One of Mick and Brian’s blues idols. Anytime Brian became bored playing guitar, he went on to play the harmonica Reed-style. The Stones covered Reed enough throughout their career. More recently, Ronnie […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JIMMY REED
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘AN ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH BLUES VOL.1 & 2’
1968 Immediate Records (Andrew Oldham’s record label) compilation LPs featuring Mick on harmonica and Bill on bass on 3 songs: “Snake Drive” “Tribute to Elmore” and “West Coast Idea”. The other musicians […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JAMES BROWN
American ’60s R&B/soul/funk superstar (and beyond), it’s a fact the Godfather of Soul influenced Mick’s stage movements. Brown preceded the Stones in the taping of the T.A.M.I. Show in 1964. Although he […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: BONNIE BRAMLETT ON ‘GIMME SHELTER’
BONNIE BRAMLETT ON ‘GIMME SHELTER’Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney & Bonnie fame) practiced ‘Gimme Shelter’ with Mick and Keith at Sunset Sound Studios, 1969, but then the final version ended up with Merry […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JAZZ NEWS AD 1962
On April 7, 1962, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys (including a very young Mick Jagger and a very young Keith Richard) travel to the Ealing Club to see Alexis Korner’s […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘MORE FAST NUMBERS’
Original working title of the SOME GIRLS album. At the time it was also rumoured the album could be titles DON’T STEAL MY GIRLFRIEND.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: The Rolling Stones’ Tongue logo
*Extracted with permission from Martin Elliott’s book THE ROLLING STONES COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS 1962-2012As long ago as April 1969, Andy Warhol was asked by Jagger to help design the next album cover and […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: SEARS POINT RACEWAY
Original site planned for the Altamont concert, located north of San Francisco. Sears Point asked for thousands of dollars in escrow against damages, and their parent company, Filmways Corporation, demanded film distribution […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MICK JAGGER FINED IN 1964
On November 27 1964, Mick was fined £16 for driving offences by a court in Tettenhall, Staffs. At the time, his solicitor told the court: “The Duke of Marlborough had longer hair […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: J. GEILS BAND
“The bad boys from Boston”, and America’s all-time party rockers, who opened for the Stones on some dates of their 1981 U.S. tour and on their 1982 European tour. Later on, in […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘COTCHFORD FARM’
COTCHFORD FARMA farm in the southwest of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex, fifty miles southeast of London, which Brian Jones bought for £31,500 in November 1968. The building was bought as […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS)’
U.S. VERSIONReleased: March 28 1966Record label: London NP-1Produced by: Andrew Loog OldhamSIDE A: 1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/ 2. The Last Time/ 3. As Tears Go By/ 4. Time Is On […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: KEITH RICHARDS AND RONNIE WOOD ARRESTED IN FORDYCE, 1975
Back in 1975 the Rolling Stones played a July 4th concert to a crowd of 50,000 in Memphis. The morning of the fifth, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, bodyguard Jim Callaghan and a […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: The day Mick and Bianca Jagger took part of a march in Paris to support political activist Angela Davis
On May 1 1972, Mick and Bianca Jagger took part of a march in Paris in support of political activist Angela Davis, along with actress Nathalie Delon and Marc Poret. Eventually Mick […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: TARA BROWNE
Dec. 18, 1966: On the day of Keith’s 23rd birthday, Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune (and Brian Jones’ closest friend, which threw Brian into an irreconcilable depression), was killed when […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: CHARLIE WATTS – ODE TO A HIGH FLYING BIRD
