GLOBALRPH MUSICATLASThe Rolling Stones: Artist Essentials
Sixty distinct songs, from early singles to spacious album tracks, with blues, country, soul and dance rhythms sharing the route.
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When only a year is established, chronological order within that year is approximate.
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First released: 1969 (year verified)
Original album: Let It Bleed
Original Let It Bleed studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Follow the unsettled guitar opening into the force of the answering vocal; the contrasts carry the song.
Annual appearances: 1970
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1969 (year verified)
Original 1969 studio album recording; the retained 1970 annual row already associates it with the earlier release.
Recording: Original Let It Bleed studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Let It Bleed
Let It Bleed - ABKCO original release and tracklist
Original December 1969 album, all nine tracks and studio guest credits. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Got the Silver and the full You Can't Always Get What You Want belong to this album; sessions are separately dated. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1965 (year verified)
Original single: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The repeated guitar phrase is an immediate landmark; notice how the vocal changes its attack against it.
Annual appearances: 1965
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1965 (year verified)
Original US single in 1965, before its UK single issue later that year; subsequent album appearances do not change the first year.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966 - ABKCO original release chronology
Original single months and years from Come On (1963) through 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966), including Heart of Stone in 1964 and As Tears Go By in 1965. US/UK packaging and B-sides are distinguished. Also documents the shift from covers to Jagger/Richards originals. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1966 (year verified)
Original single: Paint It, Black
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The insistent pulse and bright string timbre make the dark vocal mood feel especially compressed.
Annual appearances: 1966
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1966 (year verified)
Original 1966 studio single; the punctuation variant Paint It, Black names the same song.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 - ABKCO original release chronology
Original single and B-side chronology: Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, She's a Rainbow, 2000 Light Years from Home, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man/No Expectations, Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want, and Brown Sugar. Explicitly separates later Out of Time and remixed Sympathy releases. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1968 (year verified)
Original single: Jumpin' Jack Flash
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The riff keeps its weight while the vocal darts around it; listen for the small shifts in emphasis.
Annual appearances: 1968
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1968 (year verified)
Original 1968 studio single, independently released before its later compilation appearances.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 - ABKCO original release chronology
Original single and B-side chronology: Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, She's a Rainbow, 2000 Light Years from Home, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man/No Expectations, Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want, and Brown Sugar. Explicitly separates later Out of Time and remixed Sympathy releases. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1968 (year verified)
Original album: Beggars Banquet
Original Beggars Banquet studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen to the percussion and voices gathering around the narration until the arrangement becomes almost communal.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1968 (year verified)
Original studio album recording released in 1968; the much later 2003 remixes and live versions are separate.
Recording: Original Beggars Banquet studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet - ABKCO original release and tracklist
Explicit December 1968 studio album release and original ten-song tracklist. The later Rock and Roll Circus performance of Salt of the Earth is separately identified. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 - ABKCO original release chronology
Original single and B-side chronology: Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, She's a Rainbow, 2000 Light Years from Home, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man/No Expectations, Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want, and Brown Sugar. Explicitly separates later Out of Time and remixed Sympathy releases. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1971 (year verified)
Original album: Sticky Fingers
Original Sticky Fingers studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The measured acoustic setting gives the melody room to sound both tender and worn.
Annual appearances: 1972
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1971 (year verified)
Original album recording released in 1971 before the June US single; 1969 sessions and the retained 1972 annual appearance do not set the first year.
Recording: Original Sticky Fingers studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Sticky Fingers
Sticky Fingers - label catalog and original tracklist
Explicit original 1971 album year and ten-track sequence, including Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile. Modern mastering/product metadata is not used as a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
The Rolling Stones - label singles history
Scoped later single years and album associations: Tumbling Dice (1972), Angie and Heartbreaker (1973), It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974), Start Me Up (1981), Love Is Strong (1994) and Rough Justice/Streets of Love (2005). Also supports 1962 London beginnings and blues/R&B influences. Early Heart of Stone and As Tears Go By headings are superseded by ABKCO's earlier original-single chronology; incidental exact-day claims are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1972 (year verified)
Original single: Tumbling Dice
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The groove feels loose but keeps finding its balance; follow the backing voices as the song opens out.
Annual appearances: 1972
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1972 (year verified)
Original lead single from Exile on Main St. in 1972; the 1971 sessions were not its public release.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones - label singles history
Scoped later single years and album associations: Tumbling Dice (1972), Angie and Heartbreaker (1973), It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974), Start Me Up (1981), Love Is Strong (1994) and Rough Justice/Streets of Love (2005). Also supports 1962 London beginnings and blues/R&B influences. Early Heart of Stone and As Tears Go By headings are superseded by ABKCO's earlier original-single chronology; incidental exact-day claims are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Exile on Main St. - label original year and tracklist
Original 1972 album and its complete original tracklist, including Rocks Off, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, Loving Cup, Happy and Shine a Light. Modern reissue date is not substituted. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album: Some Girls
Original full-length Some Girls studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The guitars seem to answer one another around the vocal, leaving the rhythm supple and unhurried.
Annual appearances: 1978
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album recording released in 1978 before the subsequent single that year. The licensed singles-box metadata also retains the full recording.
Recording: Original full-length Some Girls studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Some Girls
Some Girls - label original year and tracklist
Original 1978 album and its Miss You, Beast of Burden and Shattered recordings; later deluxe bonus tracks are not part of this original tracklist. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Beast of Burden - original album before single
Some Girls was released in June 1978, with Beast of Burden subsequently issued as a single in August; earlier Miss You was released ahead of the album. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
The Rolling Stones Singles Box Set sampler - licensed version metadata
Licensed Polydor track metadata identifies the full Beast of Burden (4:25) and Emotional Rescue (5:39), separately from explicitly labeled live performances, edits and remixes. Copyright/remaster years on individual tracks are not original-release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1969 (year verified)
Original album: Let It Bleed
Original full-length Let It Bleed album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The full album presentation lets the choral opening and long ensemble ending frame the more conversational center.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1969 (year verified)
Full album presentation released in 1969; the title also appeared on the earlier Honky Tonk Women B-side that year. The selected full album presentation is kept explicit.
Recording: Original full-length Let It Bleed album recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Let It Bleed
Let It Bleed - ABKCO original release and tracklist
Original December 1969 album, all nine tracks and studio guest credits. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Got the Silver and the full You Can't Always Get What You Want belong to this album; sessions are separately dated. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 - ABKCO original release chronology
Original single and B-side chronology: Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, She's a Rainbow, 2000 Light Years from Home, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man/No Expectations, Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want, and Brown Sugar. Explicitly separates later Out of Time and remixed Sympathy releases. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1981 (year verified)
Original single: Start Me Up
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: A direct entry point into the later band sound: the opening guitar attack leaves a clear space for the drums.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1981 (year verified)
Original 1981 single and Tattoo You album cycle; older sessions do not supply an earlier official release year.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: The Rolling Stones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones - label singles history
Scoped later single years and album associations: Tumbling Dice (1972), Angie and Heartbreaker (1973), It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974), Start Me Up (1981), Love Is Strong (1994) and Rough Justice/Streets of Love (2005). Also supports 1962 London beginnings and blues/R&B influences. Early Heart of Stone and As Tears Go By headings are superseded by ABKCO's earlier original-single chronology; incidental exact-day claims are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Tattoo You - original album chronology and selected tracks
Original album released in August 1981; Waiting on a Friend, Worried About You and Heaven are included. Earlier sessions and later live performances are distinct from the completed album's first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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