92-497: Jagger–Richards (spelled Jagger–Richard from 1963 to 1978) is the songwriting partnership between English musicians Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (both born 1943), founder members of rock band the Rolling Stones . They are one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in history. In addition to Jagger and Richards's songwriting partnership, they have also produced or co-produced numerous Rolling Stones albums under
184-456: A National Magazine Award nomination. Rolling Stone and Wenner are chronicled in three books, Gone Crazy and Back Again by Robert Sam Anson, Rolling Stone: The Uncensored History by Robert Draper, and Sticky Fingers:The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan. Robin Green's memoir The Only Girl covers the time she worked at Rolling Stone . Wenner founded
276-517: A countercultural figure. Jagger was born and grew up in Dartford . He studied at the London School of Economics before abandoning his studies to focus on his career with the Rolling Stones. In the late 1960s, Jagger starred in the films Performance (1970) and Ned Kelly (1970), to mixed receptions. Beginning in the 1980s, he released a number of solo works, including four albums and
368-664: A Friend" (US No. 13), and "Tops", feature Mick Taylor's unused rhythm guitar tracks. Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins plays on three Tattoo You songs, " Slave ", "Neighbours", and "Waiting on a Friend". The album reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US. While continuing to tour and release albums with the Rolling Stones, Jagger began a solo career. According to a February 1985 article in Rolling Stone , Jagger did so to "establish an artistic identity for himself apart from
460-407: A Rolling Stone . Hunter S. Thompson was to provide Rolling Stone coverage for the 1976 presidential campaign that would appear in a book published by the magazine. Reportedly, as Thompson was waiting for a $ 75,000 advance check to arrive, he learned that Wenner had canceled the assignment without telling him. Wenner then asked Thompson to travel to Vietnam to report on what turned out to be
552-516: A cover of " Dancing in the Street " with David Bowie , who was performing at Wembley Stadium in London. The video was shown simultaneously on the screens of both Wembley and JFK Stadiums. The song reached No. 1 in the UK the same year. Richards ended his heroin use and became more present in decision-making, but Jagger was not accustomed to Richards' presence and did not like his authority over
644-412: A few discos—which are not my favourite places in the world—because Mick likes to go out and dance at night. So I did that. That was my sacrifice. I humoured him. And that's when I knew we could work together. Ron Wood believes the modest sales of Jagger's Primitive Cool "surprised" Jagger and made him "realize the strength of the band". Richards recalled, "We've been stuffed together for years and one of
736-478: A flat at Edith Grove in Chelsea , London, with guitarist Brian Jones . While Richards and Jones planned to start their own rhythm and blues group, Jagger continued to study finance and accounting on a government grant as an undergraduate student at the London School of Economics . He had seriously considered becoming either a journalist or a politician, comparing the latter to a pop star. Brian Jones, using
828-505: A glimmer" (as in "give us a hint about who you are"), which amused Jagger and Richards. Jagger and Richards began to produce the Stones' albums under the pseudonym "The Glimmer Twins" starting with It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (released in 1974). The Glimmer Twins were the sole credited producers for the band's studio and live albums from then, up to and including Still Life (released in 1982). Starting with Undercover (released in 1983),
920-550: A global hit that was the first in a string of commercially successful singles to emerge from tepidly received studio albums. The sessions for Goats Head Soup produced unused material, including " Waiting on a Friend ", a ballad that was not released until the Tattoo You LP nine years later. Another legal battle over drugs, dating back to their stay in France, interrupted the making of Goats Head Soup . Authorities issued
1012-462: A high-circulation muckraker , where Gleason was a contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine's spinoff newspaper. In 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded Rolling Stone magazine in San Francisco . To get the magazine started, Wenner borrowed US$ 7,500 (equivalent to $ 68,533 in 2023) from family members and from the family of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. Throughout
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#17328024666321104-620: A hindrance, and he could not obtain a US visa . Richards reported that in a June meeting with Jagger, Richards, and Watts were at Jones' house, and Jones admitted he was unable to "go on the road again". Jones left the band, saying, "I've left, and if I want to I can come back". On 3 July 1969, less than a month later, Jones drowned in the swimming pool at his home, Cotchford Farm , in Hartfield , East Sussex. When asked if he felt guilty about Jones's death, Jagger told Rolling Stone in 1995: No, I don't really. I do feel that I behaved in
