Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon in Liverpool on 8 April 1963… Read Full Bio ↴Julian Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon in Liverpool on 8 April 1963) is an English musician. The son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, he inspired three Beatles' songs: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968) and "Good Night" (1968). In 2020, he legally changed his name from John Charles Julian Lennon to Julian Charles John Lennon.
Lennon was given his first guitar by his father at age 11 and formed his first band at age 13 with school friend Justin Clayton, who has since played on each of Lennon’s albums. “Justin and I spent all our time learning the classic rock and roll songs, like ‘Roll Over Beethoven,’ Lennon recalls. “As I got older, I began to listen to the Beatles more carefully and became fascinated by the intelligence that went into their songwriting — the arrangements, melodies, and lyrics, which was great as I began to write my own songs. Crafting a great song is always my final goal.”
Though Lennon was also interested in pursuing acting (and was offered an education through the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company), he decided to stick with music. “I'd fallen madly in love with being able to play three or four chords, and everybody standing up and yelling and screaming,” he says. “The simplicity and ease of it drove me toward a career in music more than anything else.”
In 1983 Lennon, then aged 20, was offered his first record deal and released Valotte the following year. Produced by Phil Ramone, the album was certified platinum and earned Lennon a Grammy Award nomination for “Best New Artist.” It also included two major hits, the title track, which was a fixture on the Billboard Top 40 chart for 12 weeks, peaking at No. 9, followed by Too Late For Goodbyes, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Noted film director Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, The Getaway) directed the videos for both singles, the success of which made Lennon an international star, necessitating a global tour of Asia, Europe, the U.S., and Australia. “It was bonkers,” Lennon says. “Coming out of hotels, people would literally trying to rip the clothes off you. I had spent my last year of school in the middle of nowhere in North Wales. To go from that to doing a world tour and having screaming girls after you was crazy.”
Because of his popularity, the record company urged Lennon to make a follow-up album immediately, which he did, releasing The Secret Value of Daydreaming in March 1986. Though Lennon felt he did not have enough time to write or record the album, Daydreaming (also produced by Phil Ramone) went on to gold certification and spawned the hit “Stick Around,” which earned him his first No. 1 on the Billboard Rock chart. (Eighties stars Michael J. Fox and Jami Gertz appear in the song’s video.) After taking a much-needed break, Lennon released the vocally experimental Mr. Jordan in 1989, which featured the rock radio hit Now You’re In Heaven, followed by 1991’s Help Yourself, whose highlights include Saltwater, a plea for environmental responsibility, and Other Side of Town, featuring Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan.
Lennon decided to take a hiatus following the release of Help Yourself to focus on other creative pursuits, including his interest in acting. In 1993, he was featured as the voice of David Copperfield in an animated NBC special of the Dickens classic. In 1995, film director Mike Figgis asked Lennon to make a cameo in his new film Leaving Las Vegas. “I was told to dress like an ’80s English rock and roll bartender,” Lennon says, “So I rode my Harley to the set wearing clothes I would normally wear and Mike said, ‘That’s great!’” (Nicolas Cage, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role, orders a beer from Lennon’s bartender character before getting head-butted by another patron and thrown out by Lennon.)
In 1996, Lennon contributed the original composition “Cole’s Song” to the soundtrack to the film Mr. Holland’s Opus, which starred Richard Dreyfuss and featured a score by the late renowned composer Michael Kamen. “I’d met Michael a few times and thought he was an incredible writer and orchestrator,” Lennon says. “I got word that he thought of me for writing this song, not only because of the subject matter, but because two of Dad’s songs were also in the film,” Lennon says. “He thought it would be a nice touch for me to come up with something that would work at the end of the film.” Also that year, Lennon made a cameo in the independent comedy film Cannes Man, directed by Richard Martini and starring Seymour Cassel and Francesco Quinn.
Lennon returned to the music business in 1998 with Photograph Smile.
In 2002, he recorded a version of "When I'm Sixty-Four", from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, for an Allstate Insurance commercial.
In 2009, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, "Lucy", honouring the memory of Lucy Vodden (née O'Donnell), the little girl who inspired the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Lennon released his sixth solo album, the self-produced Everything Changes, in the UK on September 26th, 2011, through British independent label Conehead Management Ltd.
The seventh studio album by Lennon, Jude, was released on 9 September 2022. The album's title is a reference to the Beatles 1968 song "Hey Jude", written by Paul McCartney (and credited to Lennon–McCartney) for the then five-year-old Julian.
