Ooops forgot this one from March 4th . . . . . . great song

On this day in music history: March 4, 1967 - “Ruby Tuesday” by The Rolling Stones hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is the fourth chart topping single for the British rock band. Keith Richards comes up with initial idea for the song, writing it in a Los Angeles hotel room in early 1966 while the band are in the city recording tracks for their current album “Aftermath”. The song about a free spirited woman, is based on a groupie Richards and his then girlfriend Linda Keith knew. Jagger writes most of the lyrics including the song's chorus. The Stones record “Ruby Tuesday” at Olympic Studios in London on November 8, 1966 with additional overdubs recorded on December 3, 1966. Guitarist Brian Jones also plays the recorder on the song, giving it its distinctive “baroque” sound. “Ruby” is originally released as the B-side of “Let’s Spend The Night Together” in January of 1967. When American radio stations feel that the former song is “too suggestive” for airplay, DJ’s flip the single over and play “Ruby Tuesday” instead. Entering the Hot 100 at #78 on January 21, 1967, it speeds to the top of the chart six weeks later. “Ruby Tuesday” is added to US LP pressings of The Rolling Stones’ next album “Between The Buttons” when it is released on February 11, 1967. 

 Lots of us heard it first via the wonderful Melanie Safka




Later we enjoyed Marianne Faithfull's version often confused with Sylvie Vartan's cover

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here with great visuals from Polanski's ' Repulsion' with the incandescent Catherine Deneuve