The Beatles in Texas (1964)

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The Beatles were the first entertainment act to stage a large stadium concert. At Shea Stadium, New York City on Sunday, August 15, 1965 the group opened their 1965 North American tour to a record audience of 55,600. The event sold out in 17 minutes. It was the first concert to be held at a major outdoor stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation, demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable. The Beatles returned to Shea for a very successful encore in August 1966.

The Beatle haircut, also known as the mop-top (or moptop) —because of its resemblance to a mop—or Arthur amongst fans, is a mid-length hairstyle named after and popularised by the Beatles. It is a straight cut - collar-length at the back and over the ears at the sides, with a straight fringe (bangs). Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher of Oasis once had mop-top haircuts during the Britpop heyday of the '90s. As a schoolboy in the mid '50s, Jürgen Vollmer had left his hair hanging down over his forehead one day after he had gone swimming, not bothering to style it. John Lennon is quoted in The Beatles Anthology as follows: "Jürgen had a flattened-down hairstyle with a fringe in the back, which we rather took to." In late 1961, Vollmer moved to Paris. McCartney said in a 1979 radio interview: "We saw a guy in Hamburg whose hair we liked. John and I were hitchhiking to Paris. We asked him to cut our hair like he cut his." McCartney also wrote in a letter to Vollmer in 1989: "George explained in a 60s interview that it was John and I having our hair cut in Paris which prompted him to do the same.... We were the first to take the plunge." Because of the immense popularity of the Beatles, the haircut was widely imitated worldwide between 1964 and 1966. Their hair-style led toy manufacturers to begin producing real-hair and plastic "Beatle Wigs." Lowell Toy Manufacturing Corp. of New York was licensed to make "the only AUTHENTIC Beatle Wig". There have been many attempts at counterfeiting, but in its original packaging this wig has become highly collectible. At a press conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York, shortly after the Beatles' arrival in the United States, Harrison was asked by a reporter, "What do you call your hairstyle?" He replied "Arthur". The scene was recreated in the movie A Hard Day's Night with the reporter asking George Harrison, "What would you call that, uh, hairstyle you're wearing?" Mikhail Safonov wrote in 2003 that in the Brezhnev-dominated Soviet Union, mimicking The Beatles' hairstyle was seen as extremely rebellious. Young people were called "hairies" by their elders, and were arrested and forced to have their hair cut in police stations. In 1967, most memorably on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, all four of The Beatles sported moustaches. (Harrison also began to sport long hair while Lennon began to wear his signature glasses.) This look signaled a new, more mature image for the "mop tops." By the late 1960s, The Beatles generally had much longer hair than they had during the Beatlemania era, and often wore full beards.

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[SomethingWithLayla]

i'm just 18 years ols and i miss ths time:((

[exil7]

Aww they're so cute in suits and Stetsons -3

[thebeatlesbeachboys]

reporter"now what kind of girls do you like george?" george:" johns wife." :D oh george.

[rockypc24]

fucking amazing wish i was around

[5inthehole]

If the beatles were honest about what girls they liked in Dallas, they'd answer "It don't matter, we could lay all of them if we feel like it". I wonder how many girls the 4 fucked when visited a US town for a concert. The guy who took Ringo's place on the Holland tour said he thought he could fuck with the best of them, but compared to the boys (the Beatles) he was an amaturer! I bet they screw 5-6 a night each. Boy, it's good to be the king!

[bladesofglory12]

@unfortunatebeam What?

[unfortunatebeam]

@bladesofglory12 and another thing......

[bladesofglory12]

@unfortunatebeam Alright, ahah whatever you win.

[unfortunatebeam]

@bladesofglory12 Well Lennon himself admitted that he was "tossed off" by Epstein. and there is also accounts of him "buggering" Epstein.

[bladesofglory12]

@unfortunatebeam That whole Epstein thing was bullshit -- if it was with anyone it was with Stuart Sutcliffe and even that I have a hard time believing.