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The world of music will never be the same since the formation of a band in Liverpool, England in 1956. The Beatles were formed by George Harrison, Ringo Start, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon. Their first hit song "Love Me Do" was recorded in 1962. The Beatles quickly became the world’s best known pop music group and many people today still regard them as the finest band in the history of pop music. Lennon and McCartney were the authors of most of the songs the group recorded. Harrison also wrote songs often using ideas from Indian music. The drummer of the group was the famous Ringo Starr and he occasionally sang. For six years the Beatles had hit after hit song. Twenty-eight of their songs were on the Top Twenty record charts and seventeen of these songs reached number one on the charts. The group also had a successful movie career. The comedy A Hard Day’s Night and Yellow Submarine became very successful movies. People imitated their long hairstyles, clothing, and wisecracking humor. Almost all later pop bands learned from the Beatles. The strong fan following the Beatles was called Beatlemania.

The strong following of the Beatles by their fans was called ______.