Around exactly what year did the '70s fad in having long sideburns begin, and around what year did it die off?

In my family, a lot of the older guys (guys in their 40s, 50s) seemed to really like long sideburns as a way of fitting in with the youth. What about you guys? Did you see a lot of older men at the time in the '70s wear long sideburns?

Sideburns were very popular in the Victorian era, and stayed.

Around exactly what year did the '70s fad in having long sideburns begin, and around what year did it die off?

In my family, a lot of the older guys (guys in their 40s, 50s) seemed to really like long sideburns as a way of fitting in with the youth. What about you guys? Did you see a lot of older men at the time in the '70s wear long sideburns?


I'm thinking about 1973 and I think it died around 1980.

There is already a topic on sideburns on the boards.

There is already a topic on sideburns on the boards.


Hey Philip, what did you wear in the '70s? According to your present age, you would have been a young adult then so I want to know.

You figure here's Lyndon Johnson in 1972, age 63
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Lyndon_B._Johnson_post-presidency_portrait_September_18,_1972_-_LBJ_Museum_D4717-23a.jpg

I would say around 1980 when men sported a different hairstyle, black men went for the jheri-curl style.

As Philip said earlier ... Sideburns were around centuries ago. Like most trends, they come and go. If you look at pics of The Beatles from 1966 you will see the loger, thicker 'mutton chops' beginning. It was common by the later 60's and all through the 70's. You will see it in films such as Easy Rider and Hair.

Elvis had huge sideburns even in 1977 (the year he died). John Lennon had even bigger sideburns in 1968. The trend lasted longer than 10 years on that occassion.

From wiki:

Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven. "Burnsides" became "sideburns" probably because of their location on the side of the face."

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ambrose_Burnside2.jpg/330px-Ambrose_Burnside2.jpg

From wiki:

Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven. "Burnsides" became "sideburns" probably because of their location on the side of the face."

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ambrose_Burnside2.jpg/330px-Ambrose_Burnside2.jpg


I consider this photo mutton chops. When I think of sideburns they just extend down and aren’t connected to anything.

I would say mid 1970's and I think it ended in 1980.

Not sure on this one. My dad definitely had side burns in the seventies. I don’t know when he got rid of them.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRtDiiXbTtRTk8TtaZBirF-Qw5sWft1ImVBZw&usqp=CAU

https://imagez.tmz.com/image/cd/4by3/2020/10/01/cd8a872f9769455494b8b24701c3c4af_md.jpg

Ray Dorset from the pop band Mungo Jerry.

In June 2021 Dorset said, during an interview with radio and TV presenter Mike Read, that he had recovered from open-heart surgery. He added that he no longer had his trademark sideburns, because they had been difficult to manage in hospital, and that although all his hair was real, he dyed it.

https://imagez.tmz.com/image/cd/4by3/2020/10/01/cd8a872f9769455494b8b24701c3c4af_md.jpg

Ray Dorset from the pop band Mungo Jerry.

In June 2021 Dorset said, during an interview with radio and TV presenter Mike Read, that he had recovered from open-heart surgery. He added that he no longer had his trademark sideburns, because they had been difficult to manage in hospital, and that although all his hair was real, he dyed it.

Those are such nice sideburns, I wonder how many years it took to grow them? :o