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John Lennon
Pseudonym:
Long John
In May 1960 The Silver Beetles (later to
become known as The Beatles) were backing a young musician Johnny
Gentle, during his tour through Scotland. For the duration of this tour
the whole band decided to give themselves pseudonyms.
Band member John Lennon (1940–1980)
became Long John for this occasion. Paul McCartney recalls: 'People
have since said, “Ah, John didn't change his name, that was very
suave.” Let me tell you: he was Long John. There was none of that “he
didn't change his name”: we all changed our names.'
See also Paul Ramone, Stuart de Stael and Carl Harrison.
Sources:
‘Long John’, BeatlesWiki, retrieved 26 April 2014
‘John Lennon’, Wikipedia, retrieved 26 April 2014 previous A–Z
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