Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed

Where:  National Portrait Gallery
When:   15th October 2009 - 24th January 2010

This major exhibition explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ‘Swinging London’ in the 1960s and placed the city for a few short years as the world’s most important cultural capital. Over 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia including record sleeves and magazines, illustrate how the photographic image, music and performance made these popstars the leading figures of their time. Classic images of singers such as Billy Fury, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix will be shown alongside those of iconic groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

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