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November 22, 2003 VNN8455
George's Solo Spot Of Fame
FROM THE DAILY RECORD
ENGLAND, Nov 22 (VNN) — Nov 22 2003
GEORGE Harrison is to be honoured by the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in America.
He will become the third Beatle to win a place there as a solo artist two years after his death from cancer at 58.
Harrison's solo career spanned 33 years after the break-up of The Beatles.
In 1970, the Hare Krishna devotee released the triple record set All Things Must Pass, which topped of the charts.
It also earned him his first No 1 single My Sweet Lord.
Harrison was first honoured by the Hall of Fame in 1988 as a member of the Fab Four and the 19th annual ceremony will be held on March 15 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Others to be immortalised include Prince, Bob Seger, Jackson Browne, ZZ Top and Traffic.
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