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On June 6 and 7, 1964, the Rolling Stones made their first appearance in Dallas.
Last edited Wed Jun 7, 2023, 09:49 AM - Edit history (1)
And they were upstaged by some monkeys. Not The Monkees; some monkeys.
Hat tip, This Day in Rock
1964 – DURING THEIR FIRST EVER US TOUR THE ROLLING STONES WERE BOOED OFF STAGE
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1964 – during their first ever US tour The Rolling Stones were booed off stage at a gig in San Antonio, Texas. Some performing Monkeys who had been the act on before the Stones were brought back on stage for another performance.
Posted on 1:38 PM by STU SWEATMAN
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1964 – during their first ever US tour The Rolling Stones were booed off stage at a gig in San Antonio, Texas. Some performing Monkeys who had been the act on before the Stones were brought back on stage for another performance.
Rolling Stones' first trip to S.A. was a disaster - with monkeys
Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News
June 6, 2014 | Updated: June 4, 2017 11:49 a.m.
SAN ANTONIO — Eleven years after four humbling gigs at Teen Fair of Texas where they were booed, taunted and played for small crowds, the Rolling Stones still were grumbling when they returned for two sold-out concerts at HemisFair Arena in June 1975. ... “We were here in '64 and only two or three people showed up,” Mick Jagger sarcastically said from the stage opening night.
Jagger was referring to the band's second concert stop on its first U.S. tour, a matinee and evening set each day on June 6 and 7, 1964, at Freeman Coliseum. ... The Stones, it turns out, were the first British Invasion band to play Texas, beating the Beatles by almost four months. But hardly anyone knew who they were — not even the guy who booked them for the gig.
Many remember the now-legendary rockers as cocky, foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, BO-reeking youngsters on that first visit. ... But if Elvis Presley was chagrined singing “Hound Dog” to a basset hound on NBC's “The Steve Allen Show” in 1956, the Stones felt equally disrespected during their visit here 50 years ago this weekend.
Bassist Bill Wyman recounted the scene at Teen Fair — touted as a 10-day World's Fair for Teens — in his memoirs, “Stone Alone.” ... “Everyone got a poor reception from a mixed crowd of cowboys and kids,” he wrote. “We had to go on after some performing monkeys. What the hell were we doing here? People didn't know whether to take us seriously or as a joke.” ... The monkeys were the world famous Marquis Chimps, who got star billing, in fact. The Stones shared the stage that opening weekend with Bobby Vee, George Jones and Diane Renay.
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Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News
June 6, 2014 | Updated: June 4, 2017 11:49 a.m.
SAN ANTONIO — Eleven years after four humbling gigs at Teen Fair of Texas where they were booed, taunted and played for small crowds, the Rolling Stones still were grumbling when they returned for two sold-out concerts at HemisFair Arena in June 1975. ... “We were here in '64 and only two or three people showed up,” Mick Jagger sarcastically said from the stage opening night.
Jagger was referring to the band's second concert stop on its first U.S. tour, a matinee and evening set each day on June 6 and 7, 1964, at Freeman Coliseum. ... The Stones, it turns out, were the first British Invasion band to play Texas, beating the Beatles by almost four months. But hardly anyone knew who they were — not even the guy who booked them for the gig.
Many remember the now-legendary rockers as cocky, foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, BO-reeking youngsters on that first visit. ... But if Elvis Presley was chagrined singing “Hound Dog” to a basset hound on NBC's “The Steve Allen Show” in 1956, the Stones felt equally disrespected during their visit here 50 years ago this weekend.
Bassist Bill Wyman recounted the scene at Teen Fair — touted as a 10-day World's Fair for Teens — in his memoirs, “Stone Alone.” ... “Everyone got a poor reception from a mixed crowd of cowboys and kids,” he wrote. “We had to go on after some performing monkeys. What the hell were we doing here? People didn't know whether to take us seriously or as a joke.” ... The monkeys were the world famous Marquis Chimps, who got star billing, in fact. The Stones shared the stage that opening weekend with Bobby Vee, George Jones and Diane Renay.
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