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1943 Jul 26 Mick Jagger Born in Dartford, Kent, England
Jagger was born into a middle class family at the Livingstone Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger (13 April 1913 - 11 November 2006), and his p...
1960 Oct Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Meet by Chance on a Train
In 1961, Keith Richards had a chance meeting with Mick Jagger who was traveling in the same train carriage as him. Keith was impressed with the imported LPs that Mick was carrying. They g...
1962 Jul The Rolling Stones Name their Band After Muddy Waters Song, "Rollin' Stone Blues"
In July, the Stones take their name from a Muddy Waters song called "Rollin' Stone Blues" and make their live debut at London's Marquee Club (minus Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts). They sta...
1964 Apr 16 Release of The Rolling Stones' Self-Titled Debut Album
The Rolling Stones is the debut album by The Rolling Stones, released by Decca Records in the United Kingdom on 16 April 1964. The American edition of the LP—with a slightly different tra...
1964 May 30 Rolling Stones' First Album Released in US as 'England's Newest Hitmakers'
Their take on Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You" is steeped in Chicago blues filtered through a West London sensibility, while the insistent harp on their hit cover of Buddy...
1964 Oct 17 Rolling Stones Release '12 X 5'
12 X 5 is the second American album by The Rolling Stones released in 1964 following the massive success of their debut The Rolling Stones in the UK and the promising sales of its America...
1965 Jan 15 Rolling Stones Release 'The Rolling Stones No. 2'
The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the second UK album by The Rolling Stones released in 1965 following the massive success of 1964's debut The Rolling Stones. Not surprisingly, The Rolling Ston...
1965 Feb 13 The Rolling Stones Release 'The Rolling Stones, Now!'
The Rolling Stones, Now! is the third American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1965 by their initial American distributor, London Records. The album contained seven tra...
1965 May 10 The Rolling Stones Begin Three-Day Recording Session of 'Satisfaction'
In the spring of 1965, England’s newest hitmakers, the Rolling Stones, embarked on a barnstorming tour of the United States, journeying from coast to coast. One night, poolside at a small...
1965 Jul 30 The Rolling Stones Release 'Out of Our Heads'
Out of Our Heads is The Rolling Stones' third British album and their fourth in the United States. It was released in 1965 through London Records in the US on 30 July 1965, and Decca Reco...
1965 Dec 4 Rolling Stones Release 'December's Children (And Everybody's)'
Raiding the R&B closet for the last time, they also offered a breathless run-through of Larry Williams' "She Said Yeah," a sultry Chuck Berry cover ("Talkin' About You"), and exciting liv...
1966 Mar 28 The Rolling Stones Release 'Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)'
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on 28 March 1966, on London Records in the United States and on 4 November 196...
1966 Apr 15 The Rolling Stones Release 'Aftermath'
The Stones’ seventh album was their first composed entirely of originals, and it proved that winsome hooks were not incompatible with snide lyrics. The exotic instrumentation was a triump...
1966 Dec 10 The Rolling Stones Release 'Got Live If You Want It!'
Got Live If You Want It! (capitalized got LIVE if you want it! on the cover) is the first live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in the US in late 1966. At...
1967 Jan 20 The Rolling Stones Release 'Between the Buttons'
The Rolling Stones' 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, D...
1967 Dec 8 The Rolling Stones Release 'Their Satanic Majesties Request'
Their Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released on 8 December 1967 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the Uni...
1968 Dec 6 The Rolling Stones Release 'Beggars Banquet'
Of the 19 songs on the two albums, there are two that stand out head and shoulders above anything else. And no, they aren't the obvious ones most would think of. I'm talking about "Jigsaw...
1969 Jun 8 The Rolling Stones Replace Brian Jones with Mick Taylor
By the release of Beggars Banquet, Brian Jones was increasingly troubled and was only sporadically contributing to the band. Jagger said that Jones was "not psychologically suited to this...
1969 Jul 3 Brian Jones Drowns in a Pool at His East Sussex Home
At around midnight on the night of 2–3 July 1969, Jones was discovered motionless at the bottom of his swimming pool at Cotchford Farm. His Swedish girlfriend, Anna Wohlin, was convinced ...
1969 Sep 12 The Rolling Stones Release 'Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)'
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) is The Rolling Stones' second official compilation album, released in 1969 shortly following Brian Jones's departure from the group and subseque...
1969 Dec 5 The Rolling Stones Release 'Let It Bleed'
And then there is track eight of each one -- "Stray Cat Blues" from Beggar's Banquet and "Monkey Man" from Let It Bleed. Both have Jagger out of control as he really gets into both songs,...
1969 Dec 6 Altamont Free Concert
On December 6, 1969 the Rolling Stones organized - if that's the right word - and headlined the free Altamont Music Festival at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. This was a fe...
1970 Sep 4 The Rolling Stones Release 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert'
`Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!´: The Rolling Stones in Concert is a live album by The Rolling Stones, released 4 September 1970 on Decca Records in the United Kingdom and on London Records in the ...
1971 Mar 6 Rolling Stones Release 'Stone Age'
Stone Age is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached #4 on the U.K chart. The Stones were strongly against this release. In an ad in Record ...
1971 Apr 23 The Rolling Stones Release 'Sticky Fingers'
The Rolling Stones hold dozens of classic songs in their catalog, one being Brown Sugar; the perfect opener to Sticky Fingers. The second this rocker blasts out of the stereo, with its un...
