The Rolling Stones in the 1960s.
Fr left: Jagger, Jones, Richards, Wyman,
and Watts.

The Rolling Stones are an English band whose rhythm and blues and rock & roll- based music became popular
during the "British Invasion" in the early 1960s. The Rolling Stones are the legendary British rock band
known for many popular hits, such as Paint it Black, Lady Jane, Ruby Tuesday, and (I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction. The band were formed in London in 1962 by original leader Brian Jones, but were eventually
led by the songwriting partnership of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. Pianist Ian
Stewart, drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman completed the early lineup. Little did the Rolling
Stones know how apt their name inspired by the title of a Muddy Waters song, “Rollin’ Stone” would turn
out to be. Formed in 1962, they are the longest-lived continuously active group in rock and roll history.
They are also, according to a slogan that is supported by critical and popular consensus, “the World’s
Greatest Rock and Roll Band”. Throughout four decades of shifting tastes in the arena of popular music,
the Stones have kept rolling, adapting to the latest sounds and styles without straying too far from their
origins as a blues-loving, guitar-based rock and roll band. In all aspects, theirs has been a remarkable
career and one with no apparent end in sight.

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The Stones regrouped for an energetic, well-received world tour following the recording of strong,
creatively resurgent Steel Wheels. In the Nineties, the Rolling Stones have found a way to accommodate
the solo careers of its two principals, Jagger and Richards, while leaving time for band projects. In
fact, the group is seemingly more active now than it’s been since the Seventies, having released studio
albums (including the Stones’ first Best Rock Album Grammy-winner, Voodoo Lounge) and the live No
Security, and kicked off lengthy tours in 1994 (Voodoo Lounge) and 1997 (Bridges to Babylon). Through it
all, no one has yet dethroned the Rolling Stones of their title as the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band.

The writing of the single "The Last Time," The Stones' first major single, proved a turning point.
Richards called it, "a bridge into thinking about writing for The Stones. It gave us a level of
confidence; a pathway of how to do it."[14] Built around a riff played by Brian Jones, the song was based
on a traditional gospel song popularised by The Staples Singers and would be emblematic of the heavily
guitar based sound to come.

The band have released 55 albums of original work[4] and compilations, and have had 32 U.K & U.S top-10
singles.[5] They have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide. In 1989 the Rolling Stones were
inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 they were ranked number 4 in Rolling
Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time