Lennon was given his first guitar by his father at age 11 and formed his first band at age 13 with school friend Justin Clayton, who has since played on each of Lennon’s albums. “Justin and I spent all our time learning the classic rock and roll songs, like ‘Roll Over Beethoven,’ Lennon recalls. “As I got older, I began to listen to the Beatles more carefully and became fascinated by the intelligence that went into their songwriting — the arrangements, melodies, and lyrics, which was great as I began to write my own songs. Crafting a great song is always my final goal.”
Though Lennon was also interested in pursuing acting (and was offered an education through the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company), he decided to stick with music. “I'd fallen madly in love with being able to play three or four chords, and everybody standing up and yelling and screaming,” he says. “The simplicity and ease of it drove me toward a career in music more than anything else.”
In 1983 Lennon, then aged 20, was offered his first record deal and released Valotte the following year. Produced by Phil Ramone, the album was certified platinum and earned Lennon a Grammy Award nomination for “Best New Artist.” It also included two major hits, the title track, which was a fixture on the Billboard Top 40 chart for 12 weeks, peaking at No. 9, followed by Too Late For Goodbyes, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Noted film director Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, The Getaway) directed the videos for both singles, the success of which made Lennon an international star, necessitating a global tour of Asia, Europe, the U.S., and Australia. “It was bonkers,” Lennon says. “Coming out of hotels, people would literally trying to rip the clothes off you. I had spent my last year of school in the middle of nowhere in North Wales. To go from that to doing a world tour and having screaming girls after you was crazy.”
Because of his popularity, the record company urged Lennon to make a follow-up album immediately, which he did, releasing The Secret Value of Daydreaming in March 1986. Though Lennon felt he did not have enough time to write or record the album, Daydreaming (also produced by Phil Ramone) went on to gold certification and spawned the hit “Stick Around,” which earned him his first No. 1 on the Billboard Rock chart. (Eighties stars Michael J. Fox and Jami Gertz appear in the song’s video.) After taking a much-needed break, Lennon released the vocally experimental Mr. Jordan in 1989, which featured the rock radio hit Now You’re In Heaven, followed by 1991’s Help Yourself, whose highlights include Saltwater, a plea for environmental responsibility, and Other Side of Town, featuring Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan.
Lennon decided to take a hiatus following the release of Help Yourself to focus on other creative pursuits, including his interest in acting. In 1993, he was featured as the voice of David Copperfield in an animated NBC special of the Dickens classic. In 1995, film director Mike Figgis asked Lennon to make a cameo in his new film Leaving Las Vegas. “I was told to dress like an ’80s English rock and roll bartender,” Lennon says, “So I rode my Harley to the set wearing clothes I would normally wear and Mike said, ‘That’s great!’” (Nicolas Cage, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role, orders a beer from Lennon’s bartender character before getting head-butted by another patron and thrown out by Lennon.)
In 1996, Lennon contributed the original composition “Cole’s Song” to the soundtrack to the film Mr. Holland’s Opus, which starred Richard Dreyfuss and featured a score by the late renowned composer Michael Kamen. “I’d met Michael a few times and thought he was an incredible writer and orchestrator,” Lennon says. “I got word that he thought of me for writing this song, not only because of the subject matter, but because two of Dad’s songs were also in the film,” Lennon says. “He thought it would be a nice touch for me to come up with something that would work at the end of the film.” Also that year, Lennon made a cameo in the independent comedy film Cannes Man, directed by Richard Martini and starring Seymour Cassel and Francesco Quinn.
Lennon returned to the music business in 1998 with Photograph Smile.
In 2002, he recorded a version of "When I'm Sixty-Four", from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, for an Allstate Insurance commercial.
In 2009, Lennon released a tribute song and EP, "Lucy", honouring the memory of Lucy Vodden (née O'Donnell), the little girl who inspired the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Lennon released his sixth solo album, the self-produced Everything Changes, in the UK on September 26th, 2011, through British independent label Conehead Management Ltd.
The seventh studio album by Lennon, Jude, was released on 9 September 2022. The album's title is a reference to the Beatles 1968 song "Hey Jude", written by Paul McCartney (and credited to Lennon–McCartney) for the then five-year-old Julian.
