Meaning of Jacksonmania | Babel Free

Definitions

Intense fanatical enthusiasm for the American pop band The Jackson 5.

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Examples

“Retailers were reporting that summer that Jacksonmania was the biggest thing to hit the rock spinoff trade⟳ since the Beatles.”

“Jacksonmania had hit London and everyone was growing their hair in huge Afros and using an Afro fork to keep⟳ it in shape⟳.”

“Gordy signed The Jackson 5 in 1969, leading to the “Jacksonmania” of the early 1970s, but by mid-decade the top sellers were the high-society soul of Diana Ross and the ballads of the Commodores – Gordy focused more on producing movies such as The Wiz (1978).”

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