Top singles from the past

19 June 2023

THE ROLLING STONES scored their 7th numero uno hit in the UK
with Jumpin’ Jack Flash, 55 years ago today, on 19 June 1968. It also
topped the US Singles Chart.

Keith Richards said that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at his country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Keef responded: “Oh, that’s Jack – that’s jumpin’ Jack.”

The human riff also stated this: (I have no clue what he’s talking about):
“I used a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic tuned to open D, six-string. Open D or open E, which is the same thing – same intervals – but it would be slackened down some for D. Then there was a capo on it, to get that really tight sound. And there was another guitar over the top of that, but tuned to Nashville tuning. I learned that from somebody in George Jones’ band in San Antonio in 1964. The high-strung guitar was an acoustic, too. Both acoustics were put through a Philips cassette recorder. Just jam the mic right in the guitar and play it back through an extension speaker.”

C’mon Jack, jump.

Live.

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