HEART OF STONE
THE ROLLING STONES
SONGWRITERS: KEITH RICHARDS & MICK JAGGER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: THE ROLLING STONES, NOW!
LABEL: LONDON RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1964
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in
London in 1962. Active
for almost six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of
the rock era. Diverging from the pop rock of the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty,
heavier-driven sound that came to define hard rock.
Their first stable line-up comprised vocalist Mick Jagger,
multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones,
guitarist Keith Richards, bassist
Bill Wyman, and
drummer Charlie Watts. During their formative years
Jones was the primary leader: he assembled the band, named it, and drove their
sound and image. After Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager in 1963, he encouraged them to write
their own songs. Jagger and Richards became the primary creative force behind the band, alienating Jones,
who developed a drug addiction that interfered with his ability to contribute
meaningfully.
Rooted in blues and early rock and roll,
the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, also being identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture
of the 1960s. They then found greater success
with their own material as "(I Can't Get
No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Get Off of My
Cloud" (1965) and "Paint It Black"(1966)
became international Nº 1 hits. Aftermath(1966)
– their first entirely original album – is considered the most important of
their formative records. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend
the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic
Majesties Request. They returned to their roots
with such hits as "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968) and "Honky Tonk Women"(1969),
and albums such as Beggars Banquet(1968),
featuring "Sympathy for
the Devil", and Let It Bleed(1969),
featuring "You Can't
Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter". Let
It Bleed was the first of five consecutive Nº 1 albums in the UK.
Jones left the band shortly before his death
in 1969, having been replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor.
That year they were first introduced on stage as 'The
Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World'. Sticky Fingers(1971),
which yielded "Brown Sugar"
and included the first usage of their tongue and
lips logo, was their first of eight consecutive Nº 1
studio albums in the US. Exile on Main St.(1972),
featuring "Tumbling Dice",
and Goats Head Soup(1973),
yielding the hit ballad "Angie",
were also best sellers. Taylor was replaced by Ronnie Wood in 1974. The band continued to release successful albums including
their two largest sellers: Some Girls(1978),
featuring "Miss You";
and Tattoo You(1981),
featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels(1989)
was widely considered a comeback
album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge(1994), a
worldwide number one album. Both releases were promoted by large stadium and
arena tours as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction; by 2007
they had four of the top five highest-grossing concert tours of
all time. From Wyman's departure in 1993 to Watts' death in 2021, the band
continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones playing bass on tour and on most studio recordings. Their latest
album, Blue & Lonesome(2016),
became their twelfth UK number-one album.
The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of
200million makes them one of the best-selling
music artists of all time. The band has won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award. They were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall
of Fame in 2004. In 2019, Billboard magazine ranked the Rolling Stones second on their list of the
"Greatest Artists of All Time" based on US chart success. They are
ranked fourth on Rolling Stone's list
of the Greatest Artists of All Time.
"Heart of Stone" is a song by the
English rock band the Rolling Stones,
credited to the songwriting partnership of Jagger/Richards.
London Records first issued it as a single in the United States in December 1964.
The song was subsequently included on The Rolling
Stones, Now! (February 1965, US) and Out of Our
Heads(September 1965, UK).
There've been so many
Girls that I've known
I've made so many cry and still I wonder why
Here comes the little girl
I see her walking down the street
She's all by herself
Trying so hard to please, but
She'll never break, nerver break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no, this heart of stone
What's different about her?
I don't really know
No matter how I try
I just can't maker her cry
But she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone
Don't keep on looking that some old way
If you try acting sad
You'll only make me glad
Better listen, little girl
You go on walking down the street
I ain't got no love
I ain't the kind to meet
But you'll never break, never break, never break, never break
This heart of stone
Oh, no, no
This heart of stone
You'll never break this heart of stone.
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