The Rolling Stones
Group
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts, after keyboardist Ian Stewart was sidelined by their manager Andrew Loog Oldham (though Stewart was retained as the band's road manager and session/touring keyboardist until his death in 1985). During their early years, Jones was the primary leader. Oldham encouraged them to write their own songs. The Jagger–Richards partnership soon became the band's primary songwriting and creative force.
Members
- Brian Jones
- Ian Stewart
- Mick Jagger
- Dick Taylor
- Keith Richards
- Colin Golding
- Ricky Fenson
- Carlo Little
- Bill Wyman
- Mick Taylor
- Charlie Watts
- Ronnie Wood
- Darryl Jones
- Mick Avory
- Tony Chapman