George Harrison
Liverpool, England, UK
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George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
Movie Credits
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
George Harrison–All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary)
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
