Slow Dancer is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs , originally released by Columbia in 1974. It was produced by former Motowner Johnny Bristol of " Hang On In There Baby " fame.
115-421: The album was initially released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking alone on the beach, with the back of the album framing a head and shoulders shot of Scaggs lying on the beach. The photographs were taken by Annie Leibovitz . After the breakout success of 1976's Silk Degrees , Slow Dancer was re-released with a new cover showing Scaggs and a woman in fine clothing, Scaggs bending to kiss her bosom. This photo
230-467: A DVD version released in October 2004. By the time Beggars Banquet was released, Brian Jones was only sporadically contributing to the band. Jagger said that Jones was "not psychologically suited to this way of life". His drug use had become a hindrance, and he was unable to obtain a US visa . Richards reported that in a June meeting with Jagger, Watts, and himself at Jones' house, Jones admitted that he
345-590: A Disney spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines". In response to the Internet circulation of the photo and ensuing media attention, Cyrus released a statement of apology on April 27: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about." Leibovitz also released
460-502: A Johnny Winter number. The concert, their first with new guitarist Mick Taylor, was performed in front of an estimated 250,000 fans. A Granada Television production team filmed the performance, which was broadcast on British television as The Stones in the Park . Blackhill Enterprises stage manager Sam Cutler introduced the Rolling Stones onto the stage by announcing: "Let's welcome
575-518: A BBC scandal and a shake-up of ethics training. However, a 2015 article in The Times contradicts this story. It stated that the Queen was both incredulous at being asked to remove her crown as "no-one tells her what to do" and insulted, as the item was only a tiara . In 2008, Leibovitz choreographed a photoshoot featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bündchen that appeared on the cover of Vogue . The cover
690-808: A Sunday afternoon residency at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, London , in February 1963. In May 1963, the Rolling Stones signed Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. He had been directed to them by his previous clients, the Beatles. Oldham, then 19, had not reached the age of majority —he was also younger than anyone in the band— and so could not obtain an agent's licence or sign any contracts without his mother co-signing. By necessity he joined with booking agent Eric Easton to secure record financing and assistance booking venues. Gomelsky, who had no written agreement with
805-418: A bedsheet. The photo was taken by Leibovitz. The full photograph was published with an accompanying story on The New York Times ' website on April 27, 2008. On April 29, 2008, The New York Times clarified: though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless. Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which
920-553: A book jacket. They never lived together, though they each had an apartment within view of the other's." When Leibovitz was interviewed for her autobiography A Photographer's Life: 1990–2005 , she said that the book told a number of stories, and "with Susan, it was a love story." While The New York Times in 2009 referred to Sontag as Leibovitz's "companion", Leibovitz wrote in A Photographer's Life : "words like 'companion' and 'partner' were not in our vocabulary. We were two people who helped each other through our lives. The closest word
1035-484: A certain lasciviousness that is the Stones' own ... It quickly and deservedly became the most famous logo in the history of popular music. The tongue and lips design was part of a package that in 2003 VH1 named the best album cover ever. The logo has remained on all the Stones' post-1970 albums and singles, in addition to their merchandise and stage sets. The album contains one of their best-known hits, " Brown Sugar ", and
1150-404: A close relationship with writer and essayist Susan Sontag from 1989 until Sontag's death in 2004. During Sontag's lifetime, neither woman publicly disclosed whether the relationship was a platonic friendship or romantic. In 2006, Newsweek magazine made reference to Leibovitz's decade-plus relationship with Sontag, stating, "The two first met in the late '80s, when Leibovitz photographed her for
1265-611: A couple for twelve years. Despite these complications, the Rolling Stones toured Europe in March and April 1967. The tour included the band's first performances in Poland, Greece, and Italy. June 1967 saw the release of the US-only compilation album Flowers . On 10 May 1967, the day Jagger, Richards and Fraser were arraigned in connection with the Redlands charges, Jones' house was raided by police. He
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#17328482103361380-514: A cover that reminds people of King Kong and brings those stereotypes to the front, black man wanting white woman, it's not innocent". The Fashion Post magazine ranked it the third-most controversial Vogue magazine cover. On April 25, 2008, Entertainment Tonight reported that 15-year-old Miley Cyrus had posed topless for a photo shoot with Vanity Fair . The photograph and subsequently released behind-the-scenes photographs show Cyrus topless, her bare back exposed but her front covered with
1495-402: A deal with the Beatles, gave the Rolling Stones a recording contract with favourable terms. The band were to receive a royalty rate three times as high as that typically given to a new act, full artistic control of recordings, and ownership of the recording master tapes . The deal also let the band use non-Decca recording studios. Regent Sound Studios, a mono facility equipped with egg boxes on
1610-600: A fan, Meredith Hunter , was stabbed and beaten to death by the Angels after they realised he was armed. Part of the tour, and the Altamont concert, was documented in Albert and David Maysles ' film Gimme Shelter . In response to the growing popularity of bootleg recordings (in particular Live'r Than You'll Ever Be , recorded during the 1969 tour), the album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! was released in 1970. Critic Lester Bangs declared it
