23 Photos That Prove Beatles Fans Were Totally Crazy In The '60s
Get the Full StoryThe Beatles arrive at London Airport after their US tour on Feb. 22, 1964. From front: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr.AP
Hysterical fans are apprehended by police during a Beatles concert in 1964.
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Beatles fans collapse on the ground from exhaustion during a concert in 1964.
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Beatles fans attempt to enter the Customs Hall at London Airport by crawling into the baggage conveyor belt in 1964.
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Police carry a hysterical fan out of a Beatles concert in 1964.
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Rain-soaked fans scream farewell to the Beatles as they depart from London Airport in 1966.
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The San Francisco airport after 1,000 Beatles fans came to see the band touch down for the start of their American tour in 1964.
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Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is mobbed by fans on the beach in Miami in 1964.
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A group of young women in San Francisco stage a small rally in support of Ringo Starr for US president in 1964.
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Young women model the latest Beatles merchandise in 1964.
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Left: The secretary of the Beatles fan club shows off the hundreds of Valentine's cards sent to the group by their adoring fans in 1964. Right: Workers at the Beatles Fan Club in London empty one of many sacks of fan mail in 1963.
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A sculpture of the Beatles titled "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" on view at the 13th annual Exhibition of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 1965.
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The Beatles perform live in November 1963.
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Crowds of fans are crammed together to catch a glimpse of the Beatles in 1964.
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A tearful Beatle lover pleads unsuccessfully with a police officer to carry her fan button to Ringo in 1964.
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Screaming Beatles fans watch the band perform live in 1964.
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Beatles fans are treated by paramedics in August 1964.
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A huge crowd gathers outside the Town Hall in Melbourne to greet the Beatles during their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1964.
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Police hold back a crowd of young fans outside Buckingham Palace in London while the Beatles receive their MBEs in 1965.
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Police run after the fans chasing the car carrying the Beatles from Buckingham Palace in London, in 1965.
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This photo essay is part of a series of stories about stans and superfans.
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