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Satisfaction, Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll
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In the 1960’s this legendary British band was known as the world’s greatest Rockn’Roll band. They started in 1962 and are still going today – 50 years later. Formed in London, they are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. They were part of the British Invasion of America in the mid ‘60’s and when the Beatles stopped giving live performances in 1966, this group took over as the unofficial "biggest touring band in the world" for the next few years. They were ranked number 4 in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and their worldwide sales are estimated at more than 200 million albums.
I’m talking about The Rolling Stones.
There are different versions as to how the Stones started up. One is that the group was formed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who met as schoolmates in Dartford, Kent. The legend has them bumping into each other on the platform at Dartford railway station, where Keith notices a blues album under Mick's arm. A bond is struck immediately and the pair go on to form a band with a variety of personnel, who eventually include a boogie-woogie pianist called Ian Stewart and a gifted blonde blues guitarist from Cheltenham called Brian Jones (although at the time he called himself Elmo Lewis for added authenticity).
Another is that The Stones were formed by blues purist, guitarist and harp player Brian Jones in 1962. He wanted to start an R&B band and the first to join him was pianist Ian "Stu" Stewart, followed by guitarist Geoff Bradford. In June, Mick Jagger on vocals and Keith Richards on guitar joined them. Bass player Dick Taylor also joined, but no set drummer was to join at first. Geoff Bradford left the band shortly after Richards and Jagger joined. Several drummers played with the band - Mick Avory (who later joined the Kinks), Tony Chapman, Charlie Watts and Carlo Little.
Brian Jones was the band's early leader and they took their name from a Muddy Waters song. That December, Dick Taylor left and Bill Wyman took over the bass duties. In January '63 Charlie Watts finally decided to take up on an earlier offer to join the band and the heart and soul of the Rolling Stones was now in place.
Meanwhile, Brian Jones began skipping school in Cheltenham to practice bebop alto sax and clarinet. By the time he was 16, he had fathered two illegitimate children and run off briefly to Scandinavia, where he began playing guitar. When he came back to Cheltenham he joined the Ramrods, and then drifted to London with his girlfriend and one of his children.
The Stones started out playing small clubs and were known as one of England’s best cover bands. They were living in squalor in London's Edith Grove. Their first studio work took place that March but it wasn't until they met Andrew Loog Oldham - who was only 19 at the time - that things started to happen for them. Andrew signed the band to work for him and he partnered with Eric Easton in May, because he was too young to get an agents licence. But there was one more change. Andrew didn't feel Stu’s image fitted in with the rest of the bands because he wasn’t ‘pretty, thin, long-haired’ and insisted on him being out of the main line up. Luckily for the Stones, Stu agreed to become their road manager and still play his fine piano in sessions for the Stones till his death in December of 1985.
Andrew signed them to Decca records with a deal that got three times the normal royalty, full artistic control, ownership of recording masters and they were allowed to use non Decca recording studios.
In 1963 they produced their first single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Come On’. Decca didn’t put their full weight behind it, so Andrew reorganised the fan club members and promoted it through the TV show “Thank your lucky stars”. As a point of interest, its producer reportedly told Andrew to get rid of "that vile-looking singer with the tire-tread lips." It hit number 21 on the UK singles charts. He started the "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone" press campaign which endears the group to hordes of youngsters who find the Beatles a tad cute. The shockwaves are still being felt today. Not bad for a first single with a 19 year old manager who didn’t have an agents licence.
This gave them the opportunity to play gigs outside London. So Andrew and Eric organised for the Stones to play support to The Hollies, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Chris Barber, Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner effectively ‘training’ them for bigger things.
They brought out second and third singles later in 1963 and 1964 by Lennon-McCartney “I wanna be your man” and Buddy Holly “Not fade away”, which reached numbers 12 and 3 respectively. Not fade away also hit 48 in US charts.
In 1964, they released their first album “The Rolling Stones” with mostly overs and one Jagger/Richards original “tell me”, which was written after Andrew locked them in his kitchen with the instruction to write some songs. In April, there's teen mayhem when they play the NME Pollwinners' Concert at Wembley Arena. At this stage, they were big in England.
Also in 1964, they did a US tour, supporting the Ronettes, which Andrew admitted didn’t go too well because they didn’t have a hit and they handled the media badly.
