Wayne Cochran

The saying “the higher the hair the closer to God,” usually only applies to women’s 60s-style bouffants, but in this case I’m applying the saying to men’s pompadours. Let’s face it, a lot of TLC, hairspray and wax goes into such a manicured coiff. And sometimes they’re HUGE. I mean like insanely large hairdos. (Campy early rock and roller Esquerita wore two wigs to get his hairdo to be just the right height.)

Now I know a few of you will be like, “Well, what about Elvis, Johnny Cash, or Gene Vincent?” Yes, they did indeed sport pompadours, but this post is about especially tricked-out, large ones. 

Eskew Reeder Jr. AKA “Esquerita”
 

 

Little Richard
 

 

Nick Cave in ‘Johnny Suede’
 

 

James Brown
 

Ayanokoji Sho
 

Morrissey
 

 

 

 

Child with a pompadour
 

Ringo Starr
 

An ode to anime character “Ryu”