93-413: Peter Powell is the name of: Peter Powell (DJ) (born 1951), British DJ Peter Powell (kite maker) (1932–2016), inventor of a dual-line, steerable model of flying kite [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
186-528: A country music feel to many of the Beatles' recordings. He identified Chuck Berry as another early influence. In 1961, the Beatles recorded " Cry for a Shadow ", a blues-inspired instrumental co-written by Lennon and Harrison, who is credited with composing the song's lead guitar part, building on unusual chord voicings and imitating the style of other English groups such as the Shadows . Harrison's liberal use of
279-520: A dance music feature. Powell was an early champion of a number of successful mainstream 1980s acts, including Spandau Ballet , Culture Club and Duran Duran as well as Australian new wave band The Church . He compered Duran Duran's charity concert at Villa Park 1983 as well as the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986 three years later, which featured George Harrison . From 29 September 1984 until his departure from
372-528: A Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, playing alongside Dylan, Clapton, McGuinn, Petty and Neil Young . In 1994, Harrison began a collaboration with McCartney, Starr and producer Jeff Lynne for the Beatles Anthology project. This included the recording of two new Beatles songs built around solo vocal and piano tapes recorded by Lennon as well as lengthy interviews about
465-559: A Cloud ", which Leng describes as "a uniquely candid reaction to illness and mortality", achieved number 27 on Billboard ' s Adult Contemporary chart. The single " Any Road ", released in May 2003, peaked at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart . " Marwa Blues " went on to receive the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance , while "Any Road" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . Harrison's guitar work with
558-508: A band, and assemble a cross-country tour, all within three weeks". The album reached number 4 on the Billboard chart and the single " Dark Horse " reached number 15, but they failed to make an impact in the UK. The music critic Mikal Gilmore described Dark Horse as "one of Harrison's most fascinating works – a record about change and loss". Harrison's final studio album for EMI and Apple Records,
651-579: A brief spell on BBC Radio 1 in 1972. He then went to Radio Luxembourg before rejoining Radio 1 in 1977. Almost immediately after his arrival at the station he made his debut as a Top of the Pops presenter, joining Radio 1 colleagues on the roster. Powell began as a weekend presenter on the station, presenting a Sunday show from 10 am to 1 pm, before a move to Saturdays in October 1978, again from 10 am to 1 pm. In 1980 he took over
744-471: A brief tour of Europe with the American group Delaney & Bonnie and Friends . During the tour, which included Clapton, Bobby Whitlock , drummer Jim Gordon and band leaders Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett , Harrison began to play slide guitar, and also began to write " My Sweet Lord ", which became his first single as a solo artist. For many years, Harrison was restricted in his songwriting contributions to
837-565: A bus conductor who had worked as a ship's steward on the White Star Line , and Louise was a shop assistant of Irish Catholic descent. He had one sister, Louise (16 August 1931 – 29 January 2023), and two brothers, Harold (20 July 1934 - ?) and Peter (20 July 1940 – 1 June 2007). According to Boyd, Harrison's mother was particularly supportive: "All she wanted for her children is that they should be happy, and she recognised that nothing made George quite as happy as making music." Louise
930-620: A charity event, the Concert for Bangladesh, which took place on 1 August 1971. The event drew over 40,000 people to two shows in New York's Madison Square Garden . The goal of the event was to raise money to aid starving refugees during the Bangladesh Liberation War . Shankar opened the show, which featured popular musicians such as Dylan, Clapton, Leon Russell , Badfinger, Preston and Starr. A triple album, The Concert for Bangladesh ,
1023-491: A guitarist, writing parts that featured the use of nonresolving tones, as with the ending chord arpeggios on " A Hard Day's Night ". On this and other songs from the period, he used a Rickenbacker 360/12 – an electric guitar with twelve strings, the low eight of which are tuned in pairs, one octave apart, with the higher four being pairs tuned in unison. His use of the Rickenbacker on A Hard Day's Night helped to popularise
SECTION 10
#17328516210071116-557: A local department store. During the group's first tour of Scotland, in 1960, Harrison used the pseudonym "Carl Harrison", in reference to Carl Perkins. In 1960, promoter Allan Williams arranged for the band, now calling themselves the Beatles, to play at the Indra and Kaiserkeller clubs in Hamburg , both owned by Bruno Koschmider . Their first residency in Hamburg ended prematurely when Harrison
