Sgt Pepper 2012: why so few black faces?

Peter Blake's updated cover to the classic Beatles album has plenty of interesting faces - but a conspicuous lack of people of colourIt has been parodied by people as varied as The Simpsons, Eric Idle-fronted spoof band the Rutles, Frank Zappa and rapper Common; the album cover of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a cultural icon. Dating from 1967, the Grammy award-winning artwork was co-designed by Sir Peter Blake. It features the four band members, alongside the great and go...

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