George Harrison
George Harrison; despite the absence of any middle name on his birth certificate.}} (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work.Although most of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry. By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds, and towards Indian classical music through his use of Indian instruments, such as the sitar, which he had become acquainted with on the set of the film ''Help!'' He played sitar on numerous Beatles songs, starting with "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". Having initiated the band's embrace of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement.
After the Beatles disbanded, Harrison released the triple album ''All Things Must Pass'', a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord", and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar. He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid. In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974. He co-founded HandMade Films in 1978, initially to produce the Monty Python troupe's comedy film ''The Life of Brian'' (1979).
Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer. In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood, and Billy Preston, and collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Tom Petty. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him number 31 in their 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously for his solo career in 2004.
Harrison's first marriage to model Pattie Boyd in 1966 ended in divorce in 1977. In the following year he married Olivia Arias, with whom he had a son, Dhani. A lifelong cigarette smoker, Harrison died of numerous cancers in 2001 at the age of 58, two years after surviving a knife attack by an intruder at his home, Friar Park. His remains were cremated, and the ashes were scattered according to Hindu tradition in a private ceremony in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India. He left an estate of almost £100 million. Provided by Wikipedia
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Philadelphia, July 14. 1746. Advertisement. : At the new marble shop at the sign of the Mason's Arms, in Arch Street, Philadelphia, are performed and sold, chimney-pieces, slabs fo... by Harrison, George
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Roger Tory Peterson's dozen birding hot spots / by Harrison, George H.
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An elegie on the death of the Right Honourable Robert Blake, Esq. : One of the generals at sea, who departed the 7. of August 1657. on board the George near Plymouth Sound. by Harrison, George, gent
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An elegie on the death of the Right Honourable Robert Blake, Esq : One of the generals at sea, who departed the 7. of August 1657. on board the George near Plymouth Sound. by Harrison, George, gent
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An elegie on the death of the Right Honourable Robert Blake, Esq. One of the generals at sea, who departed the 7. of August 1657. on board the George near Plymouth Sound. by Harrison, George, gent
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Anthology / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Thirty three & 1/3 / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Dark horse. by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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I, me, mine / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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George Harrison. by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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I, me, mine / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Gone troppo / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Cloud nine / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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I, me, mine / by Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Practical spectroscopy, by Harrison, George Russell, 1898-1979
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What man may be; the human side of science. by Harrison, George Russell, 1898-1979
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Legislation on insanity : a collection of all the lunacy laws of the states and territories of the United States to the year 1883, inclusive : also the law of England on insanity,... by Harrison, George L. 1811-1885
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Gregorian Beatles. by McCartney, Paul, Lennon, John, 1940-1980, Harrison, George, 1943-2001
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Yellow submarine resurfaces by Harrison, George, 1943-2001, Lennon, John, 1940-1980, McCartney, Paul
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Cotton growing problems, by Christidis, Basil G.
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