1725-439: A four-piece core, with Darryl Jones becoming their regular bassist, and then as a three-piece core following Watts' death in 2021, with Steve Jordan becoming their regular drummer. Hackney Diamonds , the band's first new album of original material in 18 years, was released in October 2023, becoming their fourteenth UK number-one album . The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of more than 250 million make them one of
1840-433: A lot of distractions and you always need someone to focus you at that point, that was Andrew's job." Satanic Majesties became the first album the Rolling Stones produced on their own. Its psychedelic sound was complemented by the cover art, which featured a 3D photo by Michael Cooper , who had also photographed the cover of Sgt. Pepper . Bill Wyman wrote and sang a track on the album: " In Another Land ", also released as
1955-547: A meeting with Korner, Jagger and Richards started jamming with the group. Having left Blues Incorporated, Jones advertised for bandmates in Jazz Weekly in the week of 2 May 1962. Ian Stewart was among the first to respond to the ad. In June, Jagger, Taylor, and Richards left Blues Incorporated to join Jones and Stewart. The first rehearsal included guitarist Geoff Bradford and vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom decided not to join
2070-618: A nearly 12-minute song that included elements of jamming and improvisation. The Stones' success on the British and American singles charts peaked during the 1960s. " 19th Nervous Breakdown " was released in February 1966, and reached number 2 in the UK and US charts; "Paint It Black" reached number 1 in the UK and US in May 1966. " Mother's Little Helper ", released in June 1966, reached number 8 in
2185-451: A new single, " We Love You ", as a thank you for their fans' loyalty. It began with the sound of prison doors closing, and the accompanying music video included allusions to the trial of Oscar Wilde . On 31 July, the appeals court overturned Richards' conviction, and reduced Jagger's sentence to a conditional discharge . Jones' trial took place in November 1967. In December, after appealing
2300-515: A position with Vanity Fair magazine in 1983. Leibovitz photographed celebrities for an international advertising campaign for American Express charge cards , which won a Clio award in 1987. In 1991, Leibovitz mounted an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery . She was the second living portraitist and first woman to show there. That same year, Leibovitz was also made Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by
2415-566: A pub in Chelsea on 7 December 1962 and was hired as a successor to Dick Taylor. The band were impressed by his instrument and amplifiers (including the Vox AC30 ). The classic line-up of the Rolling Stones, with Charlie Watts on drums, played for the first time in public on Saturday, 12 January 1963 at the Ealing Jazz Club. However, it was not until a gig there on 2 February 1963 that Watts became
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#17328482103362530-453: A scene of the Queen walking down a corridor, telling an aide "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much." The BBC later apologized and admitted that the sequence of events had been misrepresented, as the Queen was in fact walking to the sitting in the second scene, not storming off from it like the BBC implied by presenting the scenes in that order. This led to
2645-447: A short trip to Morocco , accompanied by Marianne Faithfull , Jones' girlfriend Anita Pallenberg , and other friends. During this trip the stormy relations between Jones and Pallenberg deteriorated to the point that she left Morocco with Richards. Richards said later: "That was the final nail in the coffin with me and Brian. He'd never forgive me for that and I don't blame him, but hell, shit happens." Richards and Pallenberg would remain
2760-477: A single, the first on which Jagger did not sing lead. The band spent the first few months of 1968 working on material for their next album. Those sessions resulted in the song " Jumpin' Jack Flash ", released as a single in May. The subsequent album, Beggars Banquet , an eclectic mix of country and blues–inspired tunes, marked the band's return to their rhythm and blues roots. It was also the beginning of their collaboration with producer Jimmy Miller . It featured
2875-597: A single. In December 1964, the distributor released the band's first single with Jagger/Richards originals on both sides: " Heart of Stone ", with "What a Shame" as the B-side; the single went to number 19 in the US. The band's second UK LP, The Rolling Stones No. 2 , was released in January 1965 and reached number 1 on the charts. The US version, released in February as The Rolling Stones, Now! , reached number 5. The album
2990-428: A statement saying: "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted.... The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful." Leibovitz has three daughters. She gave birth to her first, Sarah Cameron Leibovitz, in October 2001 when Leibovitz was 52 years old. Twin girls Susan and Samuelle were born to a surrogate mother in May 2005. Leibovitz had
3105-813: Is a third-generation American. Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force of Romanian-Jewish heritage and her mother was a modern dance instructor of Estonian-Jewish heritage. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War . Leibovitz's passion for art was born out of her mother's engagement with dance, music, and painting. While attending Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland , she became interested in various artistic endeavors and began to write and play music. Leibovitz attended
3220-452: Is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine's most famous cover photographs. The Library of Congress declared her a Living Legend , and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery . Born in Waterbury, Connecticut , on October 2, 1949, Anna-Lou Leibovitz is the third of six children of Marilyn Edith (née Heit) and Samuel Leibovitz. She
3335-531: Is often considered to be the most important of their early albums. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit " Ruby Tuesday "/" Let's Spend the Night Together " and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request . By the end of the 1960s, they had returned to their rhythm and blues -based rock sound, with hit singles " Jumpin' Jack Flash " (1968) and " Honky Tonk Women " (1969), and albums Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring " Sympathy for
