“In the beginning it was frightening, ” Jagger recalled to a Newsweek reporter. By 1963, though, they had begun to find their audience, and their popularity grew rapidly by 1964 two different polls had named them England ’s most popular group, outranking even the Beatles. For the next year, this line-up struggled through a series of dates in working-class bars, where audiences seemed not to know what to make of the band ’s long hair and unkempt appearance, or of Jagger ’s sneering and prancing. Jagger, Jones, and Richards were accompanied by drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman. Mick Jagger and the Rollin ’ Stones ” after the title of a favorite Muddy Waters song. Actor appearing in motion pictures, including Performance, 1970, Ned Kelly, 1970, and Freejack, 1992.Īddresses: Record company -Atlantic, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019. Lead singer of the Rolling Stones, 1962 - group signed a $45 million, six-year recording contract with Virgin Records, 1991 concert films include Let ’s Spend the Night Together, 1983, and At the Max, 1991. Education: Attended London School of Economics. They had no name for their group, but impulsively decided to call themselves “Brian Jones and For the Record …īorn Michael Philip Jagger, July 26, 1943, in Dartford, Kent, England son of Joe (a physical education instructor) and Eva Jagger married Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, (divorced, 1980) married Jerry Hall (a model), Novemchildren: (with Marsha Hunt) Karis (daughter) (with de Macias) Jade (daughter) (with Hall) Elizabeth, James, Georgia May Ayeesha.

Their first public appearance was a spur-of-the-moment, unpaid show at a tiny jazz club called the Marquee. After moving into a flat in Chelsea with guitarist Brian Jones, they began planning their own rock and roll band while Jagger prudently continued his business courses. They discovered a mutual love of rhythm and blues and were quickly caught up in the musical revolution then sweeping England.

There he met up with art student and guitarist Keith Richards, whom he had known when the two were five-year-olds attending school in Dartford, England. In 1962, he went to the London School of Economics to study for a career in business. The snarling, strutting lead singer of the Rolling Stones spent his early life in conventional, middle-class style, working hard in school and participating enthusiastically in sports. In a career spanning nearly three decades, Mick Jagger has been characterized in many ways -from rock and roll ’s most demonic performer to one of its keenest business minds.

Wheel of fortune december 4 2002