15 Minute History

Episode 119: Beatlemania and the 55th Anniversary of the First Beatles Tour to the US


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The Beatles arrived for their first concert in the United States on February 11, 1964 to rabid fanfare. Legions of screaming women greeted John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr on every stop of the U.S. tour, leading to observers dubbing the period as “Beatlemania.” As one of the most commercially successful and […]
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15 Minute HistoryBy The University of Texas at Austin