John Lennon

John Lennon (1940-1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician, born in Liverpool and killed in New York. He co-founded the Beatles and left the band in 1969. With Yoko Ono he made a run of experimental records in 1968 and 1969, built from tape loops, sound effects, live improvisation and home recordings, before his solo career with John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) and Imagine (1971). John Lennon recorded Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins with Ono in an all-night session in May 1968 in his home studio in Surrey.