| Event | Date | Notes | |
| pre-1962 | prior to joining Beatles |
| Before joining the Beatles in 1962, Ringo frequently wore a moustache and sideburns or a beard. None of the other 3 Beatles wore any facial hair until late 1966. |
| George visits India | September 1, 1966 |
| On George's first trip to India, he grows a moustache. |
| Sgt Pepper recording sessions | November 15, 1966 | Moustaches were catching like the flu- not only do the Fab Four grow them, Beatles assistants Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall grow 'em too. There's a whole section devoted to this in The Beatles Anthology book. | |
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" film | January 30, 1967 | | By the time they film a video for "Strawberry Fields", George has grown chin whiskers to accompany his moustache. |
| Sgt Pepper cover photo | March 30, 1967 |
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George's chin whiskers are gone for the Sgt Pepper cover photo. |
| Sgt Pepper LP release party | May 19, 1967 |
| All four Beatles had moustaches for about eight months. Paul shaves his moustache before the Sgt Pepper LP is released |
| "Our World" TV broadcast | June 25, 1967 |
| John loses his moustache too: he's clean-shaven for the "All You Need Is Love" TV broadcast. |
| Yellow Submarine Movie | January 25, 1968 |
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Just before they leave for India, the Beatles film a brief cameo for the Yellow Submarine animated movie. George's moustache is gone, and John grows out his hair and sideburns. |
| The Beatles visit India | January 1968 |
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Everyone leaves their razors in England as they visit Rishikesh, India for an extended stay. |
| Geoff Emerick's Grammy | March 1, 1968 |
| In a photo dated 3/1/68, Ringo presents engineer Geoff Emerick with a Grammy. Ringo keeps his thin, patchy beard for awhile. He shaves everything off and starts fresh before the "Hey Bulldog" recording sessions, but otherwise he has a moustache from 1966-thru 1970 and beyond. |
| Apple press conference in NYC | May 1, 1968 |
| Paul and John clean up for a Apple Records press conference in NYC. |
| White Album sessions | July 8, 1968 | In a Linda McCartney photo, John wears huge sideburns. | |
| Yellow Submarine Press Preview | July 8, 1968 |
| Ringo's moustache is gone again, at a press preview for the Yellow Submarine movie, which would be released in November. |
| "Revolution"/"Hey Jude" films | September 4, 1968 |
| Only Ringo is hairy for the filming of videos for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution". |
| White Album sessions | September 9, 1968 |
| In some White Album session photos, George's moustache is back. The poster photos included with the 2 record set were taken during this period. |
| Let It Be sessions | January 30, 1969 |
| During the Let It Be sessions, including the rooftop concert, Paul wears a full beard. A somewhat patchier, less full beard can be seen on the back of Paul's solo debut LP, McCartney. |
| Paul's wedding | March 12, 1969 |
| Paul and Linda are married, and the cops bust John for pot possession on the same day. |
| John's wedding | March 20, 1969 |
| Eight days later, John and Yoko get married in Gibraltar, in the middle of a whirlwind tour of Europe, as documented in "The Ballad Of John & Yoko". |
| Abbey Road sessions | July 1, 1969 | George starts his beard, which will be full grown… | |
| Abbey Road cover photo | August 8, 1969 |
| …by the time the Abbey Road cover photo is taken. |
| Last photo shoot | August 22, 1969 |
| The Beatles last ever photo session, at John's Tittenhurst Park estate. |
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