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1963: The Stones record Chuck Berry’s song ‘Come On’ at Olympic Studios, London, which would later become their first release, issued by Decca Records on June 7 1963. Produced by Andrew Oldham and sound engineer Roger Savage. Other songs recorded that day were ‘I Want To Be Loved’ (Come On’s B-side), ‘Love Potion No. 9’ (unverified) and ‘Pretty Thing’.
1964: Colston Hall, Bristol, England (2 shows; first show without Brian)
1965: The Stones record a version of ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ at Chess Studios in Chicago, with Brian on harmonica, but the song ended up being re-recorded it two days later at RCA Studios in Hollywood, with a different beat and the Gibson Maestro fuzzbox that Keith had recently acquired, which became the officially released take. This version of ‘Satisfaction’ (no fuzz guitar) was only used as the playback tape on the May 20 taping of Shindig.
1967: Mick and Keith appear at Chichester Crown Court, Sussex, charged with being in possession of drugs. They chose to go to trial pleading not guilty and were both granted £100 bail.
1974: Release of MONKEY GRIP, Bill Wyman’s first solo album, and also the first solo album by a Stones’ member (Rolling Stones Records COC 59102) SIDE A: 1. I Wanna Get Me A Gun/ 2. Crazy Woman/ 3. Pussy/ 4. Mighty Fine Time/ 5. Monkey Grip Glue SIDE B: 1. What A Blow/ 2. White Lightnin’/ 3. I’ll Pull You Thro’/ 4. It’s A Wonder SIDE A: 1. I Wanna Get Me A Gun/ 2. Crazy Woman/ 3. Pussy/ 4. Mighty Fine Time/ 5. Monkey Grip Glue SIDE B: 1. What A Blow/ 2. White Lightnin’/ 3. I’ll Pull You Thro’/ 4. It’s A Wonder Read more: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bill-wyman-monkey-grip/
May 10, 1976: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland Honky Tonk Women/If You Can’t Rock Me-Get Off Of My Cloud/Hand Of Fate/Hey Negrita/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Fool To Cry/Hot Stuff/Star Star/You Gotta Move/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Happy/Tumbling Dice/Nothing From Nothing/Outa Space/Midnight Rambler/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumping Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man
May 10, 2005: The Stones perform three songs (Start Me Up, Oh No Not You Again and Brown Sugar) at the Julliard School of Music in New York City and then hold a press conference to announce their 2005-06 world tour. Mick: “This is one of the earliest concerts we’ve been to in a while, actually. We’re calling it the cornflakes concert. We don’t announce it as our last tour. We never think about it – we take each tour as it comes… I think that’s a trap to try and get people to buy your tickets and say, Well, I’ll never see them again… We’re having a great time recording. We are very upbeat about the tour… There’s a lot of other fantastic bands and a lot of old rubbish out there, and we hope it’s going to be a wonderful summer of rock & roll and we’re going to be right in there.”