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Always There ain't no turning back There ain't no easy ride And t…
Always Think Twice You said you never could love me Unless I was nice I…
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Breathe A broken man, a broken heart A brand new life, a…
Cold I've read the headlines covering your wall, A thousand lifet…
Cole's Song I feel that the love around me Has come from another…
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Coward Till The End ? I used to be a soldier boy 'Til they shot me…
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Day After Day I have walked through the fire as an ordinary man And…
Disconnected You're looking forward but you cannot see Your life is blin…
Don I don't want to know what's going on And I don't…
Don't Wake Me Up I've been taking my time Sipping water from wine Life just…
Every Day Ooo Found a place in my life For the feeling of emotion I…
Every Little Moment With every little moment Every little rain drop Every little…
Everything Changes Tired of this world, all the good that we do Never…
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Freedom I... can see, the love in me And I... can tell,…
Get A Life No money, no pride Stick your finger in your eye It's all…
Good to Be Lonely Wind through the window, Come sing me a song. Show me the…
Guess It Was Me Why don't you see everything's clear? I shout and scream bu…
Help Yourself If you take a ride on a plane or a…
Hold On Here we go again the lonely road What do I feel…
How Many Times How many times must I lead you to water, How many…
I Don I don't want to know what's going on And I don't…
I Don't Wanna Know I don't want to know what's going on And I don't…
I Get Up You said you'll come on over And ah love me baby You…
I Should Have Known If I could say to you And you could say to…
I Want You to Know I've looked in your eyes and noticed the light Almost has…
I%27ve Seen Your Face When I open my eyes to the day You are the…
I've Seen Your Face When I open my eyes to the day You are the…
If You Only Knew Hans poulsen If you only knew What we've been through To ge…
Imaginary Lines Heaven help the soul that's severed From the place where it…
Imagine One, two, three, four Imagine there's no heaven It's easy i…
Invisible Do you believe that you the only one Who feels the…
It's Good To Be Lonely Wind through the window, Come sing me a song. Show me the…
Its Good to be Lonely Wind through the window, Come sing me a song. Show me the…
Jesse Jesse's in a new low-rider, outside Frank's Drive-in He's th…
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Just for You I walk around the house, sit out on the grass Pour…
Keep The People Working When they sell the final weapon, we can all watch…
Kiss Beyond the Catcher A love beyond a look, A touch beyond temptation, A vision be…
Let Me Be You say you've got problems I've got them myself But you dep…
Let Me Tell You Ooh, ooh. ooh, ooh. Let me tell you now Let me tell…
Listen You think you know what makes me happy You think you…
Lonely When I wake up in the morning With the sun above…
Lookin' 4 Luv Why do you always look the other way when I’m trying…
Love Don't Let Me Down If you look at me you'll see a fragile man Looking…
Love Never Dies I′ll be the wind that dries your tears I'll be the…
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Maybe I Was Wrong All of my love All of my time Drawn like a line…
Mother Mary Mother Mary, your hold on me Denies my feelings From those w…
Much Too Late For Goodbye Oh, oh, oh Ever since you've been leaving me I've been…
Never Let You Go Let me take you to a place where all you…
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Not One Night I used to dream of only you But now I don't…
Now You Well you could be happy Ah happy in my arms Ah don't…
Now You're in Heaven Well you could be happy Ah happy in my arms Ah don't…
O.K. For You You don't make me feel like I used to do,…
On The Phone I'm on the phone once again I feel like callin' ev'ryone…
Open Your Eyes Open your eyes to a miracle... Open your eyes to a…
Other Side Of Town Open the door to me It's raining outside Drenched in life's …
Photograph Smile There's a light on that covers the blue, And I want…
Rebel King Hate city rivals, first pulse and then freakola Dreaming of …
Ruby Tuesday She would never say where she came from Yesterday don't matt…
Saltwater We are a rock revolving Around a golden sun We are a…
Save Me Save me Before I lose my soul Oh won't you save me? Help…
Say You Were Wrong You say you love me, but I think you're wrong We've…
Second Time Won't you be my love again Won't you be my love…
Someday How does it feel to be one of the beautiful…
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Stand by Me When the night has come And the land is dark And the…
Stick Around If you want to tell me something new I might stick…
Sunday Morning Through the window the plane goes by Watch my lips as…
Take Me Home Take me home for the ride I won't be alone Take me…
This Is My Day Look at the starry skies To see what we can find You…
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Too Late For Goodbye Ever since you've been leaving me, I've been wanting to…
Too Late For Goodbye's Oh, oh, oh Ever since you've been leaving me I've been…
Touch the Sky Hold your heart within your hands Cope with what your life…
Valotte Sitting on the doorstep of the house I can't afford I…
Walls You say hello, Nowhere to go, Against the wall, You start to…
Want Your Body Want your body Want your mind Live together Both unwind Love…
Way to Your Heart I want to touch you I want to hold you I want…
Well I Don't Know Look up as I lie in bed Feeling the presence of…
Would You Would you rather the feeling Of no feeling at all? A sound…
You Don't Have To Tell Me You don't have to tell me You don't have to cry You…
You Get What You Want I know what I want Can't get it now She knows what…
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