George Harrison
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.
Born: 25 February 1943 • Died: 29 November 2001
Played In
Man on the Run
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Evolver 62
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The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
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The Beatles Anthology
A Love Letter to the Beatles
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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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TWST / Things We Said Today
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The Beatles
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David Frost Vs
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La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
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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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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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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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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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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Sherwood
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Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
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The Beatles: Get Back
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The Beatles and India
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
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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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This Is Pop
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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Meeting the Beatles in India
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History 101
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The Shadows At Sixty
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
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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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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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Take Your Pills
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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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The Summer of Love
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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Året var 1967
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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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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 Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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The Beatles 1
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The Beatles 1+
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In Their Own Words
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
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Badfinger - They Sold A Million
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Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
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Good Ol' Freda
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Året var 1963
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Genius
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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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Palme
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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The Beatles: Their Golden Age
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Becoming the Beatles
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The Winged Beetle
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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Beatles Stories
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
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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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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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: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
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The 60s: The Beatles Decade
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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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
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
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THE BEATLES in HELP!
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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The Beatles Phenomenon
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
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Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
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The Beatles Explosion
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The Beatles In America
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The Beatles: Love
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To John With Love
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Doctor Who: Origins
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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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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Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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Meet the Beatles
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
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20th Century Greats
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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George Harrison: All things must pass
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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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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Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
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Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
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Hagström: Allt i musik
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
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The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
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The Beatles - Trilogy
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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Things They Said Today
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Naqoyqatsi
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
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Elvis: King of Entertainment
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
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Wingspan
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
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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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Classic Albums
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The Beatles Story
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The Beatles Unauthorized
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
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The Beatles Anthology
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
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Tom Petty: Going Home
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
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The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
George Harrison: Live in Japan
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
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The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
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The Simpsons
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The Movie Life of George
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Checking Out
Cleaner
Imagine: John Lennon
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Jimi Plays Monterey
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
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Taj Mahal and Friends
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Shanghai Surprise
Nightclub Singer
Fun with the Fab Four
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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
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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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Water
Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
James Bond: The First 21 Years
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The Compleat Beatles
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Timewatch
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Wogan
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Champs-Elysées
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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This Is Elvis
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Life of Brian
Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
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)
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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Night Lunch
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Saturday Night Live
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
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The Society of the Spectacle
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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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Imagine
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The Concert for Bangladesh
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Raga
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Film '72
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Disco
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Let It Be
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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The Beatles: Something
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The Beatles: Abbey Road
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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 Two
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
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Beatles Electroniques
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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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Frost on Sunday
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Yellow Submarine
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The Dick Cavett Show
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The Movie Orgy
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Omnibus
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All You Need Is Love
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Our World
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Monument
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Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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El Rey en Londres
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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 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 Music of Lennon & McCartney
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
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The Beatles
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Help!
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Doctor Who: The Chase
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Pop Gear
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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A Hard Day's Night
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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The Beatles in Australia
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Around the Beatles
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The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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Top of the Pops
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Top of the Pops
The Beatles Come to Town
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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
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Doctor Who
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The Mersey Sound
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Morecambe & Wise
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Beatles - 1967-1970
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Beatles
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970