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Bob Geldof has a story about seeing them in the 60s and girls were fainting and peeing in the aisles. Elvis and The Beatles were something most sheltered, white American kids had never seen before and it blew their minds.
1 Δεκ 2023 · “Screaming girls”—that was a recurring theme in newspaper reviews of Elvis’ stage shows in 1956 and 1957. At almost every stop, the girls screamed so loud that no one could hear Elvis sing. Even the musicians on stage had trouble hearing each other.
The 1950s marked the rise of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and with him, a new phenomenon: teenage fan girls. These young women weren’t just fans; they were obsessed. Elvis’s music, his looks, his hip-shaking moves – it all combined to create a frenzy that swept the nation.
The emotional reactions of teenage girls at Elvis’s concerts were unlike anything seen before. Many fans described feeling an overwhelming sense of joy and excitement. Some would cry tears of happiness just at the sight of Elvis.
While the world knew about his relationship with 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, who went on to become his wife, a new 60 Minutes investigation reveals Priscilla wasn't the only underage female he pursued. From his early 20s onwards, Presley conducted hidden liaisons with baby-faced teenagers.
“Oh, Elvis, I’m going to die!” she screamed. Other girls rose, shouted and danced as the singer’s voice went into full-throated cry. “It was utterly fantastic,” said a writer reporting the show in The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, one of the city’s newspapers, the next day.
28 Ιαν 2016 · Features. Swooning, screaming, crying: how teenage girls have driven 60 years of pop music. Sixty years ago, Elvis Presley scandalized the country on the Ed Sullivan Show. But that wasn’t the...
