336K views · 13K reactions | 'Gimme Shelter' was released on this day in 1969. Watch Charlie and his fabulous Rolling Stones play the song on BBC TV's Pop Go The Sixties. | Charlie Watts | Facebook

The Rolling Stones. The song was recorded in London at Olympic Studios in February and March of 1969; the vocals were recorded in Los Angeles at Sunset Sound Recorders and Elektra Studios in October and November that same year. This is about the political and social unrest at the time. There was the