This amazing, now, world famous band of musicians formed back in 1962, making their debut on July 12th at the Marquee Jazz Club in London, as the group called the Rolling Stones.
At that time, the band consisted of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones, augmented by Dick Taylor and Ian Stewart.
In December of that year, a new bassist named Bill Wyman would replace Dick Taylor. Within a month, the band would gain a new addition, Charlie Watts, who would become the bands’ permanent drummer.
Prior to the bands formation:
Charlie Watts, reluctant to join the band at first, was originally in a day job in advertising.
Bill Wyman was a former Royal Air Force ACI Air Craftsman First Class and an ex-member, of the band The Clifton’s.Mick Jagger and Keith Richards first met at Maypole County Primary School, in Wilmington, Kent in 1951, and then lost contact with each other.
In October 1960, Jagger, then a student at the London School of Economics and Richards – who was attending Sidcup Art School, renewed their acquaintance, quite by accident; travelling on a train.
THE BANDWith these band members now in place, they made their first television appearance as the ‘Rolling Stones’ on a weekly pop show called ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’, on July 7, 1963, singing ‘Come On’; a cover version of a Chuck Berry song.
The Rolling Stones made 12 other appearances on the series over the next three years.
The following month, the group made their first of 19 appearances on ‘Ready Steady Go’! The bottom of the bill included: Jerry and the Pacemakers, Freddie and the Dreamers, Kath Kirby and Kenny Lynch.
The bands first five UK singles were all cover versions:
Chuck Berry’s, ‘Come On’, the Beatles, ‘I wana Be Your man’, Buddy Holly’s, ‘Not fade Away’, Bobby Womack’s, ‘It’s all over Now’ and Willie Nixon’s “Little Red Rooster’.
The members of the band, being greatly influenced by these other musical greats.
The band’s first US tour would be June 1964, taking America by storm, with their rebellious, and ‘Look out here we come’ attitude.
The sixth was their own composition, ‘The Last Time’, and it topped the charts in March 1965.
In 1969, the Stones gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park, two days after the death of former guitarist Brian Jones.
They performed 14 songs that evening, with support bands: The third Ear Band, The Battered Ornaments, King Crimson, Screw, Alexis Komer’s New Church and Family.
Jagger and Richards are among some of the worlds most accomplished of song writing teams.
KEITHS GENEROUS ACT OF KINDNESS
It is a credit to Keith Richards, for his generous saving of the village hall in West Wittering in Sussex, England, in October 1998, when he donated £30.000 for renovations and a new roof.
The hall was built in honour of the First World War locals that died. It was being used by the West Wittering Players, and as the Welcome Club for the over 60’s and others.
FIRST INTERNET GIG
On November 18 1994, the Rolling Stones became the first major band to broadcast live on the internet, direct form the Cotton Bowl, Fair Park in Dallas with the URL of http/www.stones.com, and made available by multimedia company Thinking Pictures.
Fascinating, one of the best in world music and remembered for life, this is the Rolling Stones
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