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The Rolling Stones Biography

(1962–)

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2008 Shine A Light
2005 Rarities 1971-2003
2005 A Bigger Bang

2005 Singles 1968-1971
2004 Live Licks (US Version)
2004 Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones
2004 Singles 1965-1967
2004 Singles 1963-1965
2002 Forty Licks [Collector's Edition]
2002 More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) [Reissue]
2000 Flashpoint
1998 No Security
1997 Bridges To Babylon
1995 Stripped
1994 Voodoo Lounge
1989 Singles Collection: The London Years
1989 Steel Wheels
1986 Dirty Work
1984 Rewind (1971-1984)
1983 Undercover
1982 Still Life
1981 Tattoo You
1981 Sucking In The Seventies
1980 Emotional Rescue
1978 Some Girls
1977 Love You Live
1976 Black and Blue
1975 Made In the Shade
1975 Metamorphosis
1974 It's Only Rock 'n Roll
1973 Goats Head Soup
1972 Exile On Main St.
1971 Hot Rocks 1964-1971
1971 Sticky Fingers
1970 Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
1969 Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
1969 Let It Bleed
1968 Beggars Banquet
1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request
1967 Flowers
1967 Between The Buttons
1966 Aftermath
1966 Got LIVE If You Want It!
1966 Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)
1965 Out Of Our Heads
1965 December's Children (And Everybody's)
1965 The Rolling Stones, Now!
1964 12 X 5
1964 England's Newest Hit Makers

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Musical group. Early members included Mick Jagger (b. July 26, 1943, in Dartford, England), Brian Jones (b. February 28, 1942, in Cheltenham, England–d. July 3, 1969, in London, England), Keith Richards (b. December 18, 1943, in Dartford, England), Bill Wyman (b. October 24, 1936, in London), Ian Stewart (b. July 18, 1938, in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotlandd. December 12, 1985, in London, England) and Charlie Watts (b. June 2, 1941, in London, England). Rising to fame in the mid-1960s, the Rolling Stones emerged as the bad boys of rock, and they continue to enjoy great popularity to this day.

The group was formed in 1962 by guitarist Brian Jones. Previous to starting the group, he had made several guest appearances with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, an emerging blues group that often played at the Ealing Club. There he met singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Dick Taylor and Keith Richards, the members of another blues-influenced group, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. They soon joined Jones's new band, and pianist Ian Stewart also became a part of it after answering Jones's advertisement for musicians. Taylor left the group by the fall of that year and was eventually replaced by Bill Wyman. After running through a few other drummers, the band got Charlie Watts to come onboard in early 1963.

Under the direction of their manager Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling Stones were marketed as a group of rebellious, hedonistic rockers. By that June, Stewart had been let go because he did not fit the image that the band was trying to project. (He did, however, agree to serve as their road manager as well as to play and record with them.) Oldham was able to get the group a deal with Decca Records. In their early efforts, the band recorded several cover versions of other people's songs. But Richards and Jagger soon emerged as a powerful songwriting duo, at first using the pseudonym "Nanker Phelge" for their songwriting credits.

The Rolling Stones first made the British charts in 1964 with a cover version of Bobby Womack's "It's All Over Now." That same year, the band toured the United States and had their first U.S. hit with "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday." More hits soon followed, including the chart-topping "Satisfaction" and "Paint It Black."

Many of the band members seemed to live up to their image as wild rockers, enjoying a hard-partying lifestyle. Richards' home in the English countryside was raided by police on February 12, 1967. In addition to Richards, Mick Jagger, Jagger's girlfriend Marianne Faithfull, and several others were in the home at the time. During their search, police officers found drug paraphernalia and several illegal substances. Both Jagger and Richards were tried and convicted for drug-related offenses, but their sentences were dropped on appeal.

Despite their hedonistic lifestyle, the Rolling Stones continued to make great rock 'n' roll. Beggars Banquet was released in 1968, and featured a straightforward rock style. One of its singles, "Jumpin' Jack Flash," almost made it to the top of the charts. The band, however, ran into difficulty the following year.