George Harrison

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George Harrison was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and lead guitarist of The Beatles, known for his distinctive guitar work and spiritually influenced songwriting.

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instanceOf film producer
guitarist
human
musician
philanthropist
record producer
singer-songwriter
associatedAct Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Jeff Lynne
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ravi Shankar
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
Tom Petty
Traveling Wilburys
birthDate 1943-02-25
birthPlace England
Lancashire
Liverpool
United Kingdom
causeOfDeath lung cancer
child Dhani Harrison
coFounded HandMade Films
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 2001-11-29
deathPlace California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
surface form: United States
familyName Harrison
founded Dark Horse Records
fullName George Harrison self-link
gender male
genre Indian classical music
pop music
psychedelic rock
rock music
givenName George
hasSignatureStyle melodic slide guitar playing
hasSignatureTheme spiritually influenced songwriting
honor Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as member of The Beatles
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as solo artist
influenced The Beatles' incorporation of Indian music
influencedBy Indian classical music
Ravi Shankar
instrument guitar
harmonica
keyboards
sitar
vocals
memberOf The Beatles
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent Concert for Bangladesh
notableWork All Things Must Pass
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
Got My Mind Set on You
Here Comes the Sun
My Sweet Lord
Something
Taxman
What Is Life?
surface form: What Is Life

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Within You Without You
occupation film producer
guitarist
music executive
musician
record producer
singer
songwriter
positionHeld lead guitarist of The Beatles
religion Hinduism
residence Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames
spouse Olivia Harrison
Pattie Boyd

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Tweeter and the Monkey Man writer George Harrison
Stuart Sutcliffe associatedWith George Harrison
The Beatles (White Album) lyricist George Harrison
Wilbury Records associatedArtist George Harrison
I Won't Back Down featuredArtist George Harrison
I Won't Back Down backingVocalsBy George Harrison
Mike Campbell workedWith George Harrison
I Threw It All Away hasCoverVersionBy George Harrison
Taxman composer George Harrison
Taxman lyricist George Harrison
Taxman leadVocalist George Harrison
Taxman electricGuitar George Harrison
Taxman songwriterCredit George Harrison
Revolver songwriter George Harrison
Helter Skelter backingVocals George Harrison
Apple Records foundedBy George Harrison
Apple Records notableArtist George Harrison
All You Need Is Love performer George Harrison
In My Life backingVocalist George Harrison
A Day in the Life performer George Harrison
Derek and the Dominos hasMember George Harrison
Derek and the Dominos associatedAct George Harrison
Pattie Boyd spouse George Harrison
Pattie Boyd inspiredBy George Harrison
Journeyman featuresArtist George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun writer George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun composer George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun lyricist George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun performerMember George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun performerMember George Harrison
this entity surface form: John Lennon
Here Comes the Sun leadVocalsBy George Harrison
Leon Russell associatedAct George Harrison
Alan White associatedAct George Harrison
Apple Corps foundedBy George Harrison
Jim Keltner notableWorkWith George Harrison
Jim Keltner associatedAct George Harrison
Chet Atkins influenced George Harrison
album "In My Life" featuresSongwriter George Harrison
subject surface form: In My Life
autobiography "All You Need Is Ears" hasNotablePerson George Harrison
subject surface form: All You Need Is Ears
In Spite of All the Danger composer George Harrison
Revolution electricGuitarBy George Harrison
Revolution backingVocalsBy George Harrison
Ravi Shankar associatedAct George Harrison
Something composer George Harrison