3450-511: Is still 'friend'." That same year, Leibovitz said the descriptor "lover" was accurate. She later reiterated: "Call us 'lovers'. I like 'lovers.' You know, 'lovers' sounds romantic. I mean, I want to be perfectly clear. I love Susan." When asked if being Jewish is important to her, Leibovitz replied, "I'm not a practicing Jew, but I feel very Jewish." In February 2009, Leibovitz borrowed US$ 15.5 million , after having experienced financial challenges, putting up several houses as well as
3565-512: The Rolling Stone look. While working for Rolling Stone , Leibovitz learned that she could work for magazines and still create personal work of her family, which for her was the most important: "You don't get the opportunity to do this kind of intimate work except with the people you love, the people who will put up with you. They're the people who open their hearts and souls and lives to you. You must take care of them." Leibovitz photographed
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3680-612: The San Francisco Art Institute , where she studied painting with the intention of becoming an art teacher. At school, she had her first photography workshop and changed her major to photography. She was inspired by the work of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson . For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while holding various jobs, including a stint on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel , for several months in 1969. For many years Leibovitz's camera of choice
3795-685: The UK Singles Chart . Having a charting single gave the band entrée to play outside London, starting with a booking at the Outlook Club in Middlesbrough on 13 July, sharing the billing with the Hollies . Later in 1963, Oldham and Easton arranged the band's first big UK concert tour as a supporting act for American stars, including Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and the Everly Brothers . The tour gave
3910-679: The best-selling music artists of all time . They have won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked them as one of the greatest artists of all time. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger became classmates and childhood friends in 1950 in Dartford , Kent . The Jagger family moved to Wilmington, Kent , five miles (8.0 km) away, in 1954. In
4025-404: The country -influenced " Dead Flowers ". "Brown Sugar" and " Wild Horses " were recorded at Alabama 's Muscle Shoals Sound Studio after the 1969 American tour. The album continued the band's immersion into heavily blues-influenced compositions; is noted for its "loose, ramshackle ambience"; and marked Mick Taylor's first full album with the band. Sticky Fingers reached number 1 in both
4140-544: The Art Capital Group filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Leibovitz for US$ 24 million regarding repayment of these loans. In a follow-up article from September 5, 2009, an Associated Press story quoted legal experts as saying that filing for bankruptcy reorganization might offer Leibovitz her best chance to control and direct the disposition of her assets to satisfy debts. On September 11, Art Capital Group withdrew its lawsuit against Leibovitz and extended
4255-473: The Devil " and " Street Fighting Man ", and Let It Bleed (1969), featuring " You Can't Always Get What You Want " and " Gimme Shelter ". Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by Mick Taylor . That year they were first introduced on stage as " the greatest rock and roll band in the world ". Sticky Fingers (1971), which yielded " Brown Sugar " and " Wild Horses " and included
4370-571: The French government. Also in 1991, Leibovitz emulated Margaret Bourke-White 's feat by mounting one of the eagle gargoyles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan , where she photographed the dancer David Parsons cavorting on another eagle gargoyle. Noted Life photographer and picture editor John Loengard made a gripping photo of Leibovitz at the climax of her danger (Loengard
4485-576: The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World ." Cutler repeated the introduction throughout their 1969 US tour . The show also included the concert debut of their fifth US number 1 single, " Honky Tonk Women ", which had been released the previous day. In September 1969 the band's second greatest hits album Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) was released, featuring a poem in dedication to Jones on
4600-666: The Night Together" to "let's spend some time together". In early 1967, Jagger, Richards, and Jones began to be hounded by authorities over their recreational drug use , after News of the World ran a three-part feature entitled "Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You". The series described alleged LSD parties hosted by the Moody Blues and attended by top stars including the Who 's Pete Townshend and Cream 's Ginger Baker , and described alleged admissions of drug use by leading pop musicians. The first article targeted Donovan (who
4715-618: The Rolling Stones in San Francisco in 1971 and 1972, and served as the concert-tour photographer for the Rolling Stones' Tour of the Americas '75 . Her favorite photo from the tour was a photo of Mick Jagger in an elevator. On December 8, 1980, Leibovitz had a photo shoot with John Lennon for Rolling Stone , and she promised him he would make the cover. She had initially tried to get a picture with just Lennon alone, as Rolling Stone wanted, but Lennon insisted that both he and Yoko Ono be on
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4830-457: The Rolling Stones' first number 1 hit in the UK, their cover version of Bobby and Shirley Womack 's " It's All Over Now ". The Stones followed the Famous Flames , featuring James Brown , in the theatrical release of the 1964 film T.A.M.I. Show , which showcased American acts with British Invasion artists. According to Jagger, "We weren't actually following James Brown because there
4945-452: The Stones historians Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, the band's notoriety "among the authorities and the establishment seems to have been inversely proportional to their popularity among young people". In an effort to capitalise on this, London released the live album Got Live If You Want It! in December. The band's first greatest hits album Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
