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68 Nostalgic Images Of The Greatest Pop Culture Legends In History Shared By Morrison Hotel Gallery
Media is packed with shiny covers and airbrushed images of celebrities we love, but the candid behind-the-scenes images that capture the unpolished truths and honest emotions of these famous faces are what show someone we can actually relate to.
Here is a time travel to the glory days of the greatest pop culture legends of all time. Incredible timeless images captured by utterly talented photographers offer a glimpse into iconic moments of celebrities‘ lives and let us feel like a small part of their intriguing world. Some of them are not with us anymore, others’ fame has vanished, but these vintage images of the biggest names of the last decades hold many memories and make us remember why these people are so special.
Morrison Hotel Gallery has collected thousands of nostalgic images featuring some of the most popular artists and events in history. It is the world's leading brand for fine art music photography representing over 125 of the greatest music photographers and their archives.
Take the trip down the memory lane through the gallery of some rare pictures from the past you probably haven‘t seen before, to remember and celebrate icons in their golden days.
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#1
Audrey Hepburn, 1967
Photo: Terry O’Neill
Brenda Swann 6 years ago
Such grace and elegance. A day when stars where stars, and life had a touch of innocence. She was such a treasure.
Robyn Denton 6 years ago
She was, quite simply, pure class. As beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.
Nikki D 6 years ago
I read somewhere that she was 5'6" and 86 pounds! After starving in her childhood, she never really learned to eat.
Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
She was 5’7 and 110 pounds normally. Her weight dropped during times of stress, but I don’t think it ever went that low except when she was emaciated as a young girl. You are right that she was never really comfortable with food.
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David Bowie, The Man Who Fell To Earth, 1975
Photo: Geoff MacCormack
Anon Yymi 6 years ago
He was pretty much on all the drugs while filming that.
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#3
Elton John, The Muppet Show, Elstree Studios, England
Photo: Terry O’Neill
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
He's going on The Muppet Show, he has to outshine his co-stars somehow
karen snyder 6 years ago
Music has its Superheros and Elton is the greatest! The paper says, he will be there by helicopter, but it looks like he's planning on making a quick flight.
#4
Amy Winehouse, London, 2004
Photo: Jake Chessum
Hallie 6 years ago
Ben, just because she suffered with her demons does not make her a dime a dozen, buddy.
Load More Replies... Monty Is Fiennes 6 years ago
What she did in her personal life was entirely her business. What was irreplaceable was an amazing voice, a cheeky sense of humour and a top shelf lyricist who forgot how important she was, even to those who loved her intimately. A downward spiral because she was surrounded by pressurizing, tabloid, curtain twitching, finger pointing, negative trolls like you. So well done :)
Brenda Swann 6 years ago
As with so very many beautiful talents and voices, lost far too early, Amy was an old soul. She lived too many years in too short a period of time. There is a sadness that seems determined to infiltrate deeply talented and artistic souls. They search for a fraction of what they give out, to help them feel full. That search with the help of hanger on’ers, takes them to alternatives with deadly consequences. I miss these voices, and performances. Amy was one of the best ....
ThatJeremyKid 6 years ago
Everyone lumps her into the Legend category and she doesn't deserve that status... it's ridiculous
#5
David Bowie And Elizabeth Taylor, 1975
Photo: Terry O’Neil
April Simnel 6 years ago
If he had wanted to be one in 1975, Hollywood was eager to make Bowie a bona fide movie star. The press was all over him while older stars like Liz Taylor were opening doors and pulling some strings, so to speak (and trying to glom on to him to boost their careers as he was gorgeous and young). But Bowie had an awful time of it in L.A., even though he was in a terrific, if odd, film (The Man Who Fell to Earth) and created a masterpiece of an album (Station To Station). He left a year or so later for Berlin, and took Iggy Pop with him. He never went back there to live, except for when he and Iman nearly moved there after their marriage. The riots in the spring of 1992 brought them back to NYC for good.
