The Rolling StonesBy: Viktor I. Gombocz and Cristi L. Olaraşu

Origin: London, United Kingdom Years active: 1962-present Genre: Rock, rock ‘n roll, blues-rock, rhythm and blues, blues

Labels: Decca, London, Rolling Stones, Virgin, ABKCO, Interscope, Polydor

The band

Mick Jagger (vocals) Keith Richards (guitar) Brian Jones (guitar) -committed suicide on

Thursday, 3 July, 1969, less than a month after leaving the band.

Bill Wyman (bass) Charlie Watts (drums)

Members: 1962-1969

Mick Jagger (vocals) Keith Richards (guitar) Mick Taylor (guitar) -left in 1974 to pursue

other interests. Charlie Watts (drums) Bill Wyman (bass)

Members: 1969-1974

Mick Jagger (vocals) Keith Richards (guitar) Charlie Watts (drums) Bill Wyman (bass) -considered leaving

before 1991’s Flashpoint , but didn’t officially

depart until January 1993. Ron Wood (guitar) -replaced Mick Taylor in

1975, and became a full member of the Stones’ projects following Flashpoint’s release in April 1991.

Members: 1975-1993

Mick Jagger (vocals) Keith Richards (guitar) Charlie Watts (drums) Ron Wood (guitar)

Members: 1993-present

Saturday, October 24, 1936: Bill Wyman born William George Perks; now age 76.

Monday, June 2, 1941: Charles Robert Watts born; now age 72.

Saturday, February 28, 1942: Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones born; died at the age of 27 on Thursday, July 3, 1969.

Monday, July 26, 1943: Michael Philip Jagger born; now age 70.

Saturday, December 18, 1943: Keith Richards born; now age 69.

Sunday, June 1, 1947: Ronald David Wood born; now age 66.

Monday, January 17, 1949: Michael Kevin Taylor born; now age 64.

Timeline of births

1962: The Rolling Stones established by founder, and later guitarist, Brian Jones, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

1963: Bassist Bill Wyman and Drummer Charlie Watts become the two newest members, replacing Ian Stewart and Dick Taylor, completing the lineup.

1964: British Invasion. Release of debut album (titled The Rolling Stones in the UK and England’s Newest Hit Makers in the US) and follow-up album, 12 X 5.

1965: Release of The Rolling Stones No. 2, The Rolling Stones, Now!, Out of Our Heads and December’s Children (And Everybody’s).

1966: Release of Aftermath and Got Live If You Want It! 1967: Release of Between the Buttons, Flowers, and Their Satanic

Majesties Request. 1968: Jones is arrested twice for marijuana. Release of Beggars

Banquet.

Important Events

1969: After only seven years with the Rolling Stones, Jones quits, and Mick Taylor is hired to replace him. Jones commits suicide in his pool right after midnight on Thursday, July 3, and is pronounced dead hours later. A two-day concert is dedicated to him on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5. Release of Let It Bleed.

1970: Release of Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert. 1971: Jagger marries his sweetheart Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias.

Release of the first album to feature the tongue and lip logo, Sticky Fingers, and Hot Rocks 1964-1971.

1972: Release of Exile on Main St. and More Hot Rocks Big Hits & Fazed Cookies.

1973: Richards is arrested for marijuana, cannabis, and illegal revolver possession. Release of Goats Head Soup.

1974: Release of It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll. Mick Taylor leaves the band to pursue other interests.

Important Events- cont.

1975: 28-year-old Ron Wood replaces Mick Taylor as the new guitarist.

1976: Release of Black and Blue. 1977: Richards is arrested for heroine possession in Toronto.

Release of Love You Live. 1978: Jagger and his wife Bianca file for divorce on

allegations of an affair with another woman, ending their seven year marriage. Release of Some Girls.

1979: Richards splits from his girlfriend of twelve years, Anita Pallenberg.

1980: Release of Emotional Rescue. 1981: Release of Sucking in the Seventies and Tattoo You. 1981/1982: Still Life Tour. 1982: Release of ‘’Still Life’’ (American Concert 1981).

Important Events- cont.

1983: Release of Undercover. Richards marries on December 18, his 40th birthday.

1985: Ian Stewart dies of a headache at only 47. Release of Jagger’s first solo album She’s the Boss.

