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He was born on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool. He played the guitar, he sang and he was the leader of the band. In 1955 he found the band "The Quarry Men". Their first gig was on Ju1y 9th 1957. There he met Paul McCartney who played background for John and John asked Paul if he wouldn't like to join the band. Some time later George Harrison also came to the "The Quarry Men".
John loved the music of Elvis Presley and it helped the band with there music and so they got a Rock 'n 'Roll band. After that they changed their name to "Johnny & The Moondogs bat after a schort time the changed it back to "The Quarry Men". After some time John had the idea with the famous name "The Beatles". He married Yoko Ono and he had big success with his solo career and his song "Imagine". (Imagine)
On December 8th, 1980 he was shot by David Mark Chapman outside his apartment building.
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