'Something': How George Harrison's Songwriting Came Into Its Own

While promoting the new Beatles album, Abbey Road, in 1969, John Lennon described George Harrison’s “Something” as “about the best track on the album” – high praise, indeed. Released as a single in October that year (October 6 in the US and October 31 in the UK), “Something” would be George’s first (and only) Beatles A-side in the UK.

It hadn’t been easy for George to get his songs onto Beatles records. As John noted in 1974: “Paul and I really carved up the empire between us, because we were the singers… George never wrote a song till much later.”

George’s first composition, “Don’t Bother Me,” appeared on With The Beatles, the group’s second album, released in time for Christmas 1963. By the time of “The White Album,” five years later, his quota had risen to four songs out of 30.

Source: Paul McGuinness/news.yahoo.com

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