Mick Jagger

"It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."
-Mick Jagger

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Born Michael Phillip Jagger on July 26, 1943, in Dartford, England,
he initially met future musical collaborator and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
while the pair were five years old at primary school,
although they would lose contact with each other shortly thereafter.

In his late teens, Jagger happened to bump into Richards once again
(while the two were waiting on a train platform),
and when Richards noticed Jagger had several blues records under his arm,
they became friends again and started up the Rolling Stones shortly thereafter.
The band (which also included second guitarist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts),
merged the rock & roll of Chuck Berry with the raw blues of Muddy Waters,
creating a style that would be infinitely copied by others in its wake.



With a name chosen from a line in a Muddy Waters song,
the band began to develop their fan base by playing in London.
While The Stones were seeing success in their native land,
they had yet to break through in the American market.
Although Jagger's skinny, lanky frame and rubbery lips made him the exact
opposite of the poster-boy pop stars of the time,
his business skills surfaced as he managed to turn his awkward
characteristics into commodities -- which has proven to sell out concert and albums.



By the late '60s, the Rolling Stones were rivaling the Beatles
as the world's most popular rock band (with their second guitarist slot rotating from time to time),
issuing such classic singles as "Paint It Black," "Time Is on My Side," "Get Off of My Cloud,"
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,""Jumpin' Jack Flash," and others.
In 1968, they began a string of albums that would go down
as some of rock's most quintessential and enduring albums ever recorded
-- 1968's Beggar's Banquet, 1969's Let It Bleed, 1970's Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out,
1971's Sticky Fingers, and 1972's Exile on Main Street.

After the release of "Satisfaction", spawned from their second album,
Jagger and The Stones were getting satisfaction with their explosion in the United States.
It took an Ed Sullivan show appearance for the band to become popular and a rebellious
image to cement their fame in the US.
Drug charges, a 3-month imprisonment, and a trial helped create
the bad-boy image that led to The Stones' recognition and fame.

Although Jagger avoided making solo musical attempts,
he did try his hand at a
solo career when he and Richards were experiencing differences in the future direction of the band.
His debut solo album, She's the Boss, was released in 1985,
and spawned the singles "Just Another Night" and "Lucky in Love".
While their videos received heavy MTV play,
the album did not see the same success as those of The Rolling Stones.



The Rolling Stones reunited once again and saw the phenomenal success of the 1989 album,
Steel Wheels, as well as the second most successful tour in history.
They followed this up with the Voodoo Lounge tour in support of the 1997 album Bridges to Babylon.
Between two successful albums and tours,
Jagger also worked on his most successful solo album to date, Wandering Spirit.




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