Remember When: David Bowie Leads the Society for Prevention …
Nov 13, 2024 · In 1964, teenage David Bowie and his band the Manish Boys appeared on television to promote their new society of long-haired men.
David Bowie • BBC Tonight Programme • 1964 - YouTube
In this interview David is 17 years old. He is interviewed by Cliff Michelmore, for the BBC's Tonight programme, about his newly-founded Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long …
A teenage David Bowie on 'cruelty' to men with long hair - BBC
Nov 24, 2025 · On 12 November 1964, the would-be pop star told the BBC that cruelty to hirsute men "just has to stop".
Watch a 17-Year-Old David Bowie Give a Rare Interview on Long Hair …
Jan 8, 2023 · And there to speak on behalf of the newly formed Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men is 17-year-old David “Davy” Jones of Plaistow Grove, Bromley, …
Watch David Bowie's first ever TV appearance as the founder of …
Jul 8, 2025 · You might well ask how a bunch of long-haired (and not all that long-haired by today's standards) lads managed to get a spot on a major TV show. The answer is that the …
David Bowie’s “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long …
Aug 7, 2021 · The interview, by Cliff Michelmore, sees Bowie “protesting” about the treatment that he and other post-Beatles, long-haired men received on the streets of England.
Tracing David Bowie's Musical Evolution Through His Hair - VICE
Oct 14, 2013 · Seventeen year old Bowie sticking up for long-hairs everywhere. During proto-Bowie’s wilderness years he appears to have been a punching bag for malicious hairdressing …
David Bowie, Mr Jones' Long Hair: the original exhibition at …
Until Sunday June 22, 2025, we're off to Galerie MR8 to discover "David Bowie, Mr Jones' Long Hair". Over 70 rare photographs with commentary reveal the hidden side of the icon, between...
David Bowie Formed a Society That Protected Long-Haired Men: …
Jan 11, 2022 · In 1964, a teenaged David Bowie formed a society that protected men with long hair. Long-haired men weren't treated well in the 1960s.
David Bowie defends long hair in 1964 TV interview - BBC
Jan 11, 2016 · At the age of 17, David Bowie was interviewed by Cliff Michelmore for the BBC's Tonight programme. Bowie was speaking about his newly-founded Society for the Prevention …