Rolling Stones Caricature

Rolling Stones Caricature, shown here on the set of a video shoot in New York, May 1978. L to R: Ronnie Wood age 30, Keith Richards age 34, Mick Jagger age 34 and Charlie Watts age 36.

The Rolling Stones’ US Tour 1978 was a concert tour of the United States that took place during June and July 1978, immediately following the release of the group’s 1978 album “Some Girls”.
The tour was the first in which Charlie Watts used the famous Gretsch drum set that he continues to play with the Stones to this day.

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962, consisting of bandleader Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica, keyboards), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano).

The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands that became popular in the United States in 1964 and were identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the band started out playing covers but found more success with their own material; songs such as “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Paint It Black” became international hits.
After a short period of experimentation with psychedelic rock in the mid-1960s, the group returned to its “bluesy” roots with Beggars Banquet (1968), which along with its follow-ups Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main St. (1972), is generally considered to be the band’s best work and is seen as their “Golden Age.”

It was during this period they were first introduced on stage as “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World”.

The band continued to release commercially successful albums through the 1970s and early 1980s, including Some Girls (1978) and Tattoo You (1981), the two best-sellers in their discography.

Bassist Bill Wyman left the band in 1993.

Some of many greatest hits: “Gimme Shelter”, “Sympathy For The Devil”, “Paint It Black”, “Satisfaction”, “Wild Horses”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin'”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, “Tumbling Dice”, “Brown Sugar”, “Angie”, “Honkey Tonk Women”, “Start Me Up”, “It’s Only Rock And Roll”, “Get Off My Cloud”, “Street Fightin’ Man”, “Under My Thumb”, “As Tears Go By” and “Ruby Tuesday”.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked them fourth on the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” list and their estimated record sales are above 250 million.
They have released 30 studio albums, 23 live albums and numerous compilations.

The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004.