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The Rolling Stones
First Gig
On July 12, 1962, the Rolling Stones performed their first show at London's Marquee Club. 1)
The Beatles
Despite their perceived competition, the Beatles were early supporters of The Rolling Stones, assisting them in finding a management and penning the Stones' first song, “I Wanna Be Your Man”. 2)
Charlie Watts
Drummer Charlie Watts worked as a graphic designer before joining the band. Many of the band's album covers, concert posters, and stage setups have been designed by him. 3)
Ian "Stu" Stewart
Ian “Stu” Stewart, a piano player for The Rolling Stones, was a member of the band from the beginning. Stewart respectfully stood aside as the band's road manager because their manager, Andrew Loog-Oldham, thought he didn't “fit the image” of the band. Until his death in 1985, the band continued to include him in recording sessions. 4)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1989
Stewart and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.5)
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards originally met when they were five years old and attended basic school together until Jagger moved away in 1950. 6)
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jagger and Richards have written hundreds of songs, including fourteen of Rolling Stone magazine's “500 Songs of All Time.” In 1993, they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 7)
Andrew Loog-Oldham
If it hadn't been for their manager, Andrew Loog-Oldham, Jagger and Richards might not have created a single song. He explained that they were running out of good songs to cover. When this failed to persuade Jagger and Richards, Loog-Oldham confined them in a kitchen and refused to let them out until they wrote an original song. 8)
Glimmer Twins
In addition to writing the majority of The Rolling Stones' songs, Jagger and Richards have produced the majority of the Stones' albums since the 1970s, going by the alias “The Glimmer Twins”. 9)
Most Watched Concert
Their 2006 show at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach received 1.5 million watchers, either in person or via online streaming, making it the most watched concert in history. 10)
Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?
Both Richards and Jagger were imprisoned in 1967 for separate drug-related offenses and faced up to a year in prison. Their arrests sparked outrage in the music community, and even the stuffy Times of London accused the cops of persecution in an oddly worded editorial, “Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?” 11)