By now the Stones are becoming an intense R&B machine. They ditch their stage uniforms, grow their hair longer and inspire a legion of lookalikes. No group in history has sparked such horror in the older generation.
Their second UK LP – The Rolling Stones No. 2, was released in January 1965. It charted at number 1 as an album, and the US version, released in February as The Rolling Stones, Now! reached number 5. In January/February 1965 the band played 34 shows to about 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand.
The first Jagger/Richards song to reach number 1 on the UK singles charts was "The Last Time" (February 1965); it went to number 9 in the US. It was also later identified by Keith as "the bridge into thinking about writing for The Stones. It gave us a level of confidence; a pathway of how to do it." Their first international number-1 hit was "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", recorded in May 1965 during the band's third North American tour. In recording the guitar riff with distortion that drives the song, Keith had envisioned it as a scratch track to guide a horn section. Disagreeing, Andrew released "Satisfaction" without the planned horn overdubs. Issued in the US in June 1965, it spent four weeks at the top of the charts there, establishing the Rolling Stones as a worldwide premier act.
The Stones success on the British and American singles charts peaked during 1966. "19th Nervous Breakdown" (Feb. 1966, no. 2 in both UK and US) was followed by their first trans-Atlantic no. 1 hit "Paint It Black" (May 1966). "Mother's Little Helper" (June 1966) was only released as a single in the USA, where it reached no.8. It was one of the first pop songs to address the issue of prescription drug abuse, and is also notable for the fact that Mick Jagger sang the lyric in his natural London accent, rather than his usual affected southern American accent.
In 1966, after The Beatles stopped giving live performances, The Rolling Stones took over as the unofficial "biggest touring band in the world" for the next few years. During 1966-1969 they toured the world, and constantly updated their song-list with many great hits like "Lets Spend the night together" (1967), "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968) and "Honky tonk woman" (1969). The incredible international success of the Stones came with a sad side, caused by Brian's drug and alcohol abuse that impaired his speech and appearance, so the band-mates had to replace him. In July 1969, Brian Jones died of drowning in his swimming pool while having signs of drug overdose. Upon Keith’s and Mick’s approval, guitarist Mick Taylor took Brian's place. Brian's death at age 27 made him one of the first members of the infamous "27 Club" of rock stars who died at that age. The loss of one of their founding members was a painful moment for the Stones. However, at the end of the 1960s their creativity reached the new highs. Their albums "Beggars Banquet" (1968) and "Sticky Fingers" (1971) were among the most popular albums they ever made, having such hits as "Wild Horses" and "Brown Sugar."
In early 1967 the News of the World ran a three-part feature entitled "Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You". The series alleged LSD parties hosted by The Moody Blues and attended by top stars including Pete Townshend from The Who and Ginger Baker from Cream, and alleged admissions of drug use by leading pop musicians. The first article targeted Donovan (who was raided and charged soon after); the second instalment (published on 5th February) targeted the Rolling Stones. A reporter who contributed to the story spent an evening at the exclusive London club Blaise's, where a member of the Stones allegedly took several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a piece of hashish and invited his companions back to his flat for a "smoke". The article claimed that this was Mick Jagger, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity? The reporter had in fact been eavesdropping on Brian Jones. On the night the article was published Mick Jagger appeared on the Eammon Andrews chat show and announced that he was filing a writ of libel against the paper.
On 12th February, the police raided a party at Keith’s home in Redlands. Mick, Keith and Robert Fraser (an art dealer) were charged later with drug offences. Later in 2003, Keith admitted "When we got busted at Redlands, it suddenly made us realise that this was a whole different ball game and that was when the fun stopped. Up until then it had been as though London existed in a beautiful space where you could do anything you wanted."
On 29 June Mick Jagger was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for possession of four amphetamine tablets. Keith Richards was found guilty of allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property and sentenced to one year in prison. Both Mick and Keith were imprisoned at that point, but were released on bail the next day pending appeal. The Times ran the famous editorial entitled "Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?" in which editor William Rees-Mogg was strongly critical of the sentencing, pointing out that Mick had been treated far more harshly for a minor first offence than "any purely anonymous young man". Just before the court case, on 10th May, Brian Jone’s house was raided and he was arrested and charged with cannabis possession.
