13 fabulous hairstyles from some of our music greats
From well groomed to the wild and woolly, the hairstyles of musicians can tell us a great deal…
![The best hair styles](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/hair-styles-8910752.jpg?quality=90&resize=980,654)
We celebrate some of the best and wackiest hairstyles of some of our music greats - which is your favourite 'hair do'?
7 magnificent manes
![Jean Rondeau Jean Rondeau](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/John-Rondeau-edc30be.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,941)
Hair-raising harpsichordist Jean Rondeau
![Blanche Thebom Mezzo Blanche Thebom](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages50525332cmyk-d163166.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,466)
Mezzo Blanche Thebom takes the long view
![Hector Berlioz](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages122225781cmyk-d3530d4.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,877)
Berlioz’s hair is simply fantastique
![Jan Paderewski](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages903369830cmyk-f3f04f9.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,657)
Pianist Paderewski, plus bird’s nest
![Josef Lanner](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages56462878cmyk-1ff1d0e.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,915)
Waltz composer Joseph Lanner goes for three beats in a barnet
![Louis Spohr](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages179794190cmyk-ffeff50.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,865)
Spohr sports a prog rock look
![Edgard Varese](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/EdgardVaresewikifreecmyk-7e78eb8.jpg?quality=90&resize=352,500)
Varèse defies you to laugh…
Hair, there and everywhere
![Tortelier](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages3294687cmyk-88e3d74.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,817)
Paul Tortelier’s is as tempestuous as his musicianship
![Pablo de Sarasate](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages2669491cmyk-4da20e6.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,844)
‘Leave it just on the ears’, violinist-composer Pablo de Sarasate tells his barber
![Johann Strauss](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages3356070cmyk-4bcdfa7.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,929)
Epic chops from composer Johann Strauss
![Italian Pianist Federico Colli Performs At LSO St Luke's In London](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages458908002cmyk-262bbe2.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,861)
Italian pianist Federico Curli Colli
![Nicolai Gedda](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages3262366cmyk-32c8d32.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,983)
Teddy boy tenor Nicolai Gedda
![Simon Rattle](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2022/11/GettyImages3137109cmyk-1b9546f.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,466)
A young Simon Rattle enjoys his fame without a brush
Authors
![Jeremy Pound](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/24/2020/06/Jeremy-Pound-dc94fc3.jpg?quality=90&resize=196,196)
Jeremy Pound is currently BBC Music Magazine’s Deputy Editor, a role he has held since 2004. Before that, he was the features editor of Classic CD magazine, and has written for a colourful array of publications ranging from Music Teacher to History Revealed, Total Football and Environment Action; in 2018, he edited and co-wrote The King’s Singers: Gold 50th anniversary book.