John Lennon Research Paper

BACKGROUND

Lead member of the English rock group the Beatles, John Lennon was a talented artist, writer, poet, and musician. After the Beatles reached stardom and eventually disbanded, Lennon enjoyed continued artistic success with his wife and partner, Yoko Ono. In 1980 he was murdered by a gunman outside his New York City apartment building.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

Biography section under Lennon, John

784.54–784.54009

784.09–784.3

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

Lennon, John

Beatles

Rock musicians—Biography

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Blake, Lord, and C. S. Nicholls, eds. Dictionary of National Biography, 1971–1980, 1986.

Clarke, Donald, ed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1989.

Locher, Frances C., ed. Contemporary Authors, Vol. 102, 1981.

Marowski, Daniel G., ed. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 35, 1985.

Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook, 1965.

General encyclopedias

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Biography Index

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe

Dialog

Internet

Prodigy
KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

Lennon, John

Ono, Yoko

Beatles

VIDEOTAPES ON THIS TOPIC

Imagine: John Lennon. Capitol, 1988.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The Bed-In. Music, Inc., 1969.

John Lennon Video Collection. Capitol-EMI Music, 1992.

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. MCA Home Video, 1990.

Yellow Submarine. MGM/VA Home Video, 1987.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, C/O Atlantic Records, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1 Key Plaza, Cleveland, OH 44115.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Analyze the lyrics of Lennon’s music.

Discuss John Lennon as a social activist.

Discuss the significance of Lennon’s drawings.

Comment on the influence of Lennon’s music on the 1960s and 1970s music scene.

How did Lennon’s early life affect his career?

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

“British Invasion” of rock musicians during the 1960s

George Harrison

Julian Lennon

Paul McCartney

Ringo Starr

Yoko Ono

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