{"id":309795,"date":"2025-11-23T23:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309795\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:30:10","slug":"on-this-day-in-1974-the-rolling-stones-hit-no-1-with-mick-taylors-final-album-signaling-a-turning-point-for-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/309795\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 1974, The Rolling Stones Hit No. 1 With Mick Taylor\u2019s Final Album\u2014Signaling a Turning Point for the Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1969, The Rolling Stones hired 20-year-old guitarist<\/a> Mick Taylor to replace the late Brian Jones. Taylor spent five years in the band, contributing to albums like Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. Then he exited almost as quickly as he had joined, citing creative differences with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. On this day in 1974, The Rolling Stones topped the U.S. album charts with It\u2019s Only Rock n\u2019 Roll, their last record to feature Jones.<\/p>\n

This Album Signaled a Turning Point for The Rolling Stones<\/p>\n

The title track to It\u2019s Only Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll was born in the basement of Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood\u2014who, incidentally, would come to fill Mick Taylor\u2019s spot in The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n

Wood\u2019s home became a sort of gathering place for musicians like George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and David Bowie. \u201cBefore any of us knew it we\u2019d be up for days drinking, getting stoned and making music,\u201d Wood later recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During one jam session, Jagger and Bowie began joking around with the phrase, \u201cIt\u2019s only rock n\u2019 roll, but I like it.\u201d This was a riff on British comedian Dick Emery\u2019s national catchphrase: Ooh, you are awful \u2013 but I like you!\u201d<\/p>\n

@rcl71<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Only Rock \u2018n Roll (But I Like It)\u201d es el primer sencillo del \u00e1lbum de 1974 de la banda de rock inglesa The Rolling Stones, It\u2019s Only Rock \u2018n Roll. La canci\u00f3n fue grabada originalmente una noche en un estudio en la casa de Wood, \u201d The Wick \u201d en Richmond, Londres. David Bowie fue el corista de la voz principal de Jagger, y Willie Weeks toc\u00f3 el bajo con Kenney Jones en la bater\u00eda. La canci\u00f3n del \u00e1lbum es similar a esa grabaci\u00f3n original, con los Stones manteniendo la pista r\u00edtmica original. Jagger resumi\u00f3 el significado de la letra en las notas del \u00e1lbum recopilatorio Jump Back de 1993 : \u201cLa idea de la canci\u00f3n tiene que ver con nuestra imagen p\u00fablica en ese momento. Me estaba cansando un poco de que la gente se metiera con todo eso de \u2018oh, no es tan bueno como el anterior\u2019. La funda del sencillo ten\u00eda una foto m\u00eda con un bol\u00edgrafo clav\u00e1ndose en m\u00ed como si fuera una espada. Era algo desenfadado y antiperiod\u00edstico\u201d. Jagger tambi\u00e9n ha dicho que tan pronto como la escribi\u00f3, supo que iba a ser un sencillo. Dijo que era su respuesta a todos los que se tomaban en serio lo que \u00e9l o la banda hac\u00edan. Seg\u00fan Richards, hubo oposici\u00f3n a que fuera un sencillo, pero insistieron, diciendo que ten\u00eda que ser el pr\u00f3ximo sencillo. Dijo que para \u00e9l \u201cesa canci\u00f3n es un cl\u00e1sico. El t\u00edtulo por s\u00ed solo es un cl\u00e1sico y eso es todo lo que tiene\u201d. #rollingstones<\/a> #therollingstones<\/a> #mickjagger<\/a> #keithrichards<\/a> #rock<\/a> #s<\/a> #rocknroll<\/a> #rockandroll<\/a> #music<\/a> #charliewatts<\/a> #stones<\/a> #blues<\/a> #brianjones<\/a> #ronniewood<\/a> #vintage<\/a> #classicrock<\/a> #thebeatles<\/a> #rollingstonesfans<\/a> #vinyl<\/a> #billwyman<\/a> #beatles<\/a> #ledzeppelin<\/a> #guitar<\/a> #pinkfloyd<\/a> #therollingstonesfans<\/a> #rockmusic<\/a> #forsale<\/a> #keef<\/a> #cnn<\/a> #medan<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c sonido original \u2013 RCL Music<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cWe all knew it was good,\u201d\u00a0Wood said. \u201cBut no one thought for a minute it would be such a big hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: 3 Beloved Rock Albums That Were Never Toured]<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Only Rock \u2019N Roll\u00a0became the fourth of eight consecutive Stones albums to hit No.1 in the U.S. It fell just short of the top spot in the Stones\u2019 home country, peaking at No. 2 in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Mick Taylor\u2019s Departure<\/p>\n

Mick Taylor officially left The Rolling Stones in January 1975. He had plenty of reasons, and one of them was his belief that he wasn\u2019t receiving proper credit. Taylor reportedly contributed to \u201cTill the Next Goodbye\u201d\u00a0and \u201cTime Waits For No One.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI did have a falling out with Mick Jagger over some songs I felt I should have been credited with co-writing on\u00a0It\u2019s Only Rock \u2018n Roll,\u201d the guitarist said. \u201cWe were quite close friends and cooperated quite closely on getting that album made. By that time Mick and Keith weren\u2019t really working together as a team so I\u2019d spend a lot of time in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

This assessment contradicted a statement Jagger made during a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone. The frontman claimed that Taylor \u201cmaybe threw in a couple of chords\u201d on \u201cTime Waits For No One.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured image by Michael Putland\/Getty Images<\/p>\n