music · 25 February 1943 · 82 years ago
birth George Harrison guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles, the worlds most successful group. The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single Something. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single My Sweet Lord. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001.
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