United Kingdom

1963
The Rolling Stones signed Andrew Loog Oldham

In May 1963, the Rolling Stones signed Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. He had been directed to them by his previous clients, the Beatles. Oldham, then 19, had not reached the age of majority —he was also younger than anyone in the band— and so could not obtain an…
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The Beatles From Me to You

The band’s third single, ” From Me to You “, came out in April and began an almost unbroken string of seventeen British number-one singles, including all but one of the eighteen they released over the next six years.

The Beatles Please Please Me

Released in March 1963, Please Please Me was the first of eleven consecutive Beatles albums released in the United Kingdom to reach number one.

The Beatles recorded ten songs

On 11 February 1963, the Beatles recorded ten songs during a single studio session for their debut LP, Please Please Me .

The Rolling Stones played their first gig

the settled line-up of Jagger, Jones, Richards, Stewart, Wyman, and Watts played their first gig on 2 February 1963, again at the Ealing Jazz Club.

The Rolling Stones secured a residency

Their acting manager, Giorgio Gomelsky , secured a Sunday afternoon residency at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, London , in February 1963.

The Rolling Stones first played with the band

first played with the band on Saturday, 12 January 1963 at the Ealing Jazz Club

The Rolling Stones Chapman departed

After Chapman departed in January 1963

The Rolling Stones first big UK concert tour

Later in 1963, Oldham and Easton arranged the band’s first big UK concert tour as a supporting act for American stars, including Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and the Everly Brothers .

The Beatles released in January 1963

After the moderate success of “Love Me Do”, the single “Please Please Me” was released in January 1963, two months ahead of the album.