5060-440: The Stones were threatening, uncouth and animalistic". Stewart left the official line-up, but remained road manager and touring keyboardist. Of Stewart's decision, Oldham later said, "Well, he just doesn't look the part, and six is too many for [fans] to remember the faces in the picture." Later, Oldham reduced the band members' ages in publicity material to make them appear as teenagers. Decca Records , which had declined to sign
5175-469: The Stones' permanent drummer. Shortly afterwards, the band began their first tour of the UK, performing Chicago blues , including songs by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley . By 1963, they were finding their musical stride as well as popularity. In 1964, they beat the Beatles as the number one United Kingdom band in two surveys. The band's name was changed shortly after their first gig to the Rolling Stones. Their acting manager, Giorgio Gomelsky , secured
5290-428: The Stones. It gave us a level of confidence; a pathway of how to do it." Their first international number 1 hit was " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ", recorded in May 1965 during the band's third North American tour. Richards recorded the guitar riff that drives the song with a fuzzbox as a scratch track to guide a horn section. Nevertheless, the final cut did not include the planned horn overdubs . Issued in
5405-606: The UK and the US. In 1968, the Stones, acting on a suggestion by pianist Ian Stewart, put a control room in a van and created the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio so they would not be limited to the standard 9–5 operating hours of most recording studios. The band lent the mobile studio to other artists, including Led Zeppelin, who used it to record Led Zeppelin III (1970) and Led Zeppelin IV (1971). Deep Purple immortalised
5520-713: The UK government was owed a relative fortune. The Stones moved to the South of France, where Richards rented the Villa Nellcôte and sublet rooms to band members and their entourage. Using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, they held recording sessions in the basement. They completed the new tracks, along with material dating as far back as 1969, at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles. The resulting double album, Exile on Main St. ,
5635-574: The US the EP was expanded into their second LP, 12 X 5 , which was released in October during the tour. The Rolling Stones' fifth UK single, a cover of Willie Dixon 's " Little Red Rooster "—with "Off the Hook", credited to Nanker Phelge, as the B-side —was released in November 1964 and became their second number 1 hit in the UK. The band's US distributors, London Records , declined to release "Little Red Rooster" as
5750-473: The US. According to The Daily Telegraph , Aftermath is often regarded as the most important of the band's formative records. On this album, Jones' contributions expanded beyond guitar and harmonica. To the Middle Eastern -influenced " Paint It Black " he added sitar ; to the ballad " Lady Jane " he added dulcimer , and to " Under My Thumb " he added marimbas . Aftermath also contained " Goin' Home ",
5865-520: The US; it was one of the first pop songs to discuss the issue of prescription drug abuse. " Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? " was released in September 1966 and reached number 5 in the UK and number 9 in the US. It had a number of firsts for the group: it was the first Stones recording to feature brass horns, and the back-cover photo on the original US picture sleeve depicted
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#17328482103365980-495: The album was released that December, with a different cover design. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus , which originally began as an idea about "the new shape of the rock-and-roll concert tour", was filmed at the end of 1968. It featured John Lennon, Yoko Ono , the Dirty Mac , the Who, Jethro Tull , Marianne Faithfull, and Taj Mahal . The footage was shelved for 28 years but was finally released officially in 1996, with
6095-651: The album's credits after apparently being "horrified" by the content of some of its other material, but later withdrew this request), " Midnight Rambler ", as well as a cover of Robert Johnson 's " Love in Vain ". Jones and Taylor are both featured on the album. Just after the US tour ended, the band performed at the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway , about fifty miles (80 km) east of San Francisco . A Hells Angels biker gang provided security, and
6210-454: The arrangements with the holding company, the band has reportedly paid a tax of just 1.6% on their total earnings of £242 million over the past 20 years. In November 1972, the band began recording sessions in Kingston, Jamaica , for the album Goats Head Soup ; it was released in 1973 and reached number 1 in both the UK and US. The album, which contained the worldwide hit " Angie ",
6325-542: The band released a self-titled EP , which became their first number 1 record in the UK. The third single by the Stones, Buddy Holly 's " Not Fade Away ", reflecting Bo Diddley's style, was released in February 1964 and reached number 3. Oldham saw little future for an act that gave up the chance to get significant songwriting royalties by only playing the songs of what he described as "middle-aged blacks", thus limiting their appeal to teenage audiences. Jagger and Richards decided to write songs together. Oldham described
6440-491: The band the opportunity to hone their stagecraft. During the tour, the band recorded their second single, a Lennon–McCartney song, " I Wanna Be Your Man ". It reached number 13 on the UK charts. The Beatles' own recording of the song is included on the 1963 album With the Beatles . On 1 January 1964, the Stones' were the first band to play on BBC 's Top of the Pops , performing "I Wanna Be Your Man". In January 1964
6555-413: The band's first album on their own label, featured an elaborate cover designed by Andy Warhol . It was an Andy Warhol photograph of a man from the waist down in tight jeans featuring a functioning zipper. When unzipped, it revealed the subject's underwear. In some markets an alternate cover was released because of the perceived offensive nature of the original at the time. Sticky Fingers ' cover
