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| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Let It Be (from Let It Be ) | Best Original or Adaptation Score | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | George Harrison | Billboard Century Award | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | George Harrison | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | George Harrison | Special Award | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "Something" | Best Song Musically and Lyrically [1] | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | George Harrison | Hollywood Walk of Fame Star | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Beatles | Best New Artist | Won |
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| A Hard Day's Night | Best Performance by a Vocal Group | Won | |
| Best Rock & Roll Recording | Nominated | ||
| 1966 | Help! | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Best Performance by a Vocal Group Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental) | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | Revolver | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Album of the Year | Won |
| Best Contemporary Album | Won | ||
| Best Performance by a Vocal Group | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) | Nominated | ||
| "A Day in the Life" | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Magical Mystery Tour | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "Hey Jude" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| Best Contemporary Pop Performance – Vocal, Duo or Group | Nominated | ||
| 1970 | Abbey Road | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group | Nominated | ||
| Yellow Submarine | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Nominated | |
| 1971 | "Let It Be" | Record of the Year | Nominated |
| Let It Be | Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus | Nominated | |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Won | ||
| 1972 | All Things Must Pass | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "My Sweet Lord" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| 1973 | The Concert for Bangladesh | Album of the Year | Won |
| 1989 | "When We Was Fab" | Best Concept Music Video | Nominated |
| 1990 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won |
| Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | "My Back Pages" | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Nominated |
| 1996 | "Live at the BBC" | Best Historical Album | Nominated |
| 1997 | "Free as a Bird" | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won |
| Best Music Video, Short Form | Won | ||
| The Beatles Anthology | Best Music Video, Long Form | Won | |
| 2004 | Brainwashed | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| "Marwa Blues" | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Won | |
| "Any Road" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| 2014 | All Things Must Pass | Grammy Hall of Fame | Won |
| 2015 | George Harrison | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 2022 | All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary | Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "When We Was Fab" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
| "Got My Mind Set on You" | Best Male Video | Nominated | |
| "When We Was Fab" | Best Concept Video | Nominated | |
| "When We Was Fab" | Breakthrough Video | Nominated | |
| "When We Was Fab" | Best Special Effects in a Video | Nominated | |
| "Got My Mind Set on You" | Best Special Effects in a Video | Nominated | |
| "When We Was Fab" | Best Art Direction in A Video | Nominated | |
| "When We Was Fab" | Viewer's Choice | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
| British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
| Best British Disc Of The Year – "She Loves You" | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1964 | Outstanding Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
| British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1965 | British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
| World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1966 | British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
| Best British Disc This Year – "Eleanor Rigby" | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1968 | World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
| British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
| Best British Disc This Year – ‘Hey Jude’ | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1970 | Top British Group | The Beatles | Won |
| 1970's Best British LP – ’Let It Be’ | The Beatles | Won | |
| 1971 | Top British Group | The Beatles | Won |
| Best British LP – ‘Let It Be’ | The Beatles | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | George Harrison | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | George Harrison | Performer | Won |
George Harrison was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; subsequent influences were Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry.
Jeffrey Lynne is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and leader of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970, and as a songwriter has written most of the band's hits, including "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold On Tight".
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionized many aspects of the music industry and were often publicized as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's public break-up, in tandem with the documentary of the same name. Concerned about recent friction within the band, Paul McCartney had conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the group by returning to simpler rock 'n' roll configurations. Its rehearsals started at Twickenham Film Studios on 2 January 1969 as part of a planned television documentary showing the Beatles' return to live performance.
All Things Must Pass is the third studio album by English rock musician George Harrison. Released as a triple album in November 1970, it was Harrison's first solo work after the break-up of the Beatles in April that year. It includes the hit singles "My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life", as well as songs such as "Isn't It a Pity" and the title track that had been overlooked for inclusion on releases by the Beatles. The album reflects the influence of Harrison's musical activities with artists such as Bob Dylan, the Band, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends and Billy Preston during 1968–70, and his growth as an artist beyond his supporting role to former bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney. All Things Must Pass introduced Harrison's signature slide guitar sound and the spiritual themes present throughout his subsequent solo work. The original vinyl release consisted of two LPs of songs and a third disc of informal jams titled Apple Jam. Several commentators interpret Barry Feinstein's album cover photo, showing Harrison surrounded by four garden gnomes, as a statement on his independence from the Beatles.
William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He gained attention as a solo artist with hit singles "That's the Way God Planned It", the Grammy-winning "Outa-Space", "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Space Race", "Nothing from Nothing", and "With You I'm Born Again". Additionally, Preston co-wrote "You Are So Beautiful", which became a #5 hit for Joe Cocker.
