<P> Oldham saw little future for an act that lost significant songwriting royalties by playing songs of what he described as `` middle - aged blacks '' , limiting the appeal to teenage audiences . Jagger and Richards decided to write songs together , the first batch of which Oldham described as `` soppy and imitative '' . Because the band 's songwriting developed slowly , songs on their first album The Rolling Stones ( 1964 ; issued in the US as England 's Newest Hit Makers ) , were primarily covers , with only one Jagger / Richards original -- `` Tell Me ( You 're Coming Back ) '' -- and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge , the pen name for songs written by the entire group . The Rolling Stones ' first US tour in June 1964 was , according to Wyman , `` a disaster ... When we arrived , we did n't have a hit record ( there ) or anything going for us . '' When the band appeared on the variety show The Hollywood Palace , that week 's guest host Dean Martin mocked both their hair and their performance . During the tour they recorded for two days at Chess Studios in Chicago , meeting many of their most important influences , including Muddy Waters . These sessions included what would become the Rolling Stones ' first No. 1 hit in the UK , their cover version of Bobby and Shirley Womack 's `` It 's All Over Now '' . </P>
<P> Oldham saw little future for an act that lost significant songwriting royalties by playing songs of what he described as `` middle - aged blacks '' , limiting the appeal to teenage audiences . Jagger and Richards decided to write songs together , the first batch of which Oldham described as `` soppy and imitative '' . Because the band 's songwriting developed slowly , songs on their first album The Rolling Stones ( 1964 ; issued in the US as England 's Newest Hit Makers ) , were primarily covers , with only one Jagger / Richards original -- `` Tell Me ( You 're Coming Back ) '' -- and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge , the pen name for songs written by the entire group . The Rolling Stones ' first US tour in June 1964 was , according to Wyman , `` a disaster ... When we arrived , we did n't have a hit record ( there ) or anything going for us . '' When the band appeared on the variety show The Hollywood Palace , that week 's guest host Dean Martin mocked both their hair and their performance . During the tour they recorded for two days at Chess Studios in Chicago , meeting many of their most important influences , including Muddy Waters . These sessions included what would become the Rolling Stones ' first No. 1 hit in the UK , their cover version of Bobby and Shirley Womack 's `` It 's All Over Now '' . </P>
what was the first hit for the rolling stones
what was the first hit for the rolling stones
`` It 's All Over Now ''
`` It 's All Over Now ''