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Time is on their side
Sunday, March 07, 1999
The Stones roll through the years:
1960
Boyhood friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards consummate love of American R&B by joining Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys.
October 1962
The Rollin' Stones, named for a Muddy Waters song, debut at the Marquee Club in London with Jagger, Richards, blues purist Brian Jones, Dick Taylor, Ian Stewart and future Kink Mick Avory. Bill Wyman joins in December; Charlie Watts comes on in January 1963.
June 1963
First single is a tight-rocking cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On."
January 1964
New Musical Express sees Stones on first BBC-TV's "Top of the Pops." Calls them a "caveman-like quintet."
May 1964
Stones knock the Beatles off top of UK charts with first album.
June 1964
Stones invade North America four months after the Beatles. Stops include West View Park Danceland.
October 1964
Ed Sullivan: "I promise you they'll never be back on our show."
May 1965
Stones back on "The Ed Sullivan Show" - with first Jagger-Richards song, "The Last Time."
July 1965
Stones define a rebellious decade with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
October 1966
Stones appear in drag for a New York photo shoot to promote "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby ..."
January 1967
"Let's Spend the Night Together" becomes "Let's Spend Some Time Together" on Sullivan.
February 1967
Police raid Richards' country estate and find Stones with Marianne Faithful, wearing only a fur rug. First of countless drug arrests.
August 1967
Mick, Marianne and the Beatles visit the Maharishi.
January 1968
Only drugs can explain "Their Satanic Majesty's Request," a failed attempt to outdo Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper."
October 1968
"Street Fighting Man," from brilliant "Beggars Banquet," is banned by U.S. radio stations. Mick declared the devil.
June 1969
Whacked-out Jones quits and is found dead in his swimming pool a month later. Replaced by Bluesbreakers guitarist Mick Taylor.
December 1969
The '60s end tragically at Altamont - intended to be a West Coast Woodstock - when hired security the Hell's Angels murder a fan.
April 1971
Stones unzip Warhol-designed "Sticky Fingers" on new Rolling Stones record label. A month later Mick marries Bianca Rose Perez Moreno (lasts until 1980).
June-July 1972
It only gets better with boozy "Exile on Main Street" and the Arena show we all wish we saw.
December 1974
Taylor quits; is replaced by former Faces guitarist Ron Wood, who isn't as good but has better hair.
December 1978
Rev. Jesse Jackson cries foul over "offensive" "Some Girls," band's last universally acclaimed album.
September 1981
"Tattoo You" tour ups the ante on corporate rock events and becomes top-grossing tour in history.
April 1985
Jagger makes vain attempt to go solo with "She's the Boss."
December 1985
Sixth Stone Ian Stewart dies of heart attack.
February 1986
Two-and-half decades and no Grammy. Stones get Lifetime Achievement Award.
April 1986
Stones reunite for "Dirty Work." But when Mick won't tour, the Glimmer Twins feud.
1988
Solo Keith officially begins to look like death.
January 1989
Stones are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
June 1989
Wyman, 52, secretly marries 19-year-old Mandy Smith, who gets nice divorce settlement three years later.
September 1989
Mick and Keith have kissed and made up; "Steel Wheels" rolls into Three Rivers Stadium.
November 1990
Jagger marries long tall Texan Jerry Hall in Bali.
July 1993
Jagger, already a grandpa, turns 50, followed by Richards in December.
September 1994
Fans can buy "Voodoo Lounge" tickets with new Stones Visa and Mastercard.
March 1995
1994 is a big year for Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Hole. "Voodoo Lounge" wins best rock album at Grammys.
August 1995
Stones get satisfaction - a cool $12 million from Microsoft for the use of "Start Me Up."
September 1997
"Bridges to Babylon" is added to the heap of forgettable post-'70s Stones albums.
March 1998
Having missed the stadium run, Pittsburgh gets the more intimate tour of arenas.
- Compiled by Scott Mervis, Post-Gazette Weekend Editor
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