1196-565: A holographic, 3-D cover modeled on The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover . Wenner has been involved in the conducting and writing of many of the magazine's Rolling Stone Interviews . His interview subjects have included Bill Clinton , Al Gore , John Kerry , and Barack Obama for the magazine during their election campaigns and in November 2005 had an interview with U2 rock star Bono , which focused on music and politics. Wenner's interview with Bono received
1288-552: A monthly to a weekly in 2000. In August 2006, Wenner bought out Disney's share to consolidate 100% ownership. From 2004 to 2006, Wenner contributed approximately US$ 63,000 (equivalent to $ 95,218 in 2023) to Democratic candidates and liberal organizations. In September 2016, Advertising Age reported that Wenner was in the process of selling a 49% stake in Rolling Stone to Singaporean company BandLab Technologies . The new investor would have no direct involvement in
1380-596: A negative review for an album by the then-popular band Hootie and the Blowfish . Wenner pulled DeRogatis' review from the magazine. Asked by the New York Observer if Wenner was a fan of Hootie and the Blowfish, DeRogatis responded that Wenner "is a fan of any band that sells eight million records." Wenner fired DeRogatis the next day. In June 2017, Wenner cut ties with Joe Hagan, the biographer he commissioned to write his biography, Sticky Fingers , calling
1472-585: A publisher and media figure, he has faced controversy regarding Hall of Fame eligibility favoritism, the breakdown of his relationship with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson , and criticism that his magazine's reviews were biased. Wenner was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area , the son of Sim and Edward Wenner. He grew up in a secular Jewish family. His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools. He completed his secondary education at
1564-399: A rock song's essential components...and established a blueprint for future rockers to follow." Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician. He is best known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones . Jagger has co-written most of the band's songs with lead guitarist Keith Richards ; their songwriting partnership
1656-419: A room until you've written a song" and in that way he did mentally lock us in a room, but he didn't literally lock us in. One of the first songs we came out with was that tune for George Bean, the very memorable "It Should Be You". According to John Lennon , he and Paul McCartney might have been instrumental in inspiring Jagger and Richards to start writing their own material. In 1963 Lennon and McCartney gave
1748-594: A single the previous day. On 6 December 1969, the Stones performed at the Altamont Free Concert music festival, in which Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club after drawing a revolver and approaching the stage, which was seen as a threat to the band. Accounts of Hunter's reasoning for drawing the revolver were mixed. According to The Guardian music editor Hunter's death and
1840-660: A strong live music attraction. Another live album, No Security , was released from the tour. No Security included all new songs, except " Live With Me " and "The Last Time", which had been previously unreleased on live albums. The album reached No. 67 in the UK and No. 34 in the US. In 1999, the Rolling Stones staged the No Security Tour in the US and continued the Bridges to Babylon tour in Europe. In 2001, Jagger released his fourth solo album, Goddess in
1932-556: A tradition of joint credits even on numbers that were written by just one of the pair. Mick Jagger stated in his comprehensive 1995 interview with Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine "I think in the end it all balances out." On 26 June 2013, the duo's songwriting credits were handed over to BMG , marking the first time they would be managed by an outside company in over 40 years. Jagger and Richards have shared credits with very few others. Among them are: Jagger–Richards compositions that have been released only by artists other than
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#17328024666322024-446: A very childish way, but we were very young, and in some ways we picked on him. But, unfortunately, he made himself a target for it; he was very, very jealous, very difficult, very manipulative , and if you do that in this kind of a group of people you get back as good as you give, to be honest. I wasn't understanding enough about his drug addiction. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew
2116-756: A warrant for Richards' arrest, and the other band members returned briefly to France for questioning related to the incident. Along with Jagger's 1967 and 1970 convictions on drug charges, this complicated the band's plans for their Pacific tour in early 1973. The band was denied permission to play in Japan and was nearly banned from playing in Australia. A European tour followed in September and October 1973, which bypassed France after Richards' arrest in England on drug charges. The 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll
