The Rolling Stones Wikipedia. The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England in 1. The first stable line up consisted of Brian Jones guitar, harmonica, Mick Jagger lead vocals, Keith Richards guitar, backing vocals, Bill Wyman bass, Charlie Watts drums, and Ian Stewart piano. Stewart was removed from the official line up in 1. How To Install Camtasia Studio 8 Crack. Jones left the band less than a month prior to his death in 1. Mick Taylor, who remained until 1. After Taylor left the band, Ronnie Wood took his place in 1. Richards ever since. Following Wymans departure in 1. Darryl Jones joined as their touring bassist. Touring keyboardists for the band have been Nicky Hopkins 1. Ian Mc. Lagan 1. Billy Preston through the mid 1. Chuck Leavell 1. The band was first led by Brian Jones, but after developing into the bands songwriters, Jagger and Richards assumed leadership while Jones dealt with legal and personal troubles. The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands that became popular in the United States in 1. Digital Video Essentials Hd Dvd. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the group began a short period of musical experimentation in the mid 1. Their Satanic Majesties Request 1. Subsequently, the group returned to its bluesy roots with Beggars Banquet 1. Let It Bleed 1. 96. Sticky Fingers 1. Exile on Main St. Golden Age. During this period, they were first introduced on stage as The Worlds Greatest Rock and Roll Band. Musicologist Robert Palmer attributed the endurance of the Rolling Stones to their being rooted in traditional verities, in rhythm and blues and soul music, while more ephemeral pop fashions have come and gone. The band continued to release commercially successful albums, including Some Girls 1. Tattoo You 1. 98. From 1. 98. 3 to 1. Jagger and Richards almost caused the band to split. However, they managed to patch up their friendship after they separated temporarily to work on solo projects, and experienced a comeback with Steel Wheels 1. Exile Rolling Stones' title='Exile Rolling Stones' />Since the 1. Despite this, the Rolling Stones have continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with stadium tours in the 1. By 2. 00. 7, the band had four of the top five highest grossing concert tours of all time Voodoo Lounge Tour 1. Bridges to Babylon Tour 1. Licks Tour 2. 00. A Bigger Bang Tour 2. The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1. Artist The Rolling Stones Album Exile On Main Street 1972 Track 14 Whos that woman on your arm all dressed up to do you harm And Im hip to what she. UK Music Hall of Fame in 2. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them fourth on the 1. Greatest Artists of All Time list and their estimated album sales are above 2. They have released 3. Let It Bleed 1. 96. No. 1 studio and live albums in the UK. Sticky Fingers 1. No. 1 studio albums in the US. In 2. 00. 8, the band ranked 1. Billboard Hot 1. 00 All Time Top Artists chart. Exile Rolling Stones' title='Exile Rolling Stones' />In 2. HistoryeditEarly historyeditKeith Richards and Mick Jagger became childhood friends and classmates in 1. Dartford, Kent,56 before the Jagger family moved to Wilmington, five miles 8. In the mid 1. 95. Jagger formed a garage band with his friend Dick Taylor the group mainly played material by Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Howlin Wolf and Bo Diddley. Jagger met Richards again in 1. Dartford railway station, and the Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records that Jagger was carrying revealed a common interest. A musical partnership began shortly afterwards. Exile Rolling Stones' title='Exile Rolling Stones' />Rolling Stones Records, 1972 A dirty whirl of blues and boogie, the Rolling Stones 1972 double LP was the first grunge record, guitarist Keith Richards crowed. Stones-Billboard050608v2-.jpg' alt='Exile Rolling Stones' title='Exile Rolling Stones' />Richards joined Jagger and Taylor at frequent meetings at Jaggers house. The meetings switched to Taylors house in late 1. Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith the quintet called themselves the Blues Boys. In March 1. 96. 2 the Blue Boys read about the Ealing Jazz Club in Jazz News newspaper, which mentioned Alexis Korners rhythm and blues band, Blues Incorporated. The group sent a tape of their best recordings to Korner, who was favourably impressed and visited Ealing Jazz Club on 7 April where they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included the slide guitarist. Brian Jones, the keyboardist Ian Stewart and the drummer Charlie Watts. After a meeting with Korner, Jagger and Richards started jamming with the group. Jones, no longer in a band, advertised for bandmates in Jazz Weekly, while Stewart found them a practice space 1. Chicago blues. Soon after, Jagger, Taylor and Richards left Blues Incorporated to join Jones and Stewart. At the first rehearsal were also the guitarist Geoff Bradford and the vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom decided not to join the band, citing objections to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards. In June 1. 96. 2 the line up of Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart and Taylor was completed with the addition of the drummer Tony Chapman. According to Richards, Jones named the band during a phone call to Jazz News. When asked by a journalist for the bands name, Jones saw a Muddy Waters LP lying on the floor one of the tracks was Rollin Stone. Building a followingedit. The back room of what was the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, London where the Rolling Stones had their first residency in 1. Jones, Jagger, Richards, Stewart and Taylor played a gig billed as the Rollin Stones on 1. July 1. 96. 2, at the Marquee Club in London. Shortly afterwards the band went on their first tour of the UK, which they called a training ground tour, because it was a new experience for all of them. Their material included the Chicago blues as well as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs. At that time, the line up included neither bassist Bill Wyman, who joined in December 1. Charlie Watts, who joined in January 1. By 1. 96. 3 they were finding their musical stride as well as popularity,2. Britains most popular group, even outranking the Beatles. The name of the band was changed shortly after their first gig to The Rolling Stones. The groups then acting manager Giorgio Gomelsky secured a Sunday afternoon residency at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond in February 1. Gomelsky claimed, triggered an international renaissance for the blues. In May 1. 96. 3, The Rolling Stones signed Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager 2. Beatles. 1. 7 Because Oldham was only nineteen and had not reached the age of majorityhe was also younger than anyone in the bandhe could not get an agents licence nor sign any contracts without his mother also signing. By necessity he joined with booking agent Eric Easton in order to secure record financing and assistance booking venues. Gomelsky, who had no written agreement with the band, was not consulted. Initially, Oldham tried to apply the strategy used by Brian Epstein, the Beatles manager making the band members wear suits. Later, he changed his mind and imagined a band which contrasted with the Beatles, featuring unmatched clothing, long hair, an unclean appearance. He later said he wanted to make the Stones a raunchy, gamy, unpredictable bunch of undesirables and to establish that the Stones were threatening, uncouth and animalistic. Stewart left the official line up, but remained road manager and touring keyboardist. On Stewarts decision, Oldham later said Well, he just doesnt look the part, and six is too many for fans to remember the faces in the picture. Later, Oldham reduced the ages of the band members in publicity to make them appear as teenagers.