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Fact #105835

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Short story:

The Beatles play at City Park Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Support acts on this date include Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, The Righteous Brothers, The Exciters, Jackie De Shannon and the Bill Black Combo. Immediately berfore the show, The Beatles meet with one of their rock'n'roll heroes, Fats Domino, in a trailer behind the stadium.

Full article:

Lillian Walker Moss (The Exciters) : At the hotels they (the fans) would send their underwear by fishing poles through the windows. They'd even climb onto the landings.

Deacon John Moore (audience) : I was one of the only black kids there. I thought The Beatles were really refreshing because they incorporated rhythm and blues as well as pop elements. It was totally unique and seeing it during my formative years as a musician, I embraced it. I thought, 'Hey, I'm not just a guy who can sound like Wilson Pickett or James Brown. I can do this too.' (Moore went on to play guitar for Allen Toussaint)

Clarence 'Frogman' Henry : I'll never forget the trip from New Orleans to Kansas City. We were flying in a private DC-3 and we went through a storm. That airplane was going down, down, down, in that storm and I just knew we was gone. But that pilot got us through.
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Paul McCartney : They found him (Fats Domino) getting groceries in a store or something. He had a very big diamond watch in the shape of a star, which was very impressive.