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Julian LennonJulian Lennon (born April 8, 1963) in Liverpool, England is a British singer, songwriter, musician, first son of Beatle John Lennon and Cynthia Powell. He was christened John Charles Julian Lennon. He was born at 6am and weighed 6lbs 8oz. His godfather was Beatles manager Brian Epstein. It is often observed that Julian is almost identical in appearance to his late father. His father's nickname for him was "JCJ." If Julian had been a girl he would have been named Julia, most likely after his late paternal grandmother. Julian is right handed. When Julian was growing up his father, John, refused to let his mother, Cynthia, hire a nanny for him. Lennon has always lived in the shadow of his famous father, who split with his mother while Julian was still young. He has had an up-and-down career as a musical artist, becoming popular with his debut album Valotte and hit song "Too Late for Goodbyes" in 1984, and again in the late 1990s; at other times he has had disappointing sales and Julian started doing drugs and drinking heavily. After 1991 left the music business entirely for a number of years. In the 1980's Julian lived with musician Ray Cooper temporarily. It was commonly speculated that any reunion of The Beatles would feature Julian in his father's place, though the death of George Harrison has made such a reunion unlikely. Julian was responsible for the name of one of his father's most famous songs, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", a phrase Julian used to describe a picture he had drawn, a watercolour painting of a girl (his classmate Lucy) surrounded by stars. Later, Paul McCartney wrote "Hey, Jude" as a way of consoling Julian because of his parents' divorce. Interestingly, 'Hey Jude' was meant to be 'Hey Jules', but Paul changed the name because he thought 'Jude' was a better name. Years later, Julian Lennon bought the original manuscript of "Hey Jude" in an auction. "Good Night" on the White Album, although sung by Ringo Starr, is a song by John Lennon to his son, Julian. Also on the White Album is "Dear Prudence" which is Julian Lennon's favourite song. Julian Lennon is engaged to model Lucy Bayliss. Despite having drug and alcohol probelms in the 80's he is now sober. External link Lennon, Julian Lennon, Julian
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