Aftermath (The Rolling Stones album) 8 on the Hot 100. The album's songs also proved popular among other recording artists, with "Mother's Little Helper", "Take It or Leave It", "Under My Thumb" and "Lady Jane" all being covered within a month of its release. Adding to Jagger and Richards' success as writers, Chris Farlowe topped the UK charts with his Jagger-produced recording of "Out of Time" in August 1966. On 9 August, "Aftermath" received gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America; it was certified platinum in 1989 for sales of one million copies. The Rolling Stones' new sound on the album helped attract
The Easybeats 1966. This too was a commercial success and its lead single "Sorry" topped the Australian charts. After arriving in London the band recorded a number of songs with Ted Albert at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, but these were deemed unsuitable by United Artists Records and Albert was removed as producer. The band was then teamed with freelance producer Shel Talmy, who had achieved great success with his production for the Who and the Kinks. United Artists also felt that the band's song writing was too "unsophisticated" for the competitive UK market. The label had already released the Wright/Young composition "Come