John Lennon honored with postage stamp

REUTERS - The U.S. Postal Service has honored singer and songwriter John Lennon Friday (September 7) as the latest addition to its Music Icons stamp series at a first-day-of-issue ceremony in New York City's Central Park. Lennon, a rock and pop music icon, is world renowned as a founding member of the Beatles and a successful solo artist. The Beatles still hold records for a string of hits released from 1962-1970, including "All You Need is Love," which served as an anthem for Lennon's humanitarian endeavors. Lennon's last studio album was released in 1980. Lennon was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.