1209-416: A lung and causing head injuries before he was incapacitated by Harrison's wife, who struck him repeatedly with a fireplace poker and a lamp. Harrison later commented, "I felt exhausted and could feel the strength draining from me. I vividly remember a deliberate thrust to my chest. I could hear my lung exhaling and had blood in my mouth. I believed I had been fatally stabbed." Following the attack, Harrison
1302-449: A member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously for his solo career in 2004. Harrison's first marriage to model Pattie Boyd in 1966 ended in divorce in 1977. In the following year he married Olivia Arias , with whom he had a son, Dhani . A lifelong cigarette smoker, Harrison died of numerous cancers in 2001 at the age of 58, two years after surviving a knife attack by an intruder at his home, Friar Park . His remains were cremated, and
1395-465: A music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974. He co-founded HandMade Films in 1978, initially to produce the Monty Python troupe's comedy film The Life of Brian (1979). Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer. In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup
1488-436: A nearby house, and the song piqued his interest in rock and roll . He often sat at the back of the class drawing guitars in his schoolbooks, and later commented, "I was totally into guitars." Harrison cited Slim Whitman as another early influence: "The first person I ever saw playing a guitar was Slim Whitman, either a photo of him in a magazine or live on television. Guitars were definitely coming in." When George Harrison
1581-593: A private ceremony in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers near Varanasi , India. He left almost £100 million in his will. Harrison's final studio album, Brainwashed (2002), was released posthumously after it was completed by his son Dhani and Jeff Lynne. A quotation from the Bhagavad Gita is included in the album's liner notes: "There never was a time when you or I did not exist. Nor will there be any future when we shall cease to be." A media-only single, " Stuck Inside
1674-461: A psychiatric institution in 2002, Abram said: "If I could turn back the clock, I would give anything not to have done what I did in attacking George Harrison, but looking back on it now, I have come to understand that I was at the time not in control of my actions. I can only hope the Harrison family might somehow find it in their hearts to accept my apologies." The injuries inflicted on Harrison during
1767-402: A song for a Harrison European single release. Harrison's record company decided the track, " Handle with Care ", was too good for its original purpose as a B-side and asked for a full album. The LP, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 , was released in October 1988 and recorded under pseudonyms as half-brothers, supposed sons of Charles Truscott Wilbury Sr. It reached number 16 in the UK and number 3 in
1860-516: A surprise appearance during the finale of the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert , an event organised to raise money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital . The following year, he appeared at The Prince's Trust concert at London's Wembley Arena , performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes the Sun". In February 1987 he joined Dylan, John Fogerty and Jesse Ed Davis on stage for
1953-486: A terrible time because I think there was a lot of cocaine going around, and that's when I got out of the picture ... I didn't like his frame of mind". He released two singles from the LP: " You ", which reached the Billboard top 20, and " This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) ", Apple's final original single release. Thirty Three & 1/3 (1976), Harrison's first album release on his own Dark Horse Records label, produced
SECTION 20
#17328516210072046-490: A two-hour performance with the blues musician Taj Mahal . Harrison recalled: "Bob rang me up and asked if I wanted to come out for the evening and see Taj Mahal ... So we went there and had a few of these Mexican beers – and had a few more ... Bob says, 'Hey, why don't we all get up and play, and you can sing?' But every time I got near the microphone, Dylan comes up and just starts singing this rubbish in my ear, trying to throw me." In November 1987, Harrison released
2139-621: Is an English former disc jockey, popular on BBC Radio 1 in the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as a television presenter for the BBC music chart programme Top of the Pops . He has also had a second career in talent management. Powell was educated at Uppingham School , a boys' independent school in Rutland in the English Midlands. Powell began his broadcasting career as the first voice on air when BBC Radio Birmingham launched in 1970, and then had
2232-502: Is an experimental album that prominently features a Moog synthesizer . Released in November 1968, Wonderwall Music was the first solo album by a Beatle and the first LP released by Apple Records . Indian musicians Aashish Khan and Shivkumar Sharma performed on the album, which contains the experimental sound collage " Dream Scene ", recorded several months before Lennon's " Revolution 9 ". In December 1969, Harrison participated in
