Music Monday: Going way back to mono recorded music with the Rolling Stones recording of “Time On My Side” (1964)
Posted By RichC on August 19, 2024
After a mention of the phrase “time is on my side,” by an unmentioned Fox Business personality who thought it was a Rolling Stones title … it quickly lent itself to my Music Monday research list. It was “semi-correct” … but the song was actually “Time On My Side” and it was released first by a couple of other artists.
The song was written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym “Norman Meade”) and first recorded by Kai Winding, according to a Wikipedia page. Then in 1964 it was first recored by “The Soul Queen of New Orleans,” Irma Thomas (that I remember from the Jimmy Buffett song, “Saxophone”). 😉
| Rolling Stones – “Time On My Side” | 1964 |
The Rolling Stones version release in 1964 peaked at #6 in the US and had an interesting “come to be” moment. It was “first recorded the
song in June 1964, within days of hearing it, at London’s Regent Sound studios. They used a briefer organ-only intro and guitars in place of horns to create a rock anthem song, with vocalist Mick Jagger imitating Thomas’ ad-libs. This looser arrangement was released as a single in the US, on September 25, 1964, and was included the following month on their US album 12 X 5.”
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