2208-690: Is Cheap , shortly afterwards. Many felt the respective solo efforts marked the end of the Rolling Stones as a band. In 1988, Jagger produced the songs " Glamour Boys " and "Which Way to America" on Living Colour 's album Vivid . Between 15 and 28 March, he also performed a solo concert tour in Japan, playing in Tokyo , Nagoya , and Osaka . Jagger and Richards reunited in the Barbados in 1988 and produced dozens of new songs. Richards recalls: We just started in. And within two days, we realized we had five or six songs happening. I did have to take Mick to
2300-617: Is an American businessman who is a co-founder of the popular culture magazine Rolling Stone , and former owner of Men's Journal magazine. He participated in the Free Speech Movement while attending the University of California, Berkeley . Wenner, with his mentor Ralph J. Gleason , founded Rolling Stone in 1967. Later in his career, Wenner co-founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and founded other publications. As
2392-500: Is one of the most successful in rock music history. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential front men in the history of rock music . His distinctive voice and energetic live performances, along with Richards' guitar style, have been the Rolling Stones' trademark throughout the band's career. Early in his career, Jagger gained notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and has often been portrayed as
2484-426: Is that Andrew found Marianne Faithfull at the same time, bunged it to her and it was a fuckin' hit for her – we were songwriters already! But it took the rest of that year to dare to write anything for the Stones. Jagger remembered it differently: Keith likes to tell the story about the kitchen, God bless him. I think Andrew may have said something at some point along the lines of "I should lock you in
2576-678: The News of the World published a three-part feature, "Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You". The feature described alleged LSD parties hosted by the Moody Blues and attended by the Who 's Pete Townshend and Cream 's Ginger Baker , and alleged admissions of drug use by leading pop musicians. The first article targeted Donovan , who was raided and charged soon after the feature aired. The second instalment, published on 5 February, targeted
2668-628: The A-side of a Rolling Stones single was " Tell Me (You're Coming Back) ", from their debut album. Released as a single in the US only, it peaked at number 24 on the charts there. The earlier "Good Times, Bad Times" had been released as the B-side to their cover of Bobby and Shirley Womack's " It's All Over Now ". The band's first UK single featuring an A-side Jagger/Richards original was " The Last Time "; released in February 1965, it went to number one in
2760-481: The Chadwick School in 1963, and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley . Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian . With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason , Wenner landed a job at Ramparts ,
2852-663: The Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. His parents were married in 1940 at Holy Trinity Church in Dartford. Jagger's younger brother, Chris (born 19 December 1947), is also a musician, and the two have performed together. Although he was encouraged to follow his father's career path growing up, Jagger has said, "I always sang as a child. I was one of those kids who just liked to sing. Some kids sing in choirs; others like to show off in front of
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2944-664: The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song -winning single " Old Habits Die Hard ". In 2007, the band grossed US$ 437 million on A Bigger Bang Tour , earning the band an entry in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records for the most lucrative music tour ever. Asked if the band would retire after the tour, Jagger said, "I'm sure the Rolling Stones will do more things and more records and more tours. We've got no plans to stop any of that really." Jann Wenner Jann Simon Wenner ( / ˈ j ɑː n ˈ w ɛ n ər / YAHN WEN -er ; born January 7, 1946)
3036-535: The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio . In 1970, Nicolas Roeg's film Performance , produced in 1968 and featuring Jagger, was released. In the film, Jagger plays the role of Turner, a reclusive rock star. Keith Richards' girlfriend Anita Pallenberg also appeared in the film. During a 1970 concert in Paris, Jagger called for the release of imprisoned French Maoists . Jagger and the rest of
3128-590: The 1970s and 1980s, Wenner played an integral role in popularizing writers such as Hunter S. Thompson , Ben Fong-Torres , Paul Nelson , Greil Marcus , Dave Marsh , Grover Lewis , Timothy Crouse , Timothy Ferris , Joe Klein , Cameron Crowe , Joe Eszterhas , and P.J. O'Rourke . He also discovered photographer Annie Leibovitz when she was a 21-year-old San Francisco Art Institute student. Many of Wenner's proteges, such as Crowe, credit him with giving them their biggest breaks. Tom Wolfe recognized Wenner's influence in ensuring that his first novel, The Bonfire of
