John Lennon had many connections to the number 9 throughout his life and career. Some of the connections include his birthdate of October 9th, 1940, several of his songs and albums containing the number 9 or having 9 letters in their title, key events in his personal and professional life occurring on the 9th of months, and his son Sean also being born on October 9th. The number seemed to follow Lennon throughout his life in curious and meaningful ways.

1. 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.