1st November 1963: Two members of Liverpudlian pop group The Beatles, John Lennon (1940 – 1980), singer and guitarist, left, and Paul McCartney, singer and bass guitarist. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Hör hin, schau zu!, Fernsehserie, Deutschland 1966, Regie: Dieter Wendrich, Stargast: die britische Beatband The Liverbirds, bestehend aus Pamela Birch (Gesang / Gitarre), Valerie Gell (Gesang / Gitarre), Mary McGlory (Gesang / Bassgitarre) und Sylvia Saunders (Schlagzeug). (Photo by Siegfried Pilz/United Archives via Getty Images)
Musicians John Lennon (left) and Paul McCartney of English beat group the Beatles hold a press conference at the Americana Hotel in New York City to announce their new venture, Apple Corps, 14th May 1968. Behind Paul are producer Denis O'Dell (left) and manager Ron Kass. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM : Caption reads: 'John on tambourine. Beatle recording sessions, mainspring of success, are strictly private'. John Lennon (1940-1980) formed the Beatles in 1960 with Paul McCartney (1942-), George Harrison (1943-2001) and Ringo Starr (1940-) in Liverpool, England. They went on to become the most successful pop group of all time and finally split in 1970. In 1965 Lennon, along with the other Beatles, was awarded the MBE although Lennon later returned his as a protest about British involvement in the Vietnam War. Lennon was murdered on 8 December 1980 in New York by Mark Chapman. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
New York, NY – 1975: John Lennon performing live in his last public performance on the ABC tv special 'Salute to Sir Lew – The Master Showman' at the Grand Hilton Hotel. (Photo by Ken Regan /American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images)