The result of the appeals was that Keith’s conviction was overturned, Mick’s was reduced to a conditional discharge and Brian was fined £1000 and put on three years probation and told to seek professional help.
During the 1970s The Stones remained the biggest band in the world, albeit they were rivalled by the Led Zeppelin. The Stones made thousands of live performances and multi-million record sales with hits like "Angie" (1973), "It's Only Rock and Roll" (1974), "Hot Stuff" (1976) and "Respectable" (1978). At that time both Keith Richards and Mick Jagger had individual ambitions, and applied their wild creativity in various projects outside the Stones. Keith released his own single. In 1974 Ron Wood had replaced Mick Taylor on guitar and Keith and Ron both played lead guitars. During the decade Keith Richards had a family crisis on his hands, and suffered through emotional pain and drug abuse, albeit it didn't stop him from being himself. In 1980 the group released "Emotional Rescue" which Keith Richards didn't care for, and the group didn't even tour to promote the album. In 1981 with the release of 'Tattoo You', the group went on a major world tour filling stadiums in the US and in Europe. In 1983 the Stones recorded the album "Undercover" at the Compass Point in Nassau and during this time Mick and Keith were having arguments over rights of the group. After having created tens of albums and over a hundred popular songs together, their legendary song-writing partnership was undergoing the most painful test: the bitter rivalry between two enormously talented and equally ambitious superstars.
In 2001 Mick Jagger and Keith Richard appeared at Paul McCartney's (1942–) Concert for New York City to raise money for victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. In 2002 the Rolling Stones announced another tour, which led to more grumbling about high ticket prices. Still, there seemed to be no decrease in the number of people willing to pay any price to see the legendary band.
Mick Jagger is the heart of The Stones and Keith Richards the soul. Throughout their lives, the two carried on their early image of unkempt youth, survived ups and downs in their careers and personal lives, and remained the core of the band since they shared a flat with the late Brian Jones in London in 1962. Two other remaining members are drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Ron Wood. Since the 1970s they remained one of the biggest entertainment acts touring the world with an entourage of jet-set hangers-on. Their inimitable shows, both good and not so good, were played with fire and emotion, giving their audiences the kind of music they do best - it's only rock'n roll.
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Now, sit back, Relax and check out the next 22 videos, including their concert to 1.5 MILLION people in Copacabana. The Stones played for free and the City paid $750,000 to host the concert. The stage, facing Sugar Loaf Mountain, was the height of a seven-storey building and had a walkway linking it to the Stones' hotel. There were thousands of police on duty.
One of the largest concerts in the world. Only Rod Steward beat them. He performed on the same beach to 3.5 MILLION people.
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Studio Albums | |
Year | Album details |
1964 | The Rolling Stones (UK) |
Released: 16 April 1964 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1964 | England's Newest Hit Makers (US) |
Released: 30 May 1964 | |
Label: London Records | |
1964 | 12 X 5 |
Released: 17 October 1964 | |
Label: London Records | |
1965 | The Rolling Stones No. 2 |
Released: 15 January 1965 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1965 | The Rolling Stones, Now! |
Released: 13 February 1965 | |
Label: London Records | |
1965 | Out of Our Heads (US) |
Released: 30 July 1965 | |
Label: London Records | |
1965 | Out of Our Heads (UK) |
Released: 24 September 1965 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1965 | December's Children (And Everybody's) |
Released: 4 December 1965 | |
Label: London Records | |
1966 | Aftermath (UK) |
Released: 15 April 1966 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1966 | Aftermath (US) |
Released: 20 June 1966 | |
Label: London Records | |
1967 | Between the Buttons (UK) |
Released: 20 January 1967 | |
Label: Decca Records (UK) | |
1967 | Between the Buttons (US) |
Released: 11 February 1967 | |
Label: London Records | |
1967 | Their Satanic Majesties Request |
Released: 8 December 1967 | |
Label: Decca Records (UK) | |
