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Source Collection
Shelby County, Tennessee, collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
scd.0394_042-BeatlesMemphis1966
Description
Letter to William Goodman from Jerry Foley thanking him for his assistance and keeping ticket sales up during the crisis surrounding the Beatles' 1966 Memphis concert.
The letter gives details that Memphis' City Commission wanted to cancel the concert following remarks made by John Lennon that they were bigger than Jesus Christ in March of that year.
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Date
1966 September 6
Recommended Citation
"The great crisis is over, Letter" (2024). Beatles concert, 1966. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-shelbycountytn5/3
Keywords
Beatles (Musical group).
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