Rolling Stones Trivia

1. In 1966 the Rolling Stones recorded a baroque pop song in which Mick pledges his troth to somebody. Who?

From Quiz The Rolling Stones...A Blues Cover Band??

Answer: Lady Jane

'Baroque Pop' was a genre popular in the 1960, where artists incorporated classical instruments and motifs into their songs. Among them are standouts like Left Banke's 'Walk Away Renee', the Beatles' 'In My Life' and Procol Harum's 'Whiter Shade of Pale'. 'Lady Jane' (Jagger/Richards) first appeared on the Stone's album 'Aftermath', and was on the flip side of 'Mother's Little Helper'. Peaking at number 24 on Billboard Hot 100, that single was one of the few where both songs made the charts. Brian Jones played dulcimer and as Keith Richards explained, "Brian was getting into dulcimer then because he dug Richard Farina. We were also listening to a lot of Appalachian music then too. To me, Lady Jane is very Elizabethan." Suggestions as to who or what 'Lady Jane' referred to include drugs, lady bits, Queen Jane Seymour and Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time. Mick himself stated that he didn't really know, that the song was 'weird'.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Gimme Shelter"

Answer: 1969

Produced by Jimmy Miller, "Gimme Shelter" was released as a single in December of 1969. According to Billboard.com, over the years, the song has spent a grand total of 99 weeks on the U.S. Billboard chart and peaked at number seventeen on November 27, 1998.

From Quiz Song by Song: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

Answer: Keith Richards

Steven Van Zandt, a guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, called it "the riff heard round the world." Rolling Stone magazine reports that the riff that defines this song came to Keith Richards "in a dream one night" while the Rolling Stones were on their third tour in the U.S. in May of 1965. The Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter "woke up and grabbed a guitar and a cassette machine" before falling right back to sleep. That riff, Rolling Stone magazine avers, "transformed the rickety jump and puppy love of early rock & roll into rock."

From Quiz Song by Song: "Paint it, Black"

Answer: Keith Richards

The song was originally released with a comma in its title - "Paint It, Black," though the comma was later dropped. This quiz will use the original title. The song was released as a single in the U.S. on May 7, 1966 and in the UK on May 13, 1966. It hit number one on both countries' single charts. Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Paint It, Black" number 176 on its "Greatest Songs of All Time" list.

From Quiz Can't Get no Satisfaction

Answer: Jagger and Richards

Following a concert in Clearwater, Florida on May 6, 1965, Keith Richards woke up from a dream with the guitar riff in his head. He recorded it quickly and fell back asleep while recording an additional forty minutes of snoring. Mick Jagger then wrote the lyrics in ten minutes while by the hotel pool.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones - Mixed Up Musicians

Answer: Phil Spector

Phil Spector was in the studio and lent his hand on the recording of "Little By Little". He is most well known for his career as a producer and the "Wall of Sound" but he was also a session musician.

From Quiz It is Only Rock and Rolling Stones

Answer: What You Want

"You Can't Always Get What You Want" was recorded in 1968 and features the London Bach Choir as well as Jimmy Miller taking the drum duties for Charlie Watts. The song features a character named Mr. Jimmy and two people have claimed they were the inspiration for the character. One of them is a man from Minnesota named Jimmy Hutmaker and the other a friend of some of the band members, Jimmy Phelge.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones

Answer: Come On

The B-side of "Come On" was "I Want To Beloved", a Willie Dixon song most often associated with Chicago blues singer Muddy Waters.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones and the 1969 Tour

Answer: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Jagger was born July 26, 1944. Richards was born December 18, 1943. Brian Jones (February 28, 1942 to July 3, 1969) was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Bill Wyman entered life as William George Perks on October 24, 1936 in Lewisham, London, England. Mick Taylor (January 17, 1949) is from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones "Exile On Main Street"

Answer: 1972

1971 saw the release of the Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers". 1977 they released "Some Girls" and in 1974 they released "It's Only Rock and Roll".

From Quiz The Rolling Stones in 1969

Answer: In a swimming pool

Brian Jones was an integral member of the Rolling Stones during the 1960s. He was a versatile musician, playing a wide variety of instruments on Stones' recordings: the sitar on "Paint It, Black" and the dulcimer on "Lady Jane", for example. However, in the late 1960s Jones succumbed to the temptations of narcotics and was fired from the band in June 1969. Jones died in a swimming pool at his farm home in Sussex, located in southeastern England. Jones' motionless body was found at the bottom of the pool. The official coroner's report listed "death by misadventure" as the cause of death.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Sympathy for the Devil"

Answer: taste

The Rolling Stones formed in 1962. The original lineup was: Brian Jones (guitar), Ian Stewart (piano), Mick Jagger (vocals), Keith Richards (guitar), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums).

