Sgt.Pepper Album Cover

beatlemaniac · Post by **beatlemaniac** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:46 am

On the front cover of Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album,I've spotted a lot of famous celebrities on the large wall mural behind the fab four.Here are some of the celebrities I've spotted:Laurel & Hardy:Mae West:Tony Curtis:George Washington:Tarzan:WC Fields:and a younger version of The Beatles themselves.Can you spot any other famous people on this album cover?

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:44 pm

Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Sonny Liston (wax figure of boxer) Bob Dylan, Stuart Sutcliff, Fred Astaire.
I believe Mae West was left off the cover. When the Beatles asked the various artists for permission to use their images, she requested royalties; they pulled her out before printing.

Many more besides those mentioned so far.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:58 pm

I have a complete listing of them somewhere, if I can only find it ...

ibmindless · Post by **ibmindless** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:17 pm

Here's someone's claim oof who's on the cover:

A list of the celebrities on the cover of Sgt. Pepper

row 1:

Sri Yukteswar Giri (guru) / Aleister Crowley (astrologist) / Mae West (actress) / Lenny Bruce (comedian) / Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer) / W.C. Fields (comedian) / Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist) / Edgar Allen Poe (writer) / Fred Astaire (actor) / Richard Merkin (artist) / The Varga Girl / Huntz Hall (actor) / Simon Rodia (creator of Watts Towers) / Bob Dylan (musician)

row 2:

Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator) / Sir Robert Peel / Aldous Huxley (writer) / Dylan Thomas (poet) / Terry Southern (writer) / Dion (singer) / Tony Curtis (actor) / Wallace Berman (actor) / Tommy Handley (comedian) / Marilyn Monroe (actress) / William Burroughs (writer) / Sri Mahavatara Babaji (guru) / Stan Laurel (comedian) / Richard Lindner (artist) / Oliver Hardy (comedian) / Karl Marx (philosopher,socialist) / H.G. Wells (writer) / Sri Paramahansa Yagananda (guru) / wax hairdresser's dummy

row 3:

Stuart Sutcliff (former Beatle) / wax hairdresser's dummy / Max Miller (comedian) / "The Petty Girl" / Marlon Brando (actor) / Tom Mix (actor) / Oscar Wilde (writer) / Tyrone Power (actor) / Larry Bell (artist) / Dr. David Livingstone (missionary,explorer) / Johnny Weismuller (swimmer,actor) / Stephen Crane (writer) / Issy Bonn (comedian) / George Bernard Shaw (writer) / H.C. Westermann (sculptor) / Albert Stubbins (soccer player) / Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (guru) / Lewis Carroll (writer) / T.E. Lawrence A.K.A. "Lawrence of Arabia" (actor)

row 4:

Sonny Liston (boxer) / "The Petty Girl" / wax dummy of George Harrison / wax dummy of John Lennon / Shirley Temple (actress) / wax dummy of Ringo Starr / wax dummy of Paul McCartney / Albert Einstein (physicist) / John Lennon / Ringo Starr / Paul McCartney / George Harrison / Bobby Breen (singer) / Marlene Dietrich (actress) / Diana Dorrs (actress) / Shirley Temple (actress)

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:18 pm

I don't think I saw WC Fields down.

emswife · Post by **emswife** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:11 pm

Ah yes, my little chickadee... indeeed. Someone has overlooked the old master...

Who put grapefruit juice in my grapefruit juice... on the whole I'd rather be in Philadelphia... always liked kids... liked 'em mostly well done...

ibmindless · Post by **ibmindless** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:36 pm

Speaking of WC...

He was an avowed athiest. As things go, he found himself ultimately on his deathbed - obviously in deteriorating health. A good friend stopped by to visit, but was taken aback when he spotted WC sitting upright in his bed studying the Bible.

"Bill, what are you doing reading the Bible?!!" his friend asked.

In that classic WC Fields voice, he replied, "I'm looking for a loophole."

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:46 am

When I was a kid (6 or 7) my parents had a copy of Sgt. Pepper that had a bunch of cardboard cut-outs of things like moustaches, monocles, medals and hats that came in the sleeve with the record. One night my dad took them all out and dressed me up like Sgt. Pepper. I still have the pictures...
I wonder how collectable that pressing was.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:29 pm

I actually bought my copy of Sgt. Pepper in London, and it came with a booklet that tells who everyone is. I'll try and scan it tomorrow and post it for you guys if you like.

byu · Post by **byu** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:46 pm

Here's the insert from the album.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:27 pm

They also were planning to put Hitler.
If you look closely in shots of the picture session you can spot him.

I'm guessing they kept him out for moral reasons.