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The Rolling Stones
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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.
Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing cover versions and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful counterculture of the 1960s. They then found greater success with their own compositions: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Get Off of My Cloud" (both 1965) and "Paint It Black" (1966) became international number-one hits. Aftermath (1966), their first album to be entirely of original material, is often considered to be the most important of their early albums. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request. By the end of the 1960s, they had returned to their rhythm and blues-based rock sound, with hit singles "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968) and "Honky Tonk Women" (1969), and albums Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", and Let It Bleed (1969), featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter".
Jones left the band a few weeks before his death in 1969, and was replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor. That year saw the first time they were introduced on stage as "the greatest rock and roll band in the world". In 1970, the band formed their own record label Rolling Stones Records, for which their famous tongue and lips logo was created. Their first album on the label was Sticky Fingers (1971), which yielded "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" and was their first of eight consecutive number-one studio albums in the US. It was followed by Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring "Tumbling Dice" and "Happy", and Goats Head Soup (1973), featuring "Angie". Taylor left the band at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood. The band released Some Girls in 1978, featuring "Miss You" and "Beast of Burden", and Tattoo You in 1981, featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels (1989) was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge (1994). Both releases were promoted by large stadium and arena tours, as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction. By 2007, they had broken the record for the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and they were the highest-earning live act of 2021. Following Wyman's departure in 1993, the band continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones becoming their regular bassist, and then as a three-piece core following Watts' death in 2021, with Steve Jordan becoming their regular drummer. Hackney Diamonds, the band's first new album of original material in 18 years, was released in October 2023, becoming their fourteenth UK number-one album. Their latest album, Foreign Tongues, was released in July 2026, scoring them their fifteenth UK number-one album.
The Rolling Stones have estimated album sales of more than 250 million. They have won four Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked them as one of the greatest artists of all time.
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The Rolling Stones est un groupe rock britannique originaire de Londres, en Angleterre. En activité depuis 1962, il est l'un des plus vieux groupes de rock encore en activité à ce jour.
Fondé par le guitariste et saxophoniste Brian Jones en 1962, le groupe se compose très vite du pianiste Ian Stewart, du chanteur Mick Jagger, du guitariste Keith Richards, du bassiste Dick Taylor et du batteur Mick Avory. Ces deux derniers sont rapidement remplacés par Bill Wyman (basse) et Charlie Watts (batterie). Ian Stewart est écarté de la formation officielle en 1963 par le manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Resté très proche du groupe, Stewart sera le pianiste de session puis accompagnateur des Stones sur scène jusqu'à sa mort en 1985. Le nom du groupe s’inspire de la chanson Rollin' Stone de Muddy Waters (qui est l’une des plus grandes sources d’inspiration du groupe).
Les premiers succès du groupe au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis sont des reprises de standard du Rythme and Blues et du Rock and roll, notamment des chansons du pionnier Chuck Berry. Fidèles à leurs racines blues, les Stones deviennent des acteurs majeurs du « British blues boom ». Mick Jagger et Keith Richards, dont l’influence au sein du groupe est grandissante, signe sous le nom de plume « The Glimmer Twins » leur première composition originale avec The Last Time (1964). En 1965, les Rolling Stones lancent le tube (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, qui propulse le groupe au rang de star internationale, et entreprennent leur première tournée aux États-Unis.
À partir de l'album Aftermath (1966), le groupe s’intègre progressivement dans la culture populaire. Leur diversité stylistique est enrichie par les expérimentations instrumentales de Brian Jones. Ce dernier meurt début juillet 1969, peu de temps après avoir été évincé du groupe. Il est remplacé par Mick Taylor. Après Sympathy for the Devil sur le 45 tours Beggars Banquet (1968), le groupe enchaîne les albums à succès avec Let it Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971) et Exile on Main St. (1972). La ballade Angie, sorti en 1973 sur l’album Goats Head Soup est l’un des plus gros succès des Stones. Ronnie Wood, ex guitariste des Faces remplace Mick Taylor.
Après l'album Tattoo You (1981) et le succès du tube Start me up par la suite, les Rolling Stones connaissent une période trouble au milieu des années 1980. Ils signent néanmoins leur grand retour avec l’album Steel Wheels en 1989. Ils reprennent ensuite le chemin des tournées, en continu depuis les années 1990. Le bassiste Bill Wyman quitte le groupe en 1993, son rôle étant repris par Darryl Jones, mais sans être membre officiel. Les Stones célèbrent leurs 50 ans de carrière sur scène à Londres. En 2016, le groupe rend hommage à leurs racines blues avec l’album Blue and Lonesome et se lance dans le Sixty Tour en 2022 (célébrant le 60e anniversaire du groupe). Ils signent leur retour en studio en publiant l'album Hackney Diamonds (2023). Le disque atteint la première place des ventes des deux côtés de l’Atlantique. Le dernier en date, Foreign Tongues sort en 2026.
