The Rolling Stones‘ first handful of records focused heavily on cover songs. It wasn’t until the 1965 release of December’s Children (And Everybody’s), which arrived three years after the band’s ...

The self-proclaimed “Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World,” the Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, with founding guitarist Brian Jones naming the band after “Rollin’ Stone” by Muddy Waters ...

The Rolling Stones’ debut album in the U.K. was followed up with this American version just a month later, in May 1964. The American LP serves more as a means of introduction than a showcase of the ...

The Rolling Stones have been around a long time. Long enough, certainly, for their catalog to amass a collection of cover versions from artists spanning genres and generations. The great thing about ...

“Sweet Black Angel” is one of the Stones’ most overtly political tracks. Written in advocacy for Angela Davis, a political activist, this track sees the band pick a side during her controversial ...

The post Song of the Week: The Rolling Stones’ “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” Is an Instant Classic appeared first on Consequence. On paper, a seven-and-a-half-minute jam from a legacy rock band whose most ...

Without stretching the comparison too far, Charlie Watts was the Elvis Presley of rock and roll drumming: There was BC (Before Charlie) and after, and he can’t be compared realistically with anyone ...

The Rolling Stones grew up and became famous in an era in which finding new music to listen to involved a lot more than it does today. "Streaming, you know, is...much maligned, but the interesting ...

A group portrait of the band. The transcendent sound of The Rolling Stones redefined multiple genres of music. The Rolling Stones grew out of London’s rhythm and blues scene, peppering in an edge and ...

Stacker compiled data on every studio album by The Rolling Stones from Best Ever Albums, which ranks albums according to their appearance and performance on 40,000 charts. - Michael Ochs Archives // ...