Charlie Watts’ book, which he wrote and illustrated in 1961. The story of a little bird, but it’s really about jazz great Charlie Parker.In 1961, twenty-year-old Charles Robert Watts was working as […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
American cult group (fronted by Lou Reed) who Brian Jones introduced to Nico, with whom Brian had a brief relationship, later becoming became their singer. Mick got the idea for “Stray Cat […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE ROLLIN’ STONES’
Original band name that not yet “The Rolling Stones” came up with the day before their first gig at the Marquee Club on July 12 1962. The “g” at the end of […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: Mick Jagger on ‘Seeing Sport’, TV 1959
In the 1950s, Mick Jagger (at the time called “Mike Jagger”) was only a middle class kid growing up in Dartford, Kent, England. Eva, his mother, was a hairdresser, while his father […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: GUY PEELLAERT
Belgian artist, painter, illustrator, comic artist and photographer whose book Rock Dreams includes paintings of the Stones. After it was published in 1974, Mick invited Guy to a Munich recording session to […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘MR. SHAMPOO’
Pseudonym the rest of the Stones used at the time to refer to Brian Jones. Eventually Brian used to take great pride in his golden hair, washing it twice a day.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘TROPICAL DISEASE’
“TROPICAL DISEASE”Working title for the EXILE ON MAIN ST album. The name may have derived from the extreme heat and humidity in the basement of Nellcote, Keith’s French villa where the band […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’
A group that called for a boycott of Warner Communications albums on April 21, 1976 because of the cover and promotional campaign for the BLACK AND BLUE record. Three years later, the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ST. MARK’S BAR AND GRILL / ‘WAITING ON A FRIEND’ VIDEO
Greenwich Village bar on the corner of St. Mark’s Place and First Avenue, New York City, where the indoor sequence of the promo video of ‘Waiting on a Friend’ was shot, directed […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘MOTHER EARTH’
Dec. 16, 1967: The Stones announce that Marianne Faithfull was the first artist being signed signed to their ‘Mother Earth’ label (planned along the Beatles’ Apple Records) But then the launching of […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘TATTOO’ (nombre original de ‘Tattoo You’)
El álbum TATTOO YOU fue originalmente planeado para que simplemente se llame ‘TATTOO’. Hasta hoy día Mick Jagger sigue diciendo que no tiene la menor idea de por qué luego le agregaron […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘NELLCOTE’
Keith’s “white palace” villa on the beach in Villefranche, France, which he rented for $2,400 a week in 1971. The Stones brought a mobile recording unit to Keith’s house, and they also […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BACK, BEHIND AND IN FRONT’, 1966
BACK, BEHIND AND IN FRONTIn early 1966, fan magazines, and some media as well, were reporting that the Stones were about to follow the footsteps of the Beatles and the Herman’s Hermits […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES’
April 13, 1981: Release of SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES, the Stones’ fourth official compilation (Rolling Stones Records COC 16028)All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. SIDE ONE“Shattered” – […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: KEITH RICHARDS AND BLACK UHURU
January 1979: Keith records a few tracks with reggae group Black Uhuru at Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. Among them, “Shine Eye Gal” was the only one officially released, which showed up […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE ROLLING STONES AND STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Possibly the most-talked about guitarist of the ‘80’s (so far), most notably for his work for and subsequent split with David Bowie. Legend has it that Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MONTAUK 1975. MICK JAGGER CUTS HIS ARM
It was May 1975 and the Stones were staying at Andy Warhol’s Montauk house for tour rehearsals. Mick suffered severe cuts on his right forearm after pushing it through a glass window […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: K.D. LANG – CONSTANT CRAVING / ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY?
