George Harrison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Died
- November 29, 2001 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
George Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
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The Beatles - 1967-1970
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Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
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Building the Beatles
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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Man on the Run
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Evolver 62
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The Beatles
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TWST / Things We Said Today
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A Love Letter to the Beatles
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The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
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The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
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The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
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David Frost Vs
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The Beach Boys
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The Bannfoot Ferry
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Beatles '64
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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No Hamburg, No Beatles
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La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
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Roy Orbison at the BBC
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Louder Than Rock
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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If These Walls Could Sing
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
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Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
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Sherwood
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The Beatles and India
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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The Beatles: Get Back
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This Is Pop
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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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Meeting the Beatles in India
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The Shadows At Sixty
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History 101
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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An Accidental Studio
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
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Take Your Pills
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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How the Beatles Changed the World
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
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Free to Rock
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
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My Generation
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Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
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Året var 1967
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The Summer of Love
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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The Beatles 1
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The Beatles 1+
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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In Their Own Words
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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When the Beatles Drove Us Wild
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John Lennon - Imagine
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Good Ol' Freda
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Året var 1963
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Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
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Badfinger - They Sold A Million
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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Genius
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Becoming the Beatles
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
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The Winged Beetle
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Palme
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The Beatles: Their Golden Age
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Beatles Stories
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
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Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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The Beatles on Record
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
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The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
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George Harrison: In Performance
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Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
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Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
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The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
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The 60s: The Beatles Decade
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
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THE BEATLES in HELP!
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The Beatles Explosion
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
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Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
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The Beatles Phenomenon
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The Beatles In America
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Doctor Who: Origins
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The Beatles: Love
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To John With Love
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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Meet the Beatles
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Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
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George Harrison: All things must pass
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20th Century Greats
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
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Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
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The Beatles: Around the World
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Concert for George
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Beatles: The Journey
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Hagström: Allt i musik
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The Beatles - Trilogy
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The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
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Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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Things They Said Today
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
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Naqoyqatsi
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Elvis: King of Entertainment
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Wingspan
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
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The Beatles: A Celebration
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
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Television: The First Fifty Years
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
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Classic Albums
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The Beatles Unauthorized
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
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The Beatles Story
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
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The Beatles Anthology
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
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Tom Petty: Going Home
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
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The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
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George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
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George Harrison: Live in Japan
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The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
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The Movie Life of George
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The Simpsons
TV · as George Harrison (voice) · 1 ep
Imagine: John Lennon
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Checking Out
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Taj Mahal and Friends
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Jimi Plays Monterey
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
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Fun with the Fab Four
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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
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Shanghai Surprise
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Water
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
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British Rock: The First Wave
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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The Compleat Beatles
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Wogan
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Champs-Elysées
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Timewatch
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This Is Elvis
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Life of Brian
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
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Ringo
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The Day the Music Died
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
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Night Lunch
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Saturday Night Live
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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The Society of the Spectacle
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
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The Concert for Bangladesh
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Imagine
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Raga
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Disco
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Film '72
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Let It Be
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The Beatles: Something
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The Beatles: Abbey Road
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
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The Movie Orgy
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All My Loving
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The Beatles: Revolution
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
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Yellow Submarine
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Beatles Electroniques
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Frost on Sunday
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Our World
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All You Need Is Love
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Monument
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Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
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Omnibus
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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El Rey en Londres
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The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
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The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
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Reflections on Love
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The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
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The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
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Help!
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Doctor Who: The Chase
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Pop Gear
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
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The Beatles
TV · as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited) · 39 eps
A Hard Day's Night
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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The Beatles in Australia
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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Around the Beatles
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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Top of the Pops
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The Mersey Sound
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The Beatles Come to Town
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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
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Doctor Who
TV · as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Morecambe & Wise
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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