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More popular than Jesus
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"More popular than Jesus" is a phrase taken from a 1966 interview in which John Lennon of the Beatles claimed that the public's infatuation with the band surpassed that of Jesus Christ, and that Chris
WAYX's "Beatle burning" in Waycross, Georgia, held in response to the "Jesus" remark, 8 August 1966
WAYX's "Beatle burning" in Waycross, Georgia, held in response to the "Jesus" remark, 8 August 1966
John Lennon speaking to reporters in September 1964
John Lennon speaking to reporters in September 1964
The September 1966 "Shout-Out" issue of Datebook magazine that sparked the controversy
The September 1966 "Shout-Out" issue of Datebook magazine that sparked the controversy
The Beatles with disc jockey Jim Stagg of the Chicago station WCFL in August 1966
The Beatles with disc jockey Jim Stagg of the Chicago station WCFL in August 1966
Beatlemania
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Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles from 1963 to 1966. The group's popularity grew in the United Kingdom in late 1963, propelled by the singles "Please Please
More popular than Jesus
…Harrison and Paul McCartney. The articles were written by Maureen Cleave, who knew the group well and had interviewed them regularly since the start of Beatlemania in the United Kingdom. She had described them three years earlier as "the darlings of Merseyside", and in February 1964 had accompanied them on their first visit to the…
The Beatles outside the Birmingham Hippodrome, November 1963. Because the crowds were so thick, they had to be smuggled into the venue with assistance
The Beatles outside the Birmingham Hippodrome, November 1963. Because the crowds were so thick, they had to be smuggled into the venue with assistance from local police.
McCartney, Harrison, Swedish pop singer Lill-Babs, and Lennon on the set of the Swedish television show Drop-In, 30 October 1963
McCartney, Harrison, Swedish pop singer Lill-Babs, and Lennon on the set of the Swedish television show Drop-In, 30 October 1963
The Beatles with Ed Sullivan, February 1964
The Beatles with Ed Sullivan, February 1964
Members of the media swarm the Beatles at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in June 1964, as fans await them on top of the airport terminal.
Members of the media swarm the Beatles at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in June 1964, as fans await them on top of the airport terminal.