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Album Information
Released: 30 May 1964
Recorded: 3 January - 25 February 1964
Genre: R&B, Rock & Roll
Length: 32:52
Label: London
Producer: Eric Easton, Andrew Loog Oldham
RT Voice: Contains a large amount of great covers of R&B classics.
This song was released as a single from the ablum! Song is single This song is a Rollingtimes Choice! Song is RT Choice
Recording
The album was recorded over only five days at Regent Sound Studios in London, through January and February of 1964. It was produced by the managers at the time, Eric Easton and Andrew Loog Oldham.

Release & Aftermath
The album did not perform as well as expected in the US charts (it was not released in the UK), and is the only Stones American album which has failed to reach the top five in the US Billboard album chart.

Cover
The cover was photographed by Nicholas Wright.

Personnel
The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
Brian Jones - guitar, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals
Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
Bill Wyman - bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians
Gene Pitney - piano
Phil Spector - maracas
Ian Stewart - organ and piano

Charts
The album reached only #11 in the US Billboard chart (it was not released in the UK). However, it reached #1 in the Australian album chart where it remained for three weeks.

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