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Born at 7:45am-BST
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Son of John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon.
Half-brother of Sean Lennon.
Father John Lennon's song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was inspired by a drawing Julian had made at school.
Was the inspiration for Paul McCartney's song "Hey Jude", and was mentioned in father John's song "Mother."
Is currently engaged to Lucy Bayliss, who was born in England, raised in Spain and was a ballerina.
Has admitted he actually prefers Paul McCartney's Beatles work to his father's, while he especially admires John's "Isolation", among his solo material.
When eleven-year-old Julian visited John in the recording studio during the "Walls and Bridges" sessions, the two played an impromptu version of "Ya Ya", with John on piano and Julian on drums. John surprised Julian afterwards by revealing there'd been tape rolling--and their performance was going on the album. It turned out to be their only collaboration.
Julian's inheritance from father John's estate was a small one; a $250,000 trust fund set up when he was a toddler, which he refused to touch when he received it at age 25. Was given several large cash gifts from Yoko Ono years later; nonetheless, he has said he'd rather have had some of John's song copyrights, and other possessions of his, to share with his Lennon relatives in England.
Claimed early in his career to be looking for a mystical sign John had promised to send him if he died; a white feather floating evenly across the room. (Julian's song "Well I Don't Know" mentions his "feeling the presence of the dead"; a reference to sensing John's presence in a house, when he was writing material for his first album.)
After the relative failure of "Help Yourself", he took a five-year break from recording, to do some soul-searching and especially to come to terms with being John Lennon's son; he realized he'd been very angry with John, who'd publically preached about peace and love, while privately being rather harsh and neglectful toward his own family. His comeback album "Photograph Smile" was dedicated to his stepfather Roberto Bassanini, who'd "really raised me."
Had a rough time growing up, with schoolmates who automatically assumed that being the son of a pop star meant he was rich and snobbish; in fact, he and his mother lived in a modest house on a small income, and he had a hard time persuading father John to buy him things, or send him money - even when he related tales of what he was expected to live up to.
Fought a long battle in the late 1990s, to acquire the Internet domain name "johnlennon.com" from its registered owner. Has also spent the last several years (and thousands of dollars) collecting items that once belonged to his father.
When Julian decided to pursue a music career, he submitted demo tapes to record companies without his name on them, wanting to be signed on the strength of his own talents, rather than the Lennon name. Charisma Records in the UK offered his band a recording contract, not knowing until the signing who the lead singer was.
Had a "bad boy" period in his teen years, forming and dissolving bands overnight with names like "The Lennon Drops" and "The Lennon Kittens", and letting himself be photographed washing dishes in a hotel, much the same as his grandfather "Freddy" Lennon had in the Sixties. Mother Cynthia Lennon finally made him move out of her house, tired of his bringing would-be collaborators home at all hours, while stepmother Yoko Ono gave him a $100 a week allowance to stop him working menial jobs.
Along with receiving a birthday card every year from Paul McCartney, Julian also received a telegram from him when his first album was released in 1984: "Good luck, old fruit."
Went out with actress Olivia d'Abo in the early 1990s; she sang backup on his album "Help Yourself".
Played in an early eighties band with Koz Mirblouk, who later wed model Julie Chan (now Julie Mirblouk).
Godson of Brian Epstein
His father, John Lennon wrote the song "Good Night" for him. It is featured on the famed self-titled Beatles album nicknamed "The White Album", and was given to Ringo Starr to sing lead.
Named "A Day in the Life" (one of the handful of Beatles songs actually co-written by his father, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney) as his favorite Beatles tune.
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