |publisher=superseventies.com|accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

Lennon also named his session musicians under various different band names during his career, including:<br>
* The Plastic Ono Band (for the ''Plastic Ono Band'' album)
* The Plastic Ono Band with the Flux Fiddlers (''[[Imagine]]'')
* The Plastic U.F.Ono Band (''Mind Games'')
* The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band/Little Big Horns and the Philharmanic Orchestrange (''Walls and Bridges'')

==Murder==
{{see|Death of John Lennon}}
[[Image:1 West 72nd Street (The Dakota) entrance by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|right|The entrance to the Dakota building where Lennon was shot.]]
On the night of 8 December 1980, Lennon was shot four times in the back (the fifth shot missed) in the entrance hallway of [[the Dakota]] by [[Mark David Chapman]]. Lennon had autographed a copy of ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' for Chapman earlier that same night.<ref name="GoreshBiog">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1927353/bio |title=Goresh Biog |accessdate=2007-12-20}} <!-- Is this a reliable source?--></ref>

Lennon was pronounced [[dead on arrival]] in the Emergency Room at the Roosevelt Hospital at 11:15 p.m. On the following day, 9 December 1980, Ono issued a statement: "There is no funeral for John. John loved and prayed for the human race. Please pray the same for him. Love, Yoko and Sean."<ref name="RS951">{{cite news
| last = Cave
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| title = Grieving for a Fallen Hero
| work = THE 50th Anniversary of Rock: The Moments 1980. The world mourns the death of John Lennon 8 December 1980
| publisher = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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Chapman pleaded guilty to [[second degree murder]] and was sentenced to 20 years to life. He is still in prison, 27 years since his arrest, having been denied parole five times.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web |date=10/5/2004| url = http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/05/chapman.parole/index.html| title = Lennon killer denied parole| format = HTML | publisher = CNN.com| accessdate = 2007-12-08 | last= }}</ref><ref name="ParoleBidFails">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6039276.stm |title=Lennon killer fails in parole bid |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>

Two days after his death, Lennon's body was [[cremated]] at [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] in [[Hartsdale]], [[New York state|New York]], and his ashes were kept by Ono.<ref name="MorbidCuriousity">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.morbid-curiosity.com/id91.htm |title=Celebrity Tombstones Across America |publisher=Morbid Curiosity |accessdate=2008-05-03}}</ref>

==Memorials and tributes==
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[[Image:ImagineFlowers.jpg|thumb|left|200px| The [[Strawberry Fields Memorial]] in [[Central Park]], New York City.]]

A crowd gathered outside the Dakota the night of Lennon's death. Ono sent word that their singing kept her awake and asked that they re-convene in Central Park the following Sunday for ten minutes of silent prayer.<ref name="TheCentralParkVigil">{{cite web |first=Fiorella Dorotea |last=Gentile |url=http://www.johnlennon.it/english.htm |title=The Central Park Vigil |publisher=Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna - Rome |accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> On 14 December 1980, millions of people around the world responded to Ono's request to pause for ten minutes of silence to remember Lennon: Thirty thousand gathered in Liverpool, and the largest group - over 100,000 - converged on New York's Central Park, close to the scene of the shooting.<ref>Clyde Haberman, "Silent Tribute to Lennon's Memory is Observed Throughout the World", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 15 December 1980 pA1</ref>

Lennon continues to be mourned throughout the world and has been the subject of numerous [[memorial]]s and tributes, principally New York City's [[Strawberry Fields memorial|Strawberry Fields]], a memorial garden area in [[Central Park]] across the street from the Dakota building. Shortly after his death, Ono donated $1 million for its maintenance.<ref name="StrawberryFields">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=virtualpark_southend_strawberryfields|title=Strawberry Fields|publisher=New York City Parks |accessdate=2008-03-17}}</ref> It has become a gathering place for tributes on Lennon's birthday and on the anniversary of his death, as well as at other times of mourning, such as after the [[11 September 2001 attacks]] and following George Harrison's death on 29 November 2001.

