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The Rolling Stones
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The Rolling Stones were formed in London in 1962. The singer Mick Jagger and the guitarist Keith Richards already knew each other from Dartford, and the guitarist Brian Jones chose the name, after a record by the bluesman Muddy Waters. By early 1963 the bassist Bill Wyman and the drummer Charlie Watts had joined. Together with The Beatles, the Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion: British bands that brought American rhythm and blues back to America.
Music and breakthrough
Manager Andrew Loog Oldham pushed Jagger and Richards to write songs themselves. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965) became their first number 1 hit in America; Richards plays the riff through a Maestro Fuzz-Tone, one of the first effects pedals. In Paint It, Black (1966) Jones plays sitar. After an excursion into psychedelia with Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), the band returned to blues and rhythm and blues on Beggars Banquet (1968). Jones left the group in June 1969 and drowned a month later; Mick Taylor took his place. Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main St. (1972) followed. At the end of 1974 Taylor left, and Ronnie Wood replaced him.
Influence
The Stones kept moving with the times: Miss You (1978) is rock with a disco bass line. The acoustic Wild Horses reveals the influence of the country singer Gram Parsons, and in this way the Stones also belong to the history of country rock. Watts died in 2021. In 2023 Hackney Diamonds appeared, their first album of new original material in eighteen years.
Listening
Wild Horses · The Rolling Stones, 1971Apple Music ↗
Paint It, Black · The Rolling Stones, 1966Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 196412 × 5
- 1964England’s Newest Hit Makers
- 1965December’s Children (and Everybody’s)
- 1965Out of Our Heads
- 1965The Rolling Stones No. 2
- 1965The Rolling Stones, Now!
- 1966Aftermath
- 1967Between the Buttons
- 1967Their Satanic Majesties Request
- 1968Beggars Banquet
- 1969Let It Bleed
- 1971Sticky Fingers
- 1972Exile on Main St.
- 1973Goats Head Soup
- 1974It’s Only Rock ’n Roll
- 1976Black and Blue
- 1978Some Girls
- 1980Emotional Rescue
- 1981Tattoo You
- 1983Undercover
- 1986Dirty Work
- 1989Steel Wheels
- 1994Voodoo Lounge
- 1997Bridges to Babylon
- 2005A Bigger Bang
- 2016Blue & Lonesome
- 2023Hackney Diamonds
- 2026Foreign Tongues
In School of Rock
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- Mixtape 3: The BeatlesNL Reader
- Mixtape 4: When Rock Was Still PopNL Reader
- Mixtape 9: The InstrumentNL Reader
- Magazine: The Album Cover Is InventedNL Magazine
Mentioned in other articles
- British beat and the British Invasion Genre
From 1964 they, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and The Kinks conquered the American charts: the British Invasion.
- Country rock Genre
The Rolling Stones recorded Wild Horses with country influence from Gram Parsons, and Eagles from Los Angeles blended rock with country.
- Chicago blues Genre
British bands such as The Rolling Stones, named after a song by Muddy Waters, built on it.
- Raga rock Genre
George Harrison played sitar on Norwegian Wood (1965) by The Beatles and later took lessons from Ravi Shankar; The Byrds and The Rolling Stones, with Paint It Black (1966), also used the sound.
See also
- December’s Children (and Everybody’s)
- Out of Our Heads
- Aftermath
- Between the Buttons
- Goats Head Soup
- It’s Only Rock ’n Roll
- Black and Blue
- Some Girls
- Emotional Rescue
- Tattoo You
- Undercover
- Dirty Work
- Steel Wheels
- Voodoo Lounge
- A Bigger Bang
- Raga rock
- British beat and the British Invasion
- Chicago blues