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George Harrisons Songs ( With The Beatles and Solo career: 1958 2001)
George Harrison s Songs (With The Beatles and Solo career: 1958 2001) George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called the quiet Beatle, Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindualigned spirituality in the Beatles work. Harrison released several bestselling singles and albums as a solo performer. In 1988, he cofounded the platinumselling 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, among others. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
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