Pure Smokey (song)
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"Pure Smokey" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in 1976 on his debut album for Dark Horse Records, Thirty Three & 1/3. The song was the second of Harrison's musical tributes to A
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Smokey Robinson (centre) and the Miracles performing on a 1970 TV special
Extra Texture is the sixth studio album by the English musician George Harrison, released on 22 September 1975. It was Harrison's final album under his contract with Apple Records and EMI, and the las
Pure Smokey (song)
…author Ian MacDonald, George Harrison had served as the band's "scout" regarding new American music, particularly soul music. In 1975, Harrison released Extra Texture, his most soul-influenced album, with songs such as "You", "Can't Stop Thinking About You" and "The Answer's at the End" all demonstrating his adoption…
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Harrison, US president Gerald Ford and Ravi Shankar at the White House in December 1974, towards the end of the tour
A&M Records' headquarters (including the company's recording studios), pictured in 1922 in their former guise as Charlie Chaplin Studios
Inner-sleeve picture of Harrison, taken by 1974 tour photographer Henry Grossman; copyright Apple Records