Today In Music History: Andrew Loog Oldham Becomes Rolling Stones' Manager On April 29, 1963
04/29/10 12:36pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)


Publicist Andrew Loog Oldham and his business partner Eric Easton signed a management contract with The Rolling Stones on this day in 1963.

Oldham had previously worked for Brian Epstein in promoting The Beatles, but had received a tip from a journalist who suggested he check out the Stones in April 1963.








Oldham and Easton bought the rights to the Stones' recordings for a mere 90, took over managing the band from Giorgio Gomelsky, and convinced keyboardist Ian Stewart to become the band's road manager instead. (He still played keyboard at the back of the stage.)

Oldham instituted a number of changes to the Stones' sound, music and image, which made them into the band they became in the '60s and, in some ways, still are today.

First, he signed them to Decca, who's spurned The Beatles at an audition earlier that year. He then enlisted The Beatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man" as the Stones' second single, which they recorded in October of that year.








He also insisted they write their own material, which was something they weren't doing at the time. Singer Mick Jagger then teamed up with guitarist Keith Richards, and the Jagger/Richards songwriting team based in London soon began to rival the Lennon/McCartney one from Liverpool.

Oldham also ensured the Stones had a calculated badass image in an effort to attract attention and publicity and piss off parents. He was responsible for the infamous "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" publicity campaign and placed blurbs on Stones album covers letting their fans know they should rob blind homeless people.

Oldham sold his management of the Stones to Allen Klein in 1966. Klein went on to manage The Beatles, and it wasn't a good relationship and ended in distrust and lawsuits.

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Dachau was liberated on this day in 1945.

And Eve Plumb was born 52 years ago.

TomL wrote on Apr 29^th, 2010 at 5:10pm:

I actually pulled that off once when I was younger and more flexible. No shit.

I tried sucking my own as well, but realized it was not mine...

TomL wrote on Apr 29^th, 2010 at 5:10pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Apr 29^th, 2010 at 6:44pm:

I suppose you consider masturbation "ghey," too.

Ok getting back on topic, Andrew L.O. locked MICK/KEEF in a room and said they couldnt come out until they wrote some songs of their own. After one weekend in lockdown they came up with a few early gems. So he gave them the necessary push to get their career jumpstarted!

Brainbell Jangler wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 10:16am:


Back then, I'm thinking Keith could easily kick Mick's ass.

Now, it's the other way around.  

"  No shit . "

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2954500/Chef-dies-after-feeling-eel.ht...


" CHEF has died after an EEL was put up his bum.  "

" Shocked doctors in Sichuan, China, found the sea creature in the 59-year-old man's rectum after his death, it has been reported.

The 50cm long Asian swamp eel was allegedly inserted into the unnamed man's bottom, after he passed out drunk, by pals playing a prank on him.

Medics said the eel had devoured his bowels.  "



Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2954500/Chef-dies-after-feeling-eel.ht...

Joey wrote on Apr 30^th, 2010 at 4:36pm:

Moral:  Never drink with guys who are packing swamp eels.

It must have been when Keith discovered that Jagger has a huge cock....

Seriously though, Oldham knew there would never be any money if all the Stones did were R&B covers.

Wasn't it that first session where "As tears Go By" was written?

buddhabone wrote on May 4^th, 2010 at 8:25pm:


Going by this site, it's "Tell Me" I always thought one of the first song they wrote was "That Girl Belongs To Yesterday" by Gene Pitney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagger/Richards