Elvis Presley

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5 TRUE STORIES How a Haircut Changed Music History After Elvis submitted to an Army barber in March 1958, rock 'n' roll and American life were never the same.

By Sean Braswell

THE DAILY DOSE NOVEMBER 22, 2019

“Well, hair today, gone tomorrow,” Elvis Presley joked as his hair fell to the floor on March 24, 1958. The media dubbed the day of that haircut and of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s induction into the U.S. Army as “Black Monday,” and it would be the start of a two-year military hiatus for the most famous person on the planet. When he was drafted, Elvis could have opted to play Army concert tours, but he chose to serve as a regular soldier. That decision would change the course of his own life and career. Even more than that, the shearing of the ascendant sex symbol’s locks would forever alter the course of American music and culture.