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Stones, The, British rock-music group that rivaled the popularity
of the group's early contemporaries, The Beatles. The Rolling Stones
were formed in 1962 by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, William
Wyman, who left the band in late 1992, and Charles Robert Watts. Mick
Taylor replaced Jones until 1975, when Ron Wood took his place. The
Rolling Stones' rough, raucous sound, influenced by American rhythm-and-blues
music, and the group's irreverent performances contrasted with the
softer style of The Beatles and won The Rolling Stones a large following
in both England and the United States. Such singles as "Time Is on
My Side" (1964), "Mother's Little Helper" (1966), "Heart of Stone"
(1965), "Ruby Tuesday" (1967), "Satisfaction" (1965), and "Little
Red Rooster" (1964), which was deemed too sexually explicit for release
in the United States, are typical of The Rolling Stones' uninhibited
style. The group's performance style was captured in the motion picture
Gimme Shelter (1970). Intended to document the group's popularity,
the movie inadvertently recorded the killing of a spectator by members
of the motorcycle gang Hell's Angels, who had been hired to provide
security at a free Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Racetrack in
California. The Rolling Stones' many albums include Out of Their Heads
(1965), Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Gimme Shelter
(1970), Exile on Main Street (1972), Some Girls (1978), and Undercover
(1983). The Rolling Stones continued to perform and record throughout
the 1980s and into the 1990s, winning a Grammy Award in 1995 for their
album Voodoo Lounge (1994). Individual band members also recorded
solo albums from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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