#6
Freddie Mercury & Mick Rock
Photo: Mick Rock
FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
Made my day. Freddie was a musical genius who will be forever remembered.
#7
Janis Joplin And Tina Turner At Madison Square Garden, November 27, 1969
Photo: Amalie R. Rothschild
#8
Led Zeppelin In Front Of The Starship, 1973
Photo: Bob Gruen
Nadja Lambacher 6 years ago
Every time I see this picture all I notice is how uncomfortabely tight those pants look.
Catlady6000 6 years ago
No amount of manspreading could make those things comfortable. Makes one wonder how they reproduced
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#9
Paul Newman, Burbank, CA, 1958
Photo: John R. Hamilton
Nancy Jeckells 6 years ago
yes, a real talent, but gentleman? Not sure, he cheated on his wife for years.
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#10
Debbie Harry, Late 1970s
Photo: Chris Stein
Word Weaver 6 years ago
Is it just me or does she kind of resemble Kylie Jenner in this photo?
Signe Manat Hansen 6 years ago
Kylie Jenner might want to resemble Debbie Harry.
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#11
Tina Turner, Paris, 1984
Photo: Bob Gruen
#12
Cher, 'I'd Rather Believe In You' Album Cover, 1976
Photo: Norman Seeff
Brenda Swann 6 years ago
To quote Cher when asked ... “how to feel about getting older, aging?” ..... “It sucks”. I have always loved her humour and spirit. To all the youth if the world .... if you are lucky enough to age, be kind to everyone that crosses your path, as you too will age, get wrinkles, crappy skin, and grey hair. Cher still deserves admiration and respect.
#13
Paul & Linda Mccartney, Cover Of Life Magazine, 1971
Photo: Henry Diltz
diane a 6 years ago
Sad that Beatles fans gave Linda such a hard time for "stealing" Paul. She was a talented phographer and a quite beautiful woman. Member of the Eastman-Kodak family.
SavageGrace 6 years ago
She was NOT related to the Eastman-Kodak family. Her father's original name was Epstein.
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#14
Elizabeth Taylor, Culver City, CA, 2000
Photo: Timothy White
xiaomiao 6 years ago
It's a red carpet event, she shouldn't be surprised to see cameras?
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#15
Mick Jagger And John Lennon, Abbey Road Studios, London, 1967
Photo: David Magnus
PeachPossum 6 years ago
You'd need sunglasses to keep from blinding yourself looking at those loud jackets ... :)
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David Bowie & Aretha Franklin, Grammy Awards, NYC, 1975
Photo: Bob Gruen
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
Isn't this the awards show where he walked out and said "Ladies, Gentlemen, Others"?
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
he was always such a supporter of others' talent
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#17
Bob Marley, Essex House, NYC, 1980
Photo: Ebet Roberts
Aminat Temicheva 6 years ago
This man really had a heart of gold! His music still brings me to tears.
#18
Cher, 1976
Photo: Norman Seeff
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
I still would kill for her shape. I always wanted to be tall and slender.
Nikki D 6 years ago
Same. She always had the best body, and that hair! So beautiful and talented, too.
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Valerie Gibson 6 years ago
When I was 15 I showed my mom a picture of Cher and said that I wanted my hair like hers. Well, here I am at 68 and I still wear the same hair style.
#19
Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac At JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 1978
Photo: Steve Joester
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
She went to my high school for a year; Arcadia High School, Arcadia, CA. Unfortunately, it was before I went there. I looked her up in the yearbook from that year, and found out her real name is Stephanie Nixon.
Brian Hobson 6 years ago
I would guess that “Nixon” would not be a good entertainer’s name, in those days. ;-)
#20
Faye Dunaway, Beverly Hills Hotel, CA, 1977
Photo: Terry O’Neill
diane a 6 years ago
Oscar for best actress in the film "Network". She married photographer Terry 0'Neill some years later.