6670-594: The band's primary songwriting and creative force. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll , the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful counterculture of the 1960s . They then found greater success with their own material, as " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ", " Get Off of My Cloud " (both 1965), and " Paint It Black " (1966) became international number-one hits . Aftermath (1966), their first entirely original album,
6785-424: The band, was not consulted. Oldham initially tried applying the strategy used by Brian Epstein , the manager of the Beatles, and have the Rolling Stones wear suits. He later changed his mind and imagined a band that contrasted with the Beatles, featuring unmatched clothing, long hair, and an unclean appearance. He wanted to make the Stones "a raunchy, gamy, unpredictable bunch of undesirables" and to "establish that
6900-458: The band. They objected to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards. That same month, the addition of the drummer Tony Chapman completed the line-up of Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart, and Taylor. According to Richards, Jones named the band during a phone call to Jazz News . When asked by a journalist for the band's name, Jones saw a Muddy Waters LP lying on
7015-428: The bands did little dance steps, wore identical uniforms and had snappy patter." A cover version of Chuck Berry 's " Come On " was the Rolling Stones' first single , released on 7 June 1963. The band refused to play it at live gigs, and Decca bought only one ad to promote the record. At Oldham's direction, fan-club members bought copies at record shops polled by the charts, helping "Come On" rise to number 21 on
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#17328482103367130-486: The best-ever live album. It reached number 1 in the UK and number 6 in the US. At the end of the decade, the band appeared on BBC 's review of the 1960s music scene, Pop Go the Sixties , performing "Gimme Shelter", which was broadcast live on 31 December 1969. The following year, the band wanted out of contracts with both Klein and Decca, but still owed them one more Jagger/Richards–credited single. To get back at
7245-502: The buildings. However, work initiated on the buildings in October 2002, without a permit, began a chain of destruction of those buildings and the neighbor's at 311 W 11th Street. Due to pressure from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and other groups, the buildings were finally stabilized, though the preservation group criticized the eventual repairs as shoddy and historically insensitive. In July 2009,
7360-445: The ceiling for sound treatment, became their preferred location. Oldham, who had no recording experience but made himself the band's producer, said Regent had a sound that "leaked, instrument-to-instrument, the right way" creating a "wall of noise" that worked well for the band. Because of Regent's low booking rates, the band could record for extended periods rather than the usual three-hour blocks common at other studios. All tracks on
7475-419: The cover. Leibovitz then tried to re-create something like the kissing scene from the couple's Double Fantasy album cover, a picture Leibovitz loved. She had John remove his clothes and curl up next to Yoko on the floor. Leibovitz recalls, What is interesting is she said she'd take her top off and I said, "Leave everything on"—not really preconceiving the picture at all. Then he curled up next to her and it
7590-555: The due date for repayment of the US$ 24 million loan. Under the agreement, Leibovitz retains control over her work and will be the "exclusive agent in the sale of her real property (land) and copyrights". In March 2010, Colony Capital concluded a new financing and marketing agreement with Leibovitz, paying off Art Capital and removing or reducing the risks to Leibovitz of losing her artistic works and real estate. The following month, Brunswick Capital Partners sued Leibovitz, claiming it
7705-494: The first Rolling Stones album, The Rolling Stones , were recorded there. Oldham contrasted the Rolling Stones' independence with the Beatles' obligation to record in EMI 's studios, saying it made the Beatles appear as "mere mortals ... sweating in the studio for the man". He promoted the Rolling Stones as the nasty counterpoint to the Beatles, by having the band pose unsmiling on the cover of their first album. He also encouraged
7820-449: The first batch as "soppy and imitative". Because the band's songwriting developed slowly, songs on their first album The Rolling Stones (1964; issued in the US as England's Newest Hit Makers ), were primarily covers, with only one Jagger/Richards original—" Tell Me (You're Coming Back) "—and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge , the pen name used for songs written by the entire group. The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June 1964
7935-510: The first usage of their tongue and lips logo , was their first of eight consecutive number-one studio albums in the US. It was followed by Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring " Tumbling Dice " and " Happy ", and Goats Head Soup (1973), featuring " Angie ". Taylor left the band at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Ronnie Wood . The band released Some Girls in 1978, featuring " Miss You " and " Beast of Burden ", and Tattoo You in 1981, featuring " Start Me Up ". Steel Wheels (1989)
8050-572: The floor; one of the tracks was " Rollin' Stone ". Jones was the band's "uncontested leader" during its early years and a key to the band's early success. The band played their first show billed as "the Rollin' Stones" on 12 July 1962, at the Marquee Club in London. At the time, the band consisted of Jones, Jagger, Richards, Stewart, and Taylor. Bill Wyman auditioned for the role of bass guitarist at
8165-404: The group satirically dressed in drag . The song was accompanied by one of the first official music videos, directed by Peter Whitehead . During their North American tour in June and July 1966 , the Stones' high-energy concerts proved highly successful with young people, while alienating local police who had the physically exhausting task of controlling the often rebellious crowds. According to
8280-564: The inside cover. The Stones' last album of the 1960s was Let It Bleed , which reached number 1 in the UK and number 3 in the US. It featured " Gimme Shelter " with guest lead female vocals by Merry Clayton (sister of Sam Clayton , of the American rock band Little Feat ). Other tracks include " You Can't Always Get What You Want " (with accompaniment by the London Bach Choir , who initially asked that their name be removed from