2325-622: The Bhagavad Gita . His final message to the world, as relayed in a statement by Olivia and Dhani, was: "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait, and love one another." He was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery , and his funeral was held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, California . His close family scattered his ashes according to Hindu tradition in
2418-646: The Lethal Weapon 2 film soundtrack. Following Orbison's death in December 1988, the Wilburys recorded as a four-piece. Their second album, issued in October 1990, was mischievously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 . According to Lynne, "That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers. ' " It peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 11 in the US, where it was certified platinum. The Wilburys never performed live, and
2511-620: The Billboard top 20. The album marked the beginning of Harrison's gradual retreat from the music business, with several of the songs having been written in the tranquil setting of Maui in the Hawaiian archipelago . Leng described George Harrison as "melodic and lush ... peaceful ... the work of a man who had lived the rock and roll dream twice over and was now embracing domestic as well as spiritual bliss". The murder of John Lennon on 8 December 1980 disturbed Harrison and reinforced his decades-long concern about stalkers . The tragedy
2604-556: The Hare Krishna movement . After the Beatles disbanded , Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass , a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, " My Sweet Lord ", and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar . He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar , a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid . In his role as
2697-473: 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 . Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 31 in their 2023 list of greatest guitarists of all time. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as
2790-468: The diatonic scale in his guitar playing reveals the influence of Buddy Holly , and his interest in Berry inspired him to compose songs based on the blues scale while incorporating a rockabilly feel in the style of Perkins. Another of Harrison's musical techniques was the use of guitar lines written in octaves , as on " I'll Be on My Way ". By 1964, he had begun to develop a distinctive personal style as
2883-402: The soul music -inspired Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975), peaked at number 8 on the Billboard chart and number 16 in the UK. Harrison considered it the least satisfactory of the three albums he had recorded since All Things Must Pass . Leng identified "bitterness and dismay" in many of the tracks; his long-time friend Klaus Voormann commented: "He wasn't up for it ... It was
Peter Powell - Misplaced Pages Continue
2976-435: The 1970s Frank Sinatra recorded "Something" twice (1970 and 1979) and later dubbed it "the greatest love song of the past fifty years". Lennon considered it the best song on Abbey Road , and it became the Beatles' second most covered song after " Yesterday ". In May 1970, Harrison's song " For You Blue " was coupled on a US single with McCartney's " The Long and Winding Road " and became Harrison's second chart-topper when
3069-568: The Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds , and towards Indian classical music through his use of Indian instruments, such as the sitar , which he had become acquainted with on the set of the film Help! He played sitar on numerous Beatles songs, starting with " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) ". Having initiated the band's embrace of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with
3162-481: The Beatles was on 4 January 1970, when he, McCartney and Starr recorded overdubs to the song " Let It Be " for the soundtrack album of the same name . Before the Beatles' break-up, Harrison had already recorded and released two solo albums: Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound , both of which contain mainly instrumental compositions. Wonderwall Music , a soundtrack to the 1968 film Wonderwall , blends Indian and Western instrumentation, while Electronic Sound
3255-475: The Beatles was varied and flexible. Although not fast or flashy, his lead guitar playing was solid and typified the more subdued lead guitar style of the early 1960s. His rhythm guitar playing was innovative, for example when he used a capo to shorten the strings on an acoustic guitar, as on the Rubber Soul (1965) album and " Here Comes the Sun ", to create a bright, sweet sound. Eric Clapton felt that Harrison
3348-521: The Beatles' albums, but he released All Things Must Pass , a triple album with two discs of his songs and the third of recordings of Harrison jamming with friends. The album was regarded by many as his best work, and it topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The number-one hit single "My Sweet Lord" and the top-ten single " What Is Life " were taken from the album, which was co-produced by Phil Spector using his " Wall of Sound " approach;
