659 The Rolling Stones “I Wanna Be Your Man” 1963

Rolling Stone’s manager Andrew Oldham was struggling to find a hit song for their next record when he met the Beatles’ McCartney and Lennon. “Andrew jumped into the cab, speed-rapping about his single problem with the Stones until Paul helpfully mentioned, ‘We’ve got some fresh numbers that might be right for the Stones.’…Handed guitars, Lennon and McCartney played them the first verse and chorus of ‘I Wanna Be Your Man,’ which they’d written for Ringo to sing. Andrew’s problem was solved. Rescued by the Beatles!” (Stephen Davis, Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones, 2001). 

The Rolling Stones “I Wanna Be Your Man”