On this day in music history...1969, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their twenty-sixth release in the United States.Come Together / Something, which became the groups 18th US No.1. Lennon was inspired by Timothy Learys campaign for governor of California titled Come together, join the party against Ronald Reagan giving him the idea for the track. Something was the first Beatles song written by George Harrison to appear as an A-side. 2001, Beatles guitarist George Harrison died in Los Angeles of lung cancer aged 58. Following the breakup of The Beatles Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys. The youngest member of The Beatles, (aged 16 when he joined), his compositions include ‘Taxman’, ‘Here Comes the Sun’, ‘Something’, and ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Harrison released the acclaimed triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the worldwide No.1 single ‘My Sweet Lord.’ Born this day, Merle Travis, John Mayall, Ronnie Montrose
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