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-	'''Beatlemania''' is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense [[Fan (person)|fan]] [[frenz]] directed toward British [[rock music|rock]]/[[pop music|pop]] band [[The Beatles]] during the early years of their success. The word is similar to the much earlier term [[Lisztomania (phenomenon)|Lisztomania]], used to describe fan reaction to the concerts of pianist [[Franz Liszt]].	+
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-	Andi Lothian, a former Scottish music promoter, claims that he coined the term while speaking to a reporter at the [[Caird Hall]] [[List of The Beatles' live performances|Beatles concert]] that took place as part of The Beatles' Mini-Tour of [[Scotland]], on 7 October 1963, and an early printed use of the word is in ''The [[Daily Mirror]]'' 15 October 1963 in a news story about the previous day's Beatles concert in [[Cheltenham]].	+
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-	''Beatlemania'' was already evident when the band arrived at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York in February 1964, but became common in the United States after The Beatles performed on several editions of ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' the same month. It was characterised by intense levels of [[hysteria]] and high-pitched screaming, demonstrated by female fans both at concerts and during the band's travels. The extent of Beatlemania in the [[United States]] is evidenced by their sales. During the 6½ years between the appearance of the "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" single on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the ''[[Let It Be]]'' LP, The Beatles had the Number One single in the US for a total of 59 weeks and topped the LP charts for 116 weeks. In other words they had the top-selling single one out of every six weeks, and the top-selling album one out of every three weeks.	+
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-	The world experienced its last major ''Beatlemania'' event on August 29, 1966 at [[San Francisco]]'s [[Candlestick Park]]. On that evening the foursome performed its last live concert to a crowd of 25,000 at the end of The Beatles' 1966 US Tour. On that night The Beatles retired from touring and live performing.	+
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-	==Similar coinage==	+
-	The term later became the name of various tribute groups dedicated to singing the songs of The Beatles, many with [[impersonator]]s of the group.	+
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-	The term has had a number of derivatives with the suffix "-mania", usually short-lived, to describe a similar phenomenon toward other bands, such as "Rollermania" for the [[Spice Girls]]. In [[professional wrestling]], the popularity of [[Hulk Hogan]] during his tenure led to the creation of the term [[Hulk Hogan#The Birth of Hulkamania|Hulkamania]]. In modern times, the "-mania" suffix is often placed at the end of sports figures' names when they acquire sudden popularity, such as with [[Tim Tebow]] and his "Tebowmania" in 2011.	+
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-	==See also==	+
-	*[[Fame in the 20th Century]]	+
-	*[[More popular than Jesus]]	+
-	*[[Teen idol]]	+
-	*[[British Invasion]]	+
-	*[[Female hysteria]]	+
-	*[[Beatlemania in the United Kingdom]]	+
-	*[[The Beatles in the United States]]	+
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