“No, that’s Aerosmith’s song, ‘Walk This Way,’” Rubin said. Which generated a look that best translates to: What’s an Aerosmith? But the song was destined to be a once and future ...

This is the oral history of Run-DMC’s cover of “Walk This Way”. It’s 15 December 1974, and Perry, Aerosmith’s 24-year-old lead guitarist, is messing with a riff before a gig in Honolulu.

Co-written by Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, “Walk This Way” would go on to become the biggest hit off of “Toys in the Attic,” Aerosmith’s third LP that was released 50 years ago on ...