8395-546: The label and fulfil their final contractual obligation, the band came up with the track "Cocksucker Blues"—deliberately making it as crude as they could in hopes of making it un-releasable. Decca instead released " Street Fighting Man " from Beggar's Banquet as a UK single in July 1971, the track's 1968 single release having been only in the US. Amid contractual disputes with Klein, they formed their own record company, Rolling Stones Records . Sticky Fingers , released in March 1971,
8510-466: The lead single " Street Fighting Man " (which addressed the political upheavals of May 1968) and " Sympathy for the Devil ". Controversy over the design of the album cover, which featured a public toilet with graffiti covering the wall behind it, delayed the album's release for six months. While the band had "absolute artistic control over their albums", Decca was not enthused about the cover's depiction of graffiti reading "John Loves Yoko" being included;
8625-567: The loss of her parents and the 2004 death of Sontag, as well as the addition of two children to her family, and controversial renovation of three Greenwich Village properties. The Greenwich Village properties, at 755–757 Greenwich Street, are part of the Greenwich Village Historic District , and thus the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission must review and approve any work done to
8740-593: The mid-1950s Jagger formed a garage band with his friend Dick Taylor . The group mainly played material by Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Little Richard , Howlin' Wolf , and Bo Diddley . Jagger again met Richards on 17 October 1961 on platform two at Dartford railway station . Jagger was carrying records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters; these revealed to Richards a shared interest. A musical partnership began shortly afterwards. Richards and Taylor often met Jagger at his house. The meetings moved to Taylor's house in late 1961, where Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith joined
8855-614: The mobile studio itself in the song " Smoke on the Water " with the line "the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside, making our music there". Following the release of Sticky Fingers , the Rolling Stones left England after receiving advice from their financial manager Prince Rupert Loewenstein . He recommended they go into tax exile before the start of the next financial year. The band had learned that they had not paid taxes for seven years, despite being assured that their taxes were taken care of; and
8970-542: The most popular and enduring bands of the rock era . In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock . Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger , guitarist Keith Richards , multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones , bassist Bill Wyman , and drummer Charlie Watts . During their early years, Jones was the primary leader. Andrew Loog Oldham became their manager in 1963 and encouraged them to write their own songs. The Jagger–Richards partnership soon became
9085-411: The next day, pending appeal. The Times ran an editorial, " Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? ", in which conservative editor William Rees-Mogg surprised his readers by his unusually critical discourse on the sentencing, pointing out that Jagger had been treated far more harshly for a minor first offence than "any purely anonymous young man". While awaiting the appeal hearings, the band recorded
9200-514: The nuances of ‘life at home’." Running from Sept. 16, 2023-Jan. 29, 2024, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hosted "Annie Leibovitz at Work," an exhibition of more than 300 images encompassing more than 50 years of Leibovitz's career. Vogue magazine called the show "a sweeping retrospective of 300 photographs taken by Leibovitz throughout her illustrious career. The works on display range from celebrity portraiture to images from
9315-436: The original prison sentence, Jones received a £1,000 fine and was put on three years' probation , with an order to seek professional help. In December 1967, the band released Their Satanic Majesties Request , which reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in the US. It drew unfavourable reviews and was widely regarded as a poor imitation of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Satanic Majesties
9430-475: The pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair to indelible moments in history like the Apollo 17 launch and Watergate. In one room, a table piled high with photo books is paired with a set of cheeky Polaroid snaps of policemen who have ticketed Leibovitz over the years for driving too fast in her ’63 Porsche on California’s Highway 5. With the prints pinned up on the first two sections of gallery walls in a strikingly relaxed format,
9545-465: The press to use provocative headlines such as: "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" In contrast, Wyman says: "Our reputation and image as the Bad Boys came later, completely there, accidentally. ... [Oldham] never did engineer it. He simply exploited it exhaustively." In a 1971 interview, Wyman stated, "We were the first pop group to break away from the whole Cliff Richard thing where
9660-410: The principal photographer for the 2016 Pirelli calendar . Leibovitz took a drastic shift from the calendar traditional style by focusing on admirable women as opposed to sexuality. The calendar included Amy Schumer , Serena Williams , and Patti Smith. Leibovitz had previously worked on the 2000 calendar. In 2023, Leibovitz was commissioned by IKEA to "create a series of 25 portraits that illuminate
9775-414: The rights to all of her photographs as collateral . The New York Times noted that "one of the world's most successful photographers essentially pawned every snap of the shutter she had made or will make until the loans are paid off", and that, despite a US$ 50 million archive, Leibovitz had a "long history of less than careful financial dealings" and "a recent series of personal issues" including
9890-544: The show feels akin to a tour of her studio." In 2007, the BBC misrepresented Leibovitz's portrait shooting of Queen Elizabeth II to take the Queen's official picture for her state visit to Virginia . This was filmed for the BBC documentary A Year with the Queen . A promotional trailer for the film showed the Queen reacting incredulously to Leibovitz's suggestion ("less dressy") that she remove her tiara , stating "less dressy? What do you think this is?" This cut immediately to
