the rolling stones first came to america in 1964.
the rolling stones first came to america in 1964.
when did the rolling stones first come to america?
1964
in 1965 the club was purchased by a young local musician and promoter john benedict mccoy (whose 8-piece r&b band "the crawdaddies" had been playing there since 1964) and his partner ken crawford. john mccoy had already proved himself well enough in promoting many accomplished young bands on 'the rise up' as early as 1963. even booking the rolling stones for £65 "($90)" and the hollies at his previous club-venue "the outlook" in middlesbrough. on saturday 13 july 1963 both the hollies and the rolling stones appeared on the same bill at "the outlook", in fact this was the rolling stones first booking outside of greater london, and this one-off gig was actually 'brokered' as a favour through john mccoys friend, blues-singer long john baldry. in bill wyman's book "rolling with the stones" (a detailed journal of his time with the band) he is adamant that this booking was at a middlesbrough club called the alcove. however, there never was a middlesbrough club of that name. john mccoy's explanation for this is that he wrote alcove on the rolling stones contract (signed by mccoy and brian jones) to give the basement-club a separate identity from the 'young outlook' fashion store above it! an advertisement for this double booking at "the outlook" appeared in the evening gazette the previous night. at another small 200 capacity venue,john mccoy opened in late 1966, "mr mccoys" in bottomley st, middlesbrough, he had also booked 'little' stevie wonder and the who.
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"dirty work" was released in march 1986 to mixed reviews, reaching no. 4 in both the us and uk. it was the stones first album for cbs with an outside producer, steve lillywhite. with relations between richards and jagger at an all-time low, jagger refused to tour to promote the album and instead undertook a solo tour, where he performed some rolling stones' songs. as a result of their animosity, the stones almost broke up. jagger's solo records, "she's the boss" (1985), which reached no. 6 in the uk and no. 13 in the us, and "primitive cool" (1987) which reached no. 26 in the uk and number 41 in the us, met with moderate commercial success. in 1988, with the rolling stones mostly inactive, richards released his first solo album, "talk is cheap" which reached no. 37 in the uk and no. 24 in the us. it was well received by fans and critics, and certified gold in the us. richards has subsequently referred to this late-80s period, where the two were recording solo albums with no obvious reunion of the stones in sight, as "world war iii". the following year "", a documentary spanning the band's career was released for their 25th anniversary.
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