The Muse Behind the Song: Chrissie Shrimpton

Former sixties model and actress,  poor Chrissie is the younger sister of Jean Shrimpton and was Mick Jagger's girlfriend from 1963-1966. You can guess from the songs she inspired what their relationship was like: Under My Thumb (inspired after Mick finally managed to 'tame' the pushy Chrissie), Stupid Girl, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Play With Fire, and Back Street Girl.

(photos of Mick and Chrissie from the super amazing blog (Diet) Coke and Sympathy Chrissie modeling photos from Youthquakers)

Happy Birthday To You!!!

Happy Birthday to my two favorite John's!

John's 'Nothing Box'

For the person who has everything.

Photoshoot: Paul McCartney by David Montgomery

"He's got a face to make you fall on your knees"

Photoshoot:John Lennon by Brian Duffy

"He's got looks that books take pages to tell"

I know I did a post on this before, but I only had 3 photos. As you can see, more Lennon by Duffy have popped up.

Behind the Photoshoot: Lennon and McCartney by David Bailey

So you might remember the photoshoot post I did about John and Paul here. Well, I found a Beatles fan/photographer's dream (well, my dream at least): David Bailey's contact sheets from that photoshoot! I just know there's more out there, and I'm on a mission to find them (not really, I'm hoping to just stumble upon them, like kind of what happened with these ones).

Photoshoot: Jim Morrison by Guy Webster

The Jane Asher Do

The casual, long-haired took is definitely in, and there is no better example of what it should look like than those red-gold locks of lovely Jane Asher. Of course, you have to have long straight hair’ to do this particular hair style—and those who don’t will either’ have to let their hair grow out (and get it straightened if it is curly or kinky) or else try a different hairdo. To achieve the “Jane Asher” look, you must first wash your hair with mild (Castile is good) shampoo. While it is still wet, cut your bangs with cuticle or fingernail scissors (short scissors are best for this style of bangs, as they give a “chopped” look). Be sure the bangs are longer on each side and zig-zagged in the middle of your forehead. Remember that when hair is cut while wet it wilt tend to “shrink” later, so don’t cut your bangs too short. While your hair is damp, roll several huge rollers of hair from the crown (center) of your head down to the scalp. A cluster of four or five should do the trick. Take the remaining long hair and loop it into big curls, pinning them down with several bobby pins. Allow to dry. If you have thin hair, spray it a couple of times lightly while it is drying. When your hair is dry, re-move the rollers and bobbies and brush it out. To achieve the rounded look on top that Jane has in this picture, you must lightly tease up (or back-comb) the crown hair. This teased hair should cover almost all of the top of your head. Brush a layer of long hair smoothly over the teased hair until it gets the look that Jane has achieved. Gently comb out loop curls on the side until they straighten to the proper sloping curved effect. If you have trouble with your bangs, you can roll the center of them with a big roller and scotch-tape the sides down so that they sort of blend in with the flowing hair-line look on the sides. When dry, tease up the ‘center of the bangs and gently brush them down. It isn’t easy to learn to set and style your own hair, but this “Jane Asher Hair-Do” is very good for beginners as it is simple to do (if you have the right kind of hair). Give it a try. You have nothing to lose—and you may come out looking just like the lovely young lady on this page.

- ©16 magazine 1964

The Muse Behind the Song: Linda McCartney

Linda's life as a muse began all the way back at the age of 5, when she was still Linda Eastman. Her father Lee Eastman, a New York show business attorney, asked one of his clients, Jack Lawrence, to write a song for his daughter. The result was a song titled "Linda," first performed by Buddy Clark. But Linda is most famous as the muse of Paul McCartney, who once said that every love song he wrote was for Linda. Starting with The Beatles beautiful song "I Will" and continuing with Wings "My Love" and Paul's "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Calico Skies," to name but a few of the sigh and swoon-worthy songs that Paul wrote for his Lovely Linda, you can actually hear what love sounds like.

Here's a 7-year-old Linda with Jack, holding the music sheet for the song he wrote for her.

“Across a crowded room, as they say, our eyes met and the violins started playing … There was an immediate attraction between us. As she was leaving — she was with the group the Animals, whom she’d been photographing –- I saw an obvious opportunity. I said: “My name’s Paul. What’s yours?” I think she probably recognised me. It was so corny, but I told the kids later that, had it not been for that moment, none of them would be here. Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song.” - Paul

Locking eyes early on with Paul at the Sgt. Pepper launch party.

Paul and I loved each other. He told me he fell in love with me the first time we met, and that was so sweet of him to say, whether or not it was true. What really mattered so much to me was that he always would tell me that he was falling more and more in love with me as time went on. - Linda

Wedding Day.