Beard Liberation Front
11th August 2019
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
The late Joe Strummer named Best Sideburns wearer of all time
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Sideburns Day on Sunday the late Joe Strummer has retained the title he first won in 2018 of Best Sideburns Ever in an on-line poll.
The seventh National Sideburns Day is on 11th August, reflecting the growing popularity of a range of facial hair styles.
National Sideburns Day was originally held to mark Bradley Wiggins Olympic victory in 2012
The campaigners say that sideburns, sometimes known as mutton chops, and named after US Civil War General Ambrose Burnside were often worn by Victorian politicians
Bradley Wiggins reinvented the post-1945 tradition of sideburns from Elvis Presley to Noddy Holder and the late Lemmy and Alvin Stardust, turned them into something no self-respecting hipster would be without
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this year National Sideburns Day underlines the resilience of the style over centuries of changing facial hair fashions, and the second victory for Joe Strummer makes the point that in 2019 sideburns remain an iconic style
Best Sideburns ever poll 2019 List
Noddy Holder (musician)
Lemmy (musician)
General Burnside
Alvin Stardust (singer)
Bradley Wiggins (sportsman)
Glen Campbell (singer)
Isaac Asimov (author)
Elvis Presley (singer)
Jack Nicholson (actor)
Tom Jones (singer)
Joe Strummer (musician)
Henry Winkler (The Fonz)
Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets)
Amos Brearly (Emmerdale)
Merv Hughes (cricketer)
Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry)
Trevor Bolder (musician)
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