A New Magazine Called Rolling Stone

A college dropout and a jazz critic make history...

Nov 09, 2024

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The first issue of Rolling Stone featured John Lennon on the cover, and looked more like a newspaper than later issues.

November 9, 1967

The counter cultural magazine Rolling Stone publishes its first edition on this date, changing the world of popular music forever. Founded in San Francisco by UC Berkley dropout Jann Wenner, and Ralph J. Gleason, a jazz …

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