All Things Must Pass

For years Harrison was allowed one or two songs per Beatles album while Lennon and McCartney took the rest. When the band ended in 1970 he opened the drawer. Out came six sides of vinyl: songs about God, grief, gardens, and his old bandmates, recorded with Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, and half the session players in London. My Sweet Lord became the first single by a solo Beatle to reach number one. He had been saving up for a decade.