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Former member of The Beatles Harrison released his hit song My Sweet Lord in 1970 through the band’s label, Apple. The song was his first ever single as a solo artist and was a great success. In both the UK and the USA it was the first number-one single from an ex-Beatle. The track was also the best-selling single in 1971. It did come with a massive amount of controversy, however. On this day, February 19, 1981 Harrison was ordered to pay more than half-a-million dollars for subconsciously plagiarising it.
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Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle, but he worked just as hard as the other three members. The Beatles saw success with songs written by Lennon and McCartney, such as Eleanor Rigby, Hey Jude, and Yesterday. Harrison, on the other hand, had only contributed a handful of songs to their entire discography by the time the bad had split up, and spoke openly about his struggle.