John Lennon and the Number 9

Songs & Albums

• “One After 909”• “Revolution No. 9”• “#9 Dream”

Ironically, this song was a part of Lennon’s ninth solo album which was released in the ninth month of 1974. The song even peaked at number 9 in the charts. AND…. A verse in the song has nine syllables, “Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse.”

• His albums, Mind Games, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, contains nine letters in its title

Dates

• John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool.• Liverpool is 9 letters long.• Some even say he was born at 6:30pm. 6 + 3 + 0 = 9. • John’s elementary school bus number happened to be 72. 7 + 2 = 9.• McCartney, his best friend through most of his life, is spelled with 9 letters.• The Beatles were first discovered by Brian Epstein on November 9, 1961. • Lennon met Yoko Ono on November 9, 1966.• When an engineer said “Revolution number nine” to begin the recording of the

song by the same name, John loved the sound. He was lucky that it had been recorded. John looped the recording over and over again throughout the beginning of “Revolution No. 9.”

• John Ono Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon’s combined names contain nine Os.• John lived in apartment 72 in New York. 7 + 2 = 9.• The Beatles broke up after 9 years in 1970.• Lennon and Yoko’s son, Sean, was born on October 9, 1975.• When John Lennon was shot, on December, 8th 1980, it was already December

9th in his hometown of Liverpool, England.• The videogame Rock Band was set to have their new game, The Beatles: Rock

Band, released on 09/09/09.