On 9 October 2007 the [[Imagine Peace Tower]] was first lit in [[Viðey| Viðey island]], off the coast of [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]. This idea, originally conceived by Yoko Ono in 1965 is lit annually from 9 October, Lennon's birthday to 8 December, Lennon's date of death. Into the tower the words "Imagine Peace" are carved in 24 different languages.

==Awards==
===With The Beatles===
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[[BRIT Awards]]:
* 1977: Outstanding contribution to music during the past 25 years.<ref name="BritAwards">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.everyhit.co.uk/awardbrit.html |title=The Brit Awards |publisher=Every Hit |accessdate=2008-03-17}}</ref>
* 1977: Best British band of the past 25 years.<ref name="BritAwards"/>
* 1977: Best British album of the past 25 years (for ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'').<ref name="BritAwards"/>
* 1983: Outstanding contribution to music.<ref name="BritAwards"/>

===Solo career===
* 1982 [[BRIT Awards]] - Outstanding contribution to music.<ref name="BritAwards"/>
* 2002 In 2002, a 100 Greatest Britons BBC poll voted Lennon into eighth place.<ref name="100greatBritishheroes">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2208671.stm |title=100 great British heroes |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=[[2002-08-21]]|accessdate=2008-03-13}}</ref>
* In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lennon number 38 on its list of "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time".<ref name="TheImmortalsThe FirstFifty">{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=[[2008-04-12]] |accessdate=2004-03-24}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|John Lennon discography}}
{{see also|The Beatles discography}}

===Studio albums===
*''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' (1970)
*''[[Imagine (album)|Imagine]]'' (1971)
*''[[Some Time in New York City]]'' (with Yoko Ono) (1972)
*''[[Mind Games]]'' (1973)
*''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' (1974)
*''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (1975)
*''[[Double Fantasy]]'' (with Yoko Ono) (1980)
*''[[Milk and Honey (album)|Milk and Honey]]'' (with Yoko Ono) (1984)

==Instrumentation==
{{see|John Lennon's instrumentation}}

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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* {{cite book | author=Badman, Keith | title=The Beatles After the Breakup 1970-2000: A day-by-day diary | publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] | year=1999 | id=ISBN 0-7119-7520-5}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Ray Coleman{{!}}Coleman, Ray]]| title=Lennon: the definitive biography | publisher=[[Harper]] | year=1989 | id=ISBN 0-330-48330-7}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Ray Connolly]] | title=John Lennon 1940-1980 | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | year=1981 | id=ISBN 978-0006364054}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Hal Leonard{{!}}Leonard, Hal]]| title=The Beatles - Complete Scores | publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] | year=1993 | id=ISBN 978-0793518326}}
* {{cite book | author=Lennon, Ono, Sheff and Olson | title=Lennon Remembers: The Complete Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970| publisher=[[Putnam]]| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-87223-705-2}}
* {{cite book | author=Lennon, and Wenner, Jann | title=Lennon Remembers: The Complete Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970| publisher=Straight Arrow Books| year=1971 | id=ISBN 1859846009}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Cynthia Lennon{{!}}Lennon, Cynthia]]| title=John| publisher=Crown Publishers| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-307-33855-X}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Barry Miles{{!}}Miles, Barry]] | title=[[Many Years From Now]] | publisher=[[Vintage (publisher)|Vintage]]-[[Random House]] | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-7493-8658-4}}
* {{cite book | author=Madinger, Chip and Easter, Mark| title=Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium | publisher=44.1 Productions | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0615117244 }}
* {{cite book | author=[[May Pang{{!}}Pang, May]] | title=Loving John | publisher=[[Warner Books]]| year=1983 | id=ISBN 978-0446379168}}
* {{cite book | author=[[May Pang{{!}}Pang, May]] | title=Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon | publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]| year=2008 | id=ISBN 978-0312377410}}
* {{cite book | author=Peel, Ian | title=The Unknown Paul McCartney | publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd| year=2002 | id=ISBN 1-903111-36-6}}
* {{cite book | author=Schechter, Danny| title=The More You Watch, the Less You Know: News Wars/Submerged Hopes/Media Adventures | publisher=[[Seven Stories Press]]| year=1997 | id=ISBN 1888363800}}
* {{cite book | author=Spitz, Bob | title=The Beatles: The Biography| publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] ([[New York]])| year=2005 | id=ISBN 1-84513-160-6}}
* {{cite book | author=Spizer, Bruce | title=The Beatles Are Coming!: The Birth of Beatlemania in America | publisher=Four Ninety-Eight Productions | year=2003 | id=ISBN 978-0966264982}}
* {{cite book | author= The Beatles | authorlink=The Beatles| title=[[The Beatles Anthology]] (DVD) | publisher=[[Apple records]] | year=2003 | id=ASIN: B00008GKEG (Bar Code: 24349 29699)}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Jon Wiener{{!}}Wiener, Jon]]| title=Come Together: John Lennon In His Time | publisher=[[Random House]] | year=1995 | id=ISBN 978-0571135769 }}
* {{cite book | author=[[Jon Wiener{{!}}Wiener, Jon]]| title=Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files | publisher=Univ. of California Press| year=1999 | id=ISBN 0520222466}}


