COME ON
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN
IT'S ALL OVER NOW
STONED
SATISFACTION
I WANT TO BE LOVED
AROUND AND AROUND
LITTLE RED ROOSTER
2120 SOUTH MITCHIGAN AVENUE
IT'S OFF THE HOOK
NOT FADE AWAY”
Time Is On My Side
And Many more….
Taking their name from a lyric in a Muddy Waters, song The Rolling Stones were very popular at the Old Twisted Wheel. Most of their early records were copies of USA blues and Soul artist originals. Every Mod had to have their first LP - often they walked around with it tucked under one arm!
In the Twisted Wheel cellar under Brazennose Street in Manchester, walking from room to room in the darkness with “Stoned” blaring out in 1964 - , it just didn’t get much better, unless the originals were played, and to be fair the Stones had turned on a lot of people to R&B, Blues and soul, with their copying of USA artists, usually adding an extra twist. I Just Wanna Make Love To You which was fairly laconic on the original Muddy Waters version, became an uptempo song which adults detested and the young loved with equal vigour.
Soon the Wheelers found the original artists, who then became more popular than the Stones. 2120 South Michigan Avenue and Stoned were written by ‘Nanker Phelge’ (Jagger and Richards), the first being in praise of Chess Records, the latter in praise of marijuana.
The DJ Roger Eagle on one occasion played many of the Stones tracks one after the other in late 1964 when the Stones visited the club - only the originals, rather than their versions.