Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones song) recorded at Richards's birthday party. The song is also the first single released on Rolling Stones Records (catalogue number RS-19100) and is one of the two Stones songs (along with "Wild Horses") licensed to both the band and former manager Allen Klein (a result of various business disagreements) resulting in its inclusion on the compilation album "Hot Rocks 1964–1971". "Brown Sugar" is also included on the most significant latter-day Rolling Stones compilations, "", "Forty Licks" and "GRRR!". The Rolling Stones Additional personnel Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones song) "Brown Sugar" is a song by the Rolling Stones. It is the
Instruments played by the Rolling Stones Instruments played by the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones, an English rock band, have been active since 1962. Originally a counterpoint to The Beatles, the group took influences from the Blues, rock'n'roll and R&B. Most of their recordings feature a core of drums, bass, two guitars and a lead vocal, though there have been numerous variations on this in the studio. Keith Richards used a Harmony H72 Meteor on early tours, before switching to an Epiphone Casino. After the Stones became successful in the US, Richards acquired a Gibson Firebird and a 1959 Les Paul with a Bigsby Tremolo system.