Load More Replies... Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
This is such a very hot pic. Then again, I am a sucker for a beautiful woman in strappy stilettos.
#21
Nirvana, 1993
Photo: Jesse Frohman
#22
Yoko Ono And John Lennon, Butterfly Studios, NYC, 1972
Photo: Bob Gruen
Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
In his first marriage, I don’t think with Yoko.
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Cyndi Lauper, 1984
Photo: Richard E. Aaron
#24
Brigitte Bardot, Cuautla, Mexico, 1964
Photo: John R. Hamilton
Nia Loves Art 6 years ago (edited)
She only became like that long after she stopped being a beautiful film star. That doesn’t make it ok, but it’s a different Brigitte Bardot from the one in this picture.
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Frank Sinatra, Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA, 1956
Photo c/o Frank Sinatra Estate
#26
Stevie Wonder, Dance Theater Of Harlem, NYC, 1976
Photo: Allan Tannenbaum
#27
David Bowie, “Keep Your ‘Lectric Eye”, 1973
Photo: Masayoshi Sukita
April Simnel 6 years ago
He had such fantastic hair. It withstood anything done to it, right 'til the end.
Reginald Joseph 6 years ago
put your electric eye on me babe. Freak out in a moon age day dream.
#28
Dolly Parton And Mick Jagger, Bottom Line Concert, May, 1977
Photo: Allan Tannenbaum
#29
The Jackson 5, Encino, CA, 1974
Photo: John R. Hamilton
Aminat Temicheva 6 years ago
Their story is unfortunately so tragic... I'm glad Janet is doing well!
#30
Paul Mccartney With Anti-Beatles Button, 1964
Photo c/o The Vincent Vigil Collection
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
Think of all the valuable original issue albums and records the anti-Beatles destroyed. Zero taste in music.
#31
Gloria Steinem, Palm Beach, FL, 1971
Photo: Al Satterwhite
#32
The Beatles, Filming 'Help!' Bahamas, 1965
Photo c/o The Vincent Vigil Collection
Gracie Winchester 6 years ago
This movie, along with "A Hard Day's Night" are the best. I love "A Hard Day's Night" better. I laughed so hard I cried. The Beatles are the best <3
#33
Bob Dylan On Train From Dublin To Belfast, 1966
Photo: Barry Feinstein
#34
Kate Bush, 1978
Photo: Gered Mankowitz
Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
Flawless, from voice to her majestic artistry. Her beauty is a bonus.
#35
Jim Morrison, Fantasy Fair, Mill Valley, CA, 1967
Photo: Elaine Mayes
Brenda Swann 6 years ago
He is jammin with Amy, Janis, and Jim. Man can you imagine the festival of all those beautiful people. Tickets ..... priceless
#36
Billy Idol, Max's Kansas City, NYC, 1978
Photo: Ebet Roberts
April Simnel 6 years ago
There's episodes of Marc Bolan's old show "Marc" on YouTube. Only one series of 6 episodes was made (in 1978). On the last one, not only was Bowie on performing "Heroes", but Billy Idol and his band Generation X made their TV debut. They had to borrow Marc's guitar for their set. It was a very odd show (to me, anyway). There was never a chance to do another series because Marc died a couple of weeks after taping that episode.
#37
Janis Joplin, Hollywood, CA, 1970
Photo: Barry Feinstein
#38
Whitney Houston, NYC, 1990
Photo: Timothy White
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
She had such a beautiful voice. Truly a tragedy what happened to her and her daughter
Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
Lost soul, such a huge loss to music. How I wish she never met Bobby Brown.
#39
Yoko Ono, NYC, 1973
Photo: Bob Gruen
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
I didn't like her then, but times change, and I've gotten older and more experienced. Relationships don't always work out. John was probably not easy to live with, for either Cynthia or Yoko. It was what it was.