Les Rolling Stones sont intronisés au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 1989, et Mick Jagger est fait chevalier en 2002. En 2019, leurs ventes mondiales sont estimées à plus de 240 millions, faisant d'eux le deuxième groupe le plus présent dans le Billboard Hot 100. Ils sont classés 4e dans la liste des cent plus grands artistes de tous les temps du magazine Rolling Stone. Leur image de « mauvais garçons » véhiculée dans les années 1960 a été une référence pour des générations de musiciens de rock. Après six décennies de carrière, les membres continuent de se produire en concert, sans signe de retraite. Le batteur Charlie Watts meurt le 24 août 2021 à l'âge de 80 ans, il est remplacé depuis par Steve Jordan, non membre officiel du groupe.
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards et Bill Wyman sont les trois membres fondateurs du groupe encore en vie actuellement ainsi que Mick Avory (batterie) et Dick Taylor (basse) qui ont été membres éphémères en 1962.
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Discography
Albums
- 1964 England’s Newest Hit Makers
- 1964 12 × 5
- 1965 The Rolling Stones No. 2
- 1965 The Rolling Stones, Now!
- 1965 Out of Our Heads
- 1965 December’s Children (and Everybody’s)
- 1966 Aftermath
- 1967 Between the Buttons
- 1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request
- 1968 Beggars Banquet
- 1969 Let It Bleed
- 1971 Sticky Fingers
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- 1972 Exile on Main St.
- 1973 Goats Head Soup
- 1974 It’s Only Rock ’n Roll
- 1976 Black and Blue
- 1978 Reggae ’n’ Roll
- 1978 Some Girls
- 1980 Emotional Rescue
- 1981 Tattoo You
- 1983 Paris Rehearsals for "Some Girls"
- 1983 Undercover
- 1986 Dirty Work
- 1989 Beggars Sessions
- 1989 Emotional Rescue Demos
- 1989 Steel Wheels
- 1990 Dartford Renegades
- 1990 Tour ’90
- 1991 Paris Results
- 1992 The Complete Woodstock Tapes
- 1993 Place Pigalle
- 1993 Rockin' At The Forum
- 1994 Place Pigalle, Vol. 2
- 1994 Place Pigalle, Vol. 3
- 1994 The Emotional Rescue Sessions
- 1994 Tooth and Nail
- 1994 Voodoo Brew
- 1994 Down the Road Apiece
- 1994 Voodoo Lounge
- 1994 States of Shock
- 1994 Love Is Strong Tour 94
- 1995 More Stripped
- 1997 Get the Fuck Outta Here!
- 1997 Place Pigalle 5/6
- 1997 Bridges to Babylon
- 1998 Circus At Waldbühne
- 1998 Devil’s Disciple
- 1998 Old Friends From Rio
- 1999 All Mixed Up
- 1999 Could You Walk On Water
- 1999 Pot Boiler 1969
- 1999 Don’t Bust the Crust
- 2000 Could You Walk on the Water?
- 2000 Fast Talking
- 2000 The Legend Of 1970
- 2001 Short and Curlies. Mickboys Remaster of It's Only Rock And Roll
- 2002 Back Strap Jacket
- 2002 Eric Clapton and His Rolling Stones
- 2002 Melbourne 1966
- 2005 Crushed Pearls (Dirty Work session outtakes)
- 2005 Paris Match
- 2005 A Bigger Bang
- 2006 Monitor Mixes 1989
- 2007 Goin' Back To The Roots
- 2008 1973 European Tour
- 2009 Munichland Melodies
- 2009 The Early Stereo Recordings
- 2010 How Britain Got the Blues
- 2010 Sucking in Detroit
- 2012 Alternate Takes & Demos (1968–1969)
- 2012 Let it Bleed + Single
- 2012 The “Some Girls” Tour Rehearsals
- 2013 Black and Blue – The Real Alternate Album
- 2016 Foxes in the Boxes, Vol. 2
- 2016 Blue & Lonesome
- 2017 The Complete British Radio Broadcasts, Volume 1 1963–1964
- 2017 The Complete British Radio Broadcasts, Volume 2 1964
- 2017 The Complete British Radio Broadcasts, Volume 3 1964–1965
- 2018 Forty Licks Sessions
- 2019 It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Sessions
