Happy (The Rolling Stones song) hours, cut and done. At noon it had never existed. At four o'clock it was on tape." The basic tracks were recorded in the Nellcôte basement, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, with Richards on bass, guitar and vocals, producer Jimmy Miller on drums, and saxophonist Bobby Keys on maracas. Piano by Nicky Hopkins was added later, as were Jim Price's trumpet, Keys' saxophone, Mick Taylor's guitar and the final vocal tracks, including Mick Jagger's backing vocals. "Happy" was the only single by the band to chart on the Hot 100 on which Richards sang lead. Since 1972, Richards has
The Rolling Stones No. 2 the UK. According to Bill Wyman in his book "Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock'N'Roll Band", John Lennon said of "The Rolling Stones No. 2": "The album's great, but I don't like five-minute numbers." Due to ABKCO's preference towards the American albums, they overlooked both "The Rolling Stones" and "The Rolling Stones No. 2" for CD release in 1986 and during its remastering series in 2002. Consequently, the album was out of print for many years and was thus widely bootlegged by collectors. "The Rolling Stones No. 2" was again made available to the public as part of a