#40
Robert Mapplethorpe And Patti Smith, New York City, 1969
Photo: Norman Seeff
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
neither of them ever did heroin. Patti Smith never tried a single drug in her life. Probably why she survived while many of that era did not
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The Supremes, 1965
Photo: Art Shay
Brenda Swann 6 years ago
The music of my youth. Amazing what they had to endure at a time when life was far from ‘Rock Star’. Such a road they paved, and most survived, in spite of the c**p thrown at them.
Nikki D 6 years ago
What I never understood is how all these old stars had amazing voices while smoking like chimneys!
Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
The effects of smoking can take awhile to catch up to you.
Load More Replies... April Simnel 6 years ago
Berry Gordy might be a villain on a lot of levels, but what he did at Motown with the in-house "charm school" to develop artists for interacting with the press and the public is something we could stand to have today. I know part of the reason he instituted it was so that his new young stars from less-than-well-off upbringings wouldn't seem "rough", "low-class", or threatening to middle-class white people in the 1960s, but everyone in the public eye should go through it, like "Home Training +".
#42
Gregg Allman And Cher, Los Angeles, CA, 1977
Photo: Norman Seeff
#43
Steve Jobs, Woodside, CA, 1984
Photo: Norman Seeff
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
I always wanted one . . . . . but could not afford it.
Load More Replies... Brian Hobson 6 years ago
Those old, big, flexible floppy disks! I may still have a box full of them! ;-)
#44
Elvis Presley, Miami, FL, 1956
Photo: Charles Trainor
Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
Well graceland wasteland right this way ma'am one low price to pay His life, his love, his home, his stuff, his final resting place Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, thy records re-released All kneel to second guess and bless him, let him rest in peace Elvis on velvet -Stray Cats
#45
Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, 1970
Photo: Peter Simon
#46
Tupac Shakur, New York City, 1993
Photo: Danny Clinch
Aminat Temicheva 6 years ago
It's so sad he was taken from us so soon. His music will live on forever!
Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
At least he had the street cred to back it up, unlike most of the guys who dress like that.
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John Lennon And Yoko Ono, Central Park, NYC, 1980
Photo: Allan Tannenbaum
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
Wow. If this was the end of 1980, we weren't going to have him much longer. I remember the moment his death was announced. I was 20 years old and working at an airport. I saw people come off planes, see the TVs showing the news, and just stand there, as shocked and silent as the rest of us were. I cried. The Beatles, together and separately, were a major part of my childhood and teens. I miss the music he didn't get to make.
Nancy Jeckells 6 years ago
I was 18 and getting ready for college when I heard it on the radio; I just started crying...
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Gracie Winchester 6 years ago
This was probably only about 2 or 3 months before his terrible death. I wasn't born until 27 years later and I still love John Lennon, along with the rest of the Beatles. Rest in peace, John Lennon and George Harrison.
#49
Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, 1963
Photo: Terry O’Neill
DC 5 years ago
It's actually not that much of a surprise, if we can trust his writing in "Life" ... he may have used a lot of mind altering chemicals, but ... but he didn't overdo any of that, kept track of the amount he used, knew his limits and, most important, never bought cheap crappy stuff, always insited on top-end quality. Actually, opiate usage won't shorten your life, unless you effed it up ... there are other results that are likely not of the nice kind, of course, but the major threat you get from heroin is that you inject some blackmarket c**p into a blood vessel - not the intended stuff itself.
#50
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness Cover - Full Frame, 1978
Photo: Frank Stefanko
#51
Madonna, 1980
Photo: Mick Rock
Monty Is Fiennes 6 years ago
This was when I loved her... my first female idol as a very little girl...besides my Mum...
Holly Hofmann 6 years ago
Mine too. I dressed up as her for Halloween when I was 7 or 8
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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, 1984
Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
Michael Hardesty 6 years ago
Actually he was enjoying a very successful solo career at this point.
