Book contents
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Chapter 6 The Love There That’s Sleeping: Guitars of the Early Beatles
- Chapter 7 The Beatles in Performance: From Dance Hall Days to Stadium Tours
- Chapter 8 Beatlemania
- Chapter 9 The End of the Road: The Beatles’ Decision to Stop Touring
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 8 - Beatlemania
from Part II - The Beatles in Performance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2020
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Chapter 6 The Love There That’s Sleeping: Guitars of the Early Beatles
- Chapter 7 The Beatles in Performance: From Dance Hall Days to Stadium Tours
- Chapter 8 Beatlemania
- Chapter 9 The End of the Road: The Beatles’ Decision to Stop Touring
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
A CBS documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in New York on February 7, 1964 captured the scene: “Even half a century later, the sound is unmistakable. It is the sound of frenzied joy.” Tony Barrow, who served as the Beatles press secretary, credited the British press for coining the word, tracing it to news coverage of the audience reaction to the group’s appearance on Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium variety program on October 13, 1963. This was the first nationally televised live Beatles performance and after witnessing the screaming audience drown out the music, Fleet Street “discovered” Beatlemania.
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- The Beatles in Context , pp. 71 - 97Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020