Nov. 26, 1964 - Mick Jagger’s shaggy mane is a Grade A asset to Britain, a court was told today.
And when Mick’s driving license hung in the balance, the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus and the first Duke of Marlborough were tossed into the scales of justice.
Mick, 21-year-old singer for the Rolling Stones pop group, pleaded guilty at Tettenhall, Staffs, to three motoring summonses.
And his attorney, Mr. Dale Parkinson, said this about long hair and Mick: “The Duke of Marlborough [1650-1722] had longer hair than my client. His hair was powdered — I think because of fleas. My client has no fleas.
“The emperor Caesar Augustus (63 B.C.-4 A.D.) was another with rather long hair. He won many great victories.”
Mr. Parkinson appealed to the magistrates: “Put out of your minds this nonsense talked about these young men. They are not long-haired idiots but highly intelligent, university men.”
Mick studied at the London School of Economics.
Mr. Parkinson said a lost license would “seriously affect Jagger’s mobility and that of the whole group.”
He said Britain needed every dollar it could get, and the Rolling Stones earned more than many professional exporters.
Mick — full name Michael Philip — of Holly Hill, Hampstead, London, admitted driving his Ford Consul near Wolverhampton on April 19 without a license and without having put his name and address into the registration book.
Court chairman Jack Bradburn fined him £16 and permitted the singer to maintain his license.
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