BBC press release just out now: Gimme Shelter tops BBC Radio 6 Music listener poll of favourite Rolling Stones tracks
A BBC Radio 6 Music online poll has revealed that Gimme Shelter is the listeners’ favourite Rolling Stones track. The vote was launched on Sunday 8th July as part of BBC 6 Music Celebrates 50 Years of The Rolling Stones, giving listeners the opportunity to vote for their all-time favourite Rolling Stones track. Gimme Shelter, which was never released as a single, first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. The Stones first played the song live on a TV special, Pop Go The Sixties, on New Year’s Eve in 1969. BBC Radio 6 Music, which won UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in May, compiled a list of 50 tracks and listeners chose their favoured track. The top six tracks were revealed on Steve Lamacq’s 6 Music afternoon show (1600-1900). The top ten tracks are: 1. Gimme Shelter. 2. Sympathy for the Devil 3. Paint It Black 4. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 5. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 6. Brown Sugar 7. Wild Horses 8. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 9. Tumblin’ Dice 10. Honky Tonk Women James Stirling, Head of Programmes, BBC Radio 6 Music says: “It’s hard to pick one song from an enormous back catalogue of such quality – but the BBC Radio 6 Music listeners have done a splendid job. Gimme Shelter opens the Rolling Stones’ final album of the sixties, but still sounds as emotive and powerful on the radio today.” Bjornulf [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ BritInvasion archived at <http://www.escribe.com/music/britinvasion>, <http://www.mail-archive.com/britinvasion%40onelist.com>, and <http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=britinvasion>. Home page: <http://home.hiwaay.net/~emilyj/britinvasion/>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritInvasion/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BritInvasion/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
