Bruno Mars has joined an elite group of only nine men, including Burt Reynolds, Donald Trump, and Gene Simmons, who have graced the cover of Playboy in
its 58 years in publication. The "It Will Rain" singer appears
alongside Miss April, Raquel Pomplun, for the magazine's new Sex and
Music issue. Unfortunately for his fans, Mars is fully-clothed, but he
does rock his usual 50s-era style for the pictorial in which he sports
Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana — and one gorgeous
guitar.
The Grammy winner, 26, dishes
about the men who influenced not only his sound, but also his style.
Growing up as a kid in Honolulu with a musical family (mom and dad met
when they performed in a show where she was a hula dancer and he played
percussion), Mars — born Peter Gene Hernandez — was heavily inspired by
his parents' favorites. "Growing up in the showbiz world, I looked up to
those guys: Frank Sinatra and, of course, Elvis Presley," says Mars,
who impersonated the King as a child during his family's show and even
in the 1992 movie, "Honeymoon in Vegas,"
starring Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker. "My dad was into the
1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown,
Jackie Wilson, and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to
be sharp onstage."
And while those guys influenced
his fashion sense, it was another legend who inspired the "Grenade"
singer's musical ability: Jimi Hendrix. "I think he's the greatest
guitar player in the world, and I would want to see him do his thing in
person," Mars tells Playboy. "He's the reason I picked up a guitar in the first place."
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