December's Children (And Everybody's)

December's Children (And Everybody's) is the fifth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1965.

December's Children (And Everybody's)
Studio album by the Rolling Stones
Released	4 December 1965 (US)
Genre	Rock
Length	29:04
Label	London
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones US album chronology
Out of Our Heads (1965) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)
Singles from December's Children (And Everybody's)
"Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" Released: 25 September 1965 "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away" Released: 18 December 1965

Recording and music

It is the last of the group's early albums to feature numerous cover songs; writers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote only half of the songs themselves. There had been no sessions to record the album; most of the songs were drawn from the sessions for the UK edition of Out of Our Heads in September 1965 in Los Angeles. Many of the tracks had appeared earlier in the UK versions of Rolling Stones albums, but had been left off their American counterparts. Other tracks were unreleased tracks that had been recorded during other recording sessions, or had been singles-only releases. Joining core members Mick Jagger (vocals), Brian Jones (guitars), Keith Richards (guitars), Bill Wyman (bass), and Charlie Watts (drums) was former Stones member Ian Stewart on piano. As with most of their early albums, it was produced by band manager Andrew Loog Oldham.

Title and packaging

The title of the album came from the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham (who facetiously credits it to "Lou Folk-Rock Adler" in his liner notes on the back cover). According to Jagger, it was Oldham's idea of hip, Beat poetry.[1] The front cover photo of the band, by Gered Mankowitz, had previously been used for the UK edition of Out of Our Heads.

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
MusicHound Rock	[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Tom Hull	A–[5]

December's Children (And Everybody's) reached No. 4 in the US, where it was certified "gold".[6] Bassist Bill Wyman quotes Jagger in 1968 calling the record "[not] an album, it's just a collection of songs." Accordingly, it is only briefly detailed in Wyman's otherwise exhaustive book Rolling with the Stones. The group's second US No. 1, Get Off of My Cloud, was the highest-charting single on the album, also a major chart topper in the band's native UK and several other markets.

In August 2002, the album was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records. "Look What You've Done" remains the album's only cut issued in true stereo.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"She Said Yeah"	Sonny Bono, Roddy Jackson	Out of Our Heads (UK)	1:30
2.	"Talkin' About You"	Chuck Berry	Out of Our Heads (UK)	2:30
3.	"You Better Move On"	Arthur Alexander	The Rolling Stones EP (UK)	2:37
4.	"Look What You've Done"	McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters	December's Children	2:33
5.	"The Singer Not the Song"	Jagger/Richards	B-side of "Get Off of My Cloud" (UK)	2:22
6.	"Route 66"	Bobby Troup	Got Live If You Want It! (UK live EP)	2:29
Total length:				14:01

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
7.	"Get Off of My Cloud"	Jagger/Richards	single (US)	2:52
8.	"I'm Free"	Jagger/Richards	Out of Our Heads (UK)	2:17
9.	"As Tears Go By"	Jagger/Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham	December's Children	2:45
10.	"Gotta Get Away"	Jagger/Richards	Out of Our Heads (UK)	2:03
11.	"Blue Turns to Grey"	Jagger/Richards	December's Children	2:27
12.	"I'm Moving On"	Hank Snow	Got Live If You Want It! (UK live EP)	2:12
Total length:				14:36

Recording sessions

Most of the songs were recorded 5–6 September 1965 at the RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California, except:

• "You Better Move On" – 8 August 1963, Decca Studios, London
• "Look What You've Done" – 11 June 1964, Chess Records studio, Chicago
• "Route 66" and "I'm Moving On" – 5–7 March 1965, live performances, England
• "As Tears Go By" – 26 October 1965, IBC Studios, London

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11), tambourine (10)
• Keith Richards – electric guitar (all but 9), acoustic guitar (5, 9), backing vocals (1, 2, 5-8, 10-12)
• Brian Jones – electric guitar (1, 2, 5-8, 11), acoustic guitar (3), harmonica (4, 12), organ (8), electric piano (7), backing vocals (3)
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar (all but 9), backing vocals (3)
• Charlie Watts – drums (all but 9)

Additional personnel

• Ian Stewart – piano (2, 4, 7)
• Mike Leander – string arrangement (9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Position
1966	Billboard 200[7]	4

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1965	"Get Off of My Cloud"	Billboard Hot 100[7]	1
1966	"As Tears Go By"	Billboard Hot 100[7]	6

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification (sales thresholds)
United States	RIAA	Gold

References

1. Wenner, Jann S. "Archives | The Rolling Stone Interview: Jagger Remembers". Jann S. Wenner. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
2. Allmusic review
3. "The Rolling Stones: Album Guide - Rolling Stone Music". archive.org. 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/album/A2359.htm
5. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: The Rolling Stones". tomhull.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
6. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". riaa.com.
7. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards/billboard-albums