On this day in music history…
In 1966, The Rolling Stones began recording “Paint It Black” at RCA Studios in Los Angeles. The band recorded the song over the course of four days. It was released a couple months later, and went to number 1 in both the U.S. and the U.K.
In 1982, The Go-Go’s took the top spot on the albums chart with their debut album, Beauty and the Beat, making them the first all-female rock band to go to number 1. Beauty and the Beat stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks, which remains the longest run a female group has had at number 1.
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