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george harrison. George Harold Harrison, the youngest Beatle, was born February
25, 1943. He had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a sister, Louise. ...
... Now for George, Harrison’s father, it’s difficult to think when a mental handicap
radio is in his ear and sends out a sharp noise every twenty seconds to ...
... They were working class heros, all born in Liverpool, England. Paul McCartney
joined in 1957, George Harrison in 1958 and Ringo Star in 1962. ...
... George Harrison was born in Liverpool on 25 February 1943. ... George Harrison
was born in Liverpool in 1943 as the son of a bus driver. ...
... As a four member band from England, the Beatles had it going on. The members of
their band were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. ...
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George Harold Harrison, the youngest Beatle, was born February 25, 1943. He had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a sister, Louise. His mother, Louise, was a housewife, and his father, Harold, was a bus driver.George's initial interest in the guitar came about slowly. His mother remembers that she started finding paper covered in drawings of guitars among his school things. So, she bought George an old second hang guitar from one of his class mates for three pounds. George tried to teach himself to play, but his progresswas slow. He sometimes stayed up all night playing until his fingers bled.
George attended Dovendale Primary School, two forms behind John Lennon, and then he attended Liverpool Institute, one form behind Paul McCartney. George and Paul took the same bus to school, and soon found they had music and guitars in common.
George and his brother Peter had formed a Skiffle band, and because they were so young, they had to sneak out of the house to play their first engagement. Paul introduced the skinny and pimple-faced George to the Quarrymen, who was only 14 at the time. Not old enough to join the group, George hung around with the boys, and came to idolize John, doing everything he could to emulate him. George stood in the back of the room at all their shows with his guitar. A few times he filled in for the regular guitarist who didn't show up, and the boys were also welcomed in George's house by his mother to practice and for an occasional "jam buttie", encouragement which infuriated John's Aunt Mimi. Gradually, George became a member of the group, which by then had come to be called Johnny and the Moondogs."I never asked to be famous. I just wanted to be successful." That pretty much sums up George's outlook on the fame of the Beatles. Known as the "Quiet Beatle", the "Sad Beatle" and such, George was not happy with his lack of privacy as a Beatle. He acted up all the time, just so he wouldn't go insane.
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