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Black And Blue (Album) by The Rolling Stones

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The Rolling Stones Is An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1962. Active For Six Decades They Are One Of The Most Popular And Enduring Bands Of The Rock Era. In The Early 1960s The Rolling Stones Pioneered The Gritty Rhythmically Driven Sound That Came To Define Hard Rock. Their First Stable Line-Up Consisted Of Vocalist Mick Jagger Multi-Instrumentalist Brian Jones Guitarist Keith Richards Bassist Bill Wyman And Drummer Charlie Watts. During Their Formative Years Jones Was The Primary Leader He Assembled The Band Named It Got Them Gigs And Drove Their Sound And Image. After Andrew Loog Oldham Became The Group's Manager In 1963 He Encouraged Them To Write Their Own Songs. Jagger And Richards Became The Primary Creative Force Behind The Band Alienating Jones Who Had Developed A Drug Addiction That Interfered With His Ability To Contribute Meaningfully. 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 And Rebellious Counterculture Of The 1960s. They Then Found Greater Success With Their Own Material As " I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1965 "Get Off Of My Cloud" 1965 And "Paint It Black" 1966 Became International Number-One Hits. Aftermath 1966 – Their First Entirely Original Album – Is Considered By The Daily Telegraph To Be The Most Important Of Their Formative Records. 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. They Returned To Their Rhythm And Blues Roots With Hit Songs Such As "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 1968 And "Honky Tonk Women" 1969 And Albums Such As Beggars Banquet 1968 Featuring "Sympathy For The Devil" And Let It Bleed 1969 Featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" And "Gimme Shelter". Let It Bleed Was The First Of Five Consecutive Number-One Albums In The UK. Jones Left The Band Shortly Before His Death In 1969 Having Been Replaced By Guitarist Mick Taylor.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 Included The First Usage Of Their Tongue And Lips Logo Was Their First Of Eight Consecutive Number-One Studio Albums In The US. Exile On Main St. 1972 Featuring "Tumbling Dice" And Goats Head Soup 1973 Yielding The Hit Ballad "Angie" Were Also Best Sellers. Taylor Was Replaced By Ron Wood In 1974. The Band Continued To Release Successful Albums Including Their Two Largest Sellers Some Girls 1978 Featuring "Miss You" And Tattoo You 1981 Featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels 1989 Was Widely Considered A Comeback Album And Was Followed By Voodoo Lounge 1994 A Worldwide Number-One Album. Both Releases Were Promoted By Large Stadium And Arena Tours As The Stones Continued To Be A Huge Concert Attraction By 2007 They Had Recorded The All-Time Highest-Grossing Concert Tour Three Times And As Recently As 2021 They Were The Highest-Earning Live Act Of The Year. From Wyman's Departure In 1993 To Watts' Death In 2021 The Band Continued As A Four-Piece Core With Darryl Jones Playing Bass On Tour And On Most Studio Recordings While Steve Jordan Became Their Touring Drummer Following Watts' Death. Their 2016 Album Blue & Lonesome Became Their Twelfth UK Number-One Album. The Rolling Stones' Estimated Record Sales Of 200 Million Make Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Band Has 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 Magazine And Rolling Stone Have Ranked The Band As One Of The Greatest Of All Time. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones Studio Albums
The Rolling Stones / England's Newest Hit Makers 1964 12 X 5 1964 The Rolling Stones No. 2 / The Rolling Stones Now! 1965 Out Of Our Heads 1965 December's Children And Everybody's 1965 Aftermath 1966 Between The Buttons 1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request 1967 Beggars Banquet 1968 Let It Bleed 1969 Sticky Fingers 1971 Exile On Main St. 1972 Goats Head Soup 1973 It's Only Rock 'n Roll 1974 Black And Blue 1976 Some Girls 1978 Emotional Rescue 1980 Tattoo You 1981 Undercover 1983 Dirty Work 1986 Steel Wheels 1989 Voodoo Lounge 1994 Bridges To Babylon 1997 A Bigger Bang 2005 Blue & Lonesome 2016 Hackney Diamonds 2023

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Black And Blue Is An Album By The Rolling Stones Released In 1976. It Was The Band's First Studio Album Released With Ronnie Wood As The Replacement For Mick Taylor. Wood Had Played 12-String Acoustic Guitar On The Track "It's Only Rock 'n Roll But I Like It " Of The 1974 Rolling Stones Album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll And Appears On Half Of The Black And Blue Album Tracks Mostly Backing Vocals With Wayne Perkins And Harvey Mandel Playing Guitar On The Remaining Titles. History
