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It reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK.
1974 (during)
Pattie left George stating that his womanising and drug use were to blame.
1974 (during)
George Harrison met Olivia Trinidad Arias in Los Angeles and they began a relationship.
1974 (May)
George founded Dark Horse Records.
1974 (November)
George made a tour of America, playing 45 shows.
It reached number 8 in the US and number 10 in the UK.
1987 (12th October)
George released a cover of ‘Got My Mind Set On You’. It took me years to come around to him, to start considering him as an equal.
John Lennon
The band became Johnny and the Moondogs, and later the Silver Beetles.
It was not well received.
1974 (29th December)
The Beatles partnership was officially dissolved.
1975 (22nd September)
George released the album ‘Extra Texture (Read All About It’.
1976 (19th November)
The album ‘Thirty-Three & 1/3’ was released on George’s own record label, Dark Horse.
He loved the music and became interested rock and roll.
1956 (during)
George’s father bought him an acoustic guitar and a family friend taught him how to play a number of songs.
1956 (during)
George became friends with a fellow school student, Paul McCartney.
1957 (6th July)
George’s friend Paul McCartney joined a band called the Quarrymen which had been founded by John Lennon.
1958 (6th February)
Paul McCartney introduced 15 year old George Harrison to John Lennon and suggested that he could join the group.
(2018 – 2020). His ashes were scattered at Varanasi, India.
2002 (18th November)
The album ‘Brainwashed’ was released posthumously. George also studied sitar with Ravi Shankar.
1966 (late November)
1966 (November)
John met Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery.
1966 (late November)
The Beatles began work on ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’.
1967 (13th February)
The Beatles released ‘Strawberry Fields Forever”/”Penny Lane” a double A side single in the UK and the US.
It reached number 2 in the UK and number 8 in the US.
1967 (26th May)
The Beatles released the album ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ in the UK. It went straight to number 1 in the charts.
1967 (2nd June)
The Beatles released the album ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ in the US.
It reached number 1 in the charts.
1967 (25th June)
The Beatles performed ‘All You Need is Love’ on ‘Our World’ the World’s first global TV link. They had three other children: Louise, Harry and Peter, all of whom were older than George.
In 1950 the family moved to 25 Upton Green in Speke.
It was the last time they performed together.
1969 (11th April)
The Beatles released the single ‘Get Back’ in the UK.
1969 (5th May)
The Beatles released the single ‘Get Back’ in the US.
1969 (9th May)
George released the album ‘Electronic Sound’.
1969 (July)
George produced the song ‘Hare Krishna Mantra’ by Radha Krishna Temple.
1969 (2nd July)
The Beatles began recording the album Abbey Road.
The death of John left George ‘shocked and stunned’.
1981 (11th May)
George released the single ‘All Those Years Ago’ as a tribute to John Lennon. Capitol records hastily replaced the covers.
1966 (July)
The Beatles toured Japan and the Philippines. Eventually he was accepted as a full member, despite the reservations of the Quarrymen founder and leader, John Lennon.
Paul introduced me to George and I had to make the decision whether to let George in.
It was a flop.
1963 (12th July)
The EP ‘Twist and Shout’ was released in the UK. It reached number 1 in the charts.
1963 (August)
George wrote the song ‘Don’t Bother Me’. The album initially caused controversy because the cover featured the Beatles in butchers aprons surrounded by mutilated dolls and raw meat.
The name was chosen to honour Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
1960 (May)
The ‘Beatals’ changed their name to the ‘Silver Beetles’.
1960 (early July)
The ‘Silver Beetles’ changed their name to ‘Silver Beatles’.
1960 (August)
Pete Best, a drummer, was asked to join the band.
1960 (15th August)
The ‘Silver Beetles’ changed their name to ‘The Beatles‘.
1960 (17th August)
The Beatles began a 46 night spot at the Indra Club, Hamburg.
1960 (1st October)
The Beatles began a 58 night spot at the Kaiserkeller, Hamburg.
1960 (21st November)
George was deported from Germany after authorities discovered he was under 18 years.
1961 (February)
Stuart Sutcliffe left the group to focus on art, Paul McCartney took over as bass guitarist.
1961 (1st April)
The Beatles began a three month spot at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.
1961 (October)
The Beatles were backing musicians for Tony Sheridan’s ‘My Bonnie’ and ‘The Saints’.
1961 (9th November)
Brian Epstein watched ‘The Beatles’ performing at the Cavern Club.
1962 (January)
The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records but were unsuccessful.
1962 (24th January)
The Beatles signed a 5-year management contract with Brian Epstein.
1962 (13th April)
The Beatles began a 48 night spot at the Star-Club, Hamburg.
1962 (6th June)
George Martin of Parlophone, EMI offered the Beatles a recording contract on condition that they replace drummer Pete Best.
1962 (18th August)
Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), drummer with the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, replaced Pete Best as drummer of the group.
1962 (1st October)
The Beatles signed a new management contract with Brian Epstein, needed because of Ringo Starr replacing Pete Best.
He was a kid who played guitar and he was a friend of Paul’s which made it easier. Although he fought, he lost the case.
1971 (1st August)
George organised a Concert for Bangladesh to raise awareness and money to help starving refugees in the country.
1973 (30th May)
The album ‘Living in the Material World’ was released by George.
The early years
Harrison was born on 25 February 1943 in the family home at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool.
His parents were Harold and Louise Harrison, who had roots in Ireland. Their first trip to Hamburg in August 1960 took place while Harrison was just 17, and the Reeperbahn, the red light district where they played, proved an educative experience: “Everybody around the district were homosexuals, transvestites, pimps and hookers and I was in the middle of that, aged 17,” he said.
The first trip ended in Harrison’s deportation for working under-age.