Since then you were just a man named William Shears Campbell! Look at the film footage of The Beatles' appearances on Ed Sullivan when "Yesterday" was performed. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first rock 'n' roll or Christianity. And this would had be kept secret. Take a mirror and lay it horizontally across the middle of the drum skin on the artwork on the front cover of the Sgt Pepper sleeve and it reads. They wouldn't be PREDICTING his death, won't they? "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." [45] Writing in 2016, Beatles biographer Steve Turner said, "the theory still has the power to flare back into life. I think most of us know if you have any idea about history at all! 20th Century Fox. There are differences in the Bass playing of early Paul and 1966 forward till today Paul. In fact, if you listen to all Beatles songs between 1967 to 1970, Paul breaks out that particular voice a lot (not always). It will vanish and shrink. Faul is protected by powerful people and money or he would have been exposed years ago. Furious with the studio kerfuffle, he floored it, went off into the night in a . It sucks being lied to since.. forever. Billy Shears was Ringo Starr's alias on The Beatles 1967 album Sgt. They do not want to find out that so much of what they have believed all their lives was a lie. And if you all believe Epstien had enough money and power to pay off and keep the police,Gov officials etc etc. Anyone that cared at all for James Paul McCartney should look. The legend goes that in 1965 (one year before McCartney is said to have died) young Shears entered a Beatles lookalike competition organised by the band's manager Brian Epstein, in the . It would have been easy to replace Paul in the 1960s. How could the Remaining Beatles, especially John not feel the sense of betrayal and abandonment towards his deceased best friend Paul. Oddly enough the other three's names have never been revealed, if they ever had alternate names in the first place. Listen carefully. According to LiveScience, in 1969, at the peak of the phenomenon,McCartney said: "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. If they appear on his older work too, it's the same Paul. When that guy stabbed him, Campbell realized that he should get while he could and killed off Harrison too! When my hubby and I watched this skit together, I had already been a five year believer that Paul really did die in the Year of '66 and that watching this skit with the older Fake Paul pretty much sealed the deal for me (I'm a nuance person, it's in the details that gives it away). The final clues came with the Beatles last album Let It Be. When I was 11 years old and heard Penny Lane for the first time, I thought to myself who is the new person in the group singing this song and who was singing She Loves You Yeah, Yeah, Yeah at the end of All You Need is Love. Much money would change hands if true family members could inherit what Faul has taken as his own. Why? The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses. William Shears Campbell Edit Edit source View history Talk (0) Categories Categories: Add category; Cancel Save. So he did what he does best and retired and died two weeks later. Why would he agree to do this? After a firecracker was thrown onto a stage, the Beatles were pretty much done with live performances. William Campbell has this faint scar on his upper lip, PM doesn't. Musician Ringo Starr admitted that Paul McCartney passed away in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike. It's hard to believe that a rift could have developed between Paul and the others. Paul McCartney was Irish, so wouldnt have been singing mull of kintyre. William Campbell is far too common a name for this article to live here. Both good musicians. The 50s were boring but it was more than a change for cool. The band should have been honest that Paul was out either by death or choice. [62] Sgt. The real Paul was killed in Dec of 1980 by an avid fan and then replaced by Billy Shears. And the infamous "photo of him" is Paul disguised so people would not recognize him on the street. [22] Titled Paul McCartney: The Complete Story, Told for the First and Last Time, it was set in a courtroom and hosted by celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey,[33] who cross-examined LaBour,[22] Gibb and other proponents of the theory, and heard opposing views from "witnesses" such as McCartney's friend Peter Asher and Allen Klein. [8] Gibb and other callers then discussed the rumour on air for the next hour,[18] during which Gibb offered further potential clues. 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. I've never seen any reports about whatever happened to the real Billy Shears. Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Long John Silver! -As for the badgeIt's actually OPP, Ontario Provincal Police, and there is an Ontario Flag on it. And guess what? Billy turned out to be a pretty good musician and he was able to perform almost better than Paul. Those dreamy eyes I fell in love with in 1963. By the fall of 1969, Beatle fans finally stumbled upon the mystery and . "He died in 1965 oooh he died in 1967 he was in a scooter crash oooh no it was a Lotus Elan - He posed on the cover of Abbey Rd"oooh no wait a bit that would have meant he was admitting it so well forget that" Conspiracist liars need to STF sensible sane normal people know you are talking complete utter total BO**OCKS!! You're clearly a disinfo agent. The original Paul McCartney can be seen on YouTube of Queen' s Concert in Britain 1963. Nothing ever came to light explaining where he was or what happened to him. