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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, they pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. Rooted in blues and rock and roll, the Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion. 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 manager Andrew Loog Oldham (though Stewart was retained as the band's road manager and session/touring keyboardist until his death in 1985). Jones was the leader in their early years, and named the band after a Muddy Waters song. Oldham encouraged them to write their own songs, and the Jagger–Richards partnership soon became the band's primary creative force.

They found 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 No. 1 hits. Aftermath (1966) was their first album of entirely original material. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelia on Their Satanic Majesties Request. In 1968, they returned to their roots (grafted with folk and country) with the single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and the album Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man".
Jones left the band a few weeks before his death in 1969, and was replaced by guitarist Mick Taylor. That year, they were introduced on stage for the first time as "the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World", scored another UK and US No. 1 single with "Honky Tonk Women", and released the album Let It Bleed, featuring "Gimmie Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want". In 1970, they formed Rolling Stones Records, for which their famous tongue and lips logo was created. Sticky Fingers (1971), their first album on the label, yielded "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" and was their first of eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the US. It was followed by Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring "Tumbling Dice", and Goats Head Soup (1973), featuring "Angie". Taylor left the band at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood.
Continued success came with the albums Some Girls (1978), featuring "Miss You", and Tattoo You (1981), featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels (1989) and Voodoo Lounge (1994) were promoted by record-breaking world tours. Following Wyman's departure in 1993, the band continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones becoming their regular bassist. By 2007, they had broken the record for the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and were the highest-earning live act of 2021, with Steve Jordan becoming their regular drummer following Watts' death that year. Hackney Diamonds (2023) became their fourteenth UK No. 1 album, and Foreign Tongues (2026) was their fifteenth.
The Rolling Stones have estimated album sales of more than 250 million. They have won four Grammys 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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Members

Mick Jagger 1962–now · original member acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboard, lead vocals, percussion
Keith Richards 1962–now · original member acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboard, lead vocals
Ronnie Wood 1975–now acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, membranophone, pedal steel guitar, saxophone, slide guitar
Darryl Jones 1994–now bass
Steve Jordan 2021–now drums (drum set)
Chanel Haynes now additional
Dick Taylor 1962–1962 · former bass guitar
Mick Avory 1962–1962 · former drums (drum set)
Tony Chapman 1962–1963 · original member · former drums (drum set)
Brian Jones 1962–1969 · original member · former accordion, acoustic guitar, autoharp, background vocals, bass guitar, cello, electric guitar, hammered dulcimer, harmonica, keyboard, mandolin, marimba, percussion, recorder, saxophone, sitar, slide guitar
Ian Stewart 1962–1985 · original member · former keyboard, percussion
Bill Wyman 1962–1993 · former background vocals, bass guitar, keyboard, marimba, percussion
Charlie Watts 1963–2021 · former drums (drum set), percussion
Mick Taylor 1969–1974 · former acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar