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🎧 2,549,303 listeners
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Wikipedia
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction and established a successful solo career, particularly through his interest in Eastern musical influences.
Although most of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums contained at least one Harrison composition. These included "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". 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. 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.
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 the signature sound of his solo efforts: the slide guitar. He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor to 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. A lifelong smoker, Harrison died of cancer in 2001 at the age of 58.
🤝 Collaborations (108)
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George Harrison has 108 credited collaborators on IMUDB — 8 featured, 7 bandmates, 5 production & engineering, 32 instrumentalists, 56 other. Active 1943–2001.
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📅 Collaboration Timeline
8 dated credits, by decade
1950s
1
1960s
4
1970s
1
1980s
2
⭐ Known For
All Things Must Pass (2014 Remaster)
▶ 18,787,425
Cloud Nine
▶ 6,026,325
All Things Must Pass (Remastered 2014)
▶ 6,778,402
The Best of George Harrison
▶ 1,341,460
All Things Must Pass (Remastered)
▶ 4,583,466
Living in the Material World
▶ 2,856,039
Discography scroll for more →
50th Anniversary Collection: 1970
2020
The Albums 1970–2002
2020
With The Beatles and Without
2015
The Apple Years 1968–75
2014
Early Takes, Volume 1
2012
The IMUDB Guitar Guide
The Complete Guitarist — 20 chapters, beginner to expert. Free PDF, no email required.