Label: London Records (US) | |
1968 | Beggars Banquet |
Released: 6 December 1968 | |
Label: Decca Records (UK) | |
Label: London Records (US) | |
1969 | Let It Bleed |
Released: 5 December 1969 | |
Label: Decca Records (UK) | |
Label: London Records (US) | |
1971 | Sticky Fingers |
Released: 23 April 1971 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1972 | Exile on Main St. |
Released: 12 May 1972 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1973 | Goats Head Soup |
Released: 31 August 1973 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1974 | It's Only Rock 'n Roll |
Released: 18 October 1974 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1976 | Black and Blue |
Released: 23 April 1976 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1978 | Some Girls |
Released: 9 June 1978 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1980 | Emotional Rescue |
Released: 20 June 1980 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1981 | Tattoo You |
Released: 24 August 1981 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1983 | Undercover |
Released: 7 November 1983 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1986 | Dirty Work |
Released: 24 March 1986 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1989 | Steel Wheels |
Released: 29 August 1989 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1994 | Voodoo Lounge |
Released: 11 July 1994 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
1997 | Bridges to Babylon |
Released: 29 September 1997 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2005 | A Bigger Bang |
Released: 5 September 2005 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
Live Albums | |
Year | Album details |
1966 | Got Live If You Want It! (US only) |
Released: 10 December 1966 | |
Label: London Records | |
1970 | Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert |
Released: 4 September 1970 | |
Label: Decca Records (UK) | |
Label: London Records (US) | |
1977 | Love You Live |
Released: 23 September 1977 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1982 | "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) |
Released: 1 June 1982 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1991 | Flashpoint |
Released: 2 April 1991 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1995 | Stripped |
Released: 13 November 1995 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
1996 | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus |
Released: 14 October 1996 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1998 | No Security |
Released: 2 November 1998 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2004 | Live Licks |
Released: 1 November 2004 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2008 | Shine a Light |
Released: 1 April 2008 | |
Label: Polydor Records | |
2011 | Brussels Affair (Live 1973) |
Released: 18 October 2011 | |
Label: Promotone BV | |
Digital download exclusive to Google Music | |
2011 | The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas '78 |
Released: 15 November 2011 | |
Label: Eagle Vision | |
Format: DVD & CD SET & BLU-Ray & CD SET | |
2012 | Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) |
Released: 30 January 2012 | |
Label: Promotone BV | |
Digital download exclusive to Google Music | |
2012 | L.A. Friday (Live 1975) |
Released: 02 April 2012 | |
Label: Promotone BV | |
Digital download exclusive to Google Music | |
2012 | Muddy Waters & the Rolling Stones. Live At The Checkerboard Lounge. Chicago 1981 |
Released: 02 July 2012 | |
Label: Eagle Vision | |
Format: DVD & CD SET | |
2012 | Live at the Tokyo Dome[6] |
Released: 11 July 2012 | |
Label: Promotone BV | |
Digital download exclusive to Google Music | |
TBA | Light the Fuse[7] |
Released: TBA | |
Label: Promotone BV | |
Digital download exclusive to Google Music | |
Compilations | |
Year | Album details |
1966 | Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (US) |
Released: 28 March 1966 | |
Label: London Records | |
1966 | Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (UK) |
Released: 4 November 1966 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1967 | Flowers |
Released: 26 June 1967 | |
Label: London Records | |
1969 | Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (UK) |
Released: 12 September 1969 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1969 | Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (US) |
Released: 12 September 1969 | |
Label: London Records | |
1971 | Stone Age |
Released: 6 March 1971 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1971 | Gimme Shelter |