3441-444: The Beatles' career. Released in December 1995, " Free as a Bird " was the first new Beatles single since 1970. In March 1996, they released a second single, " Real Love ". They also attempted to finish a third single, " Now and Then ", but did not finish it because the audio quality of the cassette was, according to Harrison, "fucking rubbish." The song was later finished by McCartney and Starr and released in 2023. He later commented on
3534-590: The Beatles' work. Although most of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include " Taxman ", " Within You Without You ", " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", " Here Comes the Sun " and " Something ". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt ; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins , Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry . By 1965, he had begun to lead
3627-496: The Beatles. Tensions among the group surfaced again in January 1969, at Twickenham Studios , during the filmed rehearsals that became the 1970 documentary Let It Be . Frustrated by the cold and sterile film studio, by Lennon's creative disengagement from the Beatles, and by what he perceived as a domineering attitude from McCartney, Harrison quit the group on 10 January. He returned 12 days later, after his bandmates had agreed to move
3720-485: The Beatles. While on a visit to Woodstock in late 1968, he established a friendship with Dylan and found himself drawn to the Band's sense of communal music-making and to the creative equality among the band members, which contrasted with Lennon and McCartney's domination of the Beatles' songwriting and creative direction. This coincided with a prolific period in his songwriting and a growing desire to assert his independence from
3813-471: The Dark Horse tour might be considered a noble failure, there were a number of fans who were tuned-in to what was being attempted. They went away ecstatic, conscious that they had just witnessed something so uplifting that it could never be repeated." Simon Leng called the tour "groundbreaking" and "revolutionary in its presentation of Indian Music". On 16 November 1974, Harrison and several others involved in
Peter Powell - Misplaced Pages Continue
3906-465: The US charts. The single was included on the album Somewhere in England in 1981. Harrison did not release any new albums for five years after 1982's Gone Troppo received little notice from critics or the public. During this period he made several guest appearances, including a 1985 performance at a tribute to Carl Perkins titled Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session . In March 1986 he made
3999-432: The US since All Things Must Pass . The album peaked just outside the top ten there, but outsold his previous two LPs. As part of his promotion for the release, Harrison performed on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon . In 1979, Harrison released George Harrison , which followed his second marriage and the birth of his son Dhani . Co-produced by Russ Titelman , the album and the single " Blow Away " both made
4092-495: The US, where it was certified triple platinum . Harrison's pseudonym on the album was "Nelson Wilbury"; he used the name "Spike Wilbury" for their second album. In 1989, Harrison and Starr appeared in the music video for Petty's song " I Won't Back Down ". In October that year, Harrison assembled and released Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 , a compilation of his later solo work. The album included three new songs, including " Cheer Down ", which Harrison had recently contributed to
4185-611: The US. In the UK, the LP peaked at number two and the single reached number 8. The album was lavishly produced and packaged, and its dominant message was Harrison's Hindu beliefs. In Greene's opinion it "contained many of the strongest compositions of his career". Stephen Holden , writing in Rolling Stone , felt the album was "vastly appealing" and "profoundly seductive", and that it stood "alone as an article of faith, miraculous in its radiance". Other reviewers were less enthusiastic, describing
4278-625: The album was the Indian-inspired " Within You Without You ", to which no other Beatle contributed. He played sitar and tambura on the track, backed by musicians from the London Asian Music Circle on dilruba , swarmandal and tabla. He later commented on the Sgt. Pepper album: "It was a millstone and a milestone in the music industry ... There's about half the songs I like and the other half I can't stand." In January 1968, he recorded
4371-577: The album's recording, Harrison asserted more creative control than before, rejecting suggestions for changes to his music, particularly from McCartney. "Something" became his first A-side when issued on a double A-side single with " Come Together "; the song was number one in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and West Germany, and the combined sides topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. In
