This Day In Music

The first album released by the new Rolling Stones Records label, Sticky Fingers made its mark on several historic fronts. The new label introduced the new logo for the Stones, the licking-tongue and lips which would be their infamous trademark image for the next fifty years. As well, another infamous image is the album cover itself. The image of a male crotch and prominent penis certainly showed that the Stones were declaring their independence from their previous album cover controversies. However, as usual, the main impact from the Stones was the music. The first single from the album, Brown Sugar, was released on April 13 1971 and made its impact immediately. This song is the Stones. Bluesy, trademark guitar riffs from Keith Richards, lyrics alluding to illicit sex, girls, and giving off imagery that is dirty, seedy and dark - this song had it all.