In December 1974 The Rolling Stones Returned To Munich Germany—the Recording Site Of Their Previously Release It's Only Rock 'n' Roll—and Began The Recording Of Their New Album At Musicland Studios With Mick Jagger And Keith Richards As The Glimmer Twins Producing Again. With A View To Releasing It In Time For The Summer 1975 Tour Of The Americas The Band Broke For The Holidays And Returned In January In Rotterdam Netherlands To Continue Working—all The While Auditioning New Guitarists As They Recorded. Among The Hopefuls Were Jeff Beck Rory Gallagher Harvey Mandel Wayne Perkins Peter Frampton And Ronnie Wood Although Only Mandel's Perkins' And Wood's Guitar Work Would Appear On The Finished Album . With Much Work To Follow It Was Decided To Delay The Album For The Following Year And Release The Made In The Shade Compilation Instead. "Cherry Oh Baby" Which Was A Cover Version Of An Early Reggae Song Would Be The Only Song From The Upcoming Album Sporadically Played On The Americas Tour. Following The Conclusion Of The Tour The Rolling Stones Went To Montreux Switzerland In October For Some Overdub Work Returning To Musicland Studios In Munich In December To Perform Similar Work. After Some Final Touch-Ups Black And Blue Was Completed In New York City In February 1976. Stylistically Black And Blue Embraces Funk With "Hot Stuff" Reggae With Their Cover Of "Cherry Oh Baby" And Jazz With "Melody" Featuring The Talents Of Billy Preston - A Heavy Contributor To The Album. Musical And Thematic Styles Were Merged On The Seven-Minute "Memory Motel" With Both Jagger And Richards Contributing Lead Vocals To A Love Song Embedded Within A Life-On-The-Road Tale. Released In April 1976—with "Fool To Cry" A Worldwide Top 10 Hit As Its Lead Single—Black And Blue Reached #2 In The UK And Spent An Interrupted Four Week Spell At #1 In The US Going Platinum There. Critical View Was Polarized Lester Bangs Wrote In Creem That "the Heat's Off Because It's All Over They Really Don't Matter Anymore Or Stand For Anything" And "This Is The First Meaningless Rolling Stones Album And Thank God"but In The 1976 Creem Consumer Guide Robert Christgau Rated The Album An A-. Bill Wyman Released A Version Of "Melody" With His Rhythm Kings And Claimed The Song Was Written By Preston. The Album Was Promoted With A Controversial Billboard On Sunset Boulevard In Hollywood That Depicted The Model Anita Russell Bruised And Bound By Mick Jagger Under The Phrase "I'm Black And Blue From The Rolling Stones — And I Love It!" The Billboard Was Removed After Protests By The Feminist Group Women Against Violence Against Women Although It Earned The Band Widespread Press Coverage. Two Extra Tracks Recorded In The Rotterdam Sessions Were Later Released On 1981's Tattoo You—"Slave" And "Worried About You". In 1994 Black And Blue Was Remastered And Reissued By Virgin Records And Again In 2009 By Universal Music. Track Listing
All Songs By Jagger/Richards Except Where Noted. Side One "Hot Stuff" – 5 20 "Hand Of Fate" – 4 28 "Cherry Oh Baby" Eric Donaldson – 3 53 "Memory Motel" – 7 07 Side Two "Hey Negrita" Inspiration By Ronnie Wood – 4 58 "Melody" Inspiration By Billy Preston – 5 47 "Fool To Cry" – 5 04 "Crazy Mama" – 4 34 Personnel
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – Lead Vocalist Backing Vocals Percussion Rhythm Guitar On "Crazy Mama" And Electric And Acoustic Piano On "Memory Motel" And "Fool To Cry" Keith Richards – Guitar Backing And Lead Vocals Fender Rhodes Electric Piano On "Memory Motel" And Bass Guitar On "Crazy Mama" Charlie Watts – Drums And Percussion Ronnie Wood – Guitar On "Cherry Oh Baby" And "Crazy Mama" Lead Guitar On "Hey Negrita" And Backing Vocals On "Hot Stuff" "Hand Of Fate" "Memory Motel" "Hey Negrita" And "Crazy Mama" Bill Wyman – Bass Guitar And Percussion Additional Personnel Billy Preston – Backing Vocals Harmony Vocal On "Melody" Piano On On "Hot Stuff" "Hand Of Fate" "Hey Negrita" "Melody" And "Crazy Mama" Organ On "Hey Negrita" And "Melody" Keyboards String Synthesizer On "Memory Motel" Nicky Hopkins – Piano Organ On "Cherry Oh Baby" ARP String Ensemble On "Fool To Cry" Harvey Mandel – Electric Guitar On "Hot Stuff" And "Memory Motel" Wayne Perkins – Acoustic And Electric Guitar On "Hand Of Fate" "Memory Motel" And "Fool To Cry" Ian Stewart – Percussion Ollie Brown – Percussion Arif Mardin – Horn Arrangement On "Melody" Chart Positions
Album Year Chart Position 1976 UK Top 60 Albums 2
1976 Billboard 200 1
Singles Year Single Chart Position 1976 "Fool To Cry" UK Top 50 Singles 6
1976 "Fool To Cry" The Billboard Hot 100 10
1976 "Hot Stuff" The Billboard Hot 100 49
1976 "Hot Stuff" Black Singles 84
1976 "Hot Stuff" Club Play Singles 11