4464-632: The album, which included several of his long-time musical collaborators, including Clapton, Jim Keltner and Jim Horn . Cloud Nine reached number eight and number ten on the US and UK charts respectively, and several tracks from the album achieved placement on Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock chart – " Devil's Radio ", " This Is Love " and " Cloud 9 ". In 1988, Harrison formed the Traveling Wilburys with Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison , Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. The band had gathered in Dylan's garage to record
4557-501: The ashes were scattered according to Hindu tradition in a private ceremony in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India. He left an estate of almost £100 million. Harrison was born at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree , Liverpool, on 25 February 1943. He was the youngest of four children of Harold Hargreaves (or Hargrove) Harrison (1909–1978) and Louise (née French; 1911–1970). Harold was
4650-470: The baby in the womb." Harrison lived at 12 Arnold Grove until 1 January 1950. A terraced house on a cul-de-sac , it had an outdoor toilet, and its only heat came from a single coal fire. In the autumn of 1949, the family was offered a council house and moved to 25 Upton Green, Speke . In 1948, Harrison enrolled at Dovedale Primary School . He passed the eleven-plus exam and attended Liverpool Institute High School for Boys from 1954 to 1959. Though
4743-473: The band at the Star-Club in Hamburg. The following year, he was the most active of the former Beatles in promoting the reissue of their 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine . On 30 December 1999, Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked at their home, Friar Park . The perpetrator was 34-year-old paranoid schizophrenic man Michael Abram, who broke in and attacked Harrison with a kitchen knife, puncturing
SECTION 50
#17328516210074836-463: The band's ongoing exploration of non-Western instruments, while the sitar- and tabla -based "Love You To" represented the Beatles' first genuine foray into Indian music. According to the ethnomusicologist David Reck, the latter song set a precedent in popular music as an example of Asian culture being represented by Westerners respectfully and without parody. Author Nicholas Schaffner wrote in 1978 that following Harrison's increased association with
4929-422: The band, Harrison was known as "the quiet Beatle". That moniker arose when the Beatles arrived in the United States in early 1964, and Harrison was ill with a case of Strep throat and a fever and was medically advised to limit speaking as much as possible until he performed on The Ed Sullivan Show as scheduled. As such, the press noticed Harrison's apparent laconic nature in public appearances on that tour and
5022-625: The basic track for his song " The Inner Light " at EMI's studio in Bombay , using a group of local musicians playing traditional Indian instruments. Released as the B-side to McCartney's " Lady Madonna ", it was the first Harrison composition to appear on a Beatles single. Derived from a quotation from the Tao Te Ching , the song's lyric reflected Harrison's deepening interest in Hinduism and meditation . During
5115-586: The bus to school, Harrison met Paul McCartney , who also attended the Liverpool Institute, and the pair bonded over their shared love of music. McCartney and his friend John Lennon were in a skiffle group called the Quarrymen . In March 1958, at McCartney's urging, Harrison auditioned for the Quarrymen at Rory Storm 's Morgue Skiffle Club, playing Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 's " Guitar Boogie Shuffle ", but Lennon felt that Harrison, having just turned 15,
5208-402: The consensus reaction to the tour was negative. Some fans found Shankar's significant presence to be a bizarre disappointment, and many were affronted by what Inglis described as Harrison's "sermonizing". Further, he reworked the lyrics to several Beatles songs, and his laryngitis -affected vocals led to some critics calling the tour "dark hoarse". The author Robert Rodriguez commented: "While
5301-471: The film project to their own Apple Studio and to abandon McCartney's plan for making a return to public performance. Relations among the Beatles were more cordial, though still strained, when the band recorded their 1969 album Abbey Road . The LP included what Lavezzoli describes as "two classic contributions" from Harrison – " Here Comes the Sun " and " Something " – that saw him "finally achieve equal songwriting status" with Lennon and McCartney. During
5394-541: The group did not record together again following the release of their second album. In December 1991, Harrison joined Clapton for a tour of Japan. It was Harrison's first since 1974 and no others followed. On 6 April 1992, Harrison held a benefit concert for the Natural Law Party at the Royal Albert Hall , his first London performance since the Beatles' 1969 rooftop concert . In October 1992, he performed at
