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New Gary Wright Album Features Unheard Performances by George Harrison

A long-shelved Gary Wright album recorded in 1972 is heading to stores — with previously unreleased guitar tracks from George Harrison included.Ring of Changes, due out July 29 and available

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The melody starts to blur | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

In perhaps the most famous example of songwriting plagiarism taken to trial, the late George Harrison was accused of lifting the melody of the Chiffons’ He’s So Fine for his first solo

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Beatles release new 10th anniversary ‘LOVE’ video for George Harrison song | Examiner.com

The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil announced June 29 they have produced a new music video of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the “LOVE” show in Las Vegas. The

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New tax proposals: ‘If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street’ The Westerly Sun

A friend of mine likes to tease me about “your Beatles,” a reference to my having been around to tap my toes during Beatlemania. The Beatles broke up in 1969

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Awake: A new film tells the extraordinary tale of a ‘superstar guru’ | world cinema | Hindustan Times

It was 1920. A young yogi with flowing hair landed on America’s shores, as a delegate to the International Congress

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Six lesser-known spiritual songs of George Harrison, the Hindu Beatle

George Harrison embraced Hinduism in 1969 after a meeting with Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the international Hare Krishna movement.

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George Harrison’s Twitter Account Taken Over by Clueless Hacker

A hacker took control of George Harrison‘s Twitter account yesterday — and then apologized for not knowing the former Beatle is

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The Beatles, “Devil in Her Heart” from ‘With the Beatles’ (1963): Deep Beatles

When choosing songs to cover in concert or on record, the Beatles did not select obvious tracks. Sure, they played

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35 Years Ago: George Harrison Tries But Fails to Salvage ‘Somewhere In England’

It took an unspeakable tragedy to get George Harrison‘s Somewhere in England onto the charts, and even then the album

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Badfinger guitarist Joey Molland looks back on the making of ‘Straight Up’ | Examiner.com

Badfinger’s story is one of triumph and tragedy, songs that remain classics, and careers — and lives — that ended much too soon.Their history began in the early 1960s; by

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