In 1997 the Stones added a credit to K.D. Lang on their song ‘Anybody Seen My Baby’ after Keith’s daughter Angela informed her father that he may have unintentionally styled his song […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: 7 de abril de 1962: Mick Jagger y Keith Richards se encuentran con Brian Jones por primera vez
7 de abril de 1962: Mick Jagger y Keith Richards se encuentran con Brian Jones por primera vez después de un espectáculo del grupo Blues Incorporated en el Ealing Jazz Club, en […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: April 7, 1962: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet Brian Jones for the first time
April 7, 1962: Mick and Keith met Brian for the first time after a show by Blues Incorporated at the Ealing Jazz Club, in Ealing, West London. At the time they met […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: LET’S SPEND ‘SOME TIME’ TOGETHER (1967)
On January 15 1967, after releasing their new single ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together,’ The Rolling Stones performed a “censored” version of the song on on the Ed Sullivan show. From Wikipedia:On […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: REDLANDS
Keith’s legendary country home in West Wittering, Sussex, England, which he bought in early 1966 for £20,000. The house was built in the 15th century, with a moat around it. A few […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: TONY CHAPMAN
Early Stones drummer, 1962, in a line-up that included Mick, Keith, Brian, and Ian Stewart. Tony Drummed for the band’s debut show at the Marquee on July 12 1962. Later in the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: HELLS ANGELS
International motorcycle gang whose London branch peacefully policed the Stones’ free Hyde Park Concert on July 3 1969. Later on, the US West Coast division was called in to perform the same […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: GORE HOTEL / BEGGARS BANQUET PARTY
The Gore Hotel in Kensington, London, was the site of the real “beggars banquet” held in celebration of the release of the BEGGARS BANQUET album. The bash cost over £1,000 and ended […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘FLASHPOINT’ (1991)
April 2, 1991: Release of FLASHPOINT, the Stones’ fifth live album (recorded during the 1989 Steel Wheels and 1990 Urban Jungle tours)SIDE A: 1. (Intro) Continental Drift/ 2. Start Me Up/ 3. […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘HER SATANIC MAJESTY REQUESTS AND REQUIRES’
After Cosmic Christmas (actually the name of a song that was cut during recording sessions), this was the second selected title for the THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST album. Eventually Decca (the Stones’ […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE PROMOTIONAL ALBUM’
Although known as The Promotional Album, the album title is simply THE ROLLING STONES (London, RSD-1) This was a special radio promo album pressed in a limited edition ain October 1969 and […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘SLOW ROLLERS’ (1981)
SLOW ROLLERSCompilation album Released: Jan. 1 1981Record label: Decca TAB 30SIDE A: 1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want/ 2. Take It Or Leave It/ 3. You Better Move On/ 4. […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘AUTOMATIC CHANGER’, working title of LET IT BLEED
‘AUTOMATIC CHANGER’Working title of the LET IT BLEED album. The iconic cover of Let It Bleed shows a wacky cake with layers made of a tire, a clock face, a film canister, […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: Keith Richards’ sleepless records
“Adrenaline is the most amazing thing we have,” Richards told an interviewer in 1992. Indeed, his ability to go without sleep is almost beyond belief. He recorded “Before They Make Me Run,” […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ROLLED GOLD – THE VERY BEST OF THE ROLLING STONES’
Released on: November 15, 1975 Record label: Decca ROST 1/2Tracks: 28RECORD 1SIDE A: Come On/ I Wanna Be Your Man/ Not Fade Away/ Carol/ It’s All Over Now/ Little Red Rooster/ Time […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ADONAIS’
A poem by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), part of which was read by Mick in memory of Brian Jones at the free Hyde Park concert given by the Stones […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE STONES’ FIRST TV APPEARANCE, 1963
From the book Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones, by Stephen Davis (2001):Birmingham, Sunday, July 7 1963. The Rolling Stones appeared smiling nervously on TV for the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘JAMMING WITH EDWARD’
“Budget” album released on Rolling Stones Records on Jan. 7 1972 (also called: NICKY HOPKINS, RY COODER, MICK JAGGER, BILL WYMAN, CHARLIE WATTS—JAMMING WITH EDWARD) featuring a jam session produced by Glyn […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘TATTOO’
The TATTOO YOU album title was originally planned to be simply named ‘TATTOO’. Mick claims to this day that even he has no clue how the “You” became later attached to the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE MAN WHO KILLED MICK JAGGER’
A novel by author by David Littlejohn originally published in 1977 about a graduate student and social misfit who sets out to murder “the idol of his generation.”The text on blurb on […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘SUGAR BLUE’
