The Rolling Stones’ ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’ became the first live album to top charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1970

It’s 1970. The Rolling Stones have just wrapped up their first US tour since the Altamont disaster, and they’re riding high on the raw energy of those shows. They release a live album, Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!, and it does something no live record had ever done before: hit number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom simultaneously.

The album captured the band at a peak — Mick Jagger’s swagger, Keith Richards’ riffing, and a setlist that tore through “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Street Fighting Man,” and a cover of “Little Queenie.” It wasn’t just a commercial milestone; it proved that a live album could be more than a souvenir — it could be a statement. The Stones had already conquered the world in the studio; now they’d done it onstage, too.