The Stones' Black and Blue: Chaos & Chart-Topping

0:00On April 23rd, the Rolling Stones ruled the charts in the mid-70s, but backstage chaos was pulling them apart. Their album Black and Blue finally hit shelves on April 23rd, 1976, after sessions dragged on for nearly two years across. Munich and the Netherlands, they crushed it earlier with stone-cold classics from 1968's Beggars Banquet right up to 1972's Exile on Main Street. Then things slipped with 1973's Goat's head soup in the spotty its only rock and roll a year later. Mick Taylor bailed in late 1974, stalling everything until Ronnie Wood stepped in. Fans scratched their heads at the shift to funk, soul, jazz, and reggae grooves over their usual guitar fire. Critics slammed it as aimless wandering, yet soulful, full to cry climb to number 10 and hot stuff bubbled just outside the top 40. Guests like Billy Preston and guitarist Wayne Perkins and Harvey Mandel spiced a few tracks with woodshipping in on three.

1:00Leftovers even resurfaced years later on tattoo you. Despite the mess, Black and Blue locked down number one for four weeks and went platinum proving the stone's bounce back power before their 19. 78 Revival with some girl solidified the legend. This has been Music News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.