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Who and What is on the Front Cover of The Beatles' Album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band? By John T. Marck
Many people have wondered and asked who is on the front cover of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper Album/CD? Listed below in numerical order are those people and things that appeared. Additionally, others were slated to appear, such as Elvis, Hitler and Jesus, but never made it on the final version. And now, the People, and Things: 1. Sri Yukestawar Giri (Guru) 2. Aleister Crowley (Dabbler in Sex, Drugs and Magic) 3. Mae West (Actress) 4. Lenny Bruce (Comic) 5. Karlheinz Stockhausen (Composer) 6. W. C. (William Claude) Fields (Actor/Comic) 7. Carl Gustav Jung (Psychologist) 8. Edgar Allen Poe (Writer) 9. Fred Astaire (Actor) 10. Richard Merkin (Artist) 11. Das Varga Girl (by Artist Alberto Vargas) 12. * Leo Gorcey (Actor) 13. Huntz Hall (Actor with Leo Gorcey, one of The Bowery Boys) 14. Simon Rodia (Creator of Watts Towers) 15. Bob Dylan (Musician) 16. Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator) 17. Sir Robert Peel 18. Aldous Huxley (Writer) 19. Dylan Thomas (Poet) 20. Terry Southern (Writer) 21. Dion (di Mucci) (Singer) 22. Toni Curtis (Actor) 23. Wallace Berman (Actor) 24. Tommy Handley (Comic) 25. Marilyn Monroe (Actress) 26. William Burroughs (Writer) 27. Sri Mahavatara Babaji (Guru) 28. Stan Laurel (Comic) 29. Richard Lindner (Writer) 30. Oliver Hardy (Comic) 31. Karl Marx (Philosopher, Socialist) 32. H.G.(Herbert George) Wells (Writer) 33. Sri Paramahansa Yoganandu (Guru) 34. Anonymous (Wax hairdressers' dummy) 35. Stuart Sutcliff (Artist, former Beatle) 36. Anonymous (Wax hairdressers dummy) 37. Max Miller (Comic) 38. The Petty Girl (by Artist George Petty) 39. Marlon Brando (Actor) 40. Tom Mix (Actor) 41. Oscar Wilde (Writer) 42. Tyrone Power (Actor) 43. Larry Bell (Artist 44. Dr. David Livingstone (Missionary & Explorer) 45. Johnny Weismuller (Swimmer and Actor) 46. Stephen Crane (Writer) 47. Issy Bonn (Comic) 48. George Bernhard Shaw (Writer) 49. H.C.(Horace Clifford) Westermann (Sculptor) 50. Albert Stubbins (Soccer Player) 51. Sri Lahiri Mahasaya (Guru) 52. Lewis Carroll (Writer) 53. T.E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence (Soldier, Lawrence of Arabia) 54. Sonny Liston (Boxer) 55. The Petty Girl (by Artist George Petty) 56. Wax Model of George Harrison 57. Wax Model of John Lennon 58. Shirley Temple (Kinder Actress) 59. Wax Model von Ringo Starr 60. Wax Model von Paul McCartney 61. Albert Einstein (Physicist) 62. John Lennon (Holding a French Horn) 63. Ringo Starr (Holding a Trumpet) 64. Paul McCartney (Holding a cor anglais) 65. George Harrison (Holding a Flute) 66. Bobby Breen (Singer) 67. Marlene Dietrich (Actress) 68. ** Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi (Indian Leader) 69. Legionnaire from the Order of the Buffalos 70. Diana Dors (Actress) 71. Shirley Temple (Child Actress) 72. Cloth Grandmother Figure of Jann Haworth 73. Cloth Figure of Shirley Temple (Child Actress) by Jann Haworth 74. Mexican Candlestick 75. Television Set 76. Stone Figure of Girl 77. Stone Figure 78. Statue from John Lennon's House 79. Trophy 80. Four-Armed Indian Doll 81. Drum-Skin, Designed by Joe Ephgrave) 82. Hookah (Water tobacco pipe 83. Velvet Snake 84. Japanese Stone Figure 85. Stone Figure of Snow White 86. Garden Gnome 87. Tuba * Leo Gorcey was painted out because he requested a fee to use his image. ** Ghandi was painted out by request of EMI as they feared it would offend record buyers in India. The album cover herein and location drawings are for the sole use of reference for the readers of this article. All other uses are in violation of international copyright laws. This use for educational reference, falls under the "fair use" sections of U.S. copyright law. The same such reference applies to images/photos of album covers used herein. Album cover by M C Productions, staged by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth. Photographed by Michael Cooper. Wax figures by Madame Tussauds.© 1967 EMI Records Ltd. All information contained in this article, except names, titles, and photos, © Copyright 2000-2022 by John T. Marck, Edited by John T. Marck. |