10005-542: The summer of 1965, it was their fourth UK number 1 and their first in the US, where it spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 . It was a worldwide commercial success for the band. The US version of the LP Out of Our Heads , released in July 1965, also went to number 1; it included seven original songs, three Jagger/Richards numbers and four credited to Nanker Phelge. The UK version of Out of Our Heads
10120-649: The trio; the quintet called themselves the Blues Boys. In March 1962, the Blues Boys read about the Ealing Jazz Club in the newspaper Jazz News , which mentioned Alexis Korner 's rhythm and blues band, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated . The Blues Boys sent a tape of their best recordings to Korner, who was impressed. On 7 April, they visited the Ealing Jazz Club, where they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included slide guitarist Brian Jones , keyboardist Ian Stewart , and drummer Charlie Watts . After
10235-484: Was shot and killed five hours later. A month or so later, Rolling Stone gave grieving music fans his "last image". The photograph was subsequently re-created in 2009 by John and Yoko's son Sean Lennon posing with his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl , with male/female roles reversed (Sean clothed, Kemp naked), and by Henry Bond and Sam Taylor-Wood in their YBA pastiche on October 26, 1993. Leibovitz's new style of lighting and use of bold colors and poses got her
10350-515: Was "a disaster", according to Wyman. "When we arrived, we didn't have a hit record [there] or anything going for us." When the band appeared on the variety show The Hollywood Palace , that week's guest host, Dean Martin , mocked both their hair and their performance. During the tour they recorded for two days at Chess Studios in Chicago, meeting many of their most important influences, including Muddy Waters. These sessions included what would become
10465-567: Was Mick Jagger, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity; the reporter had in fact been eavesdropping on Brian Jones. Two days after the article was published, Jagger filed a writ for libel against the News of the World . A week later, on 12 February, Sussex police, tipped off by the paper, raided a party at Keith Richards' home , Redlands. No arrests were made at the time, but Jagger, Richards, and their friend art dealer Robert Fraser were subsequently charged with drug offences. Andrew Oldham
10580-479: Was a Mamiya RZ67 . She also has used the following cameras: When Leibovitz returned to the United States in 1970, she started her career as staff photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973, publisher Jann Wenner named Leibovitz chief photographer of Rolling Stone , a job she would hold for 10 years. Leibovitz worked for the magazine until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define
10695-406: Was a new deal with Decca to be made ... and he said he could do it." The US version included the double A-side single " Let's Spend the Night Together " and " Ruby Tuesday ", which went to number 1 in the US and number 3 in the UK. When the band went to New York to perform the numbers on The Ed Sullivan Show in January, they were ordered to change the lyrics of the refrain of "Let's Spend
10810-428: Was afraid of being arrested and fled to America. Richards said in 2003, "When we got busted at Redlands, it suddenly made us realize that this was a whole different ball game and that was when the fun stopped. Up until then it had been as though London existed in a beautiful space where you could do anything you wanted." In March 1967, while awaiting the consequences of the police raid, Jagger, Richards, and Jones took
10925-446: Was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis . Three of the five Stones now faced drug charges. Jagger and Richards were tried at the end of June. Jagger received a three-month prison sentence for the possession of four amphetamine tablets; Richards was found guilty of allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property and sentenced to a year in prison. Both Jagger and Richards were imprisoned at that point but were released on bail
11040-458: Was considerable time between the filming of each section. Nevertheless, he was still very annoyed about it ..." On 25 October the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show . Because of the pandemonium surrounding the Stones, Sullivan initially declined to rebook them. However, he booked them for appearances in 1966 and 1967. A second EP, Five by Five , was issued in the UK in August 1964. In
11155-467: Was held at the Brooklyn Museum . The retrospective was based on her book, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005 and included many of her professional (celebrity) photographs and numerous personal photographs of her family, children, and partner Susan Sontag . This show, which was expanded to include three official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II , then went on the road for seven stops. It
11270-663: Was on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. , from October 2007 to January 2008 and at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco from March 2008 to May 2008. In February 2009, the exhibition was moved to Berlin , Germany . The show included 200 photographs. This exhibition and her talk focused on her personal photographs and life. In 2015, Leibovitz was
11385-492: Was owed several hundred thousand dollars for helping her restructure her debt. In December 2012, Leibovitz listed her West Village townhouse for sale at $ 33 million, stating she wanted to move closer to her daughter. [REDACTED] Media related to Annie Leibovitz at Wikimedia Commons The Rolling Stones This is an accepted version of this page The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of
11500-407: Was photographing Leibovitz for The New York Times that day). In 1994, Leibovitz photographed Carl Lewis for Pirelli's famous Power Is Nothing Without Control ad campaign. The most famous advertisement featured Lewis crouched in a sprinting position sporting bright red stilettos. In 1998, Leibovitz began to work regularly for Vogue . In 2007, a major retrospective of Leibovitz's work
