Australian singles charts:
My Sweet Lord entered the Kent charts on 28 December 1970 and was a #1 hit. The song was #2 on the Top 100 of 1971.
Album:
The song is on All Things Must Pass which entered the Kent album charts on 8 February 1971. The album reached #1 on 22 March 1971 and remained there for 8 weeks.
Songwriter:
George Harrison
Producers:
George Harrison, Phil Spector
Record label of Australian release:
Apple
BONUS CLIPS BELOW:
Video of My Sweet Lord produced for the 50th anniversary of All Things Must Pass
My Sweet Lord featuring Billy Preston at the Concert for George
Wikipedia:
Billy Preston, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, and the group Badfinger are among the musicians to join George on the recording of My Sweet Lord.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord
Songfacts:
My Sweet Lord was Harrison’s first single as a solo artist and it was his biggest hit. The song is about the Eastern religions he was studying.
Phil Spector produced this recording. With the blessing of Harrison and John Lennon (and over the objections of Paul McCartney), Spector produced the last Beatles album, Let It Be.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/george-harrison/my-sweet-lord
My Sweet Lord copyright infringement suit: HERE
This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
BONUS CLIPS
For the 50th anniversary of All Things Must Pass in 2021, Lance Bangs, Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine produced this video of My Sweet Lord. Among the many musicians and personalities to participate are Mark Hamill, Jeff Lynne, Reggie Watts, Darren Criss, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Olivia Harrison and Dhani Harrison.
The Concert for George, 2002
Performers include Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Gary Brooker and Dhani Harrison
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