Sixty years ago this week, The Rolling Stones released what would be their first number-one U.S. hit, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
Depending on which source you believe, the release date was either June 4th, 5th or 6th.
Its origin is the stuff of legend as the Motown-ish riff came to Keith Richards in a dream after a show in Clearwater, Florida.
Wisely, he turned on his portable tape recorder and strummed the first fragments of what became its now-iconic melody.
He then shared the tape with Mick Jagger who heard 30 seconds of music including the phrase, "I can't get no satisfaction," followed by the guitarist falling back asleep.
The band -- in the midst of a North American tour -- began recording it at Chess Records in Chicago, May 10th, 1965 and finished it at RCA Studios in L.A. on the 12th and 13th.
Two weeks later, the Stones debuted it on ABC's prime-time series Shindig, with the single arriving in record stores within days.
Ironically, Keith and Mick didn't feel it should be a single.But bassist Bill Wyman saw it differently.
By mid-July 1965, it was number-one across America. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” has sold over a million copies in the U.S. and continues to be a staple on tour.