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The Rolling
Stones
The original Bad Boys of Rock 'n Roll.
Starting out as Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, in June of
1962, group leader, Brian Jones named the band The Rollin' Stones, after the
song "Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards early
on formed a songwriting partnership and gradually took over leadership of
the band from the increasingly troubled and erratic Jones. First popular in
the UK and Europe, The Rolling Stones came to the US during the the early
1960s "British Invasion".
The Beatles' George Harrison, encouraged Decca Records' Dick Rowe - who
famously passed on the Beatles - to scout The Rolling Stones. Their first
international number-1 hit was "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", recorded in
May 1965 during the band's third North American tour. Released as a US
single in June 1965, it spent four weeks at the top of the charts there, and
established the Stones as a worldwide premier act.
The Rolling Stones were not without controversy, when they
released "Let's Spend the Night Together", radio stations opted to play the
flip side "Ruby Tuesday" instead due to the then-controversial nature of the
lyrics (proposing a sexual encounter). The two songs charted separately on
the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "Let's Spend the Night Together" stalling at #55
while "Ruby Tuesday" became a #1 hit.
In one of the more famous examples of musical censorship, on The Ed Sullivan
Show, the band was initially refused permission to perform the number.
Sullivan himself told Jagger, "Either the song goes or you go". A compromise
was reached to substitute the words "let's spend some time together" in
place of "let's spend the night together"; Jagger agreed to change the
lyrics but ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera whilst singing
them.
To this day, The Rolling Stones, continues to be a top draw in concerts, videos,
commercials, and other musicians make references in their own music.
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A more extensive synopsis of The Rolling
Stones can be found
here.
Some of these historical facts and trivia will seem "overextended" in some
areas but, hey, I tried to make a short synopsis and
sometimes that was hard to do. You will find that most of these artist(s),
bands, groups has a lot of history than you realize. You also keep finding
items to add or you had to leave data there because the next paragraph might
refer back to the previous, etc, etc...catch my drift?
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