5487-468: The hit singles " This Song " and " Crackerbox Palace ", both of which reached the top 25 in the US. The surreal humour of "Crackerbox Palace" reflected Harrison's association with Monty Python 's Eric Idle , who directed a comical music video for the song. With an emphasis on melody and musicianship, and a more subtle subject matter than the pious message of his earlier works, Thirty Three & 1/3 earned Harrison his most favourable critical notices in
5580-464: The home invasion were downplayed by his family in their comments to the press. Having seen Harrison looking so healthy beforehand, those in his social circle believed that the attack brought about a change in him and was the cause for his cancer's return. In May 2001, it was revealed that Harrison had undergone an operation to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs, and in July, it was reported that he
5673-493: The institute did offer a music course, Harrison was disappointed with the absence of guitars, and felt that the school "moulded [students] into being frightened". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby , Cab Calloway , Django Reinhardt and Hoagy Carmichael ; by the 1950s, Carl Perkins and Lonnie Donegan were significant influences. In early 1956, he had an epiphany: while riding his bicycle, he heard Elvis Presley 's " Heartbreak Hotel " playing from
SECTION 60
#17328516210075766-431: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Powell&oldid=964209494 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peter Powell (DJ) Peter James Barnard-Powell (born 24 March 1951)
5859-483: The lyrics of the album's title track "a recognition of the impermanence of human existence ... a simple and poignant conclusion" to Harrison's former band. In 1971, Bright Tunes sued Harrison for copyright infringement over "My Sweet Lord", owing to its similarity to the 1963 Chiffons hit " He's So Fine ". When the case was heard in the United States district court in 1976, he denied deliberately plagiarising
5952-443: The model, and the jangly sound became so prominent that Melody Maker termed it the Beatles' "secret weapon". In 1965, Harrison used an expression pedal to control his guitar's volume on " I Need You ", creating a syncopated flautando effect with the melody resolving its dissonance through tonal displacements. He used the same volume-swell technique on " Yes It Is ", applying what Everett described as "ghostly articulation" to
6045-507: The musicians included Starr, Clapton, Gary Wright , Billy Preston , Klaus Voormann , the whole of Delaney and Bonnie's Friends band, and the Apple group Badfinger . On its release, All Things Must Pass was received with critical acclaim; Ben Gerson of Rolling Stone described it as being "of classic Spectorian proportions, Wagnerian , Brucknerian , the music of mountain tops and vast horizons". Author and musicologist Ian Inglis considers
6138-499: The new singles chart which had been revealed by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) earlier at lunchtime on BBC Radio 1 presented by Gary Davies - the first chance many young listeners got to hear the new Top 40 . He also featured the album chart on Wednesday evenings. Pete Tong – now one of Radio 1's longest-serving DJs - made his first appearance on the network on Powell's show in the early 1980s, presenting
6231-546: The news was made public, Harrison, who would die within the month, bemoaned his physician's breach of privacy, and his estate later claimed damages. On 29 November 2001, Harrison died at a property belonging to McCartney, on Heather Road in Beverly Hills, California . He was 58 years old. He died in the company of Olivia, Dhani, Shankar and the latter's wife Sukanya and daughter Anoushka , and Hare Krishna devotees Shyamasundar Das and Mukunda Goswami , who chanted verses from
6324-495: The other 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) ". He later called Rubber Soul his "favourite [Beatles] album". Revolver (1966) included three of his compositions: " Taxman ", selected as the album's opening track, " Love You To " and " I Want to Tell You ". His drone-like tambura part on Lennon's " Tomorrow Never Knows " exemplified
6417-597: The platinum album Cloud Nine . Co-produced with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the album included Harrison's rendition of James Ray's " Got My Mind Set on You ", which went to number one in the US and number two in the UK. The accompanying music video received substantial airplay, and another single, " When We Was Fab ", a retrospective of the Beatles' career, earned two MTV Music Video Awards nominations in 1988. Recorded at his estate in Friar Park, Harrison's slide guitar playing featured prominently on
6510-471: The project: "I hope somebody does this to all my crap demos when I'm dead, make them into hit songs." After the Anthology project, Harrison collaborated with Ravi Shankar on the latter's Chants of India . Harrison's final television appearance was a VH-1 special to promote the album, taped in May 1997. Soon afterwards, Harrison was diagnosed with throat cancer ; he was treated with radiotherapy , which
