A photo of Rock 'n' Roll royalty I hadn't seen before

Caffeine_Vampire

stickyfiddle

There's a hefty amount of retouching in that pic!! Why do they all look 12?  

Original here: 

Grangousier

Asked for comment, Jimmy Velvet said: "Little did I realise when the photo was taken that in the future these would be three icons of rock and roll and all people would have to say about me is 'who the hell is he?' I could be bitter about it, but they're all dead and I'm still alive so I win, I guess."

(He didn't. I made it up.)

I don't know when the photos was taken, but the oldest any of them could have been is twenty-three, and Holly never even got that far. 

lustycourtier

all that work to touch up the photo, but cant fix Buddys strap?

scrumhalf

lustycourtier said:

all that work to touch up the photo, but cant fix Buddys strap?

Apparently it was offered but he said "that'll be the day". 

springhead

scrumhalf said:

lustycourtier said:

all that work to touch up the photo, but cant fix Buddys strap?

Apparently it was offered but he said "that'll be the day". 

“But Buddy, ‘It’s So Easy’”

BillDL

That unruly mop of hair on Jerry Lee Lewis must have been shocking to many older and more conservative people of that era. For those that saw him as being so rebellious and unkempt and survived several decades after that, I wonder what they thought of other fashion trends that followed?  Apart from looking like a coiled dog shit, that roll of hair on Jimmy Velvet's forehead is even more contrived than the stuck-down sharp curl on Bill Haley's brow.  For some reason it reminds me of the "hat" thing ( I think they're called "fascinators") worn by Princess Beatrice

         

Hootsmon

BillDL said:

That unruly mop of hair on Jerry Lee Lewis must have been shocking to many older and more conservative people of that era. For those that saw him as being so rebellious and unkempt and survived several decades after that, I wonder what they thought of other fashion trends that followed?  Apart from looking like a coiled dog shit, that roll of hair on Jimmy Velvet's forehead is even more contrived than the stuck-down sharp curl on Bill Haley's brow.  For some reason it reminds me of the "hat" thing ( I think they're called "fascinators") worn by Princess Beatrice

         

I backed that filly in the grand National and it came in last

Kittyfrisk

BillDL said:

That unruly mop of hair on Jerry Lee Lewis must have been shocking to many older and more conservative people of that era. For those that saw him as being so rebellious and unkempt and survived several decades after that, I wonder what they thought of other fashion trends that followed?  Apart from looking like a coiled dog shit, that roll of hair on Jimmy Velvet's forehead is even more contrived than the stuck-down sharp curl on Bill Haley's brow.  For some reason it reminds me of the "hat" thing ( I think they're called "fascinators") worn by Princess Beatrice

         

Some more snaps here... 
I'd suggest that Jimmy Velvet's hair was an innocent victim of the colourising/tinting/touching up process.
https://50sspirit.blogspot.com/2011/12/gene-vincent-jerry-lee-lewis.html

Kittyfrisk

Talking of rock & roll coifs...
I give you Bob Kingston, guitarist with Tenpole Tudor.
He spent ages chatting up my then girlfriend after their 'Swords of a Thousand Men' tour gig in Durham.
I was working there at the time & after I'd broken down their rig & helped lead it out, I went over & got a lovely great big kiss from her.
He really wasn't thrilled...
PMSL