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Coffee Break: Iconic hair

The Beatles in 1965.
The Beatles in 1965.public domain/Wikimedia Commons

by Anna Reed

August 17, 2017

Today in 1964, the Glasgow City Council in Scotland announced that all boys and men with Beatle-style haircuts would have to wear swimming caps after a committee was told that hair from "Beatle-cuts" was clogging the filters in public pools.

That got us thinking about hairstyles that are as legendary as the music from the bands that sport them.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have iconic hair?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train
The Weeknd - False Alarm
Moby - Honey
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
The Monks - Complication
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)