Birthdate: February 25th, 1942
Birthplace: Liverpool
Height: 5 foot, 11 inches
Weight: 10 stone, 2 pounds
Eye Colour: Dark brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Brothers: Peter and Harry
Sister: Louise
Instruments Played: Guitar, Piano, Drums
Education: Liverpool Institute High School
Age Entered Show Business: 17
Former Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Girls, Records, Driving
Favourite Singers: Little Richard, Eartha Kitt
Favourite Actor: Vic Morrow
Favourite Actress: Brigitte Bardot
Favourite Foods: Lamb Chops, Chips
Favourite Drinks: Tea
Favourite Clothes: anything
Favourite Band: Duane Eddy Group
Favourite Instrumentalist: Chet Atkins
Favourite Composers: none special
Likes: Driving
Dislikes: Haricuts
Tastes in Music: Spanish Guitar, C-and-W
Personal Ambitions: To Design a Guitar
Professional Ambitions: To fulfill group's hopes
George Harrison was born on February 25, 1943 in Liverpool. His
parents were Louise and Harold Harrison. George attended the
Dovedale Primary School with his brother Peter. In 1954, he became a
student at the Liverpool Institute. George was a bad student at school.
He was interested in music at a very early age. He started a group with
his brother and another friend called The Rebels. Around this time
George met Paul McCartney at the Liverpool Institute. He joined The
Quarry Men with Paul, John Lennon, and Ken Brown.
In 1960, when
the group went to Hamburg, George was forced to go back to England,
for he was only seventeen.
George became a better song writer than
the other Beatles had thought over the years. Some early compositions
of George were Don't Bother Me, I Need You, You Like Me Too
Much, Think For Yourself, If I Needed Someone, Taxman, Love You
To, and I Want To Tell You.
George met model Pattie Boyd, and they
were married January 21, 1966.
George met Ravi Shankar and
Mahareshi Yogi. From Ravi Shankar, George learned to love Indian
music and play the sitar. George learned spiritual inner peace and
mdeditation from Yogi.
George's later works include Within You
Without You, Blue Jay Way, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies,
Long Long Long, Savoy Truffle, The Inner Light, Only A Northern
Song, Here Comes The Sun, and Something. George's first solo album
was All Things Must Pass.
George and Pattie were divorced on June 9,
1977. George later married Olivia Arias.
George joined Bob Dylan, Jeff
Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbinson to form The Traveling Wilburys
in 1988. The group was a big success.
