George Harrison helped redefine pop music as part of The Beatles. As the band changed its sound, Harrison found ways to incorporate Indian music (“Within You Without You”), his slide guitar talents ...

Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1971, the music world descended on Madison Square Garden for an event like no other. It was the first major charity concert of its kind — the Concert for Bangladesh. In ...

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The Concert for Bangladesh featured performances by Harrison, Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell. Eric Clapton made a guest appearance on Harrison’s rendition of the ...

In 1971, legendary sitarist, Ravi Shankar, asked his long-time friend, George Harrison, to help with a humanitarian crisis happening in his native Bangladesh; the result was the Concert for Bangladesh ...

George Harrison’s 1971 charity shindig “The Concert for Bangladesh,” a rock extravaganza that paved the way for all-star benefits and set a new low for fiscal mismanagement, is coming to DVD for the ...

Fifty years ago this weekend, the music world arrived at Madison Square Garden for an event like no other before it, the first major charity concert of its kind. NPR's first broadcast took place 50 ...

Considered the first real act of great benevolence by the rock community, the Concert for Bangladesh was held 50 years ago, on August 1st, at... Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1971, the music world ...

George Harrison was one of the biggest rock stars on the planet in 1971 but there was no bravado in his voice as he lent his celebrity to discuss a global crisis. Sitting at a press conference that ...