3220-471: The 1980s, Jagger has always found more success with the Rolling Stones than with his solo and side projects. He was married to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias from 1971 to 1978, and has had several other relationships; he has eight children with five women. In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, in 2004, into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. As a member of
3312-591: The Doorway , spawning the single "Visions of Paradise", which reached No. 44 in the UK. Following the 11 September attacks , Jagger joined Richards in the Concert for New York City , a benefit concert in response to the terrorist attack, to sing " Salt of the Earth " and " Miss You ". From 1989 to 2001, according to Fortune , the Stones generated more than US$ 1.5 billion in total gross revenue, surpassing
3404-478: The Glimmer Twins have shared production credit for the Rolling Stones albums with other producers, most frequently Don Was (five times) and Chris Kimsey (three times). Besides their production work for the Rolling Stones, Jagger and Richards also used the Glimmer Twins for their co-production credit on Peter Tosh 's album Bush Doctor , released in 1978. A rare exception to Jagger and Richards's use of
3496-407: The Glimmer Twins name for production credits appeared on John Phillips 's Pay Pack & Follow album, recorded 1973–1979 and released in 2001, for which Jagger and Richards were credited as producers under their own names. The partnership of Jagger and Richards has been described by Rolling Stone as the sixth greatest songwriter of all time. Rolling Stone considers the duo to have "defined
3588-555: The Mick Jagger Centre performing arts venue. Jagger and Richards lost contact with each other when they went to different schools. In the mid-1950s, Jagger began his music career, forming a garage band with his friend Dick Taylor . They played songs by Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Little Richard , Howlin' Wolf , and Bo Diddley . Jagger met Richards again on 17 October 1961 on Platform Two of Dartford railway station . The Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records Jagger
3680-489: The Rolling Stones include: Jagger and Richards adopted the nickname "The Glimmer Twins" after a vacation cruise they took to Brazil in December 1968 – January 1969 with their then-girlfriends, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg . An older English couple on the ship kept asking Richards and Jagger who they were. When they refused to reveal their identities, the woman reportedly kept asking, "just give us
3772-447: The Rolling Stones and as a solo artist, he reached No. 1 on the UK and US singles charts with 13 singles, the top 10 with 32 singles and the top 40 with 70 singles. In 2003, he was knighted for his services to popular music. Jagger is credited with being a trailblazer in pop music and with bringing a style and sex appeal to rock and roll that have been imitated and proven influential with subsequent generations of musicians. Jagger
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3864-435: The Rolling Stones moved to Southern France as tax exiles in 1971 to avoid paying a 93 per cent supertax imposed by Harold Wilson 's Labour government on the country's top earners. After the band's acrimonious split with their second manager, Allen Klein , in 1971, and Richards' heroin addiction , Jagger assumed control of the band's business affairs, leading to feuds between Jagger and Richards. Jagger has managed
3956-536: The Rolling Stones" which was described as "his boldest attempt yet". Jagger started writing and recording material for his first solo album She's the Boss . Released on 19 February 1985, the album, produced by Nile Rodgers and Bill Laswell , features Herbie Hancock , Jeff Beck , Jan Hammer , Pete Townshend and the Compass Point All Stars . It sold well, and the single "Just Another Night"
4048-590: The Rolling Stones' highly publicised 1972 American tour, Jagger wore glam-rock clothing and glitter makeup on stage. Their interest in the blues had been made manifest on the 1972 album Exile on Main St. Music critic Russell Hall described Jagger's emotional singing on the gospel-influenced " Let It Loose ", which appears on Exile on Main St. , as the singer's best vocal achievement. In 1972, Jagger, Charlie Watts , Bill Wyman , Nicky Hopkins , and Ry Cooder released Jamming with Edward! , an album recorded during
4140-454: The Rolling Stones' image as defiant troublemakers in contrast to the Beatles as "lovable moptop[s]". Jagger told Stephen Schiff in a 1992 Vanity Fair profile: I wasn't trying to be rebellious in those days; I was just being me. I wasn't trying to push the edge of anything. I'm being me and ordinary, the guy from suburbia who sings in this band, but someone older might have thought it
4232-443: The Rolling Stones. A reporter who contributed to the story spent an evening at the London club Blaise's, where a member of the Rolling Stones allegedly took several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a piece of hashish , and invited his companions back to his flat for a "smoke". The article claimed this was Mick Jagger, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity; the reporter had been eavesdropping on Brian Jones. Two days after