American blues harpist (born born James Joshua “Jimmie” Whitin) Following advice from bluesman Memphis Slim, Blue traveled in the late to Paris, France where, according to Ronnie Wood, he was found by […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: RONNIE WOOD’S ‘GIMME SOME NECK’ ALBUM COVER
As reported , the self-portrait on the cover of GIMME SOME NECK, Ronnie’s third solo album, released in 1979, was painted by Ronnie himself while looking in the mirror. Later on, when […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE ROLLING STONES ALL NIGHT RAVE’
The Rolling Stones’ All Night Rave took place at Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace, London) on 26th June 1964, lasting from 9 P.M. to 6:30 AM. It was organised by the Stones’ fan […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HAIRDRESSERS’
On April 22 1964, the President of The National Federation of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said the Stones “are the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BURDEN OF DREAMS’
BURDEN OF DREAMS is a 1982 documentary by Les Blank about the making of the film ‘Fitzcarraldo’, starring German actor Klaus Kinski. The documentary features Mick (as Fitzcarraldo’s assistant Wilbur) and actor […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ANDY JOHNS (1950-2013)
Engineer Glyn Johns’ younger brother, who was a tape operator at Olympic Studios in London. He first worked on a Stones project while they were recording THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST. By spring […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MAX ROMEO
Jamaican reggae artist who did backup vocals on the song ‘Dance’ (from the Emotional Rescue album, 1980) In 1981, Romeo released an LP titled HOLDING OUT MY LOVE TO YOU, which featured […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: FRANK THOROGOOD
Builder who lived with his girlfriend Janet Lawson, a nurse, in the guest apartment at Cotchford Farm, Brian’s house. He was there the night of Brian’s death and helped (Brian’s girlfriend) Anna […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MARSHA HUNT
Singer and actress Marsha Hunt appeared in the British version of the hit musical Hair, but also remembered as the woman who gave birth to Mick’s daughter Karis while he was still […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE ADVENTURES OF VALENTINE VOX THE VENTRILOQUIST’
Third solo album by Chris Jagger (Mick’s brother) released in 1974 and featuring Dave Edmunds, Peter Frampton, Micky Waller and Chris Stainton, among others. However all Stones remained unturned for this effort.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: CHRISSIE SHRIMPTON
Mick’s first girlfriend, who he met at a party, secretary and younger sister of ’60s top English model and icon of Swinging London Jean Shrimpton, whom with her long legs and slim […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: NILS LOFGREN ‘KEITH DON’T GO’
Following the disbanding of his band Grin in 1974, American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren (most remembered as a member of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse and Bruce Springsteen’s […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL
MONTEREY POP FESTIVALA three-day concert event held June 16-18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. Brian Jones attended with both Nico and Sheila Oldham (Andrew Oldham’s then wife) and […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: PAT ANDREWS
A Cheltenham girlfriend of Brian’s who, in October 1961, at the age of 16, gave birth to Brian’s second child. Brian sold his records to buy her flowers in the hospital). During […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BATTERED ORNAMENTS’
Aka Battered by the Ornaments. British psychedelic-era band led by Peter Brown -composer of most of Cream’s lyrics, with Brown on vocals with Pete Bailey (percussion), Charlie Hart (keyboards), Dick Heckstall Smith […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BLUE MONDAY AND THE COCKROACHES’
Pseudonym the Stones used the day they gave a surprise concert before the start of their 1981 U.S. tour in Sir Morgan’s Cove, a small club in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 14 […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE’
In May 1966 Allen Klein purchased the film rights to this novel by author Dave Wallis for the Stones. Andrew Oldham had chosen this story because he found the plot of violent […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE BLACK BOX’
In February 1974, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit, Bill Wyman started working on a new Stones compilation album to be called ‘The Black Box’, featuring all unreleased studio tracks, but […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MELODY MAKER
One of the world’s earliest music weekly papers, the Stones advertised in the Melody Maker for a bass guitarist in late 1962, holding the auditions at the Wetherby Arms pub, London. In […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ALL YOU NEED IS CASH’
Eric Idle’s 1978 satirical “documentary” TV show (later commercially release on VHS/DVD) about fictionalized band The Rutles (parodying the Beatles), which features Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood in cameo appearances.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: PHIL SPECTOR
Legendary and iconic American record producer, mostly famous as the creator of the “Wall of Sound.” He helped out on some Stones’ recording sessions—starting when he and Gene Pitney visited the Stones […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: Mick Jagger in ‘The Nightingale’, 1983