Released: 10 September 1971 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1971 | Hot Rocks 1964–1971 |
Released: 20 December 1971 | |
Label: ABKCO Records/London Records | |
1972 | Milestones |
Released: 18 February 1972 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1972 | Rock'n'Rolling Stones |
Released: 13 October 1972 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1972 | More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) |
Released: 11 December 1972 | |
Label: ABKCO Records | |
1973 | No Stone Unturned |
Released: 5 October 1973 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1975 | Metamorphosis |
Released: 6 June 1975 | |
Label: ABKCO Records | |
1975 | Made in the Shade |
Released: 6 June 1975 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1975 | Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones |
Released: 6 November 1975 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1979 | Time Waits for No One |
Released: 29 May 1979 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1980 | Solid Rock |
Released: 28 October 1980 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1981 | Slow Rollers |
Released: 1 January 1981 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1981 | Sucking in the Seventies |
Released: 9 March 1981 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1982 | In Concert |
Released: 21 July 1982 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1982 | Story of The Stones |
Released: 1 December 1982 | |
Label: K-tel | |
1984 | Rewind (1971–1984) |
Released: 19 June 1984 | |
Label: Rolling Stones Records | |
1989 | Singles Collection: The London Years |
Released: 15 August 1989 | |
Label: ABKCO Records | |
1989 | Les Années Stones 1 |
Released: 1989 | |
Label: London Records | |
1990 | Hot Rocks 1964–1971 |
Released: 25 June 1990 | |
Label: ABKCO Records/London Records | |
1993 | Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (UK) |
Released: 22 November 1993 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2002 | Forty Licks |
Released: 30 September 2002 | |
Label: Virgin/ABKCO/Decca | |
(Note: includes four newly recorded songs) | |
2004 | Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (US) |
Released: 24 August 2004 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2005 | Rarities 1971–2003 |
Released: 22 November 2005 | |
Label: Virgin Records | |
2010 | Exile On Main St. (Rarities Edition) |
Released: 18 May 2010 | |
Label: Polydor Records / Target | |
Box sets | |
Year | Title |
2004 | Singles 1963–1965 |
Released: 26 April 2004 | |
Label: Decca/ABKCO | |
2004 | Singles 1965–1967 |
Released: 12 July 2004 | |
Label: Decca/ABKCO | |
2005 | Singles 1968–1971 |
28 February 2005 | |
Label: Decca/ABKCO | |
2010 | The Rolling Stones Box Set |
Released: 17 May 2010 | |
Label: Polydor Records | |
2011 | Singles 1971–2006 |
Released: 26 April 2011 | |
Promotone/Universal |
Extended plays | |
Year | EP details |
1964 | The Rolling Stones |
17-Jan-64 | |
Label: Decca Records | |
1964 | Five by Five |
14-Aug-64 | |
Decca Records | |
1965 | Got Live If You Want It! |
11-Jun-65 | |
Decca Records |
Video albums | |
Aug-08 | |
Year | Title |
1966 | Charlie Is My Darling |
1968 | One Plus One/Sympathy for the Devil |
1970 | Gimme Shelter |
1972 | Cocksucker Blues |
1974 | Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones |
1982 | Let's Spend the Night Together |
1984 | Video Rewind |
1989 | 25x5 – The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones |
1992 | Stones at the Max |
1995 | The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live |
1996 | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus |
1998 | Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 |
2004 | Four Flicks |
2007 | The Biggest Bang |
2008 | Shine a Light |
2010 | Stones in Exile |
2011 | Ed Sullivan Shows |
2011 | Live In Texas '78 |
2012 | Muddy Waters & the Rolling Stones. Live At The Checkerboard Lounge. Chicago 1981 |
SINGLES | |
1963–1979 | |
Release date | |
Single | |
Jun-63 | "Come On" |
Nov-63 | "I Wanna Be Your Man" |
Feb-64 | "Not Fade Away" |
Jun-64 | "You Better Move On" |
Jun-64 | "Carol" |
Jun-64 | "Tell Me" |
Jun-64 | "It's All Over Now" |
Sep-64 | "Time Is on My Side" |
Nov-64 | "Little Red Rooster" |
Dec-64 | "Heart of Stone" |
Dec-64 | "What a Shame" |
Jan-65 | "Route 66" |
Jan-65 | "Under the Boardwalk" |
Feb-65 | "The Last Time" |
Feb-65 | "Play with Fire" |
May-65 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
Sep-65 | "Get Off of My Cloud" |
