English rock and roll legend
The Rolling Stones appeared in 1949 when the vocalist Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the main guitarist, went to school together. Keith Richards was born in 1943, on December 18 in a working-class family in Dartford, Kent, Great Britain. His father, Bert Richards, was a labourer in a General Electric factory. Michael Philip Jagger, born in Dartford, Kent, Great Britain, on July 26 in 1943, in a family of physical education instructor. Both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were fans of Chuck Berry (1926) and Bo Diddley (1928), american musicians.
After some time he decided to join a group of Feith Richards, which he was putting together. Other members of the group were Ian Stewart (pianist), Dick Taylor (bass player), Tony Chapman (drummer) and Brian Jones (guitar player). Brian, who was only sixteen, one year older than Richards and Jagger, had already parented two children and was a pure blues player, while Richards was more influenced by the Chuck Berry's school of rock guitar.
Charlie Watts (Charles Robert Watts, born June 2, 1941, in Islington, England) was persuaded to replace Tony Chapman, at the time he was a drummer of jazz group. The rocking bassist Bill Wyman ( William George Perks, born on 24 October, 1936), the oldest member of the group, replaced Dick Taylor and completed the group. With Manager/publicist Andrew Loog Oldham they began playing at the Marquee Club in London, England, in 1963, named as "Brian Jones and The Rollin' Stones". Because of a longer hair and a bad-boy attitude, the group became known as "the group parents love to hate." Their public image was permanently fueled by Oldham, who also resolved that pianist Stewart did not fit in and drew him to the background.
Oldham obtained a contract with Decca Records for the Rolling Stones, and in June of 1963 their first single "Come On" was released. Reaction was good, and it could take only six months for the group to make it huge. During their eight-month residence at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England, they convinced Beatles to allow them release their version of the song "I Wanna Be Your Man" followed by Buddy Holly's (1936 - 1959) "Not Fade Away." Their fourth single, "It's All Over Now", has reached number one position in their homeland. Their next record, "Little Red Rooster," also climed to number one but was banned in the United States.