A sitting George Harrison tucks his arms inside an oversized jacket while wearing sunglasses and a hat during filming of The Beatles

George Harrison had to fight and scratch to get his songs on Beatles records. That’s a well-known fact among Fab Four fans and might explain why he never missed his bandmates when the group broke up. Yet his tunes left their mark when they did show up. George’s most experimental Beatles songs show he was just as instrumental in pushing the band’s boundaries as Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

A sitting George Harrison tucks his arms inside an oversized jacket while wearing sunglasses and a hat during filming of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour.'
George Harrison | Chapman/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

George Harrison wrote several Beatles songs and scored 1 chart-topping hit

George’s Beatles songs were relatively few and far between since John and Paul acted as the gatekeepers when it came to putting tunes on Beatles albums. Still, the so-called quiet Beatle put three songs on Revolver and another four on the White Album

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