On July 7, 1963, The Rolling Stones record their first appearance on British television, at Alpha Studios in Aston, Birmingham, for the music program Pop Thank You Lucky Stars.

The chosen song is "Come On", which had been recorded on May 10, 1963, at Olympic Studios, a Chuck Berry song of one minute forty-five minutes, a song that was not very similar to Blues songs, that the Rolling Stones performed in London Clubs.

The theme had been released on June 7 as the first single from the Rolling Stones, accompanied on the B-side, with the Muddy Waters song "I Want To Be Loved".

Decca Records and the band's management had been feverishly engaged in trying to get them to appear on British television to promote the single. The obvious choice was Thank Your Lucky Stars, which was the biggest pop show on British television at the time.

By the time the Stones were made to appear on Thank You Lucky Stars, the group was already well established.



The band's television debut was to be broadcast on July 13, but there was just one problem: according to Andrew Loog Oldham, their manager, "if the Rolling Stones dressed the way they wanted, they wouldn't have been allowed into the television studios, so they had to wear uniforms.His solution to this problem was to take them shopping in Soho before their TV appearance.

Loog Oldham measured them for black trousers and black-and-white houndstooth jackets with black velvet collars. They also bought blue shirts, black knitted ties, and blue leather vests. All very appropriate...

The stage the Stones were standing on, dubbing their single, looked like the terrace of a Wild West saloon; Mick, Keith, Brian, Bill, and Charlie were wearing their new jackets and looking, by their standards, exceptionally smart, apart from their hair. After their set was over Pete Murray made some comments about a delegation from the Barbers Union wanting to see the band because they hadn't gotten a haircut. since last year.

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