38 years ago, this Tuesday.

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It was 36 years ago Tuesday (December 26th, 1970) that George Harrison scored the first Number One hit by an ex-Beatle with his single "My Sweet Lord,". It went to number one for 4 weeks.
He he had first produced as a gospel song for good friend and child molester Billy Preston. It was the lead-off single for Harrison's bloated triple album, All Things Must Pass.
Harrison recalled in his 1980 "song biography" titled I Me Mine, recording the song, and admitted that, "I thought a lot about whether to do 'My Sweet Lord'or not, because I would be committing myself publicly (to my beliefs) and I anticipated that a lot of people might get weird about it. Many people fear the words 'Lord'and 'God.'(It) makes them angry for some reason."
We now know it was a mini-Beatles reunion of sorts. Ringo Starr (and Jim Gordon drum) are on the track, along with John Lennon strumming along on guitar. In a recent Beatlefan magazine interview, Harrison's longtime friend and bassist Klaus Voormann stated that Lennon actually performs on the track.
In 1976, the Beatles'former manager Allen Klein bought the rights to the Bright Tunes Music catalogue and sued Harrison (what a d**kw*d) for ripping off the 1963 Chiffons hit "He's So Fine." Harrison, who testified with a guitar in his hand to demonstrate how he stumbled upon the tune, was eventually found guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" (of which there is no such thing) and ordered to pay $587,000.
In 2001, Harrison and his son Dhani re-recorded the song for inclusion on the 30th anniversary edition of All Things Must Pass. All proceeds from the new version went to Harrison's Living In The Material World Charitable Foundation.

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Topic - 38 years ago, this Tuesday. - Duilawyer 20:05:40 12/23/06 (8)

"Harrison's bloated triple album"... - musetap 10:00:56 12/24/06 (5)

Re: "Harrison's bloated triple album"... - Dave Garretson 13:30:11 12/24/06 (0)

It was regarded as the "best produced album" for a long time...(nt) - mkuller 10:16:29 12/24/06 (3)

I thought it was compressed to death. - Duilawyer 12:14:48 12/24/06 (2)

Re: I thought it was compressed to death. - Sour milk moon 19:45:51 12/24/06 (1)

Re: I thought it was compressed to death. - kentaja@yahoo.com 07:30:23 12/27/06 (0)

Re: 38 years ago, this Tuesday. - LongPlay 20:26:38 12/23/06 (1)

additionally to your point, plagiarism cannot be unintentional. - Duilawyer 09:57:32 12/24/06 (0)

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