1986: Release of Dirty Work. 1987: Release of Jagger’s second solo album Primitive Cool . 1989: Release of Steel Wheels. The Rolling Stones are inducted into the Rock ‘n

Roll Hall of Fame. 1989/1990: Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour. 1990: Jagger marries Jerry Hall. 1991: Release of Flashpoint. 1993: Wyman retires. Release of Jagger’s third solo album Wandering Spirit. 1994: Release of Voodoo Lounge. 1994/1995: Voodoo Lounge Tour. 1995: Release of Stripped. 1997: Release of Bridges to Babylon. 1997/1998: Bridges to Babylon Tour. 1998: Release of No Security.

Important Events- cont.

1999: No Security Tour. Jagger and Hall file for divorce after Hall discovers that Jagger’s new born son was born in an affair.

2001: Release of Jagger’s fourth solo album Goddess in the Doorway. 2002: Release of Forty Licks. 2002/2003: Licks tour. 2004: Release of Jagger’s fifth solo album (soundtrack album produced with

David A. Stewart) Alfie and Live Licks. 2005: Release of A Bigger Bang and Rarities 1971-2003. 2005-2007: A Bigger Bang Tour. 2007: Release of Jagger’s sixth and most recent solo album The Very Best of

Mick Jagger. 2008: Worldwide release of Shine a Light, the movie and album with live

performances from the October 29 and November 1 performances at the Beacon Theatre in New York City in 2006, featuring three guest stars- Buddy Guy, Christina Aguerila, and Jack White III with footage from the beginning of the band’s career.

2010: Release of Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) and Richards’ compilation album Vintage Winos.

Important Events- cont.

2011: Re-issue of Some Girls as double CD deluxe edition.

2012: The band announces a 50th anniversary tour for 2013, with a new compilation, GRRR! (released on Monday, 12 November), and prior tour dates set for 25 and 29 November 2012, at the O2 Arena in London, UK, and 13 and 15 December at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

2013: The band’s 50th anniversary tour kicks off with a concert in Hyde Park.

Important Events – cont.

1964: The Rolling Stones/England’s Newest Hit Makers and 12 X 5.

1965: The Rolling Stones No. 2, The Rolling Stones, Now!, Out of Our Heads and December’s Children (And Everybody’s).

1966: Aftermath and Got Live If You Want It! 1967: Between the Buttons, Flowers, and Their Satanic

Majesties Request. 1968: Beggars Banquet. 1969: Let It Bleed and Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits

Vol. 2).

Albums: 1964-1969

1970: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert. 1971: Sticky Fingers and Hot Rocks 1964-1971. 1972: Exile on Main St. and More Hot Rocks Big Hits &

Fazed Cookies. 1973: Goats Head Soup. 1974: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll. 1976: Black and Blue. 1977: Love You Live. 1978: Some Girls.

Albums: 1970-1979

1980: Emotional Rescue. 1981: Sucking in the Seventies and Tattoo You. 1982: ‘’Still Life’’ (American Concert 1981). 1983: Undercover. 1986: Dirty Work. 1989: Steel Wheels.

Albums: 1980-1989

1991: Flashpoint. 1994: Voodoo Lounge. 1995: Stripped. 1997: Bridges to Babylon. 1998: No Security.

Albums: 1990-1999

2002: Forty Licks. 2004: Live Licks. 2005: A Bigger Bang and Rarities 1971-2003. 2008: Shine a Light.

Albums: 2000-2009

2010: Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition). 2011: Some Girls (double disc re-issue). 2012: GRRR!

Albums: 2010-

‘’Come On’’ / ‘’I Want to Be Loved’’ ‘’I Wanna Be Your Man’’ / ‘’Stoned’’

Songs: 1963

‘’Not Fade Away’’ / ‘’Little By Little’’ (UK) ‘’Not Fade Away’’ / ‘’I Wanna Be Your Man’’ (US) ‘’It’s All Over Now’’ / ‘’Good Times, Bad Times’’ ‘’Tell Me’’ / ‘’I Just Want to Make Love to You’’ ‘’Time Is On My Side’’ / ‘’Congratulations’’ ‘’Little Red Rooster’’ / ‘’Off the Hook’’ ‘’Heart of Stone’’ / ‘’What a Shame’’

Songs: 1964

‘What a Shame’’ / ‘’Heart of Stone’’ ‘’The Last Time’’ / ‘’Play With Fire’’ ‘’Play With Fire’’ / ‘’The Last Time’’ ‘’(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’’ / ‘’The Under-

