good question - if "Stones song" means one that Mick & Keith wrote but someone else recorded, there was a nice little handful of those in the early 60s.
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Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?
A lot of it has to do with their song selection as far as releasing singles instead of song quality. This Place Is Empty would have made a nice single imo- also Before They Make Me Run and The Worst.
They rarely release the Richards songs as singles so it's hard for them to hit the top forty.
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Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?
this site here says That Girl Belongs to Yesterday was in the UK Top 10 (in 1964): [www.buzzle.com] but if the question is *Stones songs* i wouldn't count other artists' releases.
Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?
Pretty sure That Girl Belongs To Yesterday was also a top forty hit here in the states. I think it was the first Jagger/Richards song to be released in the states.
People must have looked at the songwriting credits and said "who the hell are these two guys?".
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Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?
I like Keiths version of Gimme Shelter, was it originally a Keith tune that got changed to a Mick tune? OR... Did Keith record it just for the fun of it?
Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?
Bingo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like Keiths version of Gimme Shelter, was it > originally a Keith tune that got changed to a Mick > tune? OR... Did Keith record it just for the fun > of it?
Gimme Shelter is a bonafide Keef song ;-) (Funny how I've read that Mick Jagger's two favorite songs are "Satisfaction" and "Gimme Shelter")
Re: Trivia..What was the first top 40 Stones song that did not have Mick singing lead?