George Harrison

With the rise of many iconic 1960’s bands and musicians, including The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, The Beatles were fighting for the growth and popularity of their music to be spread worldwide. It all started when John Lennon, a skilled guitarist, founded a rock and roll band, and joined forces with Paul McCartney, eventually adding many more skilled artists, to call themselves The Beatles. The Beatles went through both troubled and jubilant times, but overall, ended up as a…

musicians that have left an impact on the world, The Beatles is undoubtedly the greatest band of all time. This English rock band, that began to take the world by storm in the 1960s, features the singers John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the guitarist Harrison George, and the drummer Ringo Starr. The Beatles introduced a new sound of rock n’ roll while writing songs that ranged from energetic and upbeat to songs that touched the hearts of listeners with their relatable lyrics. This reason, and a…

The band The Beatles originated from Liverpool, England. The four members of the band is Paul Mccartney one of the main vocalist and is the bass guitar, John Lennon who plays rhythm guitar and is one of the main vocalist, George Harrison who is lead guitar and sometimes sings, and Ringo Starr who plays drums. The band’s name before The Beatles was The Quarrymen and Ringo would be the last Beatle to join the band. The band’s debut album was “Please Please me” which Parlophone had rushed released…

Paul McCartney (bass), John Lennon (guitar), George Harrison (lead guitar) and Richard Starky better known as Ringo Starr (drums). Their music in the beginning was influenced by skiffle type rock and roll. Later they would tryout other genres such as pop, Indian, psychedellia, folk and even hard rock. Their name became widely spread from all the performances they played in Hamburg, Germany and Liverpool. Their manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin would help the Beatles slowly…

McCartney co-wrote 180 out of the roughly 245 Beatles songs while the remaining songs were written with or by other band mates. The Lennon McCartney songwriting duo is as historical in the field of music as any. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were only together as a band for seven years, but they impacted the world like no other. Equally gifted musicians, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are regarded as the best musical…

Thirdly, what made Revolver different than most Beatles albums is George Harrison would usually do every guitar solos for the band (except a few by Lennon). In the song “Taxman”, Harrison was having a great deal of trouble with this solo causing tension and frustration in the studio (enter source here). Even when they slowed the tape down, Harrison still could not do it. The band watched him struggle for hours, until McCartney took the solo himself. In “Taxman”, his guitar solo was one of the…

The Beatles were a famous British rock band whose members included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Richard Starkey better known as Ringo Starr. The Beatles are arguably the greatest and the most influential rock band in the world. This view is based on the fact that they changed the course of music in the 60s and still have an influence on the contemporary music scene. One can see how their music changed the lifestyle of that generation by comparing the existent trends before…

Paul McCartney to the rest of the band (Lewisohn, Complete Beatles Chronicles 14). The members of the band were constantly changing and were rarely the same for longer than a few months, but John and Paul remained constant. On February 6, 1959, George Harrison first met the band at the age of 14. By this time, John was 17 and Paul was 16. Even…

as a small band performing in private clubs in the U.K., and pretty soon their popularity spread across the entire world. Although there were a few other members during their years active, the original members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Beatles hold the record for having twenty number-one hits on Billboard magazine. They are also the best-selling band in history, with sales estimating over 600 million records worldwide. Because this band was famous,…

John Lennon was the founder of one of the most influential and popular music groups of all time. The Beatles were very popular and had many good years before later breaking up. John Lennon went on to record songs solo, including “Imagine” written and released in 1971. His song was written when the Vietnam War was taking place and the lyrics talk about a time and/or place where everything that divides us is gone and there is peace. I chose this song because I like the message it sends, “Imagine…