John Lennon: Nobody Told Me

At just 5 years of age, John Winston Lennon, so named after WW2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to choose between his mother and father during a bitter separation.

‘Nobody Told Me’ was released in 1983, more than 2 years after John was shot dead. He wrote the song for Ringo's album ‘Stop And Smell The Roses.’ Out of respect, it wasn’t published until the leaves had settled, on Yoko’s compilation 'Milk And Honey. '

According to Songfacts contributor Ken from Kentucky U.S.A, the line "There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised" was taken from an actual incident. In 1974, John and his lover May Pang (during his separation from Yoko) were living in an apartment overlooking New York's East River, when John saw what he thought was a UFO. According to Pang, John yelled out the window "come back - take me!"

John Lennon facts: Later in his life he changed his middle name to Ono in honor of Yoko, and is one of the only people ever to return an M.B.E. to The Queen.