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Fact #119908

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Short story:

The Rolling Stones begin a Sunday night residency at The Station Hotel, Richmond, London, England, UK, Europe, earning £24.00 ($41.00) per show.

Full article:

Giorgio Gomelsky (rock entrepreneur) : I had completely goofed printing the fliers and the sign outside the pub. I couldn't draw – or spell. 'Rhythm And Bulse,' No wonder no-one showed up, right? Not that it would have made a difference had I spelled it properly. The audience just wasn't there yet. But these three guys who showed up, I would never forget them. Actually most of them joined the music business. One, Paul Williams, became a blues singer, another, Little H, a famous roadie who worked for Jimi Hendrix and later died in the crash with Stevie Ray Vaughn, and the third started his own venue somewhere and became an agent. They were cool guys.

So Brian (Jones of The Rolling Stones] says, 'Giorgio, there'th sikth of us, and there'th three of Them (audience). Do you think it'th worthwhile? Thould we play?' I said, 'Brian, how many people do you think can fit in here? A hundred? Okay, well then play as if there were 100 people in here.' And they did. And that was one of the reasons I rarely went to see the Stones in later times, because in some ways, that was like the best show they ever did. To three people.
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