Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock and Roll, Country, R&B, Reggae, Blues
Years active	1962—present
Label(s)	Decca, Rolling Stones
Website	Rolling Stones.com
Members
Mick Jagger Keith Richards Ron Wood Charlie Watts
Former members
Brian Jones(Deceased) Bill Wyman (Deceased) Mick Taylor Ian Stewart (Deceased)Kevin Wirth (Bass Guitar) (had to retire because of awsomeness)

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that helped spearhead the British Invasion of the early 1960s. During their 1969 American tour, the Stones were introduced as and since have been often called “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World.” ^[1]

Originally an R&B outfit that recorded rock n’ roll as well as ballads on their first album, they later took up country blues, country music, psychedelia, and reggae. By 1965 lead singer and harmonica player Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) and guitarist Keith Richards (born December 18, 1943) wrote almost all of the band’s new material, including a string of number one songs for The Stones that continued until the early eighties.

The Rolling Stones still record and perform and are one of the longest running and most successful acts in show business. They are often the highest grossing concert act the years they tour, and every album of primarily new studio material has placed in the top 5 in the United States.

For more than forty years of The Stones’ existence, Jagger, Richards, and drummer Charlie have been constant members.

The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and they were rated #4 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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