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• Beatlesmania

Noun

Beatlemania ‎(uncountable)

1. The frenzied activities of the fans of The Beatles.
   • 1964 July 12, “The Beatles meet Margaret”, in The Straits Times, page 3:

     BEATLEMANIA caught up with Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon last week.

   • 1979, The Clash (music), “London Calling”:

     London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51–52:

     Berlin's six-decade career began before the advent of radio and ended during the height of Beatlemania.