Assistant West Coast Promotion Man’’ (US) ‘’( I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’’ / ‘’The Spider and

the Fly’’ ‘’Get Off of My Cloud’’ / ‘’I’m Free’’ (US) ‘’Get Off of My Cloud’’ / ‘’The Singer Not Not The Song’’ (UK) ‘’As Tears Go By’’ / ‘’Gotta Get Away’’

Songs: 1965

‘’19th Nervous Breakdown’’ / ‘’As Tears Go By’’ ‘’19th Nervous Breakdown’’ / ‘’Sad Day’’ (US) ‘’Paint It, Black’’ / ‘’Stupid Girl’’ (US) ‘’Paint It, Black’’ / ‘’Long Long While’’ (UK) ‘’Mother’s Little Helper’’ / ‘’Lady Jane’’ ‘’Lady Jane’’ / ‘’Mother’s Little Helper’’ ‘’Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in

the Shadow?’’ / ‘’Who’s Driving Your Plane’’

Songs: 1966

‘’Let’s Spend The Night Together’’ / ‘’Ruby Tuesday’’

‘’Ruby Tuesday’’ / ‘’Let’s Spend The Night Together’’

‘’We Love You’’ / ‘’Dandelion’’ ‘’Dandelion’’ / ‘’We Love You’’ ‘’In Another Land’’ / ‘’The Lantern’’ ‘’She’s A Rainbow’’ / ‘’2000 Light Years From

Home’’

Songs: 1967

‘’Jumpin’ Jack Flash’’ / ‘’Child of the Moon’’ ‘’Street Fighting Man’’ / ‘’No Expectations’’

Songs: 1968

‘’Honky Tonk Women’’ / ‘’You Can’t Always Get What You Want’’ (Country version of ‘’Honky Tonk Women’’, called ‘’Country Honk’’ released on Let It Bleed).

Songs: 1969

‘’Brown Sugar’’ / ‘’Bitch’’ / ‘’Let It Rock’’ (live) (UK)

‘’Brown Sugar’’ / ‘’Bitch’’ (US) ‘’Wild Horses’’ / ‘’Sway’’ ‘’Street Fighting Man’’ / ‘’Surprise, Surprise’’

Songs: 1971

‘’Tumbling Dice’’ / ‘’Sweet Black Angel’’ ‘’Happy’’ / ‘’All Down The Line’’

Songs: 1972

‘’You Can’t Always Get What You Want’’ / ‘’Sad Day’’

‘’Angie’’ / ‘’Silver Train’’ ‘’Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)’’ /

‘’Dancing With Mr. D’’

Songs: 1973

‘’It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It)’’ / ‘’Through the Lonely Nights’’

‘’Ain’t Too Proud to Beg’’ / ‘’Dance Little Sister’’

Songs: 1974

‘’I Don’t Know Why’’ / ‘’Try a Little Harder’’ ‘’Out of Time’’ / ‘’Jiving Sister Funny’’

Songs: 1975

‘’Fool to Cry’’ / ‘’Crazy Mama’’ ‘’Hot Stuff’’ / ‘’Fool to Cry’’

Songs: 1976

‘’Miss You’’ / ‘’Far Away Eyes’’ ‘’Beast of Burden’’ / ‘’When the Whip Comes

Down’’ ‘’Respectable’’ / ‘’When the Whip Comes Down’’ ‘’Shattered’’ / ‘’Everything Is Turning to Gold’’

Songs: 1978

‘’Emotional Rescue’’ / ‘’Down in the Hole’’ ‘’She’s So Cold’’ / ‘’Send it to Me’’

Songs: 1980

‘’If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)’’ / ‘’If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)’’

‘’Start Me Up’’ / ‘’No Use In Crying’’ ‘’Waiting On A Friend’’ / ‘’Little T&A’’ ‘’Little T&A’’ / ‘’Waiting On A Friend’’

Songs: 1981

‘’Hang Fire’’ / ‘’Neighbours’’ ‘’Going to a Go-Go’’ (live) / ‘’Beast of Burden’’

(live) ‘’Time Is On My Side’’ (live) / ‘’Twenty Flight

Rock’’ (live)

Songs: 1982

‘’Undercover of the Night’’ / ‘’All the Way Down’’

