JOHN LENNON:

As one-half of the most famous pop songwriting team of all time, John Lennon (b. Oct. 9, 1940, Liverpool, England) will go down in history for a songwriting relationship with Paul McCartney which may be the most thoroughly examined, well-documented collaboration in musical history. In the course of their momentous career--beginning with the Oct. 5, 1962 U.K. release of debut single "Love Me Do" through the year of McCartney's Apr. 10, 1970 announcement that the group had dissolved--the Beatles released 46 top 40 singles and 26 charting albums.

From the release of 1970's “Plastic Ono Band”, to the Grammy Album of the Year, “Double Fantasy” in 1981, John Lennon released 12 albums without his former band mates. Lennon is best-known solo work Imagine in 1971 whose title track is now very much a pop standard.