6603-414: The recording of The Beatles that same year, tensions within the group ran high, and drummer Ringo Starr quit briefly. Harrison's four songwriting contributions to the double album included " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", which featured Eric Clapton on lead guitar, and the horn -driven " Savoy Truffle ". Dylan and the Band were a major musical influence on Harrison at the end of his career with
6696-399: The release as awkward, sanctimonious and overly sentimental. In November 1974, Harrison became the first ex-Beatle to tour North America when he began his 45-date Dark Horse Tour . The shows included guest spots by his band members Billy Preston and Tom Scott , and traditional and contemporary Indian music performed by "Ravi Shankar, Family and Friends". Despite numerous positive reviews,
6789-478: The sides were listed together at number one on the Hot 100. His increased productivity meant that by the time of their break-up he had amassed a stockpile of unreleased compositions. While Harrison grew as a songwriter, his compositional presence on Beatles albums remained limited to two or three songs, increasing his frustration, and significantly contributing to the band's break-up. Harrison's last recording session with
6882-473: The sitar after "Norwegian Wood", he became known as "the maharaja of raga-rock ". Harrison continued to develop his interest in non-Western instrumentation, playing swarmandal on " Strawberry Fields Forever ". By late 1966, Harrison's interests had moved away from the Beatles. This was reflected in his choice of Eastern gurus and religious leaders for inclusion on the album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. His sole composition on
6975-488: The song's natural harmonics . In 1966, Harrison contributed innovative musical ideas to Revolver . He played backwards guitar on Lennon's composition " I'm Only Sleeping " and a guitar counter-melody on " And Your Bird Can Sing " that moved in parallel octaves above McCartney's bass downbeats. His guitar playing on " I Want to Tell You " exemplified the pairing of altered chordal colours with descending chromatic lines and his guitar part for Sgt Pepper ' s " Lucy in
7068-420: The song, but lost the case, as the judge ruled that he had done so subconsciously. In 2000, Apple Records released a thirtieth-anniversary edition of the album, and Harrison actively participated in its promotion. In an interview, he reflected on the work: "It's just something that was like my continuation from the Beatles, really. It was me sort of getting out of the Beatles and just going my own way ... it
7161-798: The station on 25 September 1988 Powell presented the weekend breakfast show from 8 to 10 am. Throughout his 11-year stay at Radio 1 he became strongly associated with the Radio 1 Roadshow , which he presented each summer, and other outside broadcasts. He was also known for hosting the TV coverage of the annual Montreux Rock Festival, BBC2's Oxford Road Show and for his high-profile working relationship with fellow Radio 1 DJ Janice Long between October 1984 and July 1985. Since leaving radio he has concentrated on building his management company (James Grant Media Group) with his business partner Russ Lindsay and other financial activities, which have proved successful. Powell
7254-543: The subsequent nickname stuck, much to Harrison's amusement. He had two lead vocal credits on the LP, including the Lennon–McCartney song " Do You Want to Know a Secret? ", and three on their second album, With the Beatles (1963). The latter included " Don't Bother Me ", Harrison's first solo writing credit. Harrison served as the Beatles' scout for new American releases, being especially knowledgeable about soul music . By 1965's Rubber Soul , he had begun to lead
7347-457: The tour visited the White House. They were invited by President Gerald Ford's son, Jack. In December, Harrison released Dark Horse , which was an album that earned him the least favourable reviews of his career. Rolling Stone called it "the chronicle of a performer out of his element, working to a deadline, enfeebling his overtaxed talents by a rush to deliver a new 'LP product', rehearse
7440-452: The weekday afternoon show running from 3:30 to 5:30 pm, before taking over the weekday teatime slot in 1981 from 5 to 7 pm. The show went out from 4:30 to 7 pm in 1982. His best remembered features are 5 45s at 5.45 , where Powell played five new singles, and the Record Race , in which listeners had to identify songs purely from their intros. Every Tuesday he ran through
7533-410: Was "clearly an innovator" as he was "taking certain elements of R&B and rock and rockabilly and creating something unique". Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner described Harrison as "a guitarist who was never showy but who had an innate, eloquent melodic sense. He played exquisitely in the service of the song". The guitar picking style of Chet Atkins and Carl Perkins influenced Harrison, giving
