![]() ![]() Oldham did everything he could to market the band as a cooler and more dangerous alternative to the Beatles, attempting to court rebellious teenage fans. Throughout the early sixties, the Rolling Stones built a steady following in the UK, with their manager Andrew Loog Oldham acting as a PR guru. ![]() The two groups would eventually merge together and so, choosing their name from a Muddy Waters LP, the Rolling Stones were born. Jagger was in a garage band with Dick Taylor (who would go on to found the Pretty Things) which Richards soon became involved with.Ĭalling themselves the Blues Boys, in 1962 the band discovered the Ealing Jazz Club in a newspaper, and it was here that they met Jones, Watts and Ian Stewart (a co-founder of the Stones who was removed from the band by their manager but stayed on as a touring member). Jagger and Richards had been childhood friends and reconnected a decade later over their shared love of artists like Little Richard and Muddy Waters. ![]()
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