57 Years Ago: George Harrison Recorded 'Here Comes The Sun' Without John Lennon

George Harrison sat in the shadow of two lyrical titans in Paul McCartney and John Lennon during his early career with the Beatles.

However, he started to break out just as the band started reaching the end of its shelf life. While Lennon was the most popular Beatle at the time, Harrison was starting to come into his own with two major writing credits on Abbey Road.

Something became a No. 1 hit and showed Harrison had the chops to sit with the best in the business, even his own bandmates. But that wasn't his only hit on the record.
'Here Comes The Sun' Recorded 57 Years Ago

Harrison also wrote Here Comes the Sun, which the Beatles started recording 57 years ago today without Lennon, who was recovering from a car accident in the Scottish Highlands.

Discussing the Abbey Road track, Harrison explained: “‘Here Comes The Sun’ was written at the time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to go and be businessmen: ‘Sign this’ and ‘Sign that’. Anyway, it seems as if winter in England goes on forever; by the time spring comes, you really deserve it.”

He continued: “So one day, I decided I was going to sack off Apple, and I went over to Eric Clapton’s house. The relief of not having to go and see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric’s acoustic guitars and wrote ‘Here Comes The Sun’.”

The song reached as high as No. 3 in the Billboard charts in the United States and sits as the most-streamed song from the iconic band, more than other hits like Let It Be and Hey Jude.

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