Editing Brian Jones (section)

==Songwriting credits==
Unsure and insecure as a composer, Jones was not a prolific songwriter. The 30-second "[[Rice Krispies]]" [[advertising jingle|jingle]] for [[Kellogg Company|Kellogg's]], co-written with the [[J. Walter Thompson]] advertising agency in 1963 and performed by the Rolling Stones incognito, was credited to Jones; this did not sit well with the rest of the band, who felt it was a group effort and all should benefit equally.{{sfn|Wyman|Havers|2002|p=90}} Jones was also included in the "[[Nanker Phelge|Nanker/Phelge]]" songwriting credit, a pseudonym used on fourteen tracks that were composed by the entire band and Andrew Oldham.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Oldham tried to establish a songwriting partnership between Jones and [[Gene Pitney]] after "becoming bored senseless by Jones's bleating about the potential of half-finished melodies that by no means deserved completion", but after two days of sessions "the results remain best to be unheard, even by Rolling Stones' completists".{{sfn|Oldham|2002|p=288}} In 1995, Mick Jagger told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine that Jones had been jealous of the Jagger/Richards songwriting team, and added: "To be honest, Brian had no talent for writing songs. None. I've never known a guy with less talent for songwriting."<ref name="jaggerremembers" />

Faithfull reported that Jones wrote an early version of the melody for "[[Ruby Tuesday (song)|Ruby Tuesday]]" and presented it to the group. [[Victor Bockris]] reported that Richards and Jones worked out the final melody in the studio.<ref>Bockris, Keith Richards, Dutch translation, 1993, p.93-94</ref> Additionally, Jones is credited (along with Richards) for the instrumental piece "Hear It". However, in 1966, Jones composed, produced, and played on the soundtrack to ''[[Mord und Totschlag]]'' (English title: ''A Degree Of Murder''), an avant-garde German film with Anita Pallenberg, adding the majority of the instrumentation to the soundtrack.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The only known released Jones song is "(Thank You) For Being There", which is a poem by Jones put to music by [[Carla Olson]] (who coincidentally has collaborated with Mick Taylor). It appeared on the 1990 album ''True Voices'' as performed by [[Natural Acoustic Band#Krysia Kocjan (Krysia Kristianne)|Krysia Kristianne]] and [[Robin Williamson]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}