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The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (The Ed Sullivan Show, October 25, 1964)

The Stones peform on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fed up with the unruly appearance of these beat bands from Britain, Sullivan did not want the group to return to his stage. When asked by the Stones’ representatives for a reason why, Sullivan responded: “We were deluged with mail protesting the untidy appearance—clothes and hair of your Rolling Stones. Before even discussing the possibility of a contract, I would like to learn from you, whether your young men have reformed in the matter of dress and shampoo.”

The Stones returned for their second Ed Sullivan performance seven months later.

Here are the band performing their cover of Chuck Berry’s Around and Around during the first half of the broadcast.