4.1 Beatlemania
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Beatlemania is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward British pop rock band The Beatles during the early years of their success. The word is similar to the much earlier term Lisztomania, used to describe fan reaction to the concerts of pianist Franz Liszt. Andi Lothian, a former Scottish music promoter, claims that he coined the term while speaking to a reporter at the Caird Hall 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. 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 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. The world experienced its last major Beatlemania 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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JOHN LENNON'S MINI BIOGRAPHY
Watch the video below and fill in the gaps using just one word:
1. John was devastated when his mother was and killed by a car.
2. John was a boy at school.
3. John had a dream of becoming a star.
4. In they were discovered by Brian Epstein who would become their manager.
5. Lennon thought that The Beatles were more popular than
6. John and Yoko decided to stay in bed as a way of
7. The song which has been considered to be an anthem of peace is
8. Lennon died as a result of multiple on his chest and left shoulder.
9. People reacted with a sense of and to Lennon's death.
10. The world was in complete after Lennon's death.
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Watch the video of the song Let it be and once you have read the lyrics, decide which the meaning of the song could be among those three listed below:
a. This single makes reference to Paul's mother and he felt that she was helping him through this dark time in his life when he didn't know if the band was going to get through the tension which was really beginning to increase in the recording studio.
b. This song originated as a poem where Paul makes reference to his hard childhood. It is autobiographical.
c. In this song, Paul is paying tribute to musicians and the long hours they spent in the recording studios.