7626-399: Was a very happy occasion." He commented on the production: "Well, in those days it was like the reverb was kind of used a bit more than what I would do now. In fact, I don't use reverb at all. I can't stand it ... You know, it's hard to go back to anything thirty years later and expect it to be how you would want it now." Harrison responded to a request from Ravi Shankar by organising
7719-455: Was about 14, a friend of Harrison, Raymond Hughes, offered to sell a guitar. Harrison's mother then paid for the guitar, which cost £3.10s.– (equivalent to £110 in 2024 ). One of his father's friends taught Harrison how to play " Whispering ", " Sweet Sue " and " Dinah ". Inspired by Donegan's music, Harrison formed a skiffle group, the Rebels, with his brother Peter and a friend, Arthur Kelly. On
7812-543: Was also a deep personal loss, although Harrison and Lennon had little contact in the years before Lennon was killed. Following the murder, Harrison commented: "After all we went through together I had and still have great love and respect for John Lennon. I am shocked and stunned." Harrison modified the lyrics of a song he had written for Starr to make the song a tribute to Lennon. " All Those Years Ago ", which included vocal contributions from Paul and Linda McCartney, as well as Starr's original drum part, peaked at number two in
7905-487: Was an enthusiastic music fan, and she was known among friends for her loud singing voice, which at times startled visitors by rattling the Harrisons' windows. When Louise was pregnant with George, she often listened to the weekly broadcast Radio India . Harrison's biographer Joshua Greene wrote, "Every Sunday she tuned in to mystical sounds evoked by sitars and tablas , hoping that the exotic music would bring peace and calm to
7998-512: Was being treated for a brain tumour at a clinic in Switzerland. While in Switzerland, Starr visited him but had to cut short his stay to travel to Boston, where his daughter was undergoing emergency brain surgery. Harrison, who was very weak, quipped: "Do you want me to come with you?" In November 2001, he began radiotherapy at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City for non–small cell lung cancer that had spread to his brain. When
8091-511: Was deported for being too young to work in nightclubs. When Brian Epstein became their manager in December 1961, he polished up their image and later secured them a recording contract with EMI . The group's first single, " Love Me Do ", peaked at number 17 on the Record Retailer chart, and by the time their debut album, Please Please Me , was released in early 1963, Beatlemania had arrived. Often serious and focused while on stage with
8184-434: Was hospitalised with more than 40 stab wounds, and part of his punctured lung was removed. He released a statement soon afterwards regarding his assailant: "He wasn't a burglar, and he certainly wasn't auditioning for the Traveling Wilburys. Adi Shankara , an Indian historical, spiritual and groovy-type person, once said, 'Life is fragile like a raindrop on a lotus leaf.' And you'd better believe it." Upon being released from
8277-468: Was married to Anthea Turner from 1990 to 1998. George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter 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 Hindu -aligned spirituality in
8370-534: Was released by Apple in December, followed by a concert film in 1972. Credited to "George Harrison and Friends", the album topped the UK chart and peaked at number 2 in the US, and went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year . Tax troubles and questionable expenses later tied up many of the proceeds, but Harrison commented: "Mainly the concert was to attract attention to the situation ... The money we raised
8463-486: Was secondary, and although we had some money problems ... they still got plenty ... even though it was a drop in the ocean. The main thing was, we spread the word and helped get the war ended." Harrison's 1973 album Living in the Material World held the number one spot on the Billboard albums chart for five weeks, and the album's single, " Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) ", also reached number one in
8556-461: Was thought at the time to be successful. He publicly blamed years of smoking for the illness. In January 1998, Harrison attended Carl Perkins ' funeral in Jackson, Tennessee , where he performed a brief rendition of Perkins' song " Your True Love ". In May, he represented the Beatles at London's High Court in their successful bid to gain control of unauthorised recordings made of a 1962 performance by
8649-485: Was too young to join the band. McCartney arranged a second meeting, on the upper deck of a Liverpool bus, during which Harrison impressed Lennon by performing the lead guitar part for the instrumental " Raunchy ". He began socialising with the group, filling in on guitar as needed, and then became accepted as a member. Although his father wanted him to continue his education, Harrison left school at 16 and worked for several months as an apprentice electrician at Blacklers ,
#6993