- Beatlemania
Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy (particularly demonstrated by young teen girls) directed toward
The Beatles , particularly during the early years of their success. The word is aportmanteau of "Beatles" and "mania ". Andi Lothian, a former Scottish music promoter, claims that he coined the term in 1963, [Mainds, Kathryn. [http://net12b.smolhomelan.ru/oea/millennium/news/03_jan/26_sundaypost_news3.htm Beatlemania was born in Dundee] , "The Sunday Post",January 26 2003 . AccessedMay 25 2007 ] [http://www.andilothian.com/downloads/AndiTayAM.mp3 Radio interview] , "Radio Tay AM". AccessedMay 26 2007 ] although an early printed use of the word is in "TheDaily Mirror " 2nd November 1963 [ [http://www.mirrorarchive.co.uk> is an online text searchable archive of The Daily Mirror] ] in a news story about the previous day's Beatles concert inCheltenham . Many fans across the world were known to have "Beatlemania" (and were thus known as "Beatlemaniacs") which hit theUnited States hard after The Beatles performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show " in 1964. 'Beatlemania' was characterised by intense levels of hysteria demonstrated by fans both during the actual concerts played by the band (during which the level of screaming was often so loud as to completely drown out the music) and during the band's arrivals and travels to and from locations.imilar coinage
The term later became the name of various tribute groups dedicated to singing the songs of The Beatles. These groups have had
John Lennon ,Paul McCartney ,George Harrison , andRingo Starr impersonator s. [http://www.beatlemanianow.com/] [http://www.moptops.com/]The term has had a number of derivatives, usually short-lived, such as
Rollermania [http://flickr.com/photos/20654194@N07/2077587413/] in the early 1970s to describe a similar phenomenon directed at the Scottishboy band Bay City Rollers , and in the early 1980s, Menudomania [http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Menudomania.html] to describe frenzy acrossLatin America for another world famous boy band, Menudo.In the 90's the Spicemania [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7124688.stm Spice Mania] ] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A16653918 Spice Mania in the 90's] ] , has also been used for the
Spice Girls , it became an enormous success globally and international phenomenon [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003602520 "International phenomenon" Billboard] ] .References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.