The Rolling Stones
![The Rolling Stones performing at [[Summerfest]] in [[Milwaukee]] in June 2015. Left to right: [[Charlie Watts]], [[Ronnie Wood]], [[Mick Jagger]], and [[Keith Richards]].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/The_Rolling_Stones_Summerfest_in_Milwaukee_-_2015.jpg)
Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful counterculture of the 1960s. They then found greater success with their own material, as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Get Off of My Cloud" (both 1965), and "Paint It Black" (1966) became international number-one hits. ''Aftermath'' (1966), their first entirely original album, is often considered to be the most important of their early albums. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend the Night Together" and experimented with psychedelic rock on ''Their Satanic Majesties Request''. By the end of the 1960s, they had returned to their rhythm and blues-based rock sound, with hit singles "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968) and "Honky Tonk Women" (1969), and albums ''Beggars Banquet'' (1968), featuring "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", and ''Let It Bleed'' (1969), featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter".
Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by Mick Taylor. That year they were first introduced on stage as "the greatest rock and roll band in the world". ''Sticky Fingers'' (1971), which yielded "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" and included the first usage of their tongue and lips logo, was their first of eight consecutive number-one studio albums in the US. It was followed by ''Exile on Main St.'' (1972), featuring "Tumbling Dice" and "Happy", and ''Goats Head Soup'' (1973), featuring "Angie". Taylor left the band at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Ronnie Wood. The band released ''Some Girls'' in 1978, featuring "Miss You" and "Beast of Burden", and ''Tattoo You'' in 1981, featuring "Start Me Up". ''Steel Wheels'' (1989) was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by ''Voodoo Lounge'' (1994). Both releases were promoted by large stadium and arena tours, as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction; by 2007, they had broken the record for the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and they were the highest-earning live act of 2021. Following Wyman's departure in 1993, the band continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones becoming their regular bassist, and then as a three-piece core following Watts' death in 2021, with Steve Jordan becoming their regular drummer. ''Hackney Diamonds'', the band's first new album of original material in 18 years, was released in October 2023, becoming their fourteenth UK number-one album.
The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of more than 250 million make them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. They have won three Grammy Awards 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. Provided by Wikipedia