
Starr alleges that the group did send out a lot of hidden messages through the years to prepare the population for the truth.

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. The only problem was that he couldn’t get along with John, at all.” William Shears Campbell, better known as Billy Shears, does indeed “disappear” from records in 1966 and no traces of him can be found after Paul’s alleged death. Billy turned out to be a pretty good musician and he was able to perform almost better than Paul. It was supposed to last only a week or two, but time went by and nobody seemed to notice, so we kept playing along. “We didn’t know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution. “When Paul died, we all panicked!” claims Ringo, obviously very emotional. 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 jovial personality as Paul. Starr explained that the “real” Paul McCartney had died in a car crash on November 9, 1966, after an argument during a Beatles’ recording session. In an exclusive interview with the Hollywood Inquirer, Mr. “It was tricky, but I think we’ve pulled it off,” Lynne said.Tweet Beverly Hills | The former drummer of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, surprised the world this morning during an interview in his luxurious Californian residence when he admitted that the 45-year-old rumors about the alleged death of Paul McCartney in 1966 were actually true. The other one is "Free As a Bird," which was released on 1995's Anthology 1. "Real Love," which was released in 1996 on Anthology 2 (and remixed in 2015), is one of two unfinished Lennon songs that McCartney, Harrison and Starr completed with Lynne at the helm.

To see additional footage of McCartney, Harrison and Starr recording an official Beatles studio track in February 1995 at the Mill Studio in Sussex, watch the "Real Love" music video at the bottom of this story. "We played some old rock-and-roll stuff, a couple of Chuck Berry -even 'I Saw Her Standing There'." "It was just like a time-warp kind of thing," said producer Jeff Lynne. Although no footage exists, the June 23, 1994, session also included run-throughs of "Love Me Do," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Roll Over Beethoven," "I Will" and "Dehra Dune," a song George recorded at Trident Studios in 1969. The Beatles were familiar with Elvis Presley's 1954 version of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" ( McCartney also performed it on MTV Unplugged in 1991), and-as any little schoolboy knows- the Beatles covered "Ain't She Sweet" (with Pete Best on drums) in 1961 and ran through it a few times in 1969 during the Let It Be sessions. Thinking of linking, people are gonna get married, gotta write that!'" "I thought it up in the pictures someone in a film mentioned it-'we're thinking of linking'-and I came out of there thinking, 'That should be a song. "'Thinking of Linking' was terrible," he said in 1988. McCartney wrote "Thinking of Linking" when he was about 16. In 1958, a 14-year-old George performed the song- a guitar instrumental by Bill Justis-for John and Paul on the top deck of a bus it apparently was so note-perfect that John decided to let him into his band, the Quarrymen, which became the Beatles, despite reservations about George's age. "Raunchy" holds a special place in Beatles history.
