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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. He recalled that the impact of the meeting was similar

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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 dead.The NME reports that Harrison’s account is one of several

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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 Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins tunes, but they

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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 couldn’t be saved.Finally released on June 5, 1981, the project

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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

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Interview: ‘Weird Al’ says he and George Harrison were huge fans of each other | Examiner.com

“George Fest,” the Los Angeles concert in September, 2014, that paid tribute to George Harrison included “Weird Al” Yankovic, someone

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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

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You’ve heard of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar. Now hear the little known story of Lakshmi Shankar and her daughter, Viji – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW

In the mid-1960s, Beatles member George Harrison began lessons in the sitar, a traditional Indian string instrument. His teacher was

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Eric Clapton dispels rumour of George Harrison album appearance – News – Blues

A guitarist called “Angelo Mysterioso” is listed for the song I Will Be There, and the name bears close resemblance

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George Harrison’s charming ‘Crackerbox Palace’ short directed by Eric Idle | Dangerous Minds

George Harrison’s 1976 hit “Crackerbox Palace,” the second single from his Thirty Three & 1/3 album, is one of those vaguely worded songs (Sample lyric: “Sometimes are good . .

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