Dec-65 | "As Tears Go By" |
Feb-66 | "19th Nervous Breakdown" |
Apr-66 | "Fortune Teller" |
May-66 | "Paint It, Black" |
Jun-66 | "Mother's Little Helper" |
Jun-66 | "Lady Jane" |
Sep-66 | "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" |
Jan-67 | "Let's Spend the Night Together" |
Jan-67 | "Ruby Tuesday" |
Aug-67 | "We Love You" |
Sep-67 | "Dandelion" |
Dec-67 | "In Another Land" |
Dec-67 | "She's a Rainbow" |
Dec-67 | "2000 Light Years from Home" |
May-68 | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
Aug-68 | "Street Fighting Man" |
Feb-69 | "Sympathy for the Devil" |
Jul-69 | "Honky Tonk Women" |
Jan-70 | "Live with Me" |
Aug-70 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Re-issue) |
Mar-71 | "Little Queenie" (Live) |
Apr-71 | "Brown Sugar" |
Jun-71 | "Wild Horses" |
Jul-71 | "Street Fighting Man" (UK re-issue) |
Feb-72 | "Let It Rock" (Live) |
Apr-72 | "Tumbling Dice" |
Apr-72 | "Sweet Black Angel" |
Jul-72 | "Rocks Off" |
Jul-72 | "Happy" |
Jul-72 | "All Down the Line" |
Apr-73 | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
Apr-73 | "Sad Day" |
Aug-73 | "Angie" |
Oct-73 | "Sympathy for the Devil" (Edit) |
Dec-73 | "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" |
Feb-74 | "Star Star" |
Jul-74 | "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" |
Oct-74 | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" |
Nov-74 | "Dance Little Sister" |
May-75 | "I Don't Know Why" |
Aug-75 | "Out of Time" |
Apr-76 | "Fool to Cry" |
Jun-76 | "Hot Stuff" |
May-78 | "Miss You" |
Sep-78 | "Beast of Burden" |
Sep-78 | "Respectable" |
Nov-78 | "Shattered" |
1980–2011 | |
Release date | |
Single | |
Jun-80 | "Emotional Rescue" |
Sep-80 | "She's So Cold" |
Apr-81 | "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" |
Aug-81 | "Start Me Up" |
Oct-81 | "Little T&A" |
Nov-81 | "Waiting on a Friend" |
Mar-82 | "Hang Fire" |
Jun-82 | "Going to a Go-Go" (Live) |
Sep-82 | "Time Is on My Side" (Live) |
Nov-83 | "Undercover of the Night" |
Nov-84 | "Too Tough" |
Dec-83 | "Too Much Blood" |
Jan-84 | "She Was Hot" |
Mar-84 | "Think I'm Going Mad" |
Jul-84 | "Brown Sugar" (UK re-issue) |
Feb-86 | "Harlem Shuffle" |
Apr-86 | "Winning Ugly" |
May-86 | "One Hit (To the Body)" |
Aug-89 | "Mixed Emotions" |
Sep-89 | "Sad Sad Sad" |
Nov-89 | "Rock and a Hard Place" |
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Jun-90 | "She's a Rainbow" (Re-issue) |
Aug-90 | "Terrifying" |
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Mar-91 | "Highwire" |
May-91 | "Ruby Tuesday" (Live) |
May-91 | "Sex Drive" |
Jan-92 | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Live) |
Jul-94 | "Love Is Strong" |
Sep-94 | "You Got Me Rocking" |
Nov-94 | "Out of Tears" |
Jan-95 | "Sparks Will Fly" |
Jul-95 | "I Go Wild" |
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Sep-97 | "Anybody Seen My Baby?" |
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Jan-98 | "Saint of Me" |
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This band, which came from a non English speaking country, became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music. Topping the charts worldwide between 1972 and 1982, they sold over 370 million records in English speaking countries. They were formed in November 1970, won the Eurovision for Sweden in 1974 and became by far one of the most successful acts of that decade; even one of the biggest phenomenon’s of the whole 20th century.
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Imelda May's sophomore album that oozes musical brilliance
The Guardian described her as having “a whipcracker of a voice”. At nine years of age, she fell in love with rockabilly and the blues. She is a pure Dub and dropped out of Art College to sing for a living. Her professional career started at age 14 when she sang in a Findus Fish Fingers ad. She was barred from her own shows for being underage and swallowed a spark when she was singing in a burlesque show (more about that later). She plays the bodhrán, guitar and tambourine. She won the Best Female Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Meteor Awards. Jools Holland described her as having ‘it’ in spades.
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Due to the regretful deaths this week of two very close friends of Bob Tallent, co- publisher of DPNlive the upload of new content to the site will be delayed until the evening of next Monday 18th June.
Also as a consequence of this Bob will not be able to write his popular weekly music article which so many people enjoy. This will appear next Friday 22nd.
