George Harrison

George Harrison  (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.  One of Harrison’s compositions, “Something” became the Beatles’ second-most-covered song.  By 1965 he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in the Byrds and Bob Dylan, and towards Indian classical music through his use of the sitar on “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”.  After the band’s break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass, from which two hit singles originated.  He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar.  In 1988 Harrison co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.  He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of The Beatles in 1988, and (posthumously) for his solo career in 2004.  (More from Wikipedia)