# The Motown artists George Harrison crowned as the greatest: “That’s the music I still like”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-motown-artists-george-harrison-crowned-as-the-greatest-thats-the-music-i-still-like/
- Published: 2026-10-25T03:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T04:09:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-motown-artists-george-harrison-called-the-greatest-thats-the-music-i-still-like/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Harrison named Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder as favourites.
- Motown and Chuck Berry influenced the Beatles’ early music.
- Harrison said he preferred Indian music to most contemporary pop.

## Summary

George Harrison said he remained especially fond of Tamla Motown, naming Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder as his favourites. His comments show how Motown shaped the Beatles’ early sound and how Harrison’s tastes differed from much of the contemporary Western pop he later heard.

In a 1976 interview, Harrison said he found little in contemporary pop that interested him and preferred Indian music. He recalled Motown and Chuck Berry as influences when the Beatles began, praising Robinson and Wonder as songwriters and performers. The article links that admiration to Motown’s influence on pop music during the Beatles’ rise.

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