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. This material may not be reproduced without permission. A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project, http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:William_Shears_Campbell&oldid=920583797, This Beatles-related redirect is within the scope of, This redirect does not require a rating on the project's, This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 17:42. Paul's leaving would have ended them. And Listen. How can the McCartney's (Brother Mike & Father Jim) be convinced to go along with this morbid and sinister cover-up. Proponents perceived clues among elements of Beatles songs and cover artwork; clue-hunting proved infectious, and by October 1969 had become an international phenomenon. [70], LaBour later became notable as the bassist for the western swing group Riders in the Sky, which he co-founded in 1977. Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.46.189.122 (talk) 14:56, 8 October 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]. [30], Dozens of supposed clues to McCartney's death have been identified by fans and followers of the legend. [56] Part of the interview was first broadcast on Radio 4, on 26 October,[57] and subsequently on WMCA in the US. Money is power. But that hasn't happened, has it? In 2008, he joked that his success as a musician had extended his fifteen minutes of fame for his part in the rumour to "seventeen minutes". Maybe, just maybe John lost both legs in a horrific car accident in 1966, and unwilling to travel for his job found a way to trademark a popular singer's name, with both entities profiting. He notably says that the entire Sgt. I keep searching images of Billy, but he does not possess the vulnerability, compassion and depth that once lived in our Paul's eyes. But if they don't, he's been replaced. There was no way we could prove he was alive. Now, on with my original comment. I must come out. Look at live concert videos in 1966 and you can see Paul was already changing from his pudgy round face to a more mature slender version. Billy Shears is only mentioned in the title song and, implicitly, as the singer of the segued-into "With a Little Help from My Friends", and even more implicitly, in the title song reprise. [24] These included "The Ballad of Paul" by the Mystery Tour;[32] "Brother Paul" by Billy Shears and the All Americans; "So Long Paul" by Werbley Finster, a pseudonym for Jos Feliciano;[33] and Zacharias and His Tree People's "We're All Paul Bearers (Parts One and Two)". Sheesh2018 you crazy nut you are quoting the words from yesterday as a clue? [2] McCartney then alluded to the rumour during a press conference held around the release of Sgt. It was the 1st June 1967, the day on which the Beatles released their much anticipated masterwork album, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also the picture on the White Album that shows him with glasses (passport picture of imposter) would mean Sir Paul/Faul used/uses contacts most of the time. Advertisement. And dont even get me started on the truth about what happened in Toronto. The one and only Billy Shears Also as mentioned in other comments,plastic surgery at that time was green. I'm 27 and most of the Beatles music doesn't impress me, except for Yesterday, Penny Lane and Hey Jude which are exceptionally good songs. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (which began recording later that month). Ok there has been fraud committed but Billy is actually a much more talented writer than Paul ever was. Billy Shears was Ringo's Sgt. [37] According to a report in Billboard magazine in early November, Shelby Singleton Productions planned to issue a documentary LP of radio segments discussing the phenomenon. The story goes, basically the real Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a very talented musician called William Shepherd (Billy Shears) (son of a very high up freemason - alistair crowley?) According to Tony Barrow, who wrote about it in his book "John, Paul, George, Ringo and me," the rumours about McCartney's death started circulating in September 1966. Afterward, a college kid did a story on clues he thought he found in the album cover and songs, this created a distraction that John jumped on when he later wrote 'Glass Onion", in 1968. " To spare the public from grief, the Beatles replaced him with a man named William Shears Campbell, who was the winner of a McCartney look-alike contest and who happened to have the same kind of. Later, the line was interpreted as a "clue" in the "Paul is dead" urban legend that alleged McCartney died in 1966 during the recording of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.. He was and still is 5'11" hazel eyes. I killed Paul and took his identity. William Shears Campbell was an invented name. Also, check out IAMAPHONEY. "Suddenly I was half the man I used to be, theres a shadow hanging over me, oh I believe in yesterday" the clues are there. Scooters are NOT ^&#@!ing mopeds. [72] In 2015, he told The Detroit News that he is still periodically contacted by conspiracy theorists who have attempted to present him with supposed new developments on the McCartney rumours.