Madame Tussauds unveils wax figures of The Beatles

On March 28, 1964, London’s famous waxworks museum Madame Tussauds unveiled life-size figures of all four Beatles. The Fab Four were the first pop group to be immortalized in the museum.

On April 29, 1964, the Beatles were photographed with their wax figures.

Madame Tussauds later lent the wax figures to artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth in early 1967, to be included on the cover of the Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

Three of the heads – John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – were rediscovered in 2005 after being lost for nearly two decades, and were auctioned for £81,500.

Madame Tussauds reworked the figures on several occasions throughout the 1960s, to reflect The Beatles’ ever-changing image.

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