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The Solitary Man
Who couldn’t say ‘I love you’
But found it easy to sing it
This Brooklyn born singer/songwriter considered using the stage name Noah Kaminsky. He ran away from home at 13 and went to the Midwest where he formed a musical group called The Roadrunners. He won a fencing scholarship to enter NYU and was on the 1960 NCAA men’s championship team. He went to NYU in 1958 where he studied medicine. In his final year at NYU he was offered a job to write songs by Sunbeam Music on Manhattan's famous Tin Pan Alley. He paid his ex wife $150 million in a divorce settlement. He sold approx. 125 million albums in his 50 year career.
I’m talking about the one and only Neil Diamond.
He was born Neil Leslie Diamond on 24th January 1941 in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants Akeeba "Kieve" Diamond and Rose Diamond. His father worked as a dry-goods merchant. The Diamond’s temporarily relocated to Cheyenne, Wyoming, due to Kieve’s military service during World War II. After the end of World War II, the family returned to Brooklyn. At age 15 Neil wrote his first song, which he titled "Here Them Bells". He was given a $9 acoustic guitar as a birthday present for his 16th birthday. He rented a room in a printer's shop located above the famed Birdland nightclub on Broadway. Neil began to live there, bought a piano for $30, a pay telephone, and started writing his songs his own way.
In 1963 he married his high school sweetheart, school teacher Jaye Posner; they had two daughters, Marjorie and Elyn, before they separated in 1967 and divorced in 1969
Neil met the song writing/record producing team Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry (who sang in the background of many his songs) which led to a contract with Bert Bern’s Bang Records, then part of Atlantic Records. In 1966, when he was 25, he recorded his first album, featuring hit singles such as "Solitary Man" and "Cherry, Cherry". Also in 1966, he appeared twice on Dick Clark's "Bandstand" TV musical variety show.
The Monkees recorded several of his songs, including "I'm a Believer" which was the Popular Music Song of the Year in 1966 and stayed in the number one position on the billboards for longer than any other song. A number of TV appearances followed, including singing gigs on "The Mike Douglas Show", "The Merv Griffin Show" and a part as a rock singer on an episode of "Mannix". Other notable artists who recorded early Neil Diamond songs were Elvis Presley, who sang "Sweet Caroline" as well as "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind"; Mark Lindsay, former lead singer for Paul Revere & the Raiders, who covered "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"; Deep Purple, which sang "Kentucky Woman"; Lulu, who sang "The Boat That I Row", and Cliff Richard, who released versions of "I'll Come Running", "Solitary Man", "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", "I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No)", and "Just Another Guy".
Neil found wide acceptance among the young and old with his songs, but endured criticism that his music was too middle-of-the-road. He sang as opening acts for artists such as Herman’s Hermits and The Who.
In 1967, Neil wrote "Red, Red Wine". It was written as a country ballad, and didn’t receive much fame on the billboards until in 1988 UB40 recorded the song and made it a hit, singing it in Reggae style. Also in 1967, Neil tried to leave Bang Records because he felt restricted. This led to lawsuits and a drop in his career. He eventually won the court case and got ownership of his Bang recordings.
In 1968, he wrote "Shilo" and moved to MCA records. Shilo was on the billboards, even though not high. But it is still a favourite song for his fans. "Brooklyn Roads" was another song that was written more for Neil then for the audience. In 1969: he wrote Sweet Caroline which hit no. 4 on the billboard charts. The song starts with a calm beginning, but the whole song is a build up to its chorus. "Holly Holy" is another song with a long and exciting build up. It rose to no. 6 on the billboards. Also in 1969, he wrote "Desiree", "September Morn", and "Forever In Blue Jeans". Desiree is best known for its beat, it has great rhythm. Forever in Blue Jeans has the forgotten message that money isn’t everything in life, it’s the little things that are important.
He married Marcia Murphy, a production assistant. They had two children, both sons, Jesse and Micah. His second marriage ended in 1994 or 1995 and a $150 million divorce settlement.
He also developed into a dynamic concert performer, as demonstrated on his 1972 album Hot August Night, which spent a year and a half in the charts. In 1973, he moved to Columbia Records with a million dollar advance per album. His first album was for the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull. He also did Longfellow Serenade and I’ve been this way before.
In 1976, he released Beautiful Noise. His young daughter came up with the name when she described the noise on the streets below. In the summer of 1976, on the eve of three Las Vegas shows, his house in Bel Air was raided by the police because they received an anonymous tip that there were drugs and weapons stored there. The police found less than an ounce of marijuana. To have the arrest expunged from his record, Neil agreed to a six-month drug aversion program.
