John Lennon DVDs & Videos; John Lennon Albums & Singles Discography, and Chart Positions

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John Lennon was, with Paul McCartney, the greatest songwriter in the history of British popular music. But he was more than that.

Born during an air raid on Liverpool on October 9th, 1940, it was a portent to John's extraordinary, but short life, which ended when a maniac shot him dead in New York City, on December 8th, 1980.

I don't really buy into the concept of heroes, because we all have feet of clay. We're all a mass of contradictions, and John Lennon was no different. On the one hand, a sensitive, songwriting genius, a man of peace, known for such on a level with Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. On the other hand, someone who could be cruel and spiteful, unfaithful to his wives Cynthia and Yoko, and who could be over-indulgent to a sick degree, namely his collection of sealskin coats.

But he was one of the few people I'd class as 'heroes'. Lennon inspired people, creatively, socially, and personally. As a songwriter with The Beatles, and as a solo artist, he wrote 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', 'Imagine', 'Strawberry Fields Forever', 'Nowhere Man', 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)', 'In My Life', 'A Day In The Life', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Jealous Guy', 'Tomorrow Never Knows', 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)', 'Woman', 'Across The Universe', and the list goes on.

At the age of 21, I remember listening to the radio in the middle of the night in bed in Luton, Beds, and hearing an unemotional voice announcing that John Lennon had been shot in New York. I was relieved, because I supposed he'd just been wounded, and not killed outright. Then the really bad news came. I cried all day, and Paul said it was a drag.

Liverpool is a city which has produced a disproportionate amount of talented footballers, comedians, and musicians. I would venture to suggest that John Lennon is the greatest talent even that city has ever produced.

- Paul Rance/booksmusicfilmstv.com.

John Lennon Discography

Singles (and UK and US chart positions)
1969 Give Peace a Chance (with The Plastic Ono Band) #2 UK; #14 US
1969 Cold Turkey (with The Plastic Ono Band) #12 UK; #30 US
1970 Instant Karma! (with The Plastic Ono Band) #3 US; #4 UK
1971 Mother (US only) #43 US
1971 Power to the People (with The Plastic Ono Band) #6 UK; #11 US
1971 Imagine (US only) #3 US
1971 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (US only) (with Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band and The Harlem Community Choir)
1972 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (UK only) (with Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band and The Harlem Community Choir) #4 UK
1972 Woman Is the Nigger of the World #57 US
1973 Mind Games #26 UK; #18 US
1974 Whatever Gets You through the Night #36 UK; #1 US
1975 #9 Dream #23 UK; #9 US
1975 Stand by Me #30 UK; #20 US,
1975 Imagine (UK only) #6 UK
1980 (Just Like) Starting Over #1 UK; #1 US
1980 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (with Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band and The Harlem Community Choir) (UK re-entry) #2 UK
1980 Give Peace a Chance (with The Plastic Ono Band) (UK re-entry) #33 UK
1980 Imagine (UK re-entry) #1 UK
1981 Woman #1 UK, #2 US
1981 Watching the Wheels #30 UK; #10 US
1981 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (with Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band and The Harlem Community Choir) (UK re-entry) #28 UK
1982 Love #41 UK
1984 Nobody Told Me #6 UK; #5 US
1984 Borrowed Time #32 UK
1984 I'm Stepping Out #55 US
1985 Jealous Guy #65 UK
1988 Imagine/Jealous Guy #45 UK
1988 Jealous Guy (US only) #80 US
1999 Imagine (UK re-issue) #3 UK
2003 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (with Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band and The Harlem Community Choir) (UK re-issue) #32 UK

Studio Albums (and UK and US chart positions)
Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) (1968) US #124
Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions (with Yoko Ono) (1969) US #174
Wedding Album (with Yoko Ono) (1969) US #178
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) UK #8; US #6
Imagine (1971) UK #1; US #1
Some Time in New York City (with Yoko Ono) (1972) UK #11; US #48
Mind Games (1973) UK #6; US #9
Walls and Bridges (1974) UK #6; US #1
Rock 'n' Roll (1975) UK #6; US #6
Double Fantasy (with Yoko Ono) (1980) UK #1; US #1
Milk and Honey (with Yoko Ono) (1984) UK #3; US #11

Live Albums (and US chart positions)
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (1969) US #10
Live in New York City (1986) UK #55; US #41

Compilation Albums (and UK and US chart positions)
Shaved Fish (best of and singles compilation) (1975) UK #5; US #12
The John Lennon Collection (best of and singles compilation) (1982) UK #1; US #33
Menlove Ave. (outtakes compilation from 1973-74 recordings) (1986) US #127
Imagine: John Lennon (1988) UK #64; US #31
Lennon (4CD box set) (1990)
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (1997) UK #3; US #65
John Lennon Anthology (1998) UK #64; US #99
Wonsaponatime (selections from the Lennon anthology) (1998) UK #76
Acoustic (2004) US #31
John Lennon: Peace, Love & Truth (2005)
Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon (2005)

Paul Rance at booksmusicfilmsTV.com nominates some of his iTunes fave artists and their iTunes Albums