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Rolling Stones

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Rolling Stones English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943-; guitarists Brian Jones (Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones), 1944-69, Keith Richards or Richard 1943-, and Ron Wood (Ronald David Wood), 1941-; bassist Bill Wyman, 1941-, b. William George Perks, who left the band in 1993; and drummer Charlie Watts (Charles Robert Watts), 1941-. The group's songs, written mostly by Jagger and Richard, include "Satisfaction," "Sympathy for the Devil," and "Paint It Black." They have appeared widely in concert and in films, e.g., Gimme Shelter (1970), and have had successful solo careers.

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