Short answers, pulled from the story.
George Harrison began writing Something in September 1968 during a session for the Beatles' self-titled double album. The group recorded the track on the 16th of April before Harrison decided to redo it, with a new basic track completed at Abbey Road on the 2nd of May.
The line-up included Harrison on Leslie-effected rhythm guitar, Lennon on piano, McCartney on bass, Ringo Starr on drums, and guest musician Billy Preston playing Hammond organ. McCartney re-recorded his bass part and Harrison added lead guitar on the 5th of May at Olympic Sound Studios.
Something received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically of 1969 in July 1970. In 1999, Broadcast Music Incorporated named it as the 17th-most performed song of the twentieth century with 5 million performances.
Following a change in counting practice on the 29th of November, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. As the preferred side, Something was number 1 in Canada for five weeks, Australia for five weeks, West Germany for two weeks, New Zealand and Singapore.
Welsh singer Shirley Bassey recorded a successful version released in 1970 that became her first top-ten hit in the UK since I Who Have Nothing in 1963. Frank Sinatra called it the greatest love song of the past 50 years while Elvis Presley performed it on his 1973 Aloha from Hawaii TV special.