“When George Harrison was a young boy he collected photos of racing drivers and their cars; by 12 years of age he had attended his first race, the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree.”
“George Harrison’s first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977. ”
“George Harrison played violin on All You Need is Love.”
“On the night of his father’s passing, Harrison believed to have seen his Father’s spirit. ”
“His father was a bus conductor who had worked as a ship’s steward on the White Star Line.”
“George Harrison embraced Indian mysticism and helped broaden the horizons of his fellow Beatles as well as their Western audience by incorporating Indian instrumentation in their music.”
“in 1956 he bought George a Dutch Egmond flat top acoustic guitar, which according to Harold, cost £3.10”
“On the bus to school Harrison met Paul McCartney, and the pair bonded over their shared love of music.”
“George Harrison organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor for later benefit concerts such as Live Aid.”
“Sir George Martin told the Beatles when he first began working with them that they should feel free to speak up and tell him if they didn’t like any of his contributions. George rose to the challenge and told Sir George Martin that he didn’t like his tie.”
“George Harrison was often referred to as “”the quiet Beatle””.”
“George Harrison, MBE was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer.”
“George Harrison was the first Beatle to come to the U.S. – in 1963 to visit his sister Louise in Benton, Illinois – a year ahead of The Beatles landing at the JFK Airport in February 1964.”
“George Harrison Loved Hanging Out With Bob Dylan And The Band.”
“George Harrison was the first Beatle to go on a solo tour. It was his 1974 Dark Horse tour”
“Scientists wanted to send one of Harrison’s most beloved songs into the outermost reaches of the galaxy.”
” Rolling Stone magazine ranked George Harrison number 11 in their list of the “”100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”””
“When George Harrison joined the Quarrymen in 1958 his main guitar was a Höfner President Acoustic”
“George Harrison’s mother was a shop assistant from a Catholic family with Irish roots”
“George Harrison and The Beatles were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.”
“Another of Harrison’s musical techniques was the use of guitar lines written in octaves, as on “”I’ll Be on My Way”””
“At a Pink Floyd concert in Detroit in 1994, George went backstage and spoke to a man who he believed to be Steve O’Rourke, the group’s manager, only to find to his embarrassment that it was Nick Mason.”
” His first solid-body electric guitar was a Czech-built Jolana Futurama/Grazioso”
“Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the “”100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time””.”
“George Harrison Liked jelly babies (a softer version of jelly beans).”
“George Harrison Was Deported From Germany”
“By the mid-1960s Harrison had become an admirer of Indian culture and mysticism, introducing it to the other Beatles”
” George Harrison left school at 16 and worked for several months as an apprentice electrician at Blacklers, a local department store”
“On 12 November 2001, in New York, Harrison, Starr, and McCartney came together for the last time.”
“Aside from his guitar skills, George Harrison could play 26 instruments.”
“George Harrison was a car enthusiast.”
“George Harrison was a passionate gardener. In the early 70’s he purchased Friar Park which was filled with lush flowers, plants and streams”
“In line with the Hindu yoga tradition, Harrison became a vegetarian in the late 1960s”
“George Harrison was posthumously honoured with The Recording Academy’s Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in February 2015”
“After the band’s break-up in 1970, 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.”
“George Harrison identified Chuck Berry as another early influence”
“George Harrison Was Only 27 When The Beatles Broke Up”
” George Harrison Wrote “crackerbox Palace” About His Quirky Mansion.”
“George Harrison 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.”
“George Harrison Was Vegetarian”
“George Harrison Founded his own record label, Dark Horse Records, in 1974.”
“George Harrison Was The First Ex-beatle To Simultaneously Top Both The Singles And Albums Charts.”
“George Harrison Wrote an autobiography titled “”I Me Mine”” in the late 1970s ”
“Harrison died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer.”
“His favourite color is purple.”
“The last song he wrote was “”A Horse To Water.””.”
“Harrison’s earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences.”
“George Harrison had a love of Eastern music and unusual instruments. He learned the Sitar from Indian musician Ravi Shankar.”
“George Harrison Was The First Beatle To Visit, And Play In, The U.s.”
“Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Beatles January 20, 1988.”
“George Harrison Was an ace Monopoly player.”
“Frank Sinatra was a George Harrison fan.”
“In 1999, a man broke into his house in England and stabbed him in the chest. The attacker was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to a mental hospital. This led to tougher anti-stalking laws in England.”
“George Harrison is 5’11″” and weighs about 150 pounds.”
“George Harrison was a part of the band “”The Travelling Wilburys”” in the ’80’s. The band included Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, the late Roy Orbison, and George.”
“In 2002, on the first anniversary of his death, the Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall”
“George Harrison was the youngest member of The Beatles.”
“Asteroid named after George Harrison was discovered on 9 March 1984”
“A documentary film entitled George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese, was released in October 2011”
“In 1968 Eric Clapton played guitar on George’s “”While My Guitar Gently Weeps”” on The Beatles’ “”White Album”””
“George Harrison was the youngest of four children of Harold Hargreaves Harrison and his wife Louise.”
“George Harrison became part of the Beatles when they were still a skiffle group called the Quarrymen, with McCartney and John Lennon as members.”
