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"For You Blue" is a Beatles song written by George Harrison for his wife Pattie Boyd, who would be the subject of many of his love songs, including "It's All Too Much". A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Let It Be is the twelfth and final original album released by The Beatles. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Apple Corps Ltd is a multi-armed multimedia Corporation founded in January 1968 by British Rock band The Beatles to replace their Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression 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. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author 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 Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26 1940) is an American Record producer and Songwriter. Let It Be is the twelfth and final original album released by The Beatles. " The Long and Winding Road " is a Ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) that originally appeared on The Beatles " Get Back " is a song primarily written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944 was the first wife of George Harrison of The Beatles, after whom she married Eric Clapton " It's All Too Much " is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1969 Yellow Submarine film soundtrack album

"For You Blue" was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" (in the U. " The Long and Winding Road " is a Ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) that originally appeared on The Beatles S. ) and the eleventh track on The Beatles' final LP release, Let It Be. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Let It Be is the twelfth and final original album released by The Beatles. "For You Blue" was listed with "The Long and Winding Road" as a double-sided hit when the single hit number one on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.

The song features John Lennon playing lap steel guitar^[1] with a shotgun shell as shown in the Let It Be movie. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born The lap steel guitar is a type of Steel guitar, from which other types developed Let It Be is a 1970 film about The Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969 Harrison makes a few spoken comments during the song, including, "Go, Johnny, go" during Lennon's solo, and "Elmore James got nothing on this baby", perhaps referring to James' song "Madison Blues" which is similar to "For You Blue". Elmore James ( January 27, 1918 &ndash May 24, 1963) was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer

The song's working title was "George's Blues (Because You're Sweet and Lovely)" when it was recorded on 25 January 1969. A working title, sometimes called a production title, is the temporary name of a product or project used during its development usually a Film, Novel Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] It was renamed sometime between 10 March and 28 May when it was listed as "For You Blue" on the final mix for the unreleased Get Back album. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling ^[3] When Phil Spector remixed the song for inclusion on the Let It Be album, he added an introduction by Lennon, "The Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI members. Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26 1940) is an American Record producer and Songwriter. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II " This comment was edited in from dialog recorded at Twickenham Studios in early January, 1969, long before "For You Blue" was recorded. Twickenham Film Studios is a Film studio located in St Margarets London, England, that is used by many motion picture and television companies ^[4]

This song was part of the set during his Dark Horse Tour of North America in 1974.

On 29 November 2002, Paul McCartney sang this song at the Concert for George, a memorial concert for Harrison held on the first anniversary of his death. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first

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^ The Beatles Complete Scores (Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Publishing, 1993. ISBN0-7935-1832-6), p. 293
^ Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions (London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1988, ISBN 0-681-03189-1), p. The Beatles and related subjects Over the course of his career Mark Lewisohn has worked for EMI, MPL Communications and Apple, and has written many reference 166
^ Lewisohn, p. 176
^ Lewisohn, p. 198

Preceded by "Everything is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens	Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 13, 1970	Succeeded by "The Love You Save" by The Jackson 5

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