1971 Aug 16 The Rolling Stones Release 'Gimme Shelter'
Gimme Shelter is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached #19 on the U.K chart. This is not a soundtrack album from the movie of the same nam...
1971 Dec 20 The Rolling Stones Release 'Hot Rocks 1964–1971'
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 is the first compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who gained control of the band's Decca/London material i...
1972 Feb 18 The Rolling Stones Release 'Milestones'
Here we have Volume 24 of the Russian boots. It is nothing more than a contract compilation. I must say, I really like this particular compilation. It reached #14 on the U.K. charts. All ...
1972 May 12 The Rolling Stones Release 'Exile on Main St.'
Exile on Main St. is the tenth studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released as a double LP in 1972 and drew on influences from rock & roll, blues, country and sou...
1972 Oct 13 The Rolling Stones Release 'Rock'n'Rolling Stones'
Rock 'n' Rolling Stones is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones released in 1972. It reached #41 in the British chart. The album contains five Chuck Berry covers and also Berry-re...
1972 Dec 11 The Rolling Stones Release 'More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)'
The companion volume's for dabblers; this is for specialists. One of the two previously-unavailable-on-LP B sides, "We Love You," is the only time they ever trounced Sgt. Pepper good, and...
1973 Aug 31 The Rolling Stones Release 'Goats Head Soup'
Except for the spavined "Dancing With Mr. D," and the oxymoronic "Can You Hear the Music," these are good songs. But the execution is slovenly. I don't mean sloppy, which can be exciting-...
1973 Oct 5 The Rolling Stones Release 'No Stone Unturned'
No Stone Unturned is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones released in 1973. Seven of the twelve tracks had been previously released on single b-sides in the UK. The rest had never ap...
1974 Oct 18 The Rolling Stones Release 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll is the 12th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1974. It would be the last Rolling Stones album for guitarist Mick Taylor and the songwriting and recor...
1975 Jun 6 The Rolling Stones Release 'Made in the Shade'
Made in the Shade, released in 1975, is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones during their Atlantic Records contract. It draws entirely from their first four albums o...
1975 Jun 6 The Rolling Stones Release 'Metamorphosis'
Metamorphosis is the third compilation album of The Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the band's Decca/London material in...
1975 Nov 6 The Rolling Stones Release 'Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones'
When Rolled Gold was initially released in 1975, there was no shortage of Rolling Stone compilations -- hell, there were two others released that year, the useful Decca/London-era raritie...
1976 Apr 23 The Rolling Stones Release 'Black and Blue'
Black and Blue is the 13th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1976. It was the band's first studio album released with Ronnie Wood as the replacement for Mick Taylor. Wood ha...
1977 Sep 23 The Rolling Stones Release 'Love You Live'
Love You Live is a double live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977. The album is drawn from Tour of the Americas shows in the United States in the summer of 1975, Tour of Europe...
1978 Jun 9 The Rolling Stones Release 'Some Girls'
Some Girls is the 14th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978. Considered a highlight of their output and the best of their post-Exile on Main St. records, the album revital...
1979 May 29 The Rolling Stones Release 'Solid Rock'
Solid Rock is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released in 1980. It was the first Decca compilation in five years. It would be followed by a compilation of ballads a year later called ...
1979 May 29 The Rolling Stones Release 'Time Waits for No One'
"What Mick and Keith most wanted, after they realized that they didn't want to become middle-aged poverty-stricken sharecropping Negroes singing the blues in dirt-poor Mississippi was to b..." —Chet Flippo, 1985
1980 Jun 20 The Rolling Stones Release 'Emotional Rescue'
Emotional Rescue is the 15th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1980. Upon release, Emotional Rescue topped the charts in both the United States and United Kingdom. Record...
1981 Jan 1 The Rolling Stones Release 'Slow Rollers'
Slow Rollers is a compilation album of ballads by The Rolling Stones released in 1981. It is a follow-up to the compilation of rock and roll numbers a year earlier called Solid Rock. This...
1981 Mar 9 The Rolling Stones Release 'Sucking in the Seventies'
Sucking in the Seventies is the fourth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. As the successor to 1975's Made in the Shade, it covers material from 1974's It'...
1981 Aug 24 The Rolling Stones Release 'Tattoo You'
Tattoo You is the 16th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. The follow-up to Emotional Rescue, it proved to be a big critical and commercial success upon its release, and...
1982 Jun 1 The Rolling Stones Release "Still Life" (American Concert 1981)
"Still Life" (American Concert 1981) is a live album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1982. Recorded during the band's American Tour 1981 in the latter portion of that year, it w...
1983 Nov 7 The Rolling Stones Release 'Undercover'
Undercover is the 17th studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1983. After their preceding studio album, Tattoo You, which was mostly patched together from a selection of o...
1984 Jun 19 The Rolling Stones Release 'Rewind (1971–1984)'
Rewind (1971–1984) is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1984. Coming only three years after Sucking in the Seventies, the album was primarily compiled to mark ...
1986 Mar 24 The Rolling Stones Release 'Dirty Work'
Dirty Work is The Rolling Stones' 18th studio album. It was released on 24 March 1986 on the Rolling Stones label by CBS Records. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album was recorded duri...