4324-472: The Rolling Stones. At the beginning of the Rolling Stones' founding in the early 1960s, the band mostly played for no money at a basement club opposite London's Ealing Broadway tube station, which was subsequently named Ferry's Club. The group had very little equipment and borrowed Korner's gear to play. Their first appearance, under the name the Rollin' Stones, after one of their favourite Muddy Waters songs,
4416-509: The Rolling Stones. I love the Rolling Stones—I think it's wonderful, I think it's done a lot of wonderful things for music. But, you know, it cannot be, at my age and after spending all these years, the only thing in my life. Jagger released his second solo album, Primitive Cool , in 1987. Though it failed to match the commercial success of his debut solo album, it was critically well received. Richards released his first solo album, Talk
4508-578: The Stones one of their compositions, " I Wanna Be Your Man ." In a Playboy interview in 1980, Lennon recalled: We were taken down to meet them at the club where they were playing in Richmond by Brian Epstein and some other guy. They wanted a song and we went to see what kind of stuff they did. Mick and Keith heard we had an unfinished song – Paul just had this bit and we needed another verse or something. We sort of played it roughly to them and they said, "Yeah, OK, that's our style." But it
4600-453: The UK and No. 3 in the US. The music video for the single " Anybody Seen My Baby? " featuring Angelina Jolie was played in steady rotation on both MTV and VH1 . Sales were roughly equal to those of previous records (about 1.2 million copies sold in the US). The subsequent Bridges to Babylon Tour , which crossed Europe, North America, and other destinations, proved the band remained
4692-545: The UK and number nine in the US. Although most Jagger/Richards compositions have been collaborations, some of the songs credited to the partnership have been solo songwriting from either Jagger, whose examples include " Sympathy for the Devil " and " Brown Sugar ", or Richards, whose examples include " Happy ", " Ruby Tuesday ", and " Little T&A ". This is comparable to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, who also adhered to
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#17328024666324784-501: The UK, No. 1 in the US), in Munich provided an opportunity for some guitarists hoping to join the band to work while trying out. Several guitarists were auditioned, some without even knowing they were auditioning. Ronnie Wood , then the guitarist of the band Faces was selected and joined the band in 1975. Wood has sometimes functioned as a mediator in the group, especially between Jagger and Richards. His first full-length LP with
4876-457: The Vanities , was completed: "I was absolutely frozen with fright about getting it done and I decided to serialize it and the only editor crazy enough to do that was Jann." In 1977, Rolling Stone shifted its base of operations from San Francisco to New York City . The magazine's circulation dipped briefly in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Rolling Stone responded slowly in covering
4968-628: The article was published, Jagger filed a writ for libel against the News of the World . Jagger and Richards were later arrested on drug charges and given unusually harsh sentences. Jagger was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for possession of four over-the-counter pep pills he had purchased in Italy, and Richards was sentenced to one year in prison for allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property. The traditionally conservative editor of The Times , William Rees-Mogg , wrote an article critical of
5060-803: The band began a five-month residency at Eel Pie Island Hotel , which the BBC later credited with shaping the band's career. That autumn, Jagger left the London School of Economics to pursue a musical career with the Rolling Stones. The group initially played songs by American rhythm and blues artists, including Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley . The band's first two UK No. 1 hits were cover versions, " It's All Over Now " by Bobby Womack and " Little Red Rooster " by Willie Dixon . Encouraged by manager Andrew Loog Oldham , Jagger and Richards soon began writing their own songs. Their songwriting partnership took time to develop; one of their early compositions
5152-582: The band diminished. This led to a feud between Jagger and Richards that has been referred to as " World War III " with concern at the time that Jagger touring without the Stones could prove a "death sentence" for the band. When the Stones released Dirty Work in March 1986, Jagger's relations with Richards had reached an all-time low, leading Jagger to refuse to tour with the band to support the new album. Jagger responded, saying: I think that one ought to be allowed to have one's artistic side apart from just being in
5244-446: The band was Some Girls (1978), on which they ventured into disco and punk , a move primarily led by Jagger. Following the success of Some Girls , the band released the album Emotional Rescue in mid-1980. During recording sessions for the album, a rift between Jagger and Richards began developing. Richards wanted to tour in the summer or autumn of 1980 to promote Emotional Rescue , but Jagger declined. Emotional Rescue hit
