 Harrison hit
the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "Dark Horse."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 161
Harrison hit
the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "You."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 172
Harrison hit
the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with "Ding Dong, Ding Dong."
Year-End Chart
Position: # 254
 # 55
Singles Artist of the Year
 Harrison hit the Top 40 with
"All Those Years Ago."
from the Somewhere
In England
ARC chart run: 22 - 13 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 21 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 51
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Harrison hit the Top 10 with "All Those Years Ago."
 # 58
Singles Artist of the Year
 The video for "When We Was
Fab" was nominated for 6 MTV Video Music
Awards for Video of the Year, Best Concept Video, Best Special Effects, Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, and Viewer's Choice, and "Got My Mind
Set On You" was nominated for Best Male Video and Best Special Effects.
 Harrison was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("My Back Pages" with
Bob
Dylan, Roger McGuinn,
Tom
Petty, Neil Young, and Eric
Clapton).
Harrison has stated that he has
been winning a struggle with throat cancer
since last summer. Harrison first noticed a
lump on his neck and the cancerous lump was
removed followed by radiation therapy.
Harrison said, "I'm not going to die on
you folks just yet. I am very lucky... It
reminds you that anything can happen...
that's the nature of life. Life... there's an
old saying... life is like a raindrop on a
lotus leaf."
 Harrison his wife were attacked
in their London home by an intruder wielding
a knife - Harrison was stabbed and was in
stable condition. Harrison was stabbed 4
times in the chest and his wife suffered
minor head injuries. The man accused of the
stabbing was described as having mental
problems and an obsession with The
Beatles.
 Harrison's attacker from last
December was found not guilty by reason of
insanity and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
All
Things Must Pass was certified 6x
platinum.
 Harrison had a cancerous growth
removed from one of his lungs after what was
reported as a successful operation."
On November 29th, Harrison lost
his battle with cancer.
Harrison topped the Billboard
Internet Sales chart with All
Things Must Pass.
 Harrison also topped the UK
Singles chart for a week and the Canadian
Singles chart with his classic "My Sweet
Lord."
A collection of tracks Harrison
recorded before his death was released - Brainwashed (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3).
Brainwashed was certified gold.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 437:
All
Things Must Pass.
Harrison won a posthumous Grammy Award for Best
Pop Instrumental Performance
("Marwa Blues"), and was also
nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Any
Road") and Best Pop Vocal Album (Brainwashed).
The box set Dark
Horse Years 1976-1992 was released.
March 15: Harrison was
posthumously was inducted into the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. Tom
Petty inducted
Harrison and said of the late performer:
"He was a man who lived every minute of
his life. He had a very keen sense of humor,
sense of spirit - years before Live Aid, he
invented the idea of rock and roll giving
back to the people."
 # 408 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Let
It Roll: The Songs Of George Harrison was released. (Billboard peak: # 24)
 Early
Takes Volume 1: Music From The Martin
Scorsese Picture 'Living In The Material
World' was released (available for
download at Amazon.mp3).
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