On Jan. 2, 1971, George Harrison made history as the first member of The Beatles to score a No. 1 solo album in the United States.
At only 27 years old, Harrison released the album All Things Must Pass, his third studio album, on Nov. 27, 1970, in the U.S., with the record coming out three days later in the U.K.
While it took around a month for the success to really get going, the album finally reached the top spot on album charts in the United States on Jan. 2, 1971. This started a seven-week run in this position.
One of the album's singles, "My Sweet Lord," also reached major milestones, becoming the biggest-selling single in the U.K. in 1971, and the first single from a solo Beatles member to reach No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. Other singles from the album included "Isn't It a Pity" and "What Is Love."
A few songs on the album, including "Isn't It A Pity," were reportedly written years before the album's release and rejected by The Beatles for potential inclusion on the band's records.
Before he started releasing solo music after the band split up, Harrison wasn't as well-known for his songwriting talent.
While he wrote plenty of great songs during his time with The Beatles, it was noticeably fewer than the number of songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, leading many people to be surprised by his skills as a solo artist. Some of the most memorable Beatles songs written by Harrison include "Something," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Here Comes the Sun."
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In a 1971 review of All Things Must Pass for Rolling Stone, critic Ben Gerson praised Harrison's artistry, writing of the album, "It is both an intensely personal statement and a grandiose gesture, a triumph over artistic modesty, even frustration."
"In this extravaganza of piety and sacrifice and joy, whose sheer magnitude and ambition may dub it the War and Peace of rock and roll, the music itself is no longer the only message," he went on, highlighting the lyrics and production of the record.
Other Beatles solo albums came out around the same time as Harrison's All Things Must Pass, including Ringo Starr's Beaucoups of Blues in September 1970 and Lennon's John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band in December 1070.
While McCartney released an album with his then-wife, Linda McCartney, called Ram in 1971 that was very successful, the next U.S. No. 1 album by a Beatles member came from Lennon in 1971 with Imagine.
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