5336-456: The band's Let It Bleed sessions. The album includes loose jams recorded while the rest of the Stones (reportedly) were waiting for Keith Richards to return to the studio. In November 1972, the band began recording sessions in Kingston, Jamaica , for the album Goats Head Soup , which was released in 1973 and reached No. 1 in both the UK and US. The album includes the song " Angie ",
5428-684: The band, although his departure was not made official until January 1993. Following the success of Steel Wheels , and the end of Jagger and Richards' well-publicised feud, Jagger attempted to reestablish himself as a solo artist. He acquired Rick Rubin as co-producer in January 1992 for his third solo album, Wandering Spirit . Sessions for the album began that month in Los Angeles and ended nine months later, in September 1992. Richards recorded his second solo studio album, Main Offender , at
5520-566: The book Hagan produced "deeply flawed and tawdry, rather than substantial". Hagan had been working closely with Wenner on the book since 2013, and Sticky Fingers was released in October 2017. In September 2023, Wenner was interviewed by David Marchese of the New York Times ' about his book The Masters: Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen and its basis of "seven white guys." Wenner
5612-431: The consequences of the break was making us realize we were stuck together whether we liked it or not. Jagger said, "Because we've been doing it for so long, we don't really have to discuss it. When we come up with a lick or a riff or a chorus, we already know if it's right or if it's wrong." On 29 August 1989, the band released its 19th UK and 21st US album, Steel Wheels . The 1989–1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
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#17328024666325704-592: The death of John Keats , after which thousands of butterflies were released in Jones' memory. The band began the concert with "I'm Yours and I'm Hers", a song by Johnny Winter . During the concert, they band played three new songs from two forthcoming albums, " Midnight Rambler " and " Love in Vain ", from Let It Bleed , released in December 1969, and " Loving Cup ", which appeared on Exile on Main St. , released May 1972. They also played " Honky Tonk Women ", released as
5796-407: The editorial content of the magazine. In October 2016, Wenner started publishing Glixel , a video games -based website. In September 2017, Wenner Media announced that the remaining 51% of Rolling Stone was up for sale. That share was bought by Penske Media Corporation , who later acquired the remaining stake from BandLab. In 2022, Little, Brown and Company published Wenner's memoir, Like
5888-427: The emergence of punk rock and again in the 1990s, when it lost ground to Spin and Blender in coverage of hip hop . Wenner hired former FHM editor Ed Needham, who was then replaced by Will Dana, to turn his flagship magazine around, and by 2006, Rolling Stone ' s circulation was at an all-time high of 1.5 million copies sold every two weeks. In May 2006, Rolling Stone published its 1000th edition with
5980-614: The final moments of the Vietnam War . Thompson accepted and arrived with the country in chaos, just as the United States was preparing to evacuate and other journalists were scrambling to find transportation out of the region. Thompson's story about the fall of Saigon would not be published in Rolling Stone until ten years later. Thompson contributed far less frequently to the publication in later years. In 1996, Wenner fired rock critic Jim DeRogatis after DeRogatis delivered
6072-399: The group ever since, with Prince Rupert Loewenstein acting as business adviser and financial manager from 1968 until 2007. Jagger and the rest of the band changed their look and style as the 1970s progressed. While in France, Jagger learned to play guitar and contributed guitar parts for songs on Sticky Fingers (1971) and the Stones' subsequent albums except Dirty Work in 1986. For
6164-514: The harm. People thought cocaine was good for you. On 5 July 1969, two days after Jones' death, the Rolling Stones played a previously scheduled concert at Hyde Park , attended by 250,000 people, dedicating it as a tribute to Jones. It was their first concert with new guitarist, Mick Taylor , who replaced Jones. At the beginning of the Hyde Park concert, Jagger read an excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley 's poem " Adonaïs ", an elegy written on
6256-463: The magazine Outside in 1977; where William Randolph Hearst III and Jack Ford both worked before Wenner sold it a year later. He also briefly managed the magazine Look and, in 1993, started the magazine Family Life . In 1985, he bought a share in Us Weekly , followed by a joint purchase of the magazine with The Walt Disney Company the following year. The magazine made the transition from
6348-504: The mirror. I was in the church choir and I also loved listening to singers on the radio—the BBC or Radio Luxembourg —or watching them on TV and in the movies." In September 1950, Keith Richards and Jagger first met as classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, prior to the Jagger family's 1954 move to Wilmington, Kent . The same year he passed the eleven-plus examination and attended Dartford Grammar School , which now has
