Ruby Tuesday (song)

Ruby Tuesday is a song by the Rolling Stones, which was recorded in 1966 and released in January 1967. He was a number -one hit in Germany and the United States and peaked in the UK charts for third place. The song reached number 303 in the list of Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Times from the year 2004.

Background

According to an interview in the magazine Rolling Stone Keith Richards wrote the song in 1966 in a hotel about a groupie he knew. In 2010 he stated in his autobiography that the song by Linda Keith, his then-girlfriend IN QUESTION. About the authorship of the piece, there is disagreement. Bill Wyman, according to the text comes in full by Keith Richards, according to Marianne Faithfull came an earlier version of Brian Jones. The biographer Victor Bockris wrote that the text and structure of the piece of Richards would come who have this completed by Jones in the studio.

The piece was published on two consecutive albums, the U.S. versions of Between the Buttons and Flowers. A live version was released in 1991 on the album Flashpoint.

After the song, the American restaurant chain of the same name called.

Reception

Richie Unterberger wrote in Allmusic about the piece:

" Ruby Tuesday is a good candidate for the most melodic Mick Jagger - Keith Richards composition ever, and it was a number one hit in early 1967. This is one of the few Rolling Stones songs That Could be fairly Said to be as melodic as any of the best Lennon - McCartney Compositions. "

" Ruby Tuesday is a good candidate for the melodic Mick Jagger - Keith -Richards composition of all time and the beginning of 1967 was a number -one hit. This is one of the few Rolling Stones songs that deal as could be described as one of the best Lennon - McCartney compositions are so melodic. "

Musicians of the original recording

  • Mick Jagger - vocals, tambourine
  • Keith Richards - bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Jones - flute, piano, backing vocals
  • Bill Wyman - bass
  • Charlie Watts - drums

Cover versions

The song has been covered by many musicians, among others, of Nazareth, Julian Lennon, Weird Al Yankovic, Rod Stewart, Marianne Faithfull, The Corrs, Gotthard and the Scorpions. The best known version is from the singer Melanie, who released the song in 1970 on their album Candles in the Rain, and thus came into the Top Ten on the British charts.

Singing Gotthard (Band) Melanie Safka
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