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)
The Beatles posing for a group photo, London, May 19th 1967. The band were standing outside former manager Brian Epstein's house to promote the release of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". (Photo by John Downing/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, UK – Original band members Colin Hanton (left) and John Duff Lowe hold a copy of their band's first record after unveiling a plaque in Liverpool, Friday August 26, 2005 marking the spot where the Quarrymen, who later became the Beatles, recorded their first record.. See PA story SHOWBIZ Beatles. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Photo credit should read: Phil Noble/PA (Photo by Phil Noble – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY – WOR-FM DJ Murray The K (Murray Kaufman) hosts a concert at the Felt Forum on December 5, 1969 in New York City, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/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)
