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John Lennon


BY: ASHLEA LINDSEY


John Lennon was a great song writer and musician. He played the rhythm
guitar, the piano, and sang. He was in the most popular group in the history of
rock music. In 1959, John founded this group, called The Beatles.
The original Beatles were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison,
and Pete Best.
Brian Epstein became the manager of the Beatles in 1961. Epstein made
many changes in the group. John rebelled and did not want to "package" and
"clean up" the group in order to please fans. These changes were made anyway
despite John's protests.
The Beatles had signed a contract with EMI records and were beginning to
record with them. On August 16, 1962, Pete Best, the drummer was suddenly fired
from the group. Ringo Starr was inducted into the Beatles two days after Best
was fired.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney shared the credit of songs written by
either one of them. The credit simply read Lennon-McCartney. The two as song
writers......

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