Derek Shelmerdine: guest on
The Mop Tops and the King
…..radio show
talking about…
Paul McCartney Dead Myth

The greatest urban myth in rock’n’roll history, Paul McCartney Dead Myth.

The Moptops and the King is syndicated on over 70 radio stations around the world.
16 to 22 August 2020

For the stations and times

You can hear the show on Access North West
Sunday 16 August at 6.00 am
…..Wednesday 19 August at 11.00 am
all times UK

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PAUL McCARTNEY IS DEAD MYTH – QUIZ
Based on the radio show
Check out your knowledge
…of the greatest urban myth in rock’n’roll history
……watch this space

Paul McCartney is Dead Myth

Beatle Paul McCartney died in a car crash and an impostor replaced him. Of all the stories associated with the Beatles, this is definitely the ultimate Paul McCartney myth.

Paul McCartney supposedly died in a car crash after he left Abbey Road studios, following an argument with the other Beatles. In order not to lose their fans, the Beatles replaced him with an impostor, Billy Shears.

Album sleeves and lyrics provided so-called “clues” to the deception.

The “Paul is Dead” myth first appeared in print in the an Ohio Student newspaper with Tim Harper’s story, Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead? A month later a mystery caller telephoned Detroit DJ Russ Gibb and told him to play Revolution 9 backwards. He played it live on air and his audience heard “turn me on dead man”.

Fred LaBour heard the Russ Gibb Show, researched some more “clues” and wrote the article McCartney dead; new evidence brought to light.

From here the myth took on a life of its own.
Is it a hoax, an impostor or all just a series of (200+) coincidences?
Listen to the show and make up your own mind…

Paul McCartney Dead Myth Mop Tops

Check out this detailed look at
the myth “Paul is Dead”
The story and the “clues”

COMPETITION
Win a copy of
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled

For this month’s question and
TO ENTER the competition…

The names go into a hat and the lucky winner selected at random.
I’ll post the book to the lucky winner
anywhere in the world…

Rock’n’Roll Unravelled – THE BOOK

Derek Shelmerdine, author of Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.

In its unique three-part format
Timeline + What Happened Today? + Pocket Histories
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled tells the story of rock’n’roll from its roots to mid-1970s punk.

Not just the story of the music but also the social events which shaped it. The Vietnam War, Civil Rights struggle and so many other factors because they had such an influence on the music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.

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RADIO APPEARANCES

Paul McCartney Dead Myth Mop Tops
…..1st guest appearance on The Mop Tops and the King

For all Derek Shelmerdine‘s
Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Shows
…..and appearances on all radio stations.