On This Day, Sept. 6, 1968: George Harrison asked Eric Clapton to contribute to “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

The song appeared on the band's album The Beatles, also known as The White Album, which was released in November 1968. The track was one of Harrison's songs on the album. It went on to be an iconic track for him and has often made it on lists of the greatest guitar songs of all time.