David Bowie Outside The Bbc, 1965 Art Print by Mirrorpix

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Singer David Bowie when he was known as Davy Jones, pictured outside the BBC television centre where he and his band are to perform I Pity The Fool on the BBC show “Gadzooks! It’s All Happening”. The show’s producer Barry Langford insisted that Bowie cut his hair which he refused to do and organised demonstrations at the BBC with banners like ‘Be Fair To Long Hair’. The group were later allowed to appear on the show with the condition that if they got complaints, the band’s fee would go to charity. No complaints were received. March 1965.