6440-464: The name Elmo Lewis, began working at the Ealing Club , where a loose music ensemble known as Blues Incorporated was performing, under the leadership of Alexis Korner . Jones, Richards, and Jagger began playing with the group, with Jagger eventually becoming the band's lead singer. Jones, Richards, and Jagger began meeting on their own to practise, establishing the foundation for what would become
6532-577: The overall mood of festival goers "has become symbolic for the corruption of 1960s hippy idealism." Jagger later recalled to Robert Greenfield that he was "scared shitless" that, according to Rolling Stone , "he might be attacked on stage" by Hells Angels members who "felt they had been unfairly blamed for the disaster that left a Stones fan dead." In 1970, Jagger bought Stargroves , a manor house and estate near East Woodhay in Hampshire . The Rolling Stones and several other bands recorded there using
6624-507: The pair to write songs after the duo had first emphasized other people's material; Oldham noted that there weren't that many obscure great songs out there for the band to cover. Richards recalled: So what Andrew Oldham did was lock us up in the kitchen for a night and say, "Don't come out without a song." We sat around and came up with " As Tears Go By ". It was unlike most Rolling Stones material, but that's what happens when you write songs, you immediately fly to some other realm. The weird thing
6716-407: The pseudonym the Glimmer Twins . Similar to the contemporary English songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney , both Jagger and Richards write lyrics and music. Jagger and Richards have different recollections about their first songwriting endeavours but both credit manager Andrew Loog Oldham as the catalyst for their collaboration. Richards agrees that it was Oldham who pressed
6808-447: The revenue of U2 , Bruce Springsteen , and Michael Jackson . Jagger celebrated the Rolling Stones' 40th anniversary by touring with the band on the year-long Licks Tour , supporting the band's commercially successful career retrospective, Forty Licks , a double album. Along with Eurythmics member and record producer David A. Stewart , Jagger wrote and performed the soundtrack to the 2004 romantic comedy Alfie , which included
6900-503: The same time. On Wandering Spirit , Jagger used Lenny Kravitz as a vocalist on his cover of Bill Withers ' " Use Me " and bassist Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers on three separate tracks. Jagger signed with Atlantic Records , which had signed the Stones in the 1970s, to distribute the solo album. Wandering Spirit , released in February 1993, and The Very Best of Mick Jagger , a compilation album containing no new material, were both released by Atlantic Records. Wandering Spirit
6992-462: The sentences . On appeal, Richards' sentence was overturned and Jagger's was amended to a conditional discharge , although he spent one night in London's Brixton Prison . The Rolling Stones continued to face legal battles for the next decade. By the release of the Stones' album Beggars Banquet , Brian Jones was contributing only sporadically to the band. Jagger said Jones was "not psychologically suited to this way of life". His drug use became
7084-494: The single " Dancing in the Street ", a 1985 duet with David Bowie that reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia and was a top-ten hit in other countries. In the 2000s, Jagger co-founded a film production company, Jagged Films, and produced feature films through the company beginning with the 2001 historical drama Enigma . He was also a member of the supergroup SuperHeavy from 2009 to 2011. Although relationships with his bandmates, particularly Richards, deteriorated during
7176-542: The top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and the title track reached No. 3 in the US. In early 1981, the Rolling Stones reconvened and began touring the US that year, leaving little time to write and record a new album. The band's album Tattoo You , released in 1981, featured several outtakes, including " Start Me Up ", the album's lead single that reached No. 2 in the US and ranked No. 22 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart. Two songs, "Waiting on
7268-588: The world's highest-grossing tour ever at the time. On 8 September 1994, the Stones performed " Love Is Strong ", a new song, and "Start Me Up" at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The band was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1994 MTV ceremony. The Rolling Stones ended the 1990s with the album Bridges to Babylon , released in 1997 to mixed reviews. It reached No. 6 in
7360-564: Was " As Tears Go By ", a song written for Marianne Faithfull , a young singer Loog Oldham was promoting. For the Rolling Stones, the duo wrote " The Last Time ", the group's third No. 1 single in the UK, based on "This May Be the Last Time", a traditional Negro spiritual song recorded by the Staple Singers in 1955. Jagger and Richards also wrote their first international hit, " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ". It established
