Independent Research Entry - Jimmy Miller & The Rolling Stones

Jimmy Miller is a music/record producer who has produced and worked on hundreds of successful albums. He has worked with many bands around the 1960’s to early 1990’s including Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, Motorhead, and The Rolling Stones. Jimmy Miller’s work with The Rolling Stones had a very significant impact on the bands career and success. Miller contributed to the albums Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, and many other Rolling Stones songs such as “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Brown Sugar”. Before the recording of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, The Rolling Stones were struggling to get their albums to achieve high commercial success. They were in trouble and needed producer Jimmy Miller to produce their music. With the help of Miller and engineer Glyn Johns, the Rolling Stones would soon launch their career to the next level with the release of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. It was a huge success and went to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom.

The success of Jimmy Miller’s work is made up of many characteristics. One of the main characteristics of his success in the music industry includes the highly skilled and professional engineers that Miller knew. He worked with legendary engineers Eddie Kramer and Glyn Johns who are both very respected and well known in the music industry. The engineering talent of Eddie Kramer and Glyn Johns allowed Miller to focus on the overall big picture while they focused on the technical aspects. Another characteristic that led to Jimmy Miller’s success is the passion and dedication he devoted to his work. Miller was positive, encouraging, and creative when it came to producing music. He was very passionate and detailed with his work and wasn’t afraid to try new things in the studio. All of these characteristics as well as many more helped The Rolling Stones create great albums and allowed Jimmy Miller to produce great music.

Jimmy Miller leaves a strong impression on me as a listener and industry professional. I am a big fan of The Rolling Stones, but I was not that aware to how much Miller contributed to the bands work. He was one of the main reasons for the success of The Rolling Stones and shows how a producer can take a band that was struggling to sell their records, and put their albums at the top. Jimmy Miller is well recognized for producing great albums and influences myself to one day be a music producer.