The self-proclaimed “Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World,” the Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, with founding guitarist Brian Jones naming the band after “Rollin’ Stone” by Muddy Waters and helping select its early repertoire of blues and Chuck Berry covers. As British bands began ruling the U.K. and American charts in the mid-‘60s, the songwriting partnership of Stones singer Mick Jagger and his childhood friend, guitarist Keith Richards, propelled the band to the upper echelons of the new music scene, rivaling only the Beatles for sheer quality.
The expert rhythm section of drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman completed the band’s classic ‘60s
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