Happy Birthday, Julian Lennon: Beautiful Boy #1

The first baby born to a Beatle inspired two of the band's most famous songs before he turned five years old. As the legend goes, his drawing of classmate Lucy (in the sky, with diamonds) Vodden spurred John to write THE defining psychedelic song of the 1960s. He was also the inspiration behind the Beatles' biggest hit of all time, "Hey Jude." Paul McCartney has long maintained that he began writing the song as "Hey Jules," in an effort to comfort young Julian during the divorce of his father and Cynthia Powell in 1968. It's tough being the son of a rock legend, but Julian - with a voice hauntingly like John's - has proven that he has talent and character in his own right.

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