3 Big Teen Magazines

In chapter 8 of Mix Tapes and Stuff, (link: http://www.amazon.com/Mix-Tapes-Stuff-JJ-Lair-ebook/dp/B00KFTKCKE)       Bess goes into Dina's closet. She finds assorted teen magazines and flips through them. I don't give the names of the magazines, but this week I'll write about what magazines could be there. 

First a little background. 

When modern audiences think about the music of 1965 or 1967, we think of the Beatles or Rolling Stones or Motown. There was another form of pop music that sold at the time. It was called "bubblegum." The audience for this was young girls. The songs were catchy, innocent (or the innuendo was so hidden, it wasn't caught) and the singers were young men. The biggest names were Tommy Roe, Bobby Sherman, Tommy James and the Shondells. In reality, they were good. As it goes now, image was important and there needed a place to mold that image. Along came the teen magazine. 

These magazines were so good at what they did, that they still exist today. The glossy pictures were easy to rip out and tape to high school locker walls. The stories were fluff, but that's what the reader wanted and the stars managers could give. I'll give the website links below. 

Tiger Beat first premiered in 1965. The link is www.bopandtigerbeat.com

This magazine is still available in magazine format today. 

Teen Beat. This magazine premiered in 1967, but ended its print run in 2007. It continues on the web at www.ontheteenbeat.com

16 magazine. 

 This magazine started in 1957 with Elvis Presley on the cover. It continues today featuring boy bands. I don't have a link for them so I think they may have changed or they don't publish anymore. There is a Sweet 16 magazine that looks similar in the Internet search engines but the articles look more serious. The same can be said for 17 magazine. 

The information was provided by Wikipedia and EBay. There are back issues and archive issues of all these magazines available for bid at EBay.com