After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass, a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord", and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar.

Harrison died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer attributed to years of cigarette smoking.

Responding to a request from Ravi Shankar, George organized a charity event, the Concert for Bangladesh, which took place on August 1, 1971, drawing over 40,000 people to two shows in New York's Madison Square Garden.

George was born in Liverpool on February 25 1943.

The Traveling Wilburys originally gathered in Dylan's garage to record a song for a Harrison European single release, but George's record company decided the track, "Handle with Care", was too good for its original purpose as a B-side and asked for a full album.

During the group's first tour of Scotland, in 1960, George used the pseudonym "Carl Harrison", in reference to Carl Perkins, an American singer-songwriter who had an early influence on him.

Having previously recorded the music for "All Those Years Ago", Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, following the latter's murder on 8 December 1980.

George founded Dark Horse Records in 1974. The label's formation coincided with the winding down of the Beatles' Apple Records and allowed Harrison to continue supporting other artists' projects while maintaining his solo career.

Among Harrison's songwriting contributions to the White Album was "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which featured Eric Clapton on lead guitar.

Harrison's first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977.