John Lennon

Lennon's best boyhood friends were Pete Shotton (who later became Apple Corps' first managing director, and authored a memoir about Lennon), Nigel Whalley (who served as "manager" for the Quarry Men), and Ivan Vaughan (who later introduced Lennon to his schoolmate Paul McCartney).

Lennon wasn't the only member of his class to become famous; his classmates included Jimmy Tarbuck, who went on to be the country's leading stand-up comedian, and Peter Sissons who became a well known TV newsreader.

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They were both considered musical kings

Elvis was known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'

Michael Jackson was most widely known as the 'King of Pop'

Elizabeth Taylor, who was a good friend of Michael's, popularised this while presenting Michael with an award at the Soul Train Awards, except she said that

he was, in her opinion, 'THE TRUE KING OF POP, ROCK AND SOUL'

Also, Elvis' daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, married Michael on May 26th 1994. They divorced two years later.

Lisa Marie starred in Michael's 1995 hit, 'You Are Not Alone'.

But most importantly, they were two singers and artists of whom impacted upon the world of music ENORMOUSLY.

He liked cowboy and "Western cut" clothes, but he dabbled in other fashions; shawls during the hippie era, the "layered look" and leisure suits during the 1970s. He donated old outfits to the Salvation Army in New York City, anonymously.

John and Yoko's brief separation is quite interesting. May Pang was hired by Allen Klein's office (which at the time represented The Beatles' company Apple Records as well as the four Beatles themselves) in the late 1960s. She was later asked to become John and Yoko's personal assistant in 1973. They were having marital problems and decided to separate. Yoko had this wild idea and suggested to May that she become John's companion, or 'mistress'. John and May stayed in Los Angeles for a while. May encouraged John to mend some of relationships. He met up with Paul McCartney for the first, and only, time since the breakup and they seemed to be on good terms again. She also arranged to have his son Julian visit him, the first time he had seen his son in four years. They saw each other a lot more regularly after that. May and John moved back to New York in 1974 and adopted two cats called Major and Minor. They moved into a penthouse and claimed to have seen a UFO.

In February 1975 Yoko and John reconciled after she claimed to have found a cure for his smoking habit. He referred to the eighteen months he spent with May as his "Lost Weekend".

I think about 9000 dollars if signed in 1968

As of 25 July 2012, Ringo is 72 and Paul is 70.

He was important because not only he was the member of The Beatles around the early 60s and 70s. He had made many lyrical politic songs like Imagine or Give Peace A Chance. Which not only sold millions on the album, but a philosopher kind of an artist that talks about peace and love.

No, but Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "I Wanna Be Your Man" to answer Mick Jagger and Keith Richard's questions about how they came up with songs. They gave the Stones first crack at recording it as a single, and it became their first hit. (The Beatles' own version became an album track, sung by Ringo Starr.)

John Lennon was cremated at the Ferncliff Crematory in Hartsdale, NY. He did not have a funeral service; instead, Yoko Ono asked that everyone who wished to do something in his honor spend ten minutes in silent remembrance of him the following Sunday (December 14, 1980) at 2pm EST.

Lennon's ashes were returned to Ono and it is not publicly known what she did with them. It is traditional in Japan, her home country, for the dead to be cremated, sealed in a container that resembles a wrapped gift, then buried in a family plot, but it is unknown if she buried or scattered the ashes or if she still has them.

To prove to his Aunt Mimi that she overlooked his potential, among other things. He also didn't want to spend his life working a regular job; his friends who had done so "looked like old men in six weeks". When he saw girls screaming for Elvis Presley and other early rockers, he told himself "That's a good job."

• He stayed there for 18 weeks because he liked it there.

His music varied greatly. He had a distinctive voice that was silky with a raspy note. Check him out on youtube. I'd say if you could only listen to two songs to get an idea of how he began and how he ended, listen first to twist and shout (pay attention to his energy--very Kurt cobainish) and then listen to imagine (pay attention to what he is saying). Remember, he was just a poor guy from Liverpool.

I never even noticed at the time, growing up in the 60s, that there are two Beatles records: Johns & Pauls: they are very different & both very listenable to, even now, all those years later. But if you want sharp, raspish, thought-provoking lyrics then John is for you. Paul is smoother & more commercial. But, & you have to listen carefully, because they are all Lennon & McCartney, the difference is there to be heard. To me, a personal view, Lennon is all about lyrics which proke thought. Sadly an idiot who deserves no more than to die in jail took him from this world. And they talk about crimes against Humanity.......................................

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John Lennon and Chuck Berry performed on "The Mike Douglass Show", when John and Yoko were co-hosts. It was the first time they met and the only time they performed together.MP

He was either 25 or 26 according to two different versions of when they met.

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Lennon noticeably put on weight during 1965; he referred to this later as his "fat Elvis period". Yoko Ono said later that she often noticed a "potbelly" under his jacket or other clothes, looking at old photos of him. After Lennon began following a macrobiotic diet, he lost weight and was pleased with that; publicist and friend Elliott Mintz said Lennon was "in the healthiest period of his life" in the late 1970s, when they visited Japan.

About 7.000.000 worldwide

Over 200 songs co-credited with Paul McCartney, and dozens (if not hundreds) more on his own.

John Dalton's parents names were Andy and Carol. They were Catholic Protestants growing up in the Northeast US. They met by chance at a halloween party and began dating.

He was said to listen to Elvis Presley a lot as a child, and his first song that he learned was a Fats Domino song but based on some interviews and a famous quote of his I'd wager it was Chuck Berry.

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." - John Lennon

Prices vary. A LOT of them from the 1960s are fakes, done by their road managers Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans to meet public demand.

10,000 dollars.

i would say about 4,000 dollars at least

It really depends on which Beatle believe it or not. If its all of them together then it could range through to the thousands.

You need to get the signatures examined by an expert - a good auction house, especially one with a specialist in pop-memorbilia would be ideal.

If you can somehow certify the signatures as genuine, then they would be worth thousands of pounds - it depends how clear they are, what they are written with (pencil is, apparently, worth slightly less) and what they on.