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* [http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=4372 "John Lennon: Ringo's Right, We Can't Tour Again"] 1969 article and interview focusing on John's extra-Beatles work with Yoko (reprinted by ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'' in 2007).


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Real Chance of Love season 1
File:Real Chance allcast.jpg
Created byCris Abrego
Mark Cronin
StarringKamal Givens
Ahmad Givens
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producersCris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Ben Samek
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseOctober 20, 2008

Real Chance Of Love is a reality television series on VH1. Bachelor brothers Real (Ahmad Givens) and Chance (Kamal Givens) may not have been lucky in love on I Love New York but now they will both get a second chance with “Real Chance of Love” premiering October 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The tables have turned for these horse-breeding, music-producing entertainer brothers known as the “Stallionaires.” Now, Real and Chance are the ones in control and this time it’ll be a gamble for 17 young ladies who will move into their ranch house to fight for their hearts. After getting dismissed by New York in I Love New York, Real and Chance are in it to win it this time around. And they are being extremely cautious before they choose their queen of hearts. To prevent getting dealt another bad hand, these ladies will have to lay all their cards on the table to impress these two guys. They will compete in challenges designed to test for the qualities Real and Chance are looking for in a woman. Each week, two women will be eliminated until the final episode when the guys will ultimately decide who they want to take a real chance of love with.

In this 11-episode series, these two brothers are certainly wild but in very different ways. Chance is a charming player who gets himself into trouble with his explosive personality. Real is the perfect gentleman with a romantic side he isn’t afraid to show. What these brothers are looking for in a woman is quite different, but in the end what the Stallionaires might want could be the same woman.

Contestants

Contestant Nickname Real name Eliminated
Bay Bay Bay
Bubbles
Cali
Corn Fed
Harmony
Isha
Ki Ki
K.O.
Lusty
Meatball
Milf
Promo
Rabbit
Risky
Sexy Legs
So Hood
Stalker

Call-out Order

Real & Chance's Call-out Order
# Naming Ep 1
1 Bay Bay Bay
2 Bubbles
3 Cali
4 Corn Fed
5 Harmony
6 Isha
7 Ki Ki
8 K.O.
9 Lusty
10 Meatball
11 Milf
12 Promo
13 Rabbit
14 Risky
15 Sexy Legs
16 So Hood
17 Stalker
  The contestant won Real Chance of Love.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
  The contestant won a date with Real or Chance.

References

  2. Real Chance of Love: Meet the Girls

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