Happy Friday! Since in three days it will be February 25, I've decided to take the opportunity to write about something I like. I'm going to write about George Harrison, who would turn 70 on February 25 of this year!
George Harrison is really well-known as being one-fourth of the best selling musical group of all time, The Beatles. Like the other Beatles, he was born in Liverpool, a city in northern England. He was the youngest of the Beatles, having been born in 1943. He attended the same intermediate (middle) school as Paul McCartney, who he was a grade below, and met him in the mid-50s. They didn't live near each other, but they rode the same bus home, and they became friends. In 1957 when Paul met John Lennon at a church celebration, he realized that his friend George had talent. Later that year at the age of 14, John allowed George to join Paul and a few of his other friends in their band, which at the time was called "The Quarrymen" after the school John attended.
The Quarrymen experienced several lineup and name changes, but they really hit it big as "The Beatles" in 1962 when they got a new drummer, Ringo Starr. This was after many months of experience playing shows in Hamburg, Germany. They quickly skyrocketed to international fame and success.
In the mid-1960s at the peak of their fame, George expressed a genuine interest in India and Indian mysticism. He converted to Hinduism in the late 1960s and after breaking up with his wife and his band began making religious music. His first single "My Sweet Lord" was the top hit of 1971 in the UK.
I'm out of time, but I'll continue this blog entry next week. Stay updated.
George Harrison is really well-known as being one-fourth of the best selling musical group of all time, The Beatles. Like the other Beatles, he was born in Liverpool, a city in northern England. He was the youngest of the Beatles, having been born in 1943. He attended the same intermediate (middle) school as Paul McCartney, who he was a grade below, and met him in the mid-50s. They didn't live near each other, but they rode the same bus home, and they became friends. In 1957 when Paul met John Lennon at a church celebration, he realized that his friend George had talent. Later that year at the age of 14, John allowed George to join Paul and a few of his other friends in their band, which at the time was called "The Quarrymen" after the school John attended.
The Quarrymen experienced several lineup and name changes, but they really hit it big as "The Beatles" in 1962 when they got a new drummer, Ringo Starr. This was after many months of experience playing shows in Hamburg, Germany. They quickly skyrocketed to international fame and success.
In the mid-1960s at the peak of their fame, George expressed a genuine interest in India and Indian mysticism. He converted to Hinduism in the late 1960s and after breaking up with his wife and his band began making religious music. His first single "My Sweet Lord" was the top hit of 1971 in the UK.
I'm out of time, but I'll continue this blog entry next week. Stay updated.
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