GEORGE HARRISON
1943 - 2001

'The more I learn the less I know
but what I do is all too much
All the world is birthday cake
So take a piece, but not too much'

                        
         "Dark Horse Tour" North America December 1974               
Set List - Hari's On Tour Express - The Lord Loves the One - For Your Blue - Something
 - Sue Me, Sue You Blues - Maya Love - Sound Stage of My Mind -Dark Horse - Give Me Love-
In My Life - While My Guitar Gently Weeps-What is Life - My Sweet Lord.

 

          
Magical Mystery Tour" 1967             "Living In A Material World" 1973 

     


Brisbane, Australia 1982

      


 Launch of "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967

 

 

GUITARS
photos taken by George at Friar Park (Crackerbox Palace), Henley on Thames 1987

                            
                Early 1960's Fender Stratocaster                                 (front left, back) Gretsch Duo Jet 
           Nowhere Man, All You Need is Love, I Am The Walrus                        (front right) Gretsch "Eddie Cochran" Model    
                                set up for slide in 1970's 

                        
      (left) Gibson Les Paul,                                                                John Greven custom slide guitar, 1974.
      gift from Eric Clapton used on White Album, Abbey Road.                                                   Used on Dark Horse Album                                 
                                            (right) Richenbacker 12 String,
      2nd 12 string Ricky ever made, opening chord of A Hard Day's Night                    

                                         
                                        
                   Tony Zemaitis Jig early 1970's, custom made to fit in                                         Tony Zemaitis custom 12 string
                          aeroplane overhead lockers for holidays.                                                

 

MUSIC CHART HISTORY
 

Year of Release

ALBUMS

UK – NME Charts
Highest Pos.   Weeks in

USA – Billboard Charts
Highest Pos.     Weeks in         Awards

           

1968

Wonderwall Music (soundtrack)

-

-

49

?

?

1970

All Things Must Pass

4

24

1 (7 weeks)

22

Gold

1972

The Concert for Bangladesh

1

13

2

23

Gold

1973

Living in the Material World

2

12

1 (5 weeks)

15

Gold

1974

Dark Horse

-

-

4

9

Gold

1975

Extra Texture (Read All About It)

16

4

8

7

Gold

1976

Thirty Three and a Third

35

4

11

8

Gold

1976

The Best of George Harrison

-

-

31

3

Gold

1979

George Harrison

39

5

14

8

Gold

1981

Somewhere In England

13

4

11

7

-

1987

Cloud Nine

10

23

8

23

Platinum

1988

Traveling Wilburys - Volume 3

16

35

3

32

Platinum

1990

Traveling Wilburys - Volume 3

14

9

11

?

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year of Release

SINGLES

UK – NME Charts
Highest Pos.   Weeks in

USA – Billboard
Highest Pos.     Weeks in

Melbourne, Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1971

My Sweet Lord

1

17

1 (4 weeks)

13

1

1971

What is Life

-

-

10

8

4

1971

Bangladesh

10

9

23

5

10

1973

Give Me Love

8

10

1 (1 week)

11

13

1974

Ding Dong

38

5

36

2

-

1974

Dark Horse

-

-

15

6

-

1975

You

38

5

20

6

-

1976

This Song

-

-

25

7

-

1977

Crackerbox Palace

-

-

19

7

-

1979

Blow Away

51

5

16

8

26

1981

All Those Years Ago

13

7

2

11

9

1982

Wake Up My Love

-

-

53

?

-

1987

Got My Mind Set On You

2

14

1 (1 week)

15

1

1988

When We Was Fab

25

7

23

6

22

1988

This Is Love

55

3

-

-

-

1989

Handle With Care (T.Wilburys)

21

13

45

?

2

1989

End of the Line (T.Wilburys)

52

4

-

63

15

1990

Nobody’s Child (T.Wilburys)

44

2

-

-

-

 

LYRICS 
from autobiography "I Me Mine" (1980)

    
Isn't a Pity - "All Things Must Pass" 1970   

 

 

 

 
It's All Too Much - "Yellow Submarine" 1968

 

 

 


Piggies - "The Beatles" (White Album) 1968      

 

 

 


While My Guitar Gently Weeps - "The Beatles" (White Album) 1968

 

 

 


Crackerbox Palace - "Thirty Three & A Third" 1976





   
See Yourself - "Thirty Three & A Third" 1976

 


Compiled by Marty Powell 3rd December, 2002