History of The Beatles as told by their hair

History of the beatles hair infographic

The Beatles were famously known for their mop-top haircuts in the early 1960s, but their styles evolved over time. DeviantArt user mozzarellapoppy has a look at the hair, moustache, and spectacle changes over an eight-year span. Watch as they slowly morph into The Bee Gees.

[via Alison]

31 Comments

Jorge Galindo — July 23, 2010 at 1:04 am

Great. Just to put in context each year/hair style:

1963 – Please Please Me, With The Beatles
1964 – A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale
1965 – Help!, Rubber Soul
1966 – Revolver
1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mistery Tour
1968 – White Album
1969 – Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine
1970 – Let it Be

Don Nelson — July 28, 2010 at 10:30 am

The order at the end really isn’t quite right. While Let It Be was the last album released, it was not the last album the group recorded. That honor goes to Abbey Road. For numerous reasons, Let It Be was delayed and did not get released until after Abbey Road. I will leave the discussion of this fact’s impact on the hair chronology to others.
- Kingston — November 9, 2010 at 10:21 pm
  
  Don is correct re: order of albums, but the hair chronology is still correct :)

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Mike — July 23, 2010 at 7:52 am

Is the increase in head size over time a significant part of their evolution?

beatle dog — July 23, 2010 at 8:43 am

head size is correlated with money. Bill gates actually pays someone to support his cranium for him.

martha — July 23, 2010 at 9:39 am

very interesting !

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shill — July 24, 2010 at 6:43 pm

The heads appear to be getting bigger every year. This distorts the comparison of hair styles. This is not legitimate.

shill — July 24, 2010 at 6:45 pm

In summary, I agree with Mike and Beatle Dog. This webstie should be taken down immediately. Please read more of my ideas at antrho.org/shill.

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Nicole — July 28, 2010 at 1:14 pm

Some minor issues:

1. John’s should be red and Ringo’s should have a grey streak on the right side.

2. Don’t underestimate the importance of eyebrows, particularly on George and John. They had unibrows but began manscaping in 1963, only for John to grow his back in 1969. (Of course Paul was a chronic manscaper pre-1969 and Ringo’s left eyebrow has a silver streak in it.)

3. John in 1966, 1969 and 1970 are slightly off. He cut all his hair off after the 1966 tour to make the film “How I Won The War.” In 1969 (after the disasterous “Get Back/Let It Be” project) he grew his hair out to look like Jesus (see: Abbey Road cover, August 1969.) Finally, in December of 1969 he and Yoko got brainwashed and scalped by a cult in Denmark (see 1970′s “Instant Karma” vids. Later in 1970 they auctioned off their shorn locks to benefit the Black Panthers.)

4. The Bee Gees didn’t get this hairy until the 1970’s.

Overall, though, this is quite entertaining.

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