re: Rolling Stones

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Bringing up Irma Thomas to sing her “Time is in on my Side ” with Mick was legendary. Mick explained how they heard this song coming over the radio back in England and loved it so much they recorded it and it became their first hit in the United States.

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Thomas refused to sing her version after the Rolling Stones' recording for multiple decades, telling interviewers that the band had not acknowledged her despite giving support act slots to other singers like Tina Turner. In 1992, she began performing it again following a TV show appearance in which the host Bonnie Raitt introduced her as the original singer. On May 2, 2024, during the Rolling Stones' performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Jagger and Thomas performed the song as a duet, which was the first time the Rolling Stones had performed the song live since 1998

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