Toen de wereld nog een stuk kleiner was en je een Amerikaans bandje gewoon als de Beaetles op een vliegtuig naar Zuid-Amerika kon zetten. Dick el Demasiado kan wel inpakken.
“Early in 1964, as Beatlemania swept the world, newspaper headlines announced that The Beatles would be travelling to South America later that year. Millions awaited their arrival with bated breath – and in July, when four young moptops descended into Buenos Aires Airport, it seemed that teenage dreams were about to come true.
The Beatles were actually nowhere near Argentina at the time. The British group – who split 50 years ago this month – were back home in London, on a rare rest stop between concerts and recording. But with or without their knowledge, four young guys from Florida named Tom, Vic, Bill and Dave had taken their place. […]”
Bbc.com/culture/story/20200423-how-the-fake-beatles-conned-south-america