John’s iconic mop top was cut into a short back and sides by German barber, Klaus Baruck. Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager, personally oversaw the incineration of the hair John had had trimmed.

The mop tops ... "The Beatles invented most of what rock stars do," Sheffield points out in a typical passage: They invented breaking up. They invented drugs. They invented long hair, going ...

A lot of liberal men tried wearing their hair longer for a time, and The Beatles popularized the bowl cut and mop top, but the mid-range style wasn’t known as a men’s bob until the 2020s.

But what about us ol’ amateurs sitting alone in lockdown with Mop Top ‘dos that would put The Beatles to shame? Luckily, Wahl produces some of the best consumer hair clippers that we can use ...