Rolling Stones Information

The Rolling Stones first rose to fame in the ‘60s. During that time, they were second in popularity to the Beatles. When the Rolling Stones first got together in July 1962, they were known as Rolling with the Stones. Most of their first performances were covers of blues, R&B, country, and rock ‘n roll music. Their first of 34 albums, The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) was released in April 1964. The follow-up to that album, the release of Out of Our Heads in 1965 began to showcase a change in the Rolling Stones. Instead of covers like their debut, Out of Our Heads contained music that was actually written by the band themselves. The Rolling Stones would go on to release two more albums in the ‘60s.

The ‘70s and ‘80s saw more releases by the Rolling Stones. There was plenty of drama that seemed to follow the Rolling Stones wherever they went, including jail time. Never the less, the band continued to find success. From April 1971 until November 1989, the Rolling Stones released 26 albums in the United States and in the UK. While they remained wildly popular in the ‘70s, many critics began to question their music until the late-70s release of Some Girls . The drama between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards continued to follow the Rolling Stones wherever they went, and many felt it was interfering with the music. Despite the drama, the Rolling Stones were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986.

The ‘90s saw more releases by the Rolling Stones, including the use of their song "Start Me Up" for the launch of the Windows 95 operating system. Their asking price for use of the song was $13 million; Microsoft founder Bill Gates immediately accepted the outrageous offer. In 2002, the Rolling Stones released Forty Licks , which was a greatest hits album that spanned their career that far and included four new songs. That year, Q magazine named the Rolling Stones one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die." An estimated 490,000 people attended the 2003 Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert in which the Rolling Stones Performed. The concert was designed to help the city of Toronto recover financially and psychologically from the 2003 SARS epidemic. It was the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history. The September 2005 release of A Bigger Bang was the Rolling Stones 34th and most recent release to date. The Rolling Stones followed that up with the A Bigger Bang tour, which in 2005 made a record-smashing $162 million. Their tour continues in 2006.

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