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George Harrison’s emergence as a songwriting equal in The Beatles largely came at the end of the 1960s. After playing a supporting role throughout most of the band’s history, Harrison began to take charge of his own artistic expression. Following his contribution of two songs to 1965’s Help!, Harrison repeated the feat for that year’s Rubber Soul and managed to land three of his songs onto 1966’s Revolver. Around that time, Harrison began to see some of his best songs rejected by the band, even if their own material wasn’t quite stacking up.Harrison had written ‘Isn’t It a Pity’ during the Revolver sessions, and depending on who you ask that was there, he pushed for the song to be included either on that album or on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. When neither came to fruition, Harrison sought to record the song for The Beatles, once again without success. By January 1969, Harrison was feeling like a broken record pitching ‘Isn’t It a Pity’.

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