He played his first concert dates in 1985. His first album and hit song, "Valotte" made the pop charts in 1984, going platinum, and his two top-10 hits received good reviews from rock critics. That same year, Atlantic Records picked up his contract and signed him to his first album to be produced by legendary star-maker, Phil Spector.Īfter his dad's death, Lennon established his own rock and roll career. He signed with a small British label, Charisma, in 1983. Several companies turned him down in fear of exploiting the loss of John Lennon. His love for music remained strong as he sent demo tapes to record companies. Visiting his stepmother and half-brother in New York, Lennon was overwhelmed by the outpouring of sentiments from the crowd keeping vigil outside the Dakota apartment building.ĭropping out of school and living with friends in London, Julian took up work as a waiter and appeared occasionally in the British tabloids as a rowdy social party-goer. He wanted to hit and smash everything in his home. Hearing the news from his mother about his father's murder on, Lennon was inconsolable. Father and son became closer after Julian showed his father his songwriting abilities. When Julian visited his father in America the two found common ground in playing music together. Once John Lennon left to live in New York with his wife Yoko Ono, visitations to his son became sporadic. Julian visited his father on alternate weekends. At five, Lennon gave his son a drum set, the same year that his parents divorced. Lennon missed his father terribly when "The Beatles" went on concert dates. His father exposed the tot to an odd assortment of musician friends and hanger-ons when he returned from the recording studio. Julian grew up in Liverpool, Wales and London.
McCartney wrote the song "Hey Jude" to Julian to help the kid cope with his parents marital break-up. At one point, he said that McCartney felt more like a caring father than his own dad.
In an interview, he talked about Paul McCartney's kindness in visiting and playing games with him in the backyard when he was a kid while his dad remained absent with Yoko Ono. He later said that he learned from his dad how not to be a father, speaking of all the pain he suffered from his father's neglect when he was a child. Hidden in the background with his mother while his father became an international pop star with "The Beatles," the young boy felt abandoned and rejected. With an uncanny resemblance to his father, Julian has spent some years trying to get out from under his father's musical shadow. British song writer, musician, singer and noted family, the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia.
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