# Who had the greatest hair in music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894 "2016-10-07T23:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/41 "2016-10-08T22:20:31Z")
No love for [Porter and Dolly](http://dollyparton.com/dp-uploads/1974/04/DollyleavesPorterWagonerShowFull-760x760.jpg)? Or [Conway](http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/conway-twitty-the-final-recordings-of-his-greatest-hits-vol2-cd.jpg) or [Marty](http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/m/martyrobbins-goldenmemories(stillsealed).jpg) or [Lyle](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-5/portrait-of-lyle-lovett-steven-stone.jpg)? Me neither. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/42 "2016-10-08T22:30:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > No love for [Porter and Dolly](http://dollyparton.com/dp-uploads/1974/04/DollyleavesPorterWagonerShowFull-760x760.jpg)? Or [Conway](http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/conway-twitty-the-final-recordings-of-his-greatest-hits-vol2-cd.jpg) or [Marty](http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/m/martyrobbins-goldenmemories(stillsealed).jpg) or [Lyle](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-5/portrait-of-lyle-lovett-steven-stone.jpg)? > Me neither. Also [George Jones](http://images.mastermp3.net/artwork/nw/nw849297904cd42f84aa20fcb3efc35172.jpg). These are the sideburns of DOOM. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/43 "2016-10-08T22:47:57Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > This actually is against the known laws of physics. Don’t tell me there’s any amount of hair spray that could keep that, er, thing up. That weighs tons! I call fake :D. VO5 Mega-Hold could probably have kept the Tacoma Narrows Bridge together /old goth ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/44 "2016-10-09T13:47:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > No love for [Porter and Dolly](http://dollyparton.com/dp-uploads/1974/04/DollyleavesPorterWagonerShowFull-760x760.jpg)? Or [Conway](http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/conway-twitty-the-final-recordings-of-his-greatest-hits-vol2-cd.jpg) or [Marty](http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/m/martyrobbins-goldenmemories(stillsealed).jpg) or [Lyle](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-5/portrait-of-lyle-lovett-steven-stone.jpg)? > Me neither. [Tammy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DwBirf4BWew/hqdefault.jpg) too. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/45 "2016-10-09T16:10:31Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > [Vixen!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/05/44/8a/05448a795da0fe494427cd73ed52dd96.jpg) God, I love that band. And always lusted after lead singer [Janet Gardner](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiO8bXpjc7PAhXDOCYKHSekCrAQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F470978073502124088%2F&psig=AFQjCNFFWyXo-QvoYDSU1Xwh4jNgr8nYtg&ust=1476115741120073). I dated a girl for a couple of years that looked a lot like Gardner, only with light brown hair. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/46 "2016-10-09T16:36:00Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I have to third(?) Crystal Gayle. I’ve wondered how she manages to wash and dry all of that in less than a week for a very long time. I wanted my hair to be as long as Crystal Gayle’s when I was a kid. I would never let anyone cut it but it never seemed to get any longer than waist length. ☹ I finally gave up on the ultra-long hair when I was in my 20’s and had better things to do then spend several hours blow-drying my hair. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/47 "2016-10-09T20:11:17Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > VO5 Mega-Hold could probably have kept the Tacoma Narrows Bridge together > > /old goth Just ask [Patricia Morrison](http://img6.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/j/c/jcv4pu12gl6s4vus.jpg?djet1p5k). [Hair now, hair now now, sing hair explosion to me.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-43jj_UG-qGs/UUC0q7X1gNI/AAAAAAAASKI/CKdeG0UuDEw/s1600/patricia+morrison04.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/48 "2016-10-09T20:22:28Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Just ask [Patricia Morrison](http://img6.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/j/c/jcv4pu12gl6s4vus.jpg?djet1p5k). [Hair now, hair now now, sing hair explosion to me.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-43jj_UG-qGs/UUC0q7X1gNI/AAAAAAAASKI/CKdeG0UuDEw/s1600/patricia+morrison04.jpg) Ooo, bassist from The Gun Club who joined Sisters of Mercy? Oh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/49 "2016-10-10T15:29:06Z")
I’m going to go with the best hair of the band **put together**. I vote for [The Bangles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NImEJIipx6c/maxresdefault.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/50 "2016-10-10T16:53:19Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I always loved Jack Casady’s hair, in his prime years. He should have his picture in Funk & Wagnall’s next to the definition of “hippie.” > > Young Jorma had some nice locks, too. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=77-vQJtbFas](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=77-vQJtbFas) [Grace had some pretty awesome locks as well.](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/grace-slick-2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/51 "2016-10-10T17:00:31Z")
[Peter Gabirel?](http://www.robbierocks.ch/Pic's/Peter%20Gabriel.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/52 "2016-10-10T17:29:59Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > [Peter Gabirel?](http://www.robbierocks.ch/Pic's/Peter%20Gabriel.jpg) Aieee, no! How about [Jon Bon Jovi](http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/07/27/article-1280220953479-0A95709C000005DC-639932_466x310.jpg), back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/53 "2016-10-10T17:34:44Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > [Grace had some pretty awesome locks as well.](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/grace-slick-2.jpg) Grace Slick was attractive? Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/54 "2016-10-10T17:56:09Z")
Lesley Gore, and [it’s](http://image.al.com/home/bama-media/width960/img/alphotos/photo/2015/02/16/lesley-gore-6d9ddf532ce73322.jpg) [not](http://www.mtv.com/crop-images/2013/08/19/lesley_gore.jpg) [even](http://www.barrysdiscs.com/Images/Rock%20Female/4272.jpg) [close](http://www.rarerecords.net/wp-content/uploads/shopp_images/boys_mono2_front.JPG). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/55 "2016-10-10T18:05:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m going to go with the best hair of the band **put together**. I vote for [The Bangles](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NImEJIipx6c/maxresdefault.jpg). See post #31 for the band Angel. They are prettier than the Bangles! (No, not even close to being true, but man, their hair is more perfectly styled) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/56 "2016-10-10T18:47:57Z")
Lots of neat hairdos I’d like to have in this thread. A fro is a particularly unachievable and amazing look compared to persons like myself with laser-straight hair. But as a man who has had hair and lost it, [Curt Kirkwood](http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/752/MI0002752602.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) has the best hair, and a chin to back it up. I not only want to have that hair on my head; but as a almost completely, 100% of 60% hetero male, I want to run my fingers through it. Yeah, I know they’ll get caught, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/57 "2016-10-11T01:05:28Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Grace Slick was attractive? Who knew? How did you not know that? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/58 "2016-10-11T01:14:11Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > How did you not know that? Never saw her close-up until the Starship era (not really a fan); Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert only showed shots of the whole band. :o Probably a wig? [Diana Ross](https://freshkinks.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/diana-ross-afro.jpg): ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/59 "2016-10-11T01:25:25Z")
I’m as heterosexual as one can possibly be, but [Jim Morrison](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-jim-morrison-19690726) needs to be on this list. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894/60 "2016-10-11T03:13:55Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Aieee, no! > > How about [Jon Bon Jovi](http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/07/27/article-1280220953479-0A95709C000005DC-639932_466x310.jpg), back in the day. Or the guy he wanted to be…[Bruce Springsteen](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/34/25/0f/34250fd7ad84092cb5490f4643ea6d4b.jpg)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-the-greatest-hair-in-music/767894.md?page=4)