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Today in Rolling Stones history: January 5

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January 5 threads quietly but decisively through the Rolling Stones’ long history, linking raw beginnings to seasoned mastery. From early gigs held together without a full lineup, to ballrooms, studios, and transatlantic recording rooms, the date captures the band constantly in flux. It’s a day of side projects and firsts—Bill Wyman stepping out as a producer and solo artist—alongside landmark moments like the final shaping of Some Girls. Even decades later, it reflects the Stones’ reach beyond music, into collaborations, charity, and unexpected legacies. January 5 shows how the Stones never stopped moving forward.

January 5, 1963: Sandover Hall, Richmond, England (without Bill and Charlie, with Ricky Fenson on bass)

Jan. 5, 1964: Olympia Ballroom, Reading, England

January 5, 1966: Bill Wyman produces a recording session in London for Ian Stewart and The Railroaders (Stu-Ball) at IBC Studios, London
Line-up: Stu (piano)/ Bill Wyman (bass)/ Keith Richards (guitar)/ Tony Meehan (drums)

January 5-February 1974: Bill Wyman holds recording sessions for his future first solo album Monkey Grip (also the first solo album by a Rolling Stone) at The Record Plant studios in Sausalito, California

January 5-March 2, 1978: The Stones complete recording sessions for the Some Girls album at EMI-Pathé Marconi Studios, near Paris, France. Among the songs recorded are Far Away Eyes, Some Girls, Lies, Hang Fire, Start Me Up and Before They Make Me Run. At the same time, and in the same Paris studios, Ronnie records his third solo album Gimme Some Neck with Mick, Keith and Charlie as guests in some of the tracks.

Jan. 5, 1984: Mick is interviewed at at Marylou’s Seafood restaurant in New York City for Friday Night Videos (US TV)

Jan. 5, 1998: Colisee de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Satisfaction/ Let’s Spend The Night Together/ Flip The Switch/ Gimme Shelter/ Anybody Seen My Baby?/ Saint Of Me/ Bitch/ Under My Thumb/ Miss You/ All About You/ Wanna Hold You/ Little Queenie/ The Last Time/ Like A Rolling Stone/ Sympathy For The Devil/ Tumbling Dice/ Honky Tonk Women/ Start Me Up/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash/ Brown Sugar

January 5, 1999: Release of Jimmy Rogers All Stars’ CD Blues Blues Blues, with Mick and Keith as guests on three tracks: 1. Trouble No More/ 2. Don’t Start Me to Talkin’ / 3. Goin’ Away Baby

January 5, 2015: A reconstructed bust of a 12th century hermit named Saint Gerlach is unveiled at the Catholic parish of Houthem in Holland, which is financed by Charlie and Ronnie after their visit in June 2014.

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