Biography

By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them. Over the course of their career, the Stones never really abandoned blues, but as soon as they reached popularity in the U.K., they began experimenting musically, incorporating the British pop of contemporaries like the Beatles, Kinks, and Who into their sound. After a brief dalliance with psychedelia, the Stones re-emerged in the late '60s as a jaded, blues-soaked hard rock quintet. The Stones always flirted with the seedy side of rock & roll, but as the hippie dream began to break apart, they exposed and reveled in the new rock culture. It wasn't without difficulty, of course. Shortly after he was fired from the group, Jones was found dead in a swimming pool, while at a 1969 free concert at Altamont, a concertgoer was brutally killed during the Stones' show. But the Stones never stopped going. For the next 30 years, they continued to record and perform, and while their records weren't always blockbusters, they were never less than the most visible band of their era — certainly, none of their British peers continued to be as popular or productive as the Stones. And no band since has proven to have such a broad fan base or far-reaching popularity, and it is impossible to hear any of the groups that followed them without detecting some sort of influence, whether it was musical or aesthetic.

Top Albums
1. Hot Rocks 19..	2. Let It Bleed	3. Beggars Banq..	4. Exile On Mai..	5. Jump Back - ..
6. Sticky Finge..	7. Exile On Mai..	8. Shine a Ligh..	9. Some Girls (..	10. Their Satani..
11. Aftermath	12. Out of Our H..	13. Singles Coll..	14. Big Hits (Hi..	15. Get Yer Ya-Y..
16. Goats Head S..	17. Flowers (Rem..	18. Black and Bl..	19. 12 X 5 (Rema..	20. Tattoo You (..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Paint It Black	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:22	$1.29
2.	You Can't Always Get What You Wa..	Let It Bleed	7:28	$1.29
3.	Gimme Shelter	Let It Bleed	4:30	$1.29
4.	Sympathy for the Devil	Beggars Banquet	6:17	$1.29
5.	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:42	$1.29
6.	Wild Horses	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	5:42	$1.29
7.	Beast of Burden	Jump Back - The Best of the..	3:27	$1.29
8.	Honky Tonk Women	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	2:59	$1.29
9.	Can't You Hear Me Knocking	Sticky Fingers (Remastered)	7:15	$1.29
10.	Start Me Up	Jump Back - The Best of the..	3:32	$1.29
11.	Under My Thumb	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:42	$1.29
12.	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:42	$1.29
13.	Angie	Goats Head Soup (Remastered..	4:31	$1.29
14.	Miss You	Jump Back - The Best of the..	4:48	$1.29
15.	Brown Sugar	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:49	$1.29
16.	Sympathy for the Devil	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	6:17	$1.29
17.	You Can't Always Get What You Wa..	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	7:29	$1.29
18.	Monkey Man	Let It Bleed	4:11	$1.29
19.	Gimme Shelter	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	4:30	$1.29
20.	Mother's Little Helper	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	2:46	$1.29
21.	Beast of Burden	Some Girls (Deluxe Edition)	4:25	$1.29
22.	She's So Cold	Emotional Rescue (Remastere..	4:13	$1.29
23.	Ruby Tuesday	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:16	$1.29
24.	Get Off Of My Cloud	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	2:55	$1.29
25.	Time Is On My Side	Hot Rocks 1964-1971	3:00	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Plundered My S..	2. She Said Yeah	3. Following the ..	4. No Spare Parts	5. Plundered My S..
6. Get Yer Ya-Ya'..	7. Street Fightin..	8. Plundered My S..	9. Miss You

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