The Rolling Stones

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Biography

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones on guitar and harmonica, Ian Stewart on piano, Mick Jagger on lead vocals and harmonica, Keith Richards on guitar and backing vocals, Bill Wyman on bass and Charlie Watts on drums. Jones founded and led the band, but Jagger and Richards assumed leadership after becoming the primary songwriters. Jones' increasing physical and mental troubles forced his departure from the band two weeks prior to his drowning death in 1969. Since Wyman retired in 1993, full band members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood who joined in 1975, replacing Mick Taylor (who had followed Jones). The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Rolling Stones in 1989. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them fourth on the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list and their album sales are estimated at more than 200 million worldwide. The Rolling Stones were in the vanguard of the "British Invasion" of English bands that became popular in the U.S. in the mid-sixties. They have released twenty-four studio albums, eleven live albums and numerous compilations. Their album Sticky Fingers (1971) began a string of eight consecutive studio albums reaching number one in the United States. Their most recent album of new material, A Bigger Bang, was released in 2005. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked the Rolling Stones at number ten on "The Billboard Top All-Time Artists" and as the second most successful group in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Rolling Stones' advent brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records' artist Muddy Waters, writer of "Rollin' Stone", the song for which the band is named. Critic and musicologist Robert Palmer said their endurance and relevance stems from being "rooted in traditional verities, in rhythm-and-blues and soul music" while "more ephemeral pop fashions have come and gone". In 2012 the band celebrated their 50th anniversary.

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Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1962
Number of Albums 163
Record Label Rolling Stones Records
Website rollingstones.com
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Trivia

What is the name of the free encyclopedia that contains information about the Rolling Stones?

Wikipedia

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Who was the first vocalist in the first stable lineup of Rolling stone?

Mick Jagger

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When did Andrew Loog Oldham become the band's manager?

1963

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Who became the primary creative force behind the band?

Jagger and Richards

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What did Jones develop that interfered with his ability to contribute meaningfully?

drug addiction

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In what year did the British Invasion take place?

1964

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What year was Paint It Black released?

1966

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What was the name of the first original album released by the band?

Aftermath

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What was the name of the band that the Stones began calling themselves in the late '60s?

World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band

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Who wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars?

Keith Richards and Brian Jones

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The Stones flirted with the seedy side of what genre?

rock & roll

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Where was the 1969 concert?

Altamont

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards remained at the core of what group?

Rolling Stones

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In what year did Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet at a train station in Dartford, England?

1961

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What was the name of the train station where the Rolling Stones' foundational pieces met?

Dartford

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Where did Richards attend art college?

Sidcup Art College

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What two genres of music did Jagger collect?

blues and R&B

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What was Jagger's style of singing?

unique

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Jagger and Richards began performing with what band?

Blues Incorporated

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Who composed the song Satisfaction in 1965?

Keith Richards

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When did the Rolling Stones tour the world?

19661969

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Who took Brian's place after Richards and Jagger's approval?

Mick Taylor

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Who were both blamed for Brians death?

Richards and Jagger

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What was a painful moment for the Stones?

The loss of one of their founding members

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When were the Rolling Stones formed?

1949

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Who were the two main members of the group?

guitarist Keith Richards and singer Mick Jagger

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Where was Richard born?

Dartford, Kent, England

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How many years later did Jagger and Richards cross paths again?

Eleven

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Where was Jagger attending at the time?

London's School of Economics

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Who held blues jams at the Ealing Club?

Alexis Korner

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Who was the guitarist in the group that Jagger joined?

Brian Jones

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How long have the Rolling Stones been together?

five decades

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How many consecutive gold albums have the Stones released?

ten

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What influences did the Rolling Stones influence?

bluesrock, hard rock, and grunge bands

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Where were Keith Richards and Mick Jagger classmates in the 1950s?

Kent, England

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When did Jagger and Richards meet at a train station?

1960

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Where was Jagger on his way to?

London School of Economics

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What was Richards studying at Sidcup Art College?

graphic art

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What year did Stewart die?

1985

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When did Jones die?

1969

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What year did Mick Taylor leave the band?

1974

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Who replaced Taylor in 1975?

Ron Wood

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What is Darryl Jones currently doing?

touring bassist

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What album did the Rolling Stones release?

Sticky Fingers

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What year did the Rolling Stones form?

1962

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What style of music did the Stones use to create a unique vision of the dark side of post-1960s counterculture?

Chicago blues

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Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Van Morrison have maintained what?

individual positions in rocks front line

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What has become rocks definitive, emblematic band?

the Stones

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Jagger and Richards established the classic rock band archetypes of what?

the preening, narcissistic singer and the haggard, obsessive guitarist

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What was the potential for mass market success at first?

negligible

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By what year were Jagger's and Richard's bands second in mass market popularity?

1965

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Where was the band originally formed?

London

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What was Keith Richards' profession?

guitarist

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What year did Sticky Fingers begin a string of eight consecutive studio albums that reached number one in the US?

1971

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What was the name of the band that Sticky fingers formed with Dick Taylor?

Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys

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Who were the founders of the Stones?

Brian Jones, and pianist Ian Stewart

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