|
||
|
George Harrison was born February 25,
1943, making him the youngest Beatle. The only Beatle who's childhood was
not marred by divorce or death, he had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter,
and a sister, Louise. His father, Harold, was a bus driver, and his mother
a housewife, who all the kids in the neighborhood knew and liked.
George attended Dovedale Primary school, two forms behind John Lennon,
and then Liverpool Institute, one form below Paul McCartney. He showed his
independant nature at an early age, defying his school's age-old dress
code by wearing jeans and growing long hair. His strict parents did not
condone his disrespectful attitude and George soon learned to tone down
his rebellion. When the skiffle craze hit Liverpool, George and his
brother Peter formed a Skiffle band, but because they were so young, they
had to sneak out of the house to play their first engagement. From the very start of the Beatles' popularity, George was as major a vocalist as John and Paul. As the songwriting of Lennon and McCartney became world-known, George started to concentrate more on writing songs as well, although many of the early songs written while with the Beatles went unrecorded. The first Beatles song written by George was Don't Bother Me. George became a very serious musician who worked diligently to perfect his playing. His concentration to his playing was apparent while on stage, especially compared to the wild antics of John and Paul. George almost missed the Beatles' biggest appearance in America, the Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964, because of a sore throat. He met teenage model Patty Boyd while filming A Hard Day's Night and they got married on January 21, 1966.
Biographical info from the book Shout! by Philip Norman, The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, and The Beatles A To Z by Sue Weiner.
|
John Lennon is a trademark owned by Yoko Ono Lennon, Artwork Copyright 1996 Yoko Ono