ON THIS DATE (51 YEARS AGO) November 1, 1963 – The Rolling Stones: “I Wanna Be Your Man” b/w “Stoned” (Decca F.11764) 45 single is released in the UK. I Wanna Be Your Man is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song that was recorded separately by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones version was released a few weeks earlier. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, and finished by Lennon and McCartney in the corner of a room while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were talking. Released as their second single, the Stones version was an early hit, peaking at No. 12 on the British chart. Their rendition is a frenetic electric rock/blues song featuring Brian Jones distinctive slide guitar and Bill Wymans driving bass playing. It is one of the few Rolling Stones songs featuring backing vocals by Jones. In the US, the song was released on 6 March 1964 as the B-side to Not Fade Away. According to various accounts, either the Rolling Stones manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham or the Rolling Stones themselves ran into Lennon and McCartney on the street as the two were returning from an awards luncheon. Hearing that the band were in need of material for a single, Lennon and McCartney went to their session at De Lane Lea Studio and finished off the song – whose verse they had already been working on – in the corner of the room while the impressed Rolling Stones watched. Released only as a single, the Rolling Stones rendition never appeared on a studio album. In 1989, it was issued on Singles Collection: The London Years. The B-Side of the second single was a Green Onions influenced instrumental (composed by Nanker/Phelge, the early collective pseudonym for the 5+1 strong group, additionally including at this stage the Sixth Stone pianist, Ian Stewart, making it the first released self penned composition) with added spoken asides by Mick Jagger. Named Stoned, some original 1963 copies were issued with the misprinted title as Stones, making it doubly collectable as a rarity.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:00:02 +0000