While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Beatles recorded While My Guitar Gently Weeps at EMI Studios in London during the 1968 sessions for The Beatles. George Harrison wrote the song and brought in Eric Clapton to play lead guitar, with George Martin producing and Ken Scott engineering the key September sessions. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was released on The Beatles in November 1968 and helped establish Harrison as a songwriter of equal weight beside Lennon and McCartney. Clapton's guest appearance was rare for a Beatles recording and sharpened the song's impact within the White Album. While My Guitar Gently Weeps became one of Harrison's best-known Beatles compositions and a major part of the band's late-period canon. It has remained prominent through high-profile covers, tribute performances and repeated placement on Beatles compilations.