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John Lennon
John Lennon


Background information
Birth name John Winston Lennon
Born October 9, 1940
Born place Liverpool, England, UK
Died December 8, 1980
Death place New York, New York, USA
Genre(s) Rock
Pop
Years active 1957—1975
Label(s) Capitol Records
Geffen Records
Parlophone Records
Apple Records
Associated acts The Beatles
The Quarrymen
Plastic Ono Band
The Dirty Mac
Yoko Ono
Website Website



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Student Graduates With Master's Degree In The Beatles

January 27, 2011
Student Graduates With Master's Degree In The BeatlesA woman from Canada has become the first person ever to graduate with a Master's degree in The Beatles.

The Masters course, entitled 'The Beatles - Popular Music and Society', was set up at Liverpool Hope University in 2009.

The course requires students to learn how the fab four helped to define identities, culture and society.

"Its absolutely academic. It was an examination of how The Beatles came to be. What the political and social climate was and the cultural aspects that helped to facilitate an environment where The Beatles' could happen," Graduate Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy told The BBC.

She added: "It was a lot of history. It was very much having to understand all of the history of British music, British politics and the economic state of the country at the time and what people where doing to stay positive and how music impacted on everyday life."

(by Holly Frith)



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