Beatlemania was not the first time scenes of adulation and hysteria occurred. In the 1840s, Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt elicited a similar reaction to the Fab Four, leading to poet Heinrich Heine referring to it as “Lisztomania.” Rudy Vallée, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley created similar delirium. The post-World War II baby boom […]
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