The quiet town was a welcome respite for Harrison, who dreaded dealing with the hassles of вЂњBeatlemaniaвЂќ raging back home in Britain. The pair stayed at their elder sister Louise вЂњLouвЂќ CaldwellвЂ™s home at 113 McCann Street in Benton, Illinois, where she had recently immigrated with her husband Gordon, an engineer at a nearby coal mine. So on September 16th, Harrison became the first Beatle to touch down on American soil, accompanied by his older brother, Peter. Ringo Starr had originally planned on joining Harrison on his trip across the pond, but ultimately decided to travel with McCartney instead. John Lennon took his then-wife Cynthia to Paris, while Paul McCartney opted for the sunny shores of Greece. Flush with their newfound success after years of toiling in obscurity, they decided it was time for some much needed R&R. The Beatles had exploded on the British scene by September 1963 thanks to a string of Number One hits and a chart-topping debut album, Please Please Me. Louis in 1963, to look around, and to the countryside in Illinois, where my sister was living at the time.вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™d been to America before, being the experienced Beatle that I was,вЂќ Harrison recalled in 1995вЂ™s Beatles Anthology documentary. Kennedy International Airport on February 7th, 1964, as a seismic event in popular culture, but only a handful of citizens realized that one of the Fabs had already walked among them. He visited the United States before any of his fellow Beatles, and played a show with another band.ДЄmericans regard the BeatlesвЂ™ arrival at the newly renamed John F. The Beatles in India: 16 Things You Didn't KnowДЎ. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.вЂќ ItвЂ™s been 15 years since HarrisonвЂ™s death, so today we honor the man with 10 tales that shine a light on his life outside the mop-topped artifice of the Fab Four. вЂњThe Beatles exist apart from myself,вЂќ he once said. While undoubtedly proud of the band that vaulted him into immortality, he was loath to measure himself by their success. The songs he wrote focused on both the glory of God and the petty annoyances of day-to-day life. His studious facade belayed a brilliant sense of humor, which led him to produce some of the greatest comedies of all time. He preached piety and simple pleasures, yet he lived in a 120-room mansion and collected ultra high-end cars. He was one of the most famous men in the world, but he loathed superstardom. But he was right to point out that his true character remains elusive. вЂњThe real me is something else.вЂќ Harrison was many things вЂ“ including a master of understatement. вЂњI play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of thatвЂ™s really me,вЂќ George Harrison once said.

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