In 1983, Mick played the part of the Chinese Emperor in Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Nightingale’ (on Cable TV Showtime series Faerie Tale Theatre)
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: GEORGE HARRISON
Once a Beatle and the first celebrity musician to see the Stones play at the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, in March 1963. His visit eventually motivated the Richmond and Twickenham Times newspaper to […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BARBARELLA’
“Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.”Sci-fi film directed by […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: KEITH RICHARDS’ ‘BLUE LENA’
Keith Richards’ famous blue Bentley. which he acquired in 1965. Richards purchased the car in 1965 and nicknamed the car “Blue Lena’’ after jazz singer Lena Horne. He later had the car […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BLACK AND BLUE’ AD, 1976
BLACK AND BLUE AD, 1976The Stones didn’t end up touring the U.S. in the immediate wake of the April 1976 release of the Black and Blue album. Still the band still managed […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: SIDCUP ART SCHOOL
College Keith attended after being expelled from Dartford Technical School. Classmate Dick Taylor also attended along Keith.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: REDLANDS BUST 1967
On Feb. 12, 1967, att 7:55 p.m.., Sussex police, headed by Chief Inspector Dineley, knocked at the door of Keith’s country home, disrupting a small party he was having, producing a search […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MICK JAGGER, LOU REED ETC. AT DAVID BOWIE’S ZIGGY STARDUST’S “RETIREMENT PARTY”, 1973
July 4, 1973: Mick and Bianca Jagger attend David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust’s “retirement party” at the Cafe Royale in London, England. Also present were Lou Reed, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Beck, […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE BIRDS, RONNIE WOOD’S FIRST BAND
Ronnie Wood’s first band ever (originally named the Thunderbirds) The Birds were together only for six years, and then split when the American Byrds became famous in the mid-’60s. They left behind […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: PETER WHITEHEAD
Producer and director of both films the Charlie Is My Darling (along with Andrew Loog Oldham) and Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London. Whitehead also directed the promo film for “Have […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIOS
Recording studio in Florence, Alabama where the Stones recorded “Brown Sugar,”, “You Gotta Move” and “Wild Horses” in December 2-4 1969, all of which later released on STICKY FINGERS in 1971.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: Keith Richards breaks three ribs at home, 1998
Back in 1998, Keith was at his home library standing on a chair trying to reach a book when he slipped. Many tomes came pouring down on top of him, leading to […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: “WOULD YOU LET YOUR SISTER GO WITH A ROLLING STONE?”
Historical headline of a 1964 article in the British music paper Melody Maker written by Ray Coleman. The phrase was adopted and popularized by Andrew Oldham to further the Stones’ outlaw image.
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘BLESSED POISON’
Working title of what later was the Bridges to Babylon album, as originally told by Charlie Watts in an interview. A 2-CD set bootleg recording featuring the Anaheim 1999 concert finally received […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘CON LE MIE LACRIME’
Italian version of “As Tears Go By,” which Mick sang in Italian, but with a different musical backing track. Decca Dischi Italia released this in 1966 as a single with “Heart of […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE DAY BRIAN JONES WAS DISMISSED FROM THE STONES
June 8, 1969: Mick, Keith and Charlie visit Brian at Cotchford Farm, his home in Surrey, to inform him he has to leave the group. Later on they issue a press statement […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: RICE KRISPIES JINGLE
“Wake up in the morning there’s a snap around the place…”Feb. 6, 1964: The Stones record ‘Wake Up In The Morning’, a TV jingle for Kellog’s Rice Krispies cereal (aka ‘Rice Krispies […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: CORDUROY TROUSERS
On April 10 1965, a British school in Wrexham, North Wales, asked parents to please keep children in school uniform and not send them to school in ‘corduroy trousers’, “like the ones […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JEFF BECK
England’s favourite all-time flash guitar hero, Beck led the group bearing his name (the Jeff Beck Group), which was the nest for Ron Wood between Ronnie leaving the Birds and joining the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MICK JAGGER SHOOTS ‘NED KELLY’ (1969)
July 13, 1969: Mick in is Australia shooting his part for the NED KELLY movie (about the life of the 19th-century Aussie, outlaw directed by Tony Richardson), which extended until September that […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ROLLING STONES’
1974 film of the Stones in concert, filmed in Fort Worth, Texas, June 1972. Directed by Rollin Binzer and produced by Marshall Chess, Rollin Binzer, Bob Fries, and Steve Gebhardt, the color […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: A.B.C. TEASHOP
A bakery next door to the Ealing Club, London, where Bill Wyman’s hair was first combed Stones-style. It was then he knew he belonged to the band!
