Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lillian Lennon ("née" Powell; 10 September 1939 – 1 April 2015) was the first wife of English musician John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon. She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. At the age of 12, she was accepted into the Junior Art School, and was later enrolled in the Liverpool College of Art. John Lennon also attended the college; a meeting with Powell in a calligraphy class led to their relationship. When John was performing in Hamburg with the Beatles, she rented his bedroom from
Out the Blue (John Lennon song) Games", calling it a "lovely song" and praising its "tender, effective lyrics." PopMatters regards it as Lennon's "only lighter waving 70s monster ballad," and believes that it should be included on Lennon's greatest hits compilation albums. Pop historian Robert Rodriguez regards it as one of the "best unsung John" Lennon songs, one of Lennon's "finest performances" and one of his best "standard-worthy ballad(s)." The musicians who performed on the original recording were as follows: Out the Blue (John Lennon song) "Out the Blue" is a song written by John Lennon and originally released on his 1973 album "Mind Games". The