ENGLISH SINGER, SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, ARTIST, PEACE ACTIVIST, AND FOUNDER OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BAND OF THE 20TH CENTURY WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1940 IN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND…JOHN WINSTON LENNON IS KNOWN AS THE CO SONGWRITER, CO LEAD VOCALIST AND RHYTHM GUITARIST OF THE BEATLES. IN 1957, LENNON MET FELLOW MUSICIAN PAUL MCCARTNEY AND INVITED HIM TO JOIN HIS BAND, THE QUARREYMEN AND THE REST IS MUSIC HISTORY…IN A 1987 INTERVIEW, MCCARTNEY SAID THAT THE OTHER BEATLES IDOLIZED LENNON SAYING, QUOTE, HE WAS LIKE OUR OWN LITTLE ELVIS, WE ALL LOOKED UP TO JOHN, END QUOTE. LENNON LEFT THE BEATLES IN 1969 BUT CONTINUED TO MAKE MUSIC AS A SOLO ARTIST AND COLLABORATED WITH HIS SECOND WIFE YOKO ONO…WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HELPED IN THE DEMISE OF THE LEGENDARY BAND, BUT THAT IS A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY…. LENNON TOOK CHANCES AND REBELLED AT EVERY TURN, HONING HIS MUSIC SOUND AND ADDING SO MUCH TO OUR MUSIC CULTURE, THE SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP WITH MCCARTNEY REMAINS THE MOST SUCCESFUL IN ROCK HISTORY, LENNON’S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT JUST 2 MONTHS AFTER HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY AFTER BEING SHOT BY A MENTALLY ILL FAN…. JOHN LENNON IS ONE OF THE FIRST MUSICIANS I CAN REMEMBER BEING ABSOLUTELY ENAMORED WITH… THE LENNON-MCCARTNEY 1968 SINGLE OFF THE WHITE ALBUM THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A SOUND AS LOUD AND DIRTY AS POSSIBLE AND IS REGARDED AS A KEY INFLUENCE IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY METAL, THE SINGLE…”HELTER SKELTER”…IT HAS BEEN COVERED BY SO MANY LEGENDS, INCLUDING PAT BENATAR, SIOUSXIE AND THE BANSHEES, U2, AEROSMITH, SOUNDGARDEN, LOCAL H…AND MOTLEY CRUE…WHO’S COVER IS TODAY’S REWIND…A SINGLE THAT IS TOTALLY TIMELESS AND ROCKIN’ ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FAVORITE BEATLE, JOHN LENNON’S 83RD BIRTHDAY, IT’S 105.7 THE X
And BONUS….the OG! Loud & Dirty…The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter”