In 1977 he released I’m glad you’re here with me tonight and he starred in two TV specials for NBC. He wrote "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show". It was a song about a preacher, and in his live performances his charisma raised the level of excitement dramatically. This song never hit the top 20. He wrote Cracklin Rosie – it’s a wine in an Indian reservation – which hit no. 1 and Crunch Granola Suite. It took him four months to write I Am . . . I Said which hit no. 4. Song Song Blue hit no. 1.
In 1979, he had a cancer scare when he collapsed on stage in San Francisco and was taken to hospital, where a tumour was found on his spine and had to be surgically removed, which confined him to a wheelchair for three months. During this time he wrote "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". It was originally written for a solo recording for himself. Barbra Streisand recorded the song and radio stations started mixing the two versions together. So he and Barbra recorded a version that was meant to be a duet, and it rose to no.1 on the billboard charts.
Fans flocked to his shows and bought his albums in big numbers until well into the 1980s. While his concert tours continued to gross highly, his record sales became more modest. Still, as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart.
He appeared in and wrote some of the music for the remake of The Jazz Singer – original in 1920’s, then 1951 and finally 1980. He signed a contract for $1 million and wrote 3 of perhaps his greatest songs for the album. "Love on the Rocks", "Hello Again" and "America". Each of these songs reached the top 10 on the billboard. Love on the Rocks is in a jazz style. Hello again is pretty similar the whole way through, it’s just a nice love song. America, is one of Neil's most famous songs. With these 3 hit songs, the Jazz Singer sold over 6 million copies of its soundtrack.
Aware of his lack of acting talent, Neil never acted in movie roles again, aside from making appearances as himself. As a movie fan, he collaborated on writing the scores of many different soundtracks, which can be heard in such films as Cactus Flower (1969), Pulp Fiction (1994), Beautiful Girls (1996), Donnie Brasco (1997), Bringing Out the Dead (1999) and many more.
In 1996, he had a relationship with Rae Farley that ended in 2008
When he was 70, on 7th September 2011, the same day he learned he was to be a Kennedy Centre Honouree, Neil announced his engagement to 41-year-old Katie McNeil in a message on Twitter. Katie is Neil’s manager and was the producer on the documentary Neil Diamond: Hot August Nights NYC. On 21st April 2012, Neil married Katie in front of family and close friends in Los Angeles, California.
He had an amazingly large range of music including pop, rock, R&B, folk, country, jazz, reggae, punk, heavy metal, alternative, easy listening, and new age performers who had recorded his songs, among them Altered Images, Gene Ammons, Chet Atkins, Michael Ball, Shirley Bassey, Les Baxter, Harry Belafonte, Acker Bilk, the Box Tops, the Brothers Four, Glen Campbell, Vikki Carr, Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, Ray Conniff, Floyd Cramer, Michael Crawford, Bobby Darin, the Spencer Davis Group, Joey Dee & the Starliters, Deep Purple, the Drifters, David Essex, Percy Faith, José Feliciano, Ferrante & Teicher, the Four Tops, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Goldsboro, Marcia Griffiths, the Heptones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Julio Iglesias, Chris Isaak, Millie Jackson, Wanda Jackson, Jay & the Americans, Waylon Jennings, Tom Jones, Bert Kaempfert, André Kostelanetz, Patti LaBelle, David Lanz, James Last, Peggy Lee, Liberace, Enoch Light, Mark Lindsay, Lulu, Arthur Lyman, Mantovani, Johnny Mathis, Ronnie Milsap, the Monkees, the Music Machine, Wayne Newton, Jane Olivor, Roy Orbison, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Boots Randolph, Cliff Richard, Billy Joe Royal, Frank Sinatra, Smash Mouth, the Specials, Barbra Streisand, Third World, B.J. Thomas, Tin Huey, Tina Turner, UB40, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Urge Overkill, Billy Vaughn, the Ventures, Bobby Vinton, Junior Walker & the All-Stars, Scott Walker, Roger Whittaker, Andy Williams, Bobby Womack, and Robert Wyatt.
Today, Neil continues to tour, and still releases new studio and live compilation box sets of his greatest hits. Members of his family now perform in his back-up band.
The kid from Brooklyn did good!
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