约翰列侬1940年10月9日－1980年12月8日

    这么说来今天也是个特殊的日子，37年前的今天。这个40岁的文艺中年被一个疯子用手枪打死了。1980年，我陈老千还没出生。但是当时的新闻联播竟然播报了约翰列侬去世的消息。可想他当时有多大的影响力。今天就稍微大概的了解下这个传奇的甲壳虫乐队创始人。

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-celebrated songwriting partnership.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. He formed his first band, the Quarrymen, in 1957 which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a sporadic solo career that produced albums including John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and songs such as "Give Peace a Chance", "Working Class Hero", and "Imagine". After he married Yoko Ono in 1969, he added "Ono" as one of his middle names. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was shot and killed in front of his Manhattanapartment three weeks after its release.

约翰·温斯顿·小野·列侬，MBE （英语：John Winston Ono Lennon，出生名为John Winston Lennon；1940年10月9日－1980年12月8日）是一位英国歌手和词曲作者，作为披头士乐队的创始成员闻名全球，该乐队是流行音乐史上商业上最成功的团体。他与乐队成员保罗·麦卡特尼组成了著名的创作组合。

列侬在利物浦出生长大，在青少年时期参与了噪音爵士乐热潮；他的第一支乐队采石工人（the Quarrymen）在1960年转变为披头士。披头士于1970年解散后，他开始了自己的个人职业生涯，发行了受好评的专辑《John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band》和《Imagine》，以及标志性的歌曲如《Give Peace a Chance》、《Working Class Hero》和《Imagine》。在1969年与小野洋子结婚后，他把名字改为约翰·小野·列侬。1975年，列侬从乐坛隐退，在家照顾年幼的儿子西恩。1980年，他和小野携新专辑《Double Fantasy》复出，在专辑发行三周后遇害。

最后听一首约翰列侬给自己的儿子写的一首歌

歌词在此

"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)"

Close your eyes,
Have no fear,
The monster's gone,
He's on the run
And your daddy's here,

[2x]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful boy,

Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day
In every way,
It's getting better and better,

[2x]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful boy,

Out on the ocean sailing away,
I can hardly wait
To see you to come of age,
But I guess we'll both
Just have to be patient,

'Cause it's a long way to go,
A hard row to hoe
Yes, it's a long way to go
But in the meantime,

Before you cross the street,
Take my hand,
Life is what happens to you,
While you're busy making other plans,

[2x]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful boy,

Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day
In every way,
It's getting better and better,

[2x]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful boy,

Darling, darling,
Darling Sean.