As hard as it might be for some music fans to understand, some people in the 21st century have never heard of John Lennon. As a founding member of the groundbreaking rock band the Beatles and as a solo artist, Lennon left a legacy unlikely to be achieved by today’s Auto-Tuned celebs. Equally remarkable is the strange fact that a dentist paid $31,200 for John Lennon’s tooth and wants to use it to clone the murdered musician.

John Lennon’s impact on a generation

To say that John Lennon changed the trajectory of popular culture in the 1960s would be an understatement. Born October 9, 1940, the man known to fans as “Winston O. Boogie” was raised by his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George in Liverpool, England. Although Lennon didn’t live with his mother, Julia, she taught her son to play banjo and encouraged his budding musical abilities.