Premise: The break-up of the Beatles was a cumulative process throughout 1968 to 1970 , marked by rumours of a split and ambiguous comments by the Beatles themselves regarding the future of the group . John Lennon . Born and raised in Liverpool , Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager ; his first band , the Quarrymen , first became the Silver Beatles , and finally , evolved into the Beatles in 1960 . He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 , and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice , in 1988 as a member of the Beatles and in 1994 as a solo artist . Lennon -- McCartney was the songwriting partnership between English musicians John Lennon ( 9 October 19408 December 1980 ) and Paul McCartney ( born 18 June 1942 ) of the Beatles .
Hypothesis: John Lennon was in the Beatles.
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