Here at DearWiseWomen we were curious whether the Rolling Stone Magazine was named after the band…so further investigation was necessary to learn the history of the magazine.
Rolling Stone was founded in 1967 in San Francisco…it was a bi-weekly costing 25 cents.
Fun Fact: the 1st issue on 11/9/67 featured John Lennon. In costume for the film How I Won The War…his only non-musical acting role in a movie…
Undoubtedly there has been confusion about the name…as there was also confusion about the band calling themselves The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan’s 1965 hit single ”Like a Rolling Stone”…which all harken back to a 1950 Blues song by Muddy Waters…Rollin’ Stone.
We’ve all heard the old saying “A rolling stone gathers no moss”…that saying was Muddy’s inspiration and the Stones took their name from Muddy’s song. Like a Rolling Stone was Bob Dylan’s first rock & roll album.
In the first issue of the magazine, Jann Werner, one of the founders gave a nod to all of the Rolling Stone references…also saying that the magazine was intended to reflect both the changes in rock & roll and those related to rock & roll.
Fun fact: The Rolling Stone Magazine’s slogan is “All the news that fits”….an early editor was inspired by an April Fools issue of the Columbia Daily Spectator which posted “All the news that fits we print”…which was a parody of the New York Times slogan, “All the News That’s Fit to Print”.
Over the many years since then, the magazine has been both relevant and irreverent…covering news and entertainment …
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