Editing Teen idol (section)

=== Early teen idols ===
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[[File:Franz-liszt-in-hungarian-costume-watercolour-by-josef-friehuber-1838.jpg|thumb|left|Watercolour of [[Franz Liszt]] in 1838, the first known teen idol]]
[[File:Roger Wolfe Kahn on the cover of Time magazine (September 19, 1927).jpg|thumb|left|[[Roger Wolfe Kahn]] on the cover of ''TIME'' magazine (September 19, 1927, America's first teen idol)]]
The first known person to have been treated as a teen idol was [[Franz Liszt]], the Hungarian pianist who, in the 1840s, drew such a following among teen girls that the term "[[Lisztomania]]" soon came to describe the phenomenon. The kind of idolizing following Liszt drew in Europe would not be followed for several decades. American-born [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]] became, arguably, America's first modern-day teen idol, when, in 1924 at the age of sixteen he launched his first jazz band. Throughout his teens, he became dubbed the 'Millionaire Maestro.' <ref>Was Roger Wolfe Kahn America's first popular music teen idol? {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20230726211856/https://www.thekahnsoffifthavenue.com/the-kahns-blog/was-roger-wolfe-kahn-americas-first-popular-music-teen-idol The KAHNS-Blog]}}</ref> [[Geraldine Farrar]], American opera singer, had a large following of young women nicknamed "Gerry-flappers" in the early 20th century.<ref>''New York Times'' (23 April 1922) p. 20</ref><ref>Rosenthal and Warrack (1979), p. 161</ref> [[Rudy Vallée]], who became a major success in 1929 with hits like "[[Honey (Rudy Vallée song)|Honey]]" and "[[Deep Night]]", may have been the first American [[popular singer]] to have been idolised by hundreds of teen-aged girls at sold-out concerts. He was also possibly the first popular singer to have a [[star vehicle]] created for him: ''[[The Vagabond Lover]]''.[[File:Rudy Vallée - Photoplay, June 1930.jpg|thumb|1930 caricature of [[Rudy Vallée]]]][[Frank Sinatra]], whose early career in the 1940s is often linked to his appeal to [[Bobby-soxer|bobby soxers]],<ref name="gtrps" /> who got that name because they were forced to dance in their bobby socks so that their shoes would not damage the dance floor, is also regarded as having been amongst the first teen idols.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=May 11, 2021|title=The Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments|work=The Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/teen-idol-breakouts-158080/frank-sinatra-1942-169439/|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019065155/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/teen-idol-breakouts-158080/frank-sinatra-1942-169439/|archive-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref>
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