From Quiz Fractured Stones Tunes

Answer: Sympathy for the devil

"Sympathy for the Devil" first appeared on 1968's "Beggar's Banquet", and is a song that tells a story in the first person, from the point of view of the Devil. The story that is being told focuses on episodes of history, such as wars and other tragedies, like the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers. The song has been used in many movies and television shows, and has been covered by many other artists. One such cover version is Guns N Roses' 1994 cover, used in the movie "Interview with the Vampire".

From Quiz Rolling Stones Cover Songs

Answer: The Temptations

Originally called the Elgins, The Temptations achieved fame as one of the most successful Grammy winning acts to record for Motown Records. From 1964 to 1968 they appeared frequently on television shows such as "American Bandstand" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" was released in 1966 on Motown Records' Gordy label. It was produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Charts. Released as a single from the "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" album in 1974, the Rolling Stones' version peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Pop Charts. The Stones had a hit with the Miracles' song "Going to a Go-Go" on their 1982 "Still Life" LP. The Four Tops had hits such as "Bernadette". The Commodores signed with Motown having first being the opening act for The Jackson Five.

From Quiz Brian Jones: The Golden Stone

Answer: Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones

Brian's full name is sometimes shown as Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones or Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones. He was named Lewis after his father. Coincidentally enough, his mother was named Louisa.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"

Answer: United States

The Stones continued their pattern, going back to 1966, of touring the US every three years. They played indoor and outdoor US venues during June and July, ranging from 80,000-seat football stadiums to intimate clubs. Their 1978 tour is widely regarded as the worst US performances the band ever did. The Stones lacked the imaginitive stage props used in their 1972 and 1975 tours, and the tight and professional musicianship shown in the 1980s and beyond. In most shows, they didn't even bother with an encore.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones on TV /VHS/DVD.

Answer: Rock 'n Roll Circus

The TV appearance was scrapped because The Stones didn't feel that their own performance was very good. When the film was released in 1996 it showed differently though.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Rolling Stones Questions

Answer: A toilet

The record company didn't want to show the toilet because they thought it was offensive. So the Stones made a the dinner card sleeve instead. In 1984, when the London label released The Stones' sixties discography on CD, the toilet was on the cover for the first time.

From Quiz 'Let It Bleed'

Answer: love

The complete lyric is "Love, sister, is just a kiss away...". The female vocals in this song were done by Mary Clayton.

From Quiz Rolling Stones-Hot Rocks

Answer: Time Is On My Side

The track on the Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971 CD differs slightly on the cassette version. It has an organic beginning as opposed to the acoustic opening on the cassette.

From Quiz More Rhymin' Relief for Mick-n-Keef

Answer: "I'm all sixes and sevens and nines"

The rousing "Tumbling Dice" from 1972's "Exile On Main Street." Linda Ronstadt also sang a great version of this later in the 1970s.

From Quiz Stones Songs

Answer: Gimme Shelter

This is the first song on "Let it Bleed", an album many feel to be the band's finest. "Gimme Shelter" is also the title of the Rolling Stones 1969 tour film. This is an outstanding rock tour documentary but, sadly, is best known for capturing most of the violence of the Stones tour-ending free concert at Altamont Speedway in California. The violence, between members of the Hell's Angels biker gang and the audience, culminated in the murder of a young fan named Meredith Hunter. Like most Rolling Stones songs this one is credited to "Jagger/Richards", but was in fact written enirely by Keith.

From Quiz Rolling with The Stones

Answer: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Brian Jones

The young musicians lived together in 1962 in an unheated, dirty apartment. To survive they stole food and raided their neighbor's apartment after parties, trading the empty beer bottles for money.

From Quiz Nobody But The Stones

Answer: Decca

The Stones signed with Decca Records (later renamed Abkco) in May of 1963. Their first single, "Come On" was released in June of the same year. Their own label, Rolling Stones Records, was launched in 1971.

From Quiz The Rolling Stones. Lyrics (1964-1970).

Answer: Who's Driving Your Plane

This song is the B side of the single 'Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?', and it was released in 1966.

From Quiz Rolling Stones: Decades

Answer: the 80s

"Undercover of the Night" and "She Was Hot" were included. David Sanborn was featured on sax. Album was released on Virgin in 1983.

From Quiz Rolling Stones- Old Gods Of Rock

Answer: Tell Me

Not many rock groups from the era wrote their own material.

From Quiz Rolling Stones Songs & Albums

Answer: Between The Buttons

The closing track from this 1967 album, featuring vocals by both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

From Quiz Rolling Stones Lyrics & Albums

Answer: "Let It Bleed"

From a wonderful ballad by the name of "Love in Vain". The album was released in 1969.

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