John Lennon remarks that The Beatles are "more popular than Jesus" - March 4th, 1966
03/04/22 • 11 min
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On this day in 1966, in a personality profile about John Lennon, the musician was quoted as saying The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
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On this day in 1966, in a personality profile about John Lennon, the musician was quoted as saying The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
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This Day in History Class - John Lennon remarks that The Beatles are "more popular than Jesus" - March 4th, 1966
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This Day in History Class is a production of I Heart Radio. Hello and welcome to This Day in History Class, a history podcast more popular than the Beatles, I'm Gay, Bluesier, and today we're looking at one of the most explosive and least expected pop culture scandals of the twentieth century, the time when John Lennon accidentally went to war with the Bible bell. The day was March fourth, nineteen sixty six.
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