LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 21, 2020…ON THIS DAY IN 1966 THE BEATLES GEORGE HARRISON MARRIED PATTIE BOYD. PAUL McCARTNEY SERVED AS HARRISON’S BEST MAN. THEY MET ON THE SET OF THE BEATLES MOVIE ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’. THEY SEPARATED IN 1974 AND WERE DIVORCED IN 1977. BOYD HAS STATED THAT HER DECISION TO END THEIR MARRIAGE HAD MAINLY TO DO WITH GEORGE’S INFIDELITIES, INCLUDING HARRISON SLEEPING WITH RINGO’S WIFE. SHE SAID THE LAST YEARS OF THEIR MARRIAGE WERE FILLED WITH COCAINE AND BOOZE. PATTIE EVENTUALLY LEFT HARRISON FOR GEORGE’S BEST FRIEND, ERIC CLAPTON. THIS IS A FREAKIN’ SOAP OPERA !! HERE’S THE SONG THAT GEORGE WROTE FOR PATTIE. FRANK SINATRA CALLED THIS SONG “GREATEST LOVE SONG WRITTEN IN THE LAST 50 YEARS”
