Label: Rolling Stones 19100
Year: 1971
Condition: M-
Price: $25.00
This is one of the greatest of the Stones two-sided monster hits. Well, the B side didn't actually chart, but it's so great it really should have. Presumably, radio just wasn't ready to play a song called "Bitch" yet... though they were prepared by 1975 when Elton John hit the Top 10 with "The Bitch Is Back." Note: This beautiful, Near Mint copy comes in a Rolling Stones "tongue" sleeve. OK, trivia time again... "Brown Sugar" was one of eight #1 U.S. singles by the Stones. The group also had eight chart-toppers in their native England, though over there they garnered all of those hits during the 1960s.
Here is the list of the Stones' #1 U.S. singles:
For comparison's sake, here are their #1 U.K. hits. You'll notice that the group gained monster popularity about a year earlier than they did in the U.S., same as the Beatles.* It's All Over Now (1964) * Little Red Rooster (1964) * The Last Time (1964) * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965) * Get Off My Cloud (1965) * Paint It, Black (1966) * Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968) * Honky Tonk Women (1969)
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