Billy wasn't the only impostor, but he seems to have been used the most frequently, especially on stage (as opposed to interviews, etc.). There is no such force named the "Ontario Police Department". It's too dark in this closet. During the following years, the Beatles disclosed the details of their ruse by placing hundreds of hidden clues within their albums. [31], Before the end of October 1969, several record releases had exploited the phenomenon of McCartney's alleged demise. Paul McCartney was Irish, so wouldnt have been singing mull of kintyre. So is laziness-and apathy. He actually came back with the rest of the Beatles, but to avoid being caught by Campbell who tried to kidnap him, he disguised himself as Cynthia, when John realized, he decided to help George escape by getting a divorce, but in order to fake Cynthia, after George had left, he convinced Yoko to pretend to be Cynthia and hired William Shears Campbell to replace Yoko. So let me introduce to you If you recall, Billy Shears had a heavy hand in penning the Sgt. I'm sure youtube would be a lovely place to visit if Netflix is not available to you. These pictures from 1966 show the great resemblance between Paul McCartney on the left, and William Shears Campbell on the right, at the time of McCartney's alleged death. It brought enormous worldwide publicity to Gibb and WKNR. There must be articles about the car crash ( if there ever was one) in local newspapers??? The WKBW DJs concluded that the "Paul is dead" hoax was fabricated by Lennon. Amusingly, though, during the height of the BeeGees' popularity in the seventies, Barry Gibb lost a Barry Gibb look-alike contest! so far I can find three because the current one has blue eyes, the previous two did not. Pepper. I'm not convinced by your arguments. Fan Feed More Fictspedia Wiki. The story goes that McCartney stormed out of a songwriting session with The Beatles, working on their album and, ironically, McCartney's masterpiece, Sgt. [56] According to author John Winn, McCartney had conceded to the interview "in hopes that people hearing his voice would see the light", but the ploy failed. I'm a Beatle Now; and to think that to this day his nuts are still in a vice. I would rather be a little less famous these days. Follow Billy online for tour dates, news and more! Fearing that the photos would damage his image, McCartney then approached the pair and agreed to pose for a photo with his family and answer the reporter's questions, in exchange for the roll of film containing the offending pictures. They have had to keep the fraud covered while Faul reaped the benefits of the fraud. And last, IF you were any of the other Beatles members would you have possibly nosedived your career by going public with the truth?? Who the hell would ever hold (or attend) a Paul McCartney look alike contest? The Reason Some Are Convinced Paul McCartney Is A Clone Ok there has been fraud committed but Billy is actually a much more talented writer than Paul ever was. Not to mention he would be charged with fraud ad well as all the other Beatles and employees, family members and friends as well.as well. Lennon later said that the words were actually "Cranberry sauce", and that the words "number nine, number nine" in "Revolution 9" (from the "White Album") became "turn me on, dead man, turn me on, dead man" when played backwards. The 'Paul is dead' myth | The Beatles Bible [23], The story was soon taken up by more mainstream radio stations in the New York area, WMCA and WABC. I don't believe the myth, but you should have presented it without an obvious opinion one way or another. "[27] In a radio interview with John Small of WKNR, Lennon said that the rumour was "insane" but good publicity for Abbey Road. [13][14] With the birth of his daughter Mary in late August, McCartney had withdrawn to focus on his family life. Glad most people here are awake to the false reality which surrounds us. Most all of their music was written by others and played by other studio musicians. Shears and Paul's ends of their noses are different and the cheekbones on Paul are somewhat larger. http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/pid.html, (-- unsigned, posted by 00:27:14 . Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. After doing a little reading and seeing all the talk about O.P.D. What a moment in time to behold! [75], During the 1970s, the phenomenon became a subject of academic study in America in the fields of sociology, psychology and communications. Billy's Back! If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. [47][48] Two frequently cited examples are the suggestion that the words "I buried Paul" are spoken by Lennon in the final section of the song "Strawberry Fields Forever", which the Beatles recorded in November and December 1966. These include messages perceived when listening to songs being played backwards and symbolic interpretations of both lyrics and album cover imagery. The whole ''conspiracy theory' is a load of rubbish perpetrated by idiots and believed by fools. Ringo exposed the scam a few years ago but since then has appeared in several interviews with Fail. If anyone's done research proving that the "biography" of William "Shears" Campbell of the "Ontario Police Department" with a girlfriend conveniently named "Rita" is a phantasm cobbled together from snippets of Beatles song's and album photographs, a reference to that research would also be good - Nunh-huh 01:45, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC) (There's also an actual person, two unrelated actors, and probably several other William Campbells that need disambiguation). [42], In LaBour's telling, the stand-in was an "orphan from Edinburgh named William Campbell" whom the Beatles then trained to impersonate McCartney. The Beatles were such a money-making machine that most of their hits singles and LP's brought in to the GB and enormous Tsunami of $$$$ that it would seem to me that they would not let the death of one of the Beatles stop the cash flow from continuing to come in. "[8], In late September 1969, the Beatles released the album Abbey Road as they were in the process of disbanding. John wrote "I'm the Greatest" 1970 Ringo recorded it for his album RINGOin 1973 (his best album according to me) Both John & George appearing on the track. he suddenly paid her off when she threatened to reveal the truth. What about the IMDB article on [William Campbell]? The Beatles made up the clues about Paul has a distraction. Whereas all the other Beatles are facing to one side Paul (i.e Billy Shears) is looking directly at the viewer against a blood red background. No mention of the hoax in any of these later interviews. William Campbell has this faint scar on his upper lip, PM doesn't. The original Paul McCartney can be seen on YouTube of Queen' s Concert in Britain 1963. [30], Dozens of supposed clues to McCartney's death have been identified by fans and followers of the legend.

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