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magzthemad · 7 months

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( an excerpt from a book I found at a thrift store in key west )

“On the flight through towering storm clouds, British journalist Ivor Davis wrote, "Our plane was bucking and bouncing so badly that our stomachs were in our throats the whole way.” To compound the anxiety, psychic Jean Dixon… predicted their plane would crash and three of the four Beatles would perish. During the awful turbulence, Davis described George's face as "gray green."

Reed Pigman was the name of the pilot who flew the Beatles in 1964 during the North American leg of the tour. He was also the one flying them into Key West. On April 22nd, 1966 (without the Beatles on board), he crashed into a hill and died. According to author Bob Kealing, the investigation blamed Pigman’s failure to disclose information relating to his health:

On April 22, 1966, Reed Pigman overshot a runway in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and crashed into a hill. The plane burst into flmes, killing Pigman and eighty-three of the ninety-eight people on board, most of them young soldiers. The investigation blamed Pigman for failing to disclose he was diabetic, had a history of heart disease, and was suffering from arteriosclerosis. In 1964, the Beatles' tour pilot was keeping a high-stress, breakneck schedule just as they were, Pigman was not nearly as healthy as hed claimed, and he was now flying them overnight into Florida's southernmost reaches, over long stretches of open water, through severe turbulence.

- Bob Kealing, Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida

I’ve heard about the psychic and the sometimes bay flights they had, but I’ve never heard about their flight to the keys, nor have I heard that their pilot actually crashed a plane and died two years after this!), but it makes a lot of sense that the flight to Key West was “dreadful.” Even today, that airport and the runway is tiny; definitely one of the rougher landings I’ve experienced (and that was true for me two weeks ago, I can only imagine how it must have been in the 60s and during a hurricane).

It also makes sense that dreadful flight = get drunk and cry about how much you love your friends and how grateful you are to be alive…

#the beatles #Beatles key west #key west #george harrison #beatles history #this book cost me $2 dollars and she gave me a free key lime pie on a stick

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giorgio52fan · 8 months

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The Beatles' Enduring Impact on Pop Culture and Beyond

The Beatles were a highly influential British rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960 and disbanded in 1970. The band’s original members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The “first day” and “last day” of The Beatles can be understood in terms of their formation and breakup: John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr “The First Day” of The…

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tygerland · 1 year

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René Magritte The Listening Room. 1952. Oil on canvas: 45 × 54 cm (18 × 22 in).

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mishalikessoundsandcolours · 1 month

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They were so silly, oh my god

#the beatles #this is from 'one two three four' btw I really recommend it if you want to read a very detailed history of the beatles #misha talks

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vanhclen · 1 month

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john and paul, march 25 1963; this day 61 years ago

#the beatles #60s #john lennon #paul mccartney #this day in history

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beatleswings · 3 months

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THE BEATLES performing "All My Loving" on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. February 9, 1964.

#happy 60th anniversary to this iconic moment in music history #crazy to think it's now been 60 years!#i'll gif the rest of the performances from that day in the coming days #have this to start it off!#the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #1960s #60s #1964 #the ed sullivan show #my gifs #beatlesedit #thebeatlesedit

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penny-hartzs · 2 months

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The news that there are four different biopics being made for The Beatles by an Oscar winning director makes me feel so weird like those are family matters, look away

#The Beatles #I know they're the biggest band in history but they're MINE and i don't want to feel all the things that are going to come with this

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rhapsodynew · 30 days

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The Beatles during their first visit to the United States, 1964.

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rocknrollisnotdead · 5 months

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The beatles waiting to take their 'Abbey Road' album cover photo, photographed by linda mccartney, 1969. 📷

#the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #ringo starr #classic rock #abbey road #1960s history #linda mccartney

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elvispresley · 9 months

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August 15, 1965 — The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium for the first time

#it took me hours to make this lol #i’m not too sure of the coloring but wtvvvv #today in history #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr #1960s #1965 #shea stadium #eight days a week #classic rock #beatlesedit #edit

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franklyimissparis · 3 months

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analysing mclennon feels like being an academic and pouring over historical texts and connecting the dots between passages because you basically are doing exactly that

#if old white guys can come up with their own beatles theories and write books and be taken seriously in an academic space…#then so should we #i trust beatles tumblr users opinions infinitely more than the opinions of 87% of music journalists out there #ppl will complain about beatles rpf fans cherry-picking evidence as if music journalists aren’t 100x worse abt doing just that #anyway i just really love mclennon lore and finding sources to support our theories #feels like putting my half-finished history degree to good (questionable) use #also enjoy that mclennon genuinely just feels very different to basically any other rpf ship #the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #mclennon #beatles rpf

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v-thinks-on · 4 months

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