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John Lennon

Born 1940-10-09

Died 1980-12-08

📍 Liverpool, England, UK

John Beatle Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.

As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Filmography 304

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

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The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn

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A Love Letter to the Beatles

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The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution

Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade

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TWST / Things We Said Today

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One to One: John & Yoko

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La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024

No Hamburg, No Beatles

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Elton John: Never Too Late

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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

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Daytime Revolution

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Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium

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The Bannfoot Ferry

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Paul McCartney: Got Back

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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

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John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial

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The Beatles and the BBC

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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

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Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

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Louder Than Rock

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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

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Little Richard - I Am Everything

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Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

If These Walls Could Sing

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Ringo Starr: One of Them

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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

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Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

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The Beatles: Get Back

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The Beatles and India

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Parkinson at 50

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McCartney 3, 2, 1

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Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

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Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon

A Life in Ten Pictures

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Under the Volcano

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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

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John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days

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Lennon's Last Weekend

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Meeting the Beatles in India

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Understanding McCartney

Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool

Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

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The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon

Understanding Lennon/McCartney

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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

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The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

Looking for Lennon

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Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

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George Harrison - All Things Pass

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Take Your Pills

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John Lennon: Hard to Imagine

How the Beatles Changed the World

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I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

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The Defiant Ones

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The Summer of Love

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

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WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)

Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album

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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

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The Last Lennon Interview

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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

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In Their Own Words

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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

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Beatles på Sverigeturné

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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

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Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

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Population Boom

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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

The Beatles: Their Golden Age

Infamous Assassinations

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Becoming the Beatles

The Winged Beetle

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

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Beatles Stories

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Mentiras verdaderas

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

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Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980

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The Day John Lennon Died

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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison

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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

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The Beatles: The Complete Story

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The Rise & Fall of WCW

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The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972

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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

The Beatles on Record

The Beatles: Parting Ways

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

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The 60s: The Beatles Decade

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970

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The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965

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The Beatles: Up Close and Personal

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365 Day Project

The Beatles: Destination Hamburg

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THE BEATLES in HELP!

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The Beatles Phenomenon

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I Met the Walrus

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

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The Beatles Explosion

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The Beatles In America

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The Beatles: Love

To John With Love

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John & Yoko Bed-In

Warhol and Maciunas

The Ballad of AJ Weberman

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The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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Doctor Who: Origins

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I Killed John Lennon

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The World's Greatest Gigs

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Pink Floyd London '66-'67

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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

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Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

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Meet the Beatles

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Beatles Biggest Secrets

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20th Century Greats

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Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

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The Beatles: Around the World

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Imagine Imagine

Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

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Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

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Beatles: The Journey

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The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road

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The Beatles - Trilogy

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

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Things They Said Today

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John Lennon: The Messenger

Monday Night Mayhem

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Elvis: King of Entertainment

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Beatles: Big Beat Box

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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

John & Yoko's Year of Peace

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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

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The Beatles: A Celebration

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Happy Birthday to John

Behind the Music

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The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

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The Beatles Story

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The Beatles Unauthorized

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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

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The Beatles Anthology

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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

The John Lennon Video Collection

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

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Imagine: John Lennon

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Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

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Jimi Plays Monterey

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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York

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Fun with the Fab Four

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John Lennon: A Journey in the Life

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The Real Buddy Holly Story

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Yoko Ono: Then and Now

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When the Music's Over

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The Compleat Beatles

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

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The Killing of America

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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand

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The Beatles at Shea Stadium

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Mighty Good: The Beatles

The Day the Music Died

Fire in the Water

Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol

A Salute to Sir Lew Grade

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

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The One to One Concert

Eat the Document

John Lennon - Imagine

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Brazil in Cannes

Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

The Old Grey Whistle Test

Up Your Legs Forever

Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

Dynamite Chicken

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Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

The Beatles: Something

The Beatles: Abbey Road

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

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Beatles Electroniques

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The Beatles Mod Odyssey

The Beatles: Revolution

Yellow Submarine

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The Dick Cavett Show

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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Magical Mystery Tour

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How I Won the War

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Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever

El Rey en Londres

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The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

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The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)

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The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

Reflections on Love

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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

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The Beatles: Live in Paris

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Doctor Who: The Chase

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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles Sing for Shell

The Beatles in Australia

Around the Beatles

The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

The Beatles Come to Town

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Mersey Sound

The Merv Griffin Show

Morecambe & Wise

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Beatles - 1967-1970

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