Rolling Stones, the Raunchy Beatles |
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"The Rolling Stones were the best definition Rock and Roll ever had of a center--a center that could not hold. In the years that followed, that center became scattered--as if hit by a shotgun blast...Either way, it may be that nobody can ever define it again in quite the same way as the Rolling Stones once did, long ago, in frightened, ecstatic, and audacious times."-- p. 73 Night Beat
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A Blues band originally, the Rolling Stones were another British invasion band. The Stones formed in 1962 through the Ealing Club. The Stones were also interested in American Rock and Roll. Before joining the Stones, Mick Jagger sang with rock bands playing Buddy Holly. songs. Many Blues artists inspired the Stones. Rolling Stone Brian Jones' friend recalled "when Jones saw Muddy Waters perform..it was as if Brian found his mission in life. He got himself electrified and he never stopped practicing." Mick Jagger sang in blues bands and was crazy about Chuck Berry. The Stones' first singles were covers of Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.On May 3, 1963 Andrew Logg Oldham became the manager of the Rolling Stones. Oldham, an ex-publicity man for the Beatles changed the Stones' image to the extreme opposite of the Beatles. this was how they got their dirty, raunchy image. Success soon followed. In September, 1963 their cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On" had reached 21 on the British charts. America was a little slow to pick up on the Rolling Stones and their first tour wasn't so hot, but after their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show they were huge. Eventually they moved away from covering old blues tunes and began writing their own songs like "Satisfaction" and "Sympathy For the Devil." [an error occurred while processing this directive] |