| “Dark Horse” | |||||
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| Single by George Harrison from the album 'Dark Horse' |
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| Released | 28 February 1975 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | Apple Records | ||||
| Producer | George Harrison | ||||
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Dark Horse is the title track to George Harrison's 1974 album Dark Horse, and later the name of his record label. George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Dark Horse is an Album by George Harrison, released as the follow-up to Living in the Material World in 1974 Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author "Ding Dong Ding Dong" is George Harrison 's holiday song for New Year's Day. You is a single by George Harrison, that reached on charts #38 in UK and more impressive #20 in USA Dark Horse is an Album by George Harrison, released as the follow-up to Living in the Material World in 1974 "Ding Dong Ding Dong" is George Harrison 's holiday song for New Year's Day. "Far East Man" is a song that was written by George Harrison and Ronnie Wood in 1974. The Best of George Harrison is the first compilation album of George Harrison 's music and was released in 1976 following the expiration of his EMI contract " What Is Life " is a Riff-driven song by George Harrison and is the first track on side two of his 1970 solo Album All Things Must George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Dark Horse is an Album by George Harrison, released as the follow-up to Living in the Material World in 1974 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music
While "dark horse" is usually a reference to an unlikely or surprise winner, Harrison explained in his autobiography, I Me Mine, that he actually didn't know that meaning of the term, at the time. This article describes dark horse candidates For other uses see Dark Horse. " I Me Mine " is a Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison. His lyrics instead referred to a man who carried on one or more clandestine sexual relationships with women; a "dark horse" in Liverpudlian terms. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The song drew on his feelings toward his disintegrating marriage to Pattie Boyd, who had left him for guitarist (and mutual friend) Eric Clapton. Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944 was the first wife of George Harrison of The Beatles, after whom she married Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer
Harrison had begun the recording of the song at Friar Park, but it remained unfinished when it came time to mount his 1974 American tour. Friar Park is the 120-room Victorian Neo-Gothic Mansion previously owned by the eccentric Sir Frank Crisp near Henley-on-Thames and With the album's release date pending, and Harrison's throat wracked by laryngitis, the track was re-recorded quickly in an American studio, with his tour band. Laryngitis is an Inflammation of the Larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the Vocal folds
A single was issued on November 18, 1974, reaching #15 in the American Billboard charts. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The single's B-side was a non-album track, "I Don't Care Anymore. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s " Copies of the 45rpm single contained a manufacturing defect, causing the B-side to play abnormally unless re-centred on turntables. Whether this was accidental or deliberate is not known.