11615-407: Was raided and charged soon after); the second instalment (published on 5 February) targeted the Rolling Stones. A reporter who contributed to the story spent an evening at the exclusive London club Blaise's, where a member of the Rolling Stones allegedly took several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a piece of hashish , and invited his companions back to his flat for a "smoke". The article claimed this
11730-506: Was recommended to Jagger by John Mayall . The Rolling Stones were scheduled to play at a free concert for Blackhill Enterprises in London's Hyde Park , two days after Jones' death; they decided to go ahead with the show as a tribute to him. Jagger began by reading an excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley 's poem Adonais , an elegy written on the death of his friend John Keats . They released thousands of butterflies in memory of Jones before opening their set with "I'm Yours and I'm Hers",
11845-504: Was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago and RCA Studios in Los Angeles. In January and February of that year, the band played 34 shows for around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand. The single " The Last Time ", released in February, was the first Jagger/Richards composition to reach number 1 on the UK charts; it reached number 9 in the US. It was later identified by Richards as "the bridge into thinking about writing for
11960-415: Was recorded while Jagger, Richards, and Jones were awaiting their court cases. The band parted ways with Oldham during the sessions. The split was publicly amicable, but in 2003 Jagger said: "The reason Andrew left was because he thought that we weren't concentrating and that we were being childish. It was not a great moment really—and I would have thought it wasn't a great moment for Andrew either. There were
12075-456: Was released in 1971; it reached number 3 in the UK and number 4 in the US. It is certified Diamond in the US, having sold over 6 million copies, being certified 12× Platinum for being a double album, and spent over 347 weeks on the Billboard album chart. A follow-up double compilation album More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) was released in 1972. In 1974, Bill Wyman
12190-516: Was released in May 1972, and reached number one in both the UK and the US. Given an A+ grade by critic Robert Christgau and disparaged by Lester Bangs—who reversed his opinion within months— Exile is now accepted as one of the Stones' best albums. The films Cocksucker Blues (never officially released) and Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (released in 1974) document the subsequent highly publicised 1972 North American Tour . The band's double compilation album, Hot Rocks 1964–1971 ,
12305-405: Was released in September 1965. Their second international number 1 single " Get Off of My Cloud " was released in the autumn of 1965, followed by another US-only LP, December's Children (And Everybody's) . The album Aftermath , released in the late spring of 1966, was the first LP to be composed entirely of Jagger/Richards songs; it reached number 1 in the UK and number 2 in
12420-449: Was released in the UK in November 1966, a different version of which had been released in the US in March that year. In January 1967, Between the Buttons was released, and reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in the US. It was Andrew Oldham's last venture as the Rolling Stones' producer. Allen Klein took over his role as the band's manager in 1965. Richards recalled, "There
12535-657: Was taken by Ethan Russell . All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs, except where indicated Side One Side Two This 1970s rock album–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Annie Leibovitz This is an accepted version of this page Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( / ˈ l iː b ə v ɪ t s / LEE -bə-vits ; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono , taken five hours before Lennon's murder ,
12650-579: Was the first band member to release solo material, his album Monkey Grip . In 1972, members of the band set up a complex financial structure to reduce the amount of their taxes. Their holding company, Promogroup, has offices in both the Netherlands and the Caribbean. The Netherlands was chosen because it does not directly tax royalty payments . The band have been tax exiles ever since, meaning they can no longer use Britain as their main residence. Due to
12765-434: Was the first time a black man appeared on Vogue . The cover drew controversy due to its depiction of James posing with his hand around Bündchen's waist, similar to that of a poster of King Kong holding onto Fay Wray . People including Jemele Hill said the gorilla-like pose played on racial stereotypes. Magazine analyst Samir Husni believed the photo to be deliberately provocative, adding on Today , "So when you have
12880-473: Was the first to feature the logo of Rolling Stones Records , which effectively became the band's logo. It consisted of a pair of lips with a lapping tongue. Designer John Pasche created the logo, following a suggestion by Jagger to copy the stuck-out tongue of the Hindu goddess Kali . Critic Sean Egan has said of the logo, Without using the Stones' name, it instantly conjures them, or at least Jagger, as well as
12995-465: Was unable to "go on the road again", and left the band saying, "I've left, and if I want to I can come back." On 3 July 1969, less than a month later, Jones drowned under mysterious circumstances in the swimming pool at his home, Cotchford Farm , in Hartfield , East Sussex . The band auditioned several guitarists, including Paul Kossoff , as a replacement for Jones, before settling on Mick Taylor , who
13110-404: Was very, very strong. You couldn't help but feel that he was cold and he looked like he was clinging on to her. I think it was amazing to look at the first Polaroid and they were both very excited. John said, "You've captured our relationship exactly. Promise me it'll be on the cover." I looked him in the eye and we shook on it. Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon—he
13225-414: Was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge (1994). Both releases were promoted by large stadium and arena tours, as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction; by 2007, they had broken the record for the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and they were the highest-earning live act of 2021. Following Wyman's departure in 1993, the band continued as
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