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Rolling Stones songs: Each and Everyday of the Year
Never get around any more/ Don’t know what my friends are for/ No fun sitting all alone/ When I cry cry cry on my own…
Written by: Jagger/Richard Recorded: Regent, IBC and Decca Studios, London, England, July 1-10 1964 Guest musicians: Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin (guitars), Joe Moretti (bass), Andy White (drums) *Data taken from Martin Elliott’s book THE ROLLING STONES COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS 1962-2012
“Each and Everyday of the Year” is one of the first compositions (1964) by the Jagger-Richards duo, offering no hint of their future misogyny in songs. In fact, it is a thoroughly sad pop song. The story concerns a lovesick man who is forlorn because the woman he passionately loves, for whom he has been waiting every day of the year, has gone forever. This song seems to have been recorded by the Rolling Stones several times between January and September 1964. However, the version released first (on November 27, 1964, as the B-side of “All I Want Is My Baby,” a composition by Richards and Oldham) was that of the American singer Bobby Jameson (under the title “Each and Everyday”) with, what’s more, Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham on backing vocals. One interesting detail: Keith Richards is credited on both sides of the single as “Music Director”!
“Each and Everyday of the Year” is apparently a simple exercise in style by Jagger and Richards, who, spurred on by Oldham, were seeking to form a songwriting duo along the lines of Lennon and McCartney. Their know-how was not yet equal to their aspirations, however, and this slow number with a Spanish flavor is definitely not one of their best songs. The orchestration seems to have been executed and conducted by Mike Leander within the context of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, and with instruments far removed from the Stones universe: tearful trumpets, a female second voice that seems to have Eurovision ambitions, a heartrending harp, intrusive castanets, and syrupy strings.
Mick Jagger, as at ease as a minnow in a shoal of piranhas, does not exactly deliver a memorable performance, and lags far behind Bobby Jameson. Two or three guitars can be heard, including a 12-string, and some sources name the guitarists as Big Jim Sullivan and Jimmy Page or John McLaughlin. It has also been suggested that Joe Moretti is on bass and Andy White on drums (although virtually inaudible). Finally, it is probable that the future Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones joined his guitarist colleague to work on the arrangements. That would help to explain why he didn’t continue down this particular path…