#53
John Lennon, The Beatles, UK, 1965
Photo: Duffy © Duffy Archive
Gracie Winchester 6 years ago
It's so terribly sad that he's gone. I love this picture. I love John Lennon. I love the Beatles.
#54
Keith Richards And Patti Hansen, New York, 1981
Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
#55
Liza Minnelli, NYC, 1996
Photo: Timothy White
#56
Rod Stewart
Photo: Terry O'Neill
#57
Black Sabbath, London, 1973
Photo: Duffy
Chicago Kitty 6 years ago
Ozzy was very good looking- and now serves as a warning to the ravages of drugs.
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Lou Reed And Nico, 1975
Photo: Mick Rock
#59
Jim Morrison, Los Angeles, CA, 1969
Photo: Henry Diltz
#60
Roger Moore, 1973
Photo: Terry O'Neill
#61
Carly Simon, 1981
Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
#62
Sheryl Crow At Her Home Just Outside Nashville, TN
Photo: David McCliste
#63
Boy George, New York City, 1993
Photo: Catherine McGann
The Suz 81 6 years ago
I remember as a kid, I was so obsessed with him. Had a big poster on my wall and never could figure out if he was a man or a woman. I always found myself staring at that poster trying to figure it out.
#64
Jay Z, 1988
Photo: Timothy White
April Simnel 6 years ago
He and Beyonce actually look to have very similarly-shaped eyes, IMO.
#65
Mick Fleetwood, West Africa, 1981
Photo: Richard E. Aaron
#66
Michael Jackson And The Jackson 5, 1970
Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
karen snyder 6 years ago
I Agree. MJ was 11 years old in 1970. Here he looks like he's in his 20's.
Load More Replies... April Simnel 6 years ago
This isn't 1970. This appears to be during the Jacksons' Victory Tour in 1984.
Kathryn Baylis 6 years ago
Yes. Michael was wearing his one sequined glove.
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Sue Clasen 6 years ago
I may say that past 100 years this photo title will be Andy Warhol and a group named Jackson bros.
Gregory Shelton 6 years ago (edited)
This picture is not from 1970 -- Michael was younger than 12 -- He's wearing his glove, so the photo is a reunion tour with his brothers, 1984
#68
Courtney Love, New York City, 2009
Photo: Clay Patrick McBride
Sue Clasen 6 years ago
So many sad, depressed or melancholic eyes in this photo gallery, take a look again except for Steve Wonder and the group surrounding him, they seem to be having a good time
Shelley Jennings 6 years ago (edited)
They ruined this article putting her in here .. Especially last 😒
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Hallie 6 years ago
These are great. I can't imagine pictures of today's 'celebrities' (and I use that term loosely) would have quite the same effect.
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
I want so many of those artists back--Aretha, Amy Winehouse, Bowie, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Whitney. Sigh.
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Much, much better than someone simply photo shopping themselves with iconic- & legendary people and turning the spotlight on me, myself & I. The picture of Lana Del Rey seems the only 1 out of place of this entire series (I do think she is a good artist, but has no place between these legends, not yet at least).
Andrea May 6 years ago
I agree, Lana Del Ray sticks oit like a sore thumb and definitely does not belong here
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Hallie 6 years ago
These are great. I can't imagine pictures of today's 'celebrities' (and I use that term loosely) would have quite the same effect.
Agnes Jekyll 6 years ago
I want so many of those artists back--Aretha, Amy Winehouse, Bowie, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Whitney. Sigh.
DP von Icecream 6 years ago
Much, much better than someone simply photo shopping themselves with iconic- & legendary people and turning the spotlight on me, myself & I. The picture of Lana Del Rey seems the only 1 out of place of this entire series (I do think she is a good artist, but has no place between these legends, not yet at least).
Andrea May 6 years ago
I agree, Lana Del Ray sticks oit like a sore thumb and definitely does not belong here
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