As a child, John Lennon's son Julian Lennon – born April 8, 1963, in Liverpool,
England - inspired the Beatles' classics “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” and
“Hey Jude,” although he had little contact with his father for several years
after his parents divorced in 1968. When John and Julian began spending time
together in the mid 1970s, John bought him his first guitar and Julian Lennon
made his recording debut playing drums on the track “Ya-Ya” on John's 1974 album
Walls & Bridges. He launched his own career in earnest in 1984 with the album
Valotte, which produced two hits with ...