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The Rolling Stones have provided a musical backdrop to quite a few rock ‘n roll fans over the last 40 years. The band formed in April 1962, when Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones decided to form the best blues band in Britain; Brain suggests the name as a tribute to the Muddy Waters song.

The three flatmates of 102 Edith Grove play with various musicians until Bill Wyman joins as bassist in December 1962 and Charlie Watts, drummer, joins them in January 1963. In January, they began recording their first LP, including a Buddy Holly cover, “Not Fade Away”. The Stones performed the first “Top of the Pops” TV show with the Lennon/MacCartney song “I Wanna Be Your Man”.

Early 1963, the band had a regular Sunday night gig at the Crawdaddy, where audience members included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend, more demos are recorded, and Decca signed them in May. The Stones, even in their early success, were very aware of how to market themselves. They did a ad for Vox amplifiers, in exchange for equipment, in August and several Kellogg’s Rice Krispies commercials in December. In November 1963 on the British charts, the Rolling Stones hit Number 12 with “I Wanna Be Your Man”/”Stoned”.

The Stones first US release is “Not Fade Away”/”I Wanna Be Your Man” in March 1964; April sees their debut album released. May is busy with recording Jagger/Richards songs (like “As Time Goes By”), and many concerts, including some shows in Scotland where fans became angered since tickets were forged. June sees the Stones on various TV programs and the start of their Fanzine, “The Rolling Stones Book”. They also did their 1st US tour by playing various venues. While in Sioux City, a police officer persuades Keith at gunpoint to dump his bottle of Coca-Cola, since he’s thinks Keith has it spiked with whiskey. Their final 2 US shows are at Carnegie Hall.

“It’s All Over Now” hits number 1 on the British charts and the band played the Beat City Club in London with Tom Jones opening. August sees more concert riots, an angry dog at the Isle of Man, recording their 2^nd E.P. at Chess Studios in Chicago, Mick getting hit with flying fruit at St. Helier in Jersey and a lifelong ban for the band on British United Airways, when they made the insulting stewardess cry. Fall of 1964 sees “Little Red Rooster” recorded, “Time Is On My Side” released in the US, an Ed Sullivan appearance and after a night of partying, Brain attempting to climb the Eiffel Tower. During the winter of 1964, the band records at RCA studio in Hollywood several songs including “Heart of Stone”, which is later released in the US, Brian is feeling ill and missing some shows, Stones film for US “Shindig” show and Charlie Watts book about Charlie Parker is published “Ode To A High Flying Bird”

Writen: D.A. Mortenson

Bibliography:

http://www.rollingstones.com/archive