This year we’re celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles iconic LP ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ Here are five things about the album cover we think you’ll find really interesting…
1.) There are 57 photos and nine waxworks of the world’s most famous cultural icons, and gurus; Mahavatar
Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda.
2.) A Picture of Elvis was IN, then OUT for the release of the artwork. Shirley Temple appears on the cover
three times. John Lennon wanted Hitler, Mohandas Gandhi, and Jesus, but the band and the label blocked that
request.
3.) Bob Dylan, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe Marlon Brando, and Tony Curtis are in because the boys liked
Bob’s music and the actor’s movies.
4.) Bowery Boys actor Leo Gorcey, child leader of the Dead End Kids, wanted to paid, but the Beatles said no!
5.) The boys artwork depicts large heavy mustaches – only one was real – George’s