Rolling Stones 10 interesting facts

1. Early in the band's history Jagger and Richards formed a

songwriting partnership and gradually took over leadership of

the band from the increasingly troubled and erratic Jones.

2. Mick Taylor replaced an incapacitated Jones shortly before Jones's death in 1969.

3. Taylor quit in 1974, and was replaced in 1975 by Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has remained with the band ever since.

4. Wyman left the Rolling Stones in 1992; bassist Darryl Jones, who is not an official band member, has worked with the group since 1994.

5.The Rolling Stones have released 22 studio albums in the UK (24 in the US), eight concert albums (nine in the US) and numerous compilations; and have album sales estimated at more than 200 million worldwide

6. In the early 1950s Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were

classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent They

met again in 1960 while Richards was attending Sidcup Art

College.

7. with mutual friend Dick Taylor (later of Pretty Things), they formed the band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys.

8. Jones named the band The Rollin' Stones to pay tribute to "Rollin' Stone" by Muddy Waters

9. The LP also included a Jagger/Richards original - "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" - and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge, the name used for songs composed by the entire group.

10. The Rolling Stones were scheduled to play at a free concert

in London's Hyde Park two days after Brian Jones's death; they

decided to proceed with the show as a tribute to Jones.