7452-505: Was a Top Ten hit. During this period, he collaborated with the Jacksons on the song " State of Shock ", sharing lead vocals with Michael Jackson . In 1985, Jagger performed without the Rolling Stones at Live Aid , a multi-venue charity concert in 1985. Jagger performed at Philadelphia 's JFK Stadium , where he also performed a duet of " It's Only Rock and Roll " with Tina Turner , highlighted by Jagger tearing away Turner's skirt, and
7544-462: Was asked about the book's introduction in which he claimed that black and female artists were "not in his zeitgeist." In response, Wenner said of female artists that 'none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level," to be included in his list of masterful musicians. Of black artists Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield , he said "they just didn’t articulate at that level". In response, he
7636-522: Was born into a middle-class family in Dartford , Kent, on 26 July 1943. His father, Basil Fanshawe "Joe" Jagger, was a gymnast and physical education teacher who helped popularise basketball in Britain. His paternal grandfather, David Ernest Jagger, was also a teacher. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary ( née Scutts), born in Sydney of English descent, was a hairdresser who was politically active in
7728-488: Was carrying revealed a shared interest in rhythm and blues . A musical partnership began shortly afterwards. Richards and Taylor often met Jagger at his house. In late 1961, the meetings moved to Taylor's house, where Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith joined the trio. The quintet called themselves the Blues Boys. Jagger left school in 1961 after passing seven O-levels and two A-levels . He and Richards moved into
7820-442: Was commercially successful, reaching No. 12 in the UK and No. 11 in the US. In 1993, the Stones were ready to start recording their next studio album, and Charlie Watts recruited bassist Darryl Jones , a former sideman of Miles Davis and Sting , as Wyman's replacement for the recording of Voodoo Lounge , released in 1994. Jones continued to perform with the band as the band's touring and session bassist. The album
7912-512: Was just the most awful racket, the most terrible thing, and where are we going if this is music?... But all those songs we sang were pretty tame, really. People didn't think they were, but I thought they were tame. The group's early albums, including Out of Our Heads , Aftermath , and Between the Buttons , were successful commercially. In 1967, Jagger, Richards, and Jones were hounded by authorities over their recreational drug use after
8004-445: Was only really a lick, so Paul and I went off in the corner of the room and finished the song off while they were all still sitting there talking. We came back, and that's how Mick and Keith got inspired to write ... because, "Jesus, look at that. They just went in the corner and wrote it and came back!" You know, right in front of their eyes we did it. So we gave it to them. The first original Jagger/Richards song to be released as
8096-576: Was performed at the Marquee Club , a London jazz club, on 12 July 1962. They later changed their name to the Rolling Stones, since it seemed more formal. The initial band members included Jagger, Richards, Jones, Ian Stewart on piano, Dick Taylor on bass, and Tony Chapman on drums, but Richards wrote in Life , his memoir, that, "The drummer that night was Mick Avory —not Tony Chapman, as history has mysteriously handed it down..." In June 1963,
8188-550: Was recorded in the Musicland Studios in Munich ; it reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US. Jagger and Richards produced the album credited as "the Glimmer Twins". The album and the single of the same name were both hits. Following Mick Taylor's exodus from the band in December 1974, the Stones needed a new guitarist. The recording sessions for the next album, Black and Blue (1976) (No. 2 in
8280-467: Was removed from the board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation the day after the interview was published. His comments were widely criticized. He issued an apology statement through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company, on September 18, 2023. In the summer of 1967, after Rolling Stone was founded, Wenner and Jane Schindelheim were married in a small Jewish ceremony. Wenner and his wife separated in 1995, though Jane Wenner still remains
8372-484: Was the band's first world tour in seven years and their biggest stage production to date. Opening acts included Living Colour and Guns N' Roses . Recordings from the tour were released in a 1991 concert album, Flashpoint , which reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 16 in the US, and the concert film Live at the Max , released in 1991. The tour was Bill Wyman 's last. After years of deliberation, Wyman chose to leave
8464-613: Was well received critically and proved commercially successful, going double platinum in the US. Reviews of the Voodoo Lounge noted and credited the album's "traditionalist" sounds to the Rolling Stones' new producer Don Was . Voodoo Lounge won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 1995 Grammy Awards . It reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. The Voodoo Lounge Tour to support Voodoo Lounge lasted into 1996, grossing $ 320 million and becoming
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