Olivia Trinidad Harrison is an American author and film producer, and the widow of English musician George Harrison of the Beatles. She first worked in the music industry in Los Angeles, for A&M Records, where she met Harrison and then helped run his Dark Horse record label. In 1990, she launched the Romanian Angel Appeal to raise funds for the thousands of orphans left abandoned in Romania after the fall of Communism there.
"Something" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. Together with his second contribution to Abbey Road, "Here Comes the Sun", it is widely viewed by music historians as having marked Harrison's ascendancy as a composer to the level of the Beatles' principal songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Two weeks after the album's release, the song was issued on a double A-side single, coupled with "Come Together", making it the first Harrison composition to become a Beatles A-side. The pairing was also the first time in the United Kingdom that the Beatles issued a single containing tracks already available on an album. While the single's commercial performance was lessened by this, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States as well as charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and West Germany, and peaked at number 4 in the UK.
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching. The song conveys his dismay at the world's unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as "the love there that's sleeping".
Live in Japan is a live double album by English musician George Harrison, released in July 1992. Credited to "George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band", it was Harrison's second official live album release, after 1971's Grammy-winning The Concert for Bangladesh. The album was recorded during his Japanese tour backed by Eric Clapton in December 1991, and it contains live versions of Harrison's work as a solo artist alongside many of his best-known Beatles songs. Aside from the 2001 reissue of All Things Must Pass, with previously unavailable bonus tracks, Live in Japan was Harrison's last release before his death in November 2001.
"My Sweet Lord" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album All Things Must Pass. It was also released as a single, Harrison's first as a solo artist, and topped charts worldwide; it was the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK. In America and Britain, the song was the first number-one single by an ex-Beatle. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow Apple Records artist Billy Preston to record; this version, which Harrison co-produced, appeared on Preston's Encouraging Words album in September 1970.
"Here Comes the Sun" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison and is one of his best-known compositions. Harrison wrote the song in early 1969 at the country house of his friend Eric Clapton, where Harrison had chosen to play truant for the day to avoid attending a meeting at the Beatles' Apple Corps organisation. The lyrics reflect his relief at the arrival of spring and the temporary respite he was experiencing from the band's business affairs.
The discography of English singer-songwriter and former Beatle George Harrison consists of 12 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, 35 singles, two video albums and four box sets. Harrison's first solo releases – the Wonderwall Music film soundtrack (1968) and Electronic Sound (1969) – were almost entirely instrumental works, issued during the last two years of the Beatles' career. Following the band's break-up in April 1970, Harrison continued to produce recordings by his fellow Apple Records acts, notably former bandmate Ringo Starr. He recorded and collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Gary Wright.
"If I Needed Someone" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist. It was released in December 1965 on their album Rubber Soul, except in North America, where it appeared on the June 1966 release Yesterday and Today. The song reflects the reciprocal influences shared between the Beatles and American band the Byrds. On release, it was widely considered to be Harrison's best song to date. A recording by the Hollies was issued in Britain on the same day as Rubber Soul and peaked at number 20 on the national singles chart.
"When We Was Fab" is a song by English musician George Harrison, which he released on his 1987 album Cloud Nine. It was also issued as the second single from the album, in January 1988. The lyrics serve as a nostalgic reflection by Harrison on the days of Beatlemania during the 1960s, when the Beatles were first referred to as "the Fab Four". Harrison co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, who also co-produced the track. The recording references the psychedelic sound that the Beatles had helped popularise in 1967, through its use of sitar, cello, and backwards-relayed effects. Harrison's former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr is among the other musicians on the track. The single was accompanied by an innovative music video, directed by the partnership of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. One of Harrison's most popular songs, "When We Was Fab" has appeared on the compilations Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 (1989) and Let It Roll (2009).
The Best of George Harrison is a 1976 compilation album by English musician George Harrison, released following the expiration of his EMI-affiliated Apple Records contract. Uniquely among all of the four Beatles' solo releases, apart from posthumous compilations, it mixes a selection of the artist's songs recorded with the Beatles on one side, and later hits recorded under his own name on the other.
"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952. First recorded by Little Willie Littlefield the same year, as "K. C. Loving", the song later became a chart-topping hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison in 1959. "Kansas City" is one of Leiber and Stoller's "most recorded tunes, with more than three hundred versions", with several appearing in the R&B and pop record charts.
The Beatles were originally a quartet, but only Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr remain.
Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is the third compilation of songs recorded by English singer-songwriter George Harrison, and the first to span his entire solo career after the Beatles era. The collection was announced on 14 April 2009, the same day that Harrison received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was released 16 June 2009, on both CD and in digital format.
