Beatlemania
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Beatlemania-like adjective
- Beatlemaniac noun
- Beatlemaniacal adjective
- pre-Beatlemania adjective
Example Sentences
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Beatlemania had dinged his appeal so perilously that editor Jonathan Redmond splices its arrival with images of car crashes and missile attacks.
From Los Angeles Times
With Beatlemania, argues Fink, “huge masses of women got used to smashing through police barricades.”
Coined by DJ Murray the K at the onset of American Beatlemania, the term has taken on mythical status among die-hard music fans, who often bestow the title on such Beatles insiders as manager Brian Epstein, roadie Mal Evans, or musician Billy Preston.
From Salon
“Their response to us was, ‘this is more like Beatlemania in 1964.’
From Los Angeles Times
“I wasn’t around for Beatlemania, but this feels similar to that,” Ghavami said.
From Los Angeles Times
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