The backup singer on The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” thought of the Vietnam War while singing it. “Gimme Shelter” didn’t chart at all in the United States. It was more popular in the United ...

For many artists, the opportunity to join the Rolling Stones in concert has to count as a career pinnacle — but when Grace Potter got the call to step out onstage for "Gimme Shelter" during the band's ...

One singer worked on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” She contextualized the latter in the Vietnam War era. “Gimme Shelter” arguably captured the late ...

Gimme Shelter saw the light of day on Dec. 6, 1970, a full year after the tragic Rolling Stones concert it documented. Directed by Albert and David Maysles, the movie began life as a simple fly-on-the ...

The Rolling Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter” — from the band’s classic Let it Bleed album — was recorded between February and November 1969 and features only four band members: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, ...

Late-1960s violence inspired The Rolling Stones‘ “Gimme Shelter”: It was written four days after Meredith Hunter was murdered at the Altamont festival in 1969. “Rape, murder, it’s just a shot away,” ...