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘GREEN ICE’
1981 British film starring Ryan O’Neal and Omar Sharif where down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate, for which Bill Wyman […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: BYRON BERLINE
American fiddle player who guested on ‘Country Honk’ (from the LET IT BLEED album, 1969), and also on Bill Wyman’s first solo album MONKEY GRIP, released in 1974 (fiddle on ‘Pussy’ and […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE ROLLING STONES GATHER MOSS’
Pathe News newsreel covering a show by the band during their 1964 UK Tour. The filming was shot in Kingston-upon-Hull, England, on Sept. 21 that year. It also includes some shots of […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: MARQUEE CLUB
London club on Wardour Street, Soho, which used to be run by Jack Berry. At the time the Marquee organization was responsible for the National Jazz and Blues Federation Festival, which evolved […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JIM PRICE
American horn player who caught the attention of the Stones when he and Bobby Keys came to England to join Eric Clapton in a band which never materialized. Price toured with the […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ROLLIN’ STONE’ by Muddy Waters
Original Muddy Waters song from which the Stones took their name from (as well as Rolling Stone magazine) Muddy recorded the song in 1950. According to the Encyclopedia of the Blues book, […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘THE ROLLING STONES MONTHLY BOOK’
Between 1964 and 1966, the Stones issued THE ROLLING STONES BOOK (also known as “The Rolling Stones Monthly Book”), the equivalent of the Beatles’ ‘The Beatles Monthly Book’, as well produced by […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: Mick Jagger / London School of Economics
College Mick Jagger entered at age 16 or 17 after his good grades at Dartford Grammar School won him a grant. Aiming to be a lawyer, a journalist, or a politician, Mick […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: JIM CARROLL
New York City singer and poet whose 1980 debut CATHOLIC BOY was originally supposed to be released on Rolling Stones Records (which featured Bobby Keys as guest on the song “City Drops […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: KEITH RICHARDS IN ‘PAST ALL DISHONOR’
In 1982, Keith was on the verge of making his long-awaited acting debut, but it was never was concluded. He was tentatively set to star in a movie version of the James […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘LUCIFER RISING’
1972 film planned by Kenneth Anger, who cast Mick as Lucifer, and Keith as Beelzebub (Lucifer’s glimmer twin). Anger felt that Keith, Anita, and Brian were witches. The film was not made […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE’
Beatles song, recorded at EMI Studios, London, on June 25 1967, on which Mick and Keith provided backup vocals. Mick, Keith and Marianne Faithfull joined the festivities when the Beatles performed this […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: LONG JOHN BALDRY
Six-foot-seven-inch-tall British singer who as a fringe member of Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated used to come on stage at the end of the set with Mick and Paul Jones to sing “I’ve […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: THE RONETTES
American female singing trio from Spanish Harlem, New York (Veronica Bennett, her older sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley) who opened for the Stones on their first headlining British tour […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘T.A.M.I. SHOW’ (Teenage Awards Music International)
110-minute black and white movie filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in October 1964. Produced by Lee Savin, directed by Steve Binder, with executive producer William Sargent, Jr., it was originally […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: ‘SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF THE ROLLING STONES’
From the allmusic.com page:Marianne Faithfull doing Melanie Safka doing Marianne Faithfull is what you get when Mick Jagger‘s ex-girlfriend performs on a majestic version of “Ruby Tuesday” backed up by the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s a reunion of sorts […]
ROLLING STONES TRIVIA: DAVID BAILEY
Iconic and official photographer of the Swinging ’60s in London, Bailey also photographed the Stones for the following album covers: THE ROLLING STONES NO.2, 12 x 5, THE ROLLING STONES, NOW!, OUT […]
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