Born on this day in 1943: George Harrison guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles. The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single ’Something’. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album ‘All Things Must Pass’ and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001.

Here’s George in concert with an all-star lineup that includes Eric Clapton & ELO’s Jeff Lynne on guitar, Level 42’s Mark King on bass, Ringo Starr & Phil Collins on drums, and Elton John as well as Squeeze’s Jools Holland on piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDs2Bkq6UU4