George Harrison My Sweet Lord (1970) Top Pop

My Sweet Lord is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. It was also released as a single, Harrison s first as a solo artist, and topped charts worldwide; it was the biggestselling single of 1971 in the UK. In America and Britain, the song was the first numberone single by an exBeatle. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow Apple Records artist Billy Preston to record; this version, which Harrison coproduced, appeared on Preston s Encouraging Words album in September 1970. 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