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"Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campuses.
Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 [1] – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WKNR-FM in Dearborn, [2] and as the owner of the Grande Ballroom, a major rock music venue in Detroit.
Roby Yonge (July 25, 1943 – July 18, 1997) was an American radio DJ, most notable in the 1960s.He was best known for being fired from New York City station WABC in 1969, after he reported over the air that the singer Paul McCartney might have died, circulating the now infamous Paul is Dead folktale saga and conspiracy theory.
Paul Is Dead is an alternate history graphic novel written by Paolo Barron and drawn by Ernesto Carbonetti. It was translated from Italian and published in English by Image Comics in a single volume on 3 June 2020.
Gibb began telling his listeners about what he called "The Great Cover-up", [15] and listeners cited other alleged backmasked phrases, including "Paul is a dead man, miss him, miss him, miss him", on "I'm So Tired". [14] The "Paul is dead" rumor popularized the idea of backmasking in popular music. [7]
The loop of "number nine" featured in the recording fuelled the legend of Paul McCartney's death after it was reported that it sounded like "turn me on, dead man" when played backwards. [50] In an interview held at his home on 2 December 1968, Lennon was asked if "Revolution 9" was about death, because it seemed like that to the interviewer.
The mumbling, if played backwards can be imagined as something along the lines of "Paul is a dead man. Miss him. Miss him. [ 6 ] This only adds to the many supposed references to the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory scattered throughout the White album.
Paul Andrews (17 May 1958 – 21 October 2024), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English heavy metal singer who was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981. In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno issued numerous albums over the years, as both a solo artist and as a member of bands such as Gogmagog , Di'Anno's ...