[dfwgator]

Also remember, the Stones’ first hit was a cover of The Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man.”

[Lancey Howard]

Yep. Lennon and McCartney took a basic McCartney line and whipped up the rest in a couple of hours specifically to give to the Stones, who they heard were in need of material. The Beatles later let Ringo sing it on their own LP.

"It was a throwaway. The only two versions of the song were Ringo and the Rolling Stones. That shows how much importance we put on it: We weren't going to give them anything great, right?" - John Lennon (1980)