George played 26 instruments: guitar, sitar, four-string guitar, bass guitar, arp bass, violin, tamboura, dobro, swordmandel, tabla, organ, piano, moog synthesizer, harmonica, autoharp, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, claves, African drum, conga drum, tympani, ukulele, mandolin, marimba and Jal-Tarang.
In America and Britain, the song was the first number one single by an ex-Beatle.Īs a solo artist, George Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer such as What Is Life, Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth, All Things Must Pass and Got My Mind Set On You. Also issued as a single, George’s first as a solo artist, ‘ My Sweet Lord’ topped charts worldwide and was the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK. ‘My Sweet Lord’ was released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. THE BEATLES: John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney Solo Careerīefore the Beatles’ break-up, George had already recorded and released two solo albums: Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound, and was the first member of The Beatles to release a solo album. He mistakenly called ‘Something’ the greatest Lennon–McCartney composition, until he discovered it was actually a George Harrison original song.Įlton John said: “‘ Something’ is probably one of the best love songs ever, ever, ever written … It’s better than ‘Yesterday,’ much better … It’s like the song I’ve been chasing for the last thirty-five years.” Sinatra wasn't a fan of The Beatles or rock n roll music, but was very impressed with Something. In 1970 Frank Sinatra recorded ‘ Something’, and later dubbed it “the greatest love song of the past 50 years”. John Lennon considered it the best song on Abbey Road and Paul McCartney said it was “George’s greatest track.” Ringo Starr paired ‘ Something’ and ‘ While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ are “Two of the finest love songs ever written”, and that, “they’re really on a par with what John and Paul or anyone else of that time wrote.” Artists such as James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Peggy Lee covered the masterpiece ‘Something’. ‘Something’ received critical acclaim and recognition became the Beatles’ second most covered song after Yesterday. It was also George’s first A-side, and the first of his songs to reach the top of the charts. The Beatles final recorded album, Abbey Road included two of George Harrison’s greatest songs Here Comes the Sun and Something, which became one half of the Beatles’ first number one double A-side single.
Eventually tensions in the band grew strong and the Beatles broke up in 1970. With Beatlemania, the band couldn’t be heard at live performances and the Beatles became reclusive and agitated. George’s songs for the Beatles included ‘ Taxman’, ‘ Within You Without You’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, ‘ Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘ Something.’ The Beatles became the most famous band in the world, with huge fans.
He began to write more of his own songs for The Beatles and in the late 1960s, George developed an interest in Hinduism and meditation, and Indian music. With the iconic singer/songwriter partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney dominating The Beatles, George became known as “the quiet Beatle.” George’s first solo writing credit was ‘Don’t Bother Me’ in 1963. George was the lead guitarist of the Beatles and mostly only sang backing vocals. He was just 15, and the youngest member of the group that would soon become The Beatles alongside John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. George auditioned to be a part of The Quarrymen with John Lennon and Paul McCartney as members. On the bus to school Harrison met Paul McCartney, and they bonded over their shared love of music. George Harrison was born 25 February 1943 in Liverpool, England, although it is disputed that he may have been born on 24 February 1943. George Harrison at the White House in 1974.
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