# Did The Beatles inspire the legendary Rolling Stones lips logo?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/did-the-beatles-inspire-the-legendary-rolling-stones-lips-logo/
- Published: 2026-10-28T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T13:32:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/did-a-beatles-drawing-inspire-the-rolling-stones-logo/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- A Beatles songbook illustration may have influenced the Stones’ logo.
- Mick Jagger reportedly lent the book to logo artist John Pasche.
- The article highlights similarities in the lips, tongue and style.

## Summary

The article explores the possibility that a Beatles illustration inspired the Rolling Stones’ famous lips-and-tongue logo. It suggests the design may reflect the bands’ close friendship and shared creative world, rather than simply being based on Mick Jagger’s mouth.

The illustration, by Alan Aldridge, appeared alongside the lyrics to the Beatles’ 1966 song “Day Tripper” in *The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics*. It shows a red-haired woman with large red lips and her tongue out, and the article says Jagger reportedly lent the book to logo artist John Pasche in 1970. It points to similarities in the lips, tongue, teeth, highlights and pop-art style, while noting the images are not identical.

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