The Rolling Stones release the first Jagger/Richard hit

26 February 1965: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn early 1965, the Rolling Stones were in an exquisite quandary. They were the second biggest group in Britain by that point and rising fast in the US. But their popularity was based on covers of contemporary R&B records and, in the case of their most recent UK No 1, Little Red Rooster, pure blues. Manager Andrew Oldham hustled Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to write their own songs and, after several false...

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