The Beatles started the long hair trend in males although their hair wasn't really long, it was shaggy. I was ten years old when the beatles hit the U.S. All us kids wanted to copy the Beatles with the hair but the old folks made sure we got hair cuts. My dad used to trick me. He would get me into the car first and driving down the road before he said we were going to get a haircut. If he said haircut before I got in the car he knew there was a good chance I would haul ass. LOL! When I got old enough I grew my hair half way down to my ass just to piss him off.