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The Rolling Stones are the longest-running rock band ever, going on 54 years in 2016. How much do you know about Mick, Keith and the rest of the band?The band now known as the Rolling Stones played under that name for the first time in London in 1962.
Jagger and Richards went to Wentworth Primary School together in Dartford, Kent, England.
Jagger and Richards ran into each other as teenagers at the Dartford railroad station in 1961.
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Richards knew they were kindred musical spirits when he saw the Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry albums.
Richards joined Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys soon after rekindling his friendship with Jagger.
Jagger was a undergraduate business student at the London School of Economics.
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The Rolling Stones' first gig was at the Marquee Club in London on July 12, 1962.
Guitarist Brian Jones was in the band until 1969.
Bill Wyman was the bassist until 1993.
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The Stones released "Come On," a Chuck Berry cover, in spring 1963.
None other than Lennon and McCartney wrote the song.
"Nanker Phelge" was credited for the early collectively written songs.
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"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1985) is generally considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
"Aftermath" (1966) included "Paint It Black" and "Under My Thumb."
Jones' official cause of death was "death by misadventure," but he was found in his swimming pool.
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"Honky Tonk Women" was debuted at a huge free concert in London about a week after Jones' death in 1969.
The Altamont Free Concert was a notoriously disastrous show in Tracy, California, in 1970.
The immediately recognizable logo first appeared on "Sticky Fingers."
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The Stones finally played Japan in 1990.
Ronnie Wood has been with the Stones since 1975.
Ronnie Wood was in Faces (with Rod Stewart) before the Stones came calling.
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"Miss You" was on the Billboard charts for 20 weeks in 1978, hitting No. 1.
They've had eight No. 1 hits: "Miss You," "Angie," "Brown Sugar," "Ruby Tuesday," "Honky Tonk Women," " Paint It Black," "Get Off of My Cloud" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg were together when the trip to Morocco started, and Keith Richards was with her for 12 years after the trip.
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George Harrison suggested that Decca's head of artists and repertoire check out a Stones show in May 1963.
The Stones took off for the French Riviera, staying together in Villa Nellcote, a mansion by the Mediterranean.
"Exile on Main St.," generally considered the best Stones album, was recorded at Villa Nellcote.
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The Grammy didn't come until 1995, when "Voodoo Lounge" won for best rock album.
Jagger, Richards and drummer Charlie Watts are still hanging in there.
The concert in Rio was the biggest ever.
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