Songs: 1983

‘’She Was Hot’’ / ‘’Think I’m Going Mad’’ ‘’Think I’m Going Mad’’ / ‘’She Was Hot’’ ‘’Too Tough’’ / ‘’Miss You’’ ‘’Brown Sugar’’ / ‘’Bitch’’ ‘’Too Much Blood’’ / ‘’Too Much Blood’’

Songs: 1984

‘’Harlem Shuffle’’ / ‘’Had It With You’’ ‘’Winning Ugly’’ / ‘’Winning Ugly’’ ‘’One Hit (To the Body)’’ / ‘’Fight’’

Songs: 1986

‘’Mixed Emotions’’ / ‘’Fancy Man Blues’’ ‘’Sad Sad Sad / ‘’Sad Sad Sad’’ ‘’Rock And A Hard Place’’ / ‘’Cook Cook Blues’’

Songs: 1989

‘’Almost Hear You Sigh’’ / ‘’Break the Spell’’ (US) ‘’Almost Hear You Sigh’’ / ‘’Wish I’d Never Met

You’’ (UK) ‘’Paint It, Black’’ / ‘’Long Long While’’ ‘’Terrifying’’ / ‘’Wish I’d Never Met You’’

Songs: 1990

‘’Highwire’’ / ‘’2000 Light Years From Home’’ (live) ‘’Ruby Tuesday’’ (live) / ‘’Play With Fire’’ (live) ‘’Sex Drive’’ / ‘’Sex Drive’’

Songs: 1991

‘’Love Is Strong’’ / ‘’The Storm’’ ‘’Love Is Strong’’ / ‘’So Young’’ ‘’You Got Me Rocking’’ / ‘’Jump On Top of Me’’ ‘’Out of Tears’’ / ‘’I’m Gonna Drive’’ / ‘’So Young’’ ‘’Out of Tears’’ / I’m Gonna Drive’’ / ‘’Sparks Will

Fly’’

Songs: 1994

‘’Sparks Will Fly’’ / ‘’Sparks Will Fly’’ ‘’I Go Wild’’ (remixes) ‘’Like A Rolling Stone’’ (live) / ‘’Black Limousine’’ /

‘’All Down The Line’’

Songs: 1995

‘’Wild Horses’’ (live) / ‘’Live With Me’’ (live) / ‘’Tumbling Dice’’ (live)

Songs: 1996

‘’Anybody Seen My Baby?’’ / remixes ‘’Flip The Switch’’ / ‘’Flip The Switch’’

Songs: 1997

‘’Saint of Me’’ / ‘’Gimme Shelter’’ / ‘’Anyway You Look At It’’

‘’Out of Control’’ / (remixes) ‘’Gimme Shelter’’ (live) / ‘’Gimme Shelter’’ (live)

Songs: 1998

‘’Don’t Stop’’ / ‘’Miss You’’ (remix)

Songs: 2002

‘’Sympathy for the Devil’’/ (remixes)

Songs: 2003

‘’Streets of Love’’ / ‘’Rough Justice’’ ‘’Oh No, Not You Again’’ / ‘’Oh No, Not You Again’’ ‘’Rain Fall Down’’ (remixes)

Songs: 2005

2006:◦ ‘’Biggest Mistake’’ / ‘’Dance Pt. 1 ‘’ (live) / ‘’Before They

Make Me Run’’

2007: ‘’Paint It, Black’’

Songs: 2006-2007

2008:◦ ‘’Gimme Shelter’’ ◦ ‘’Sympathy for the Devil’’◦ ‘’She’s a Rainbow’’

2009: ‘’Wild Horses’’

2010: ‘’Plundered My Soul’’ / ‘’All Down The Line’’

Songs: 2008-2010

2011:◦ “No Spare Parts” / “Before They Make Me Run”

2012:◦ “Doom and Gloom” / “One More Shot”

Songs: 2011-

Rolling Stones vs. The Beatles

Best song: ‘’Salt of the Earth’’ Best song: ‘’Let It Be’’

ROLLING STONES◦ Active 1962-present.◦ Five member band until

Bill Wyman’s departure in 1993.

◦ Described themselves as ‘’tough guys.’’

◦ More successful partnership between lead singers (M. Jagger and K. Richards).

THE BEATLES◦ Active 1960-1970.◦ Four member band

throughout their existence.

◦ Described themselves as ‘’nice guys.’’

◦ Less successful partnership between lead singers (J. Lennon and P. McCartney).

THE END- Long live the Stones!!!