George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 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.
The Bannfoot Ferry
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The Beach Boys
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Paul Newman: The Restless
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Louder Than Rock
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Roy Orbison At The BBC
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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If These Walls Could Sing
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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2022
The Beatles and India
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2021
The Beatles: Let It Be
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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2020
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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2019
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
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2019
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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2018
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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2018
Take Your Pills
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2018
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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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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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
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The Beatles 1
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2015
The Beatles 1+
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
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2014
Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Good Ol' Freda
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2013
Genius
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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Becoming the Beatles
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2012
Beatles Stories
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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2010
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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2010
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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2010
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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2009
The Beatles on Record
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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The Beatles: Help!
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
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The Beatles Explosion
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
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The Beatles: Around the World
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Concert for George
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
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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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Wingspan
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
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The Beatles: A Celebration
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Television: The First Fifty Years
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1999
The Beatles Unauthorized
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1996
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
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1993
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
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1991
The Movie Life of George
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1989
Checking Out
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Imagine: John Lennon
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1988
Jimi Plays Monterey
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1987
Taj Mahal and Friends
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1987
Fun with the Fab Four
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1986
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
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1985
British Rock: The First Wave
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1985
Water
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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1982
This Is Elvis
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1981
Life of Brian
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Ringo
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
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The Day the Music Died
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The Society of the Spectacle
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The Concert for Bangladesh
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1972
Let It Be
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1970
The Beatles: Something
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1969
The Beatles - Abbey Road
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
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All My Loving
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The Beatles: Revolution
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The Beatles: Hey Jude
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The Movie Orgy
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Our World
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El Rey en Londres
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The Beatles: in Japan (6/30/1966)
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1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
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Help!
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A Hard Day's Night
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The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
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1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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The Mersey Sound
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Rock Gala Concert
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
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The Beatles are Coming
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
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The Beatles - 1967-1970
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The Beatles
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2025
TWST / Things We Said Today
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No Hamburg No Beatles
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Beatles '64
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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2022
Sherwood
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The Beatles: Get Back
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2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
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2021
The Sparks Brothers
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2021
Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
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2021
This Is Pop
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2021
Meeting the Beatles in India
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2020
History 101
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
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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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2019
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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2018
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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2018
14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
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How the Beatles Changed the World
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My Generation
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Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
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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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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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Free to Rock
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2017
Året var 1967
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2017
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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In Their Own Words
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2015
George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
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2014
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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2014
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
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Året var 1963
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2013
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
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2012
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
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Palme
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The Winged Beetle
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2012
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
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2011
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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2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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2011
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
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2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story
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2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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2009
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
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2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
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2008
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
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2007
The Beatles: Love
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2006
To John With Love
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2006
Doctor Who: Origins
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2006
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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2005
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
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2004
20th Century Greats
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2004
George Harrison: All things must pass
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2004
George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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2004
Beatles: The Journey
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2003
Hagström: Everything in Music
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2003
The Beatles - Trilogy
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2003
Naqoyqatsi
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2002
Elvis: King of Entertainment
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2002
Beatles: Big Beat Box
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2001
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
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2000
Classic Albums
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1997
The Beatles Story
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1996
The Beatles Anthology
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1995
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
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1994
Tom Petty: Going Home
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1994
Curves Contours & Body Horns
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1993
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
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1993
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
1992
George Harrison: Live in Japan
1991
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
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1991
The Simpsons
George Harrison (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Shanghai Surprise
Nightclub Singer
1986
The Compleat Beatles
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1982
Timewatch
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1982
Wogan
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1982
Champs-Elysées
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1982
Night Lunch
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1975
Saturday Night Live
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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1975
George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
1974
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
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1974
Imagine
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1972
Raga
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1971
Disco
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1971
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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1969
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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1969
Abbey Road
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1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
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1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
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1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
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1969
Beatles Electroniques
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1969
Yellow Submarine
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1968
Omnibus
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1967
Monument
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1967
The Beatles: in Japan (7/1/1966)
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1966
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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1967
The Beatles
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1965
The Beatles - Live at Ed Sullivan Show
1965
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
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The Dick Cavett Show
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1968
All You Need Is Love
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1967
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
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1966
Reflections on Love
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1966
The Beatles: Live in Paris
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1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
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1965
Pop Gear
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1965
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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1964
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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1964
The Beatles Sing for Shell
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1964
The Beatles in Australia
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1964
Around the Beatles
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1964
Top of the Pops
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1964
Top of the Pops
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1964
The Beatles Come to Town
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1963
Doctor Who
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1963
Morecambe & Wise
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1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
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1948