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In Pictures: Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years

Fifty years and 200 million records later, the Rolling Stones mark their golden anniversary.

13/07/12 4,809 Views 13 Comments

THE ROLLING STONES have celebrated 50 years of rock n’ roll – marking the anniversary of their first ever gig at The Marquee Club in London in 1962.

And, after selling more than 200 million records worldwide, they have plenty to celebrate.

Here, we take a look at the boys through the years…

In Pictures: Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years
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  • Richards, 1965

    A fresh-faced Keith Richards in 1965.

  • Jagger, 1968

    Mick Jagger is pictured playing his guitar in his dressing room in London between shooting scenes for the film "Performance".

  • Mick Jagger Jerry Hall, 1983

    Mick Jagger with his fiancee Jerry Hall at Gibbs Beach, St. Peter, Barbados on December 5, 1983. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit)

  • Rolling Stones in court, 1967

    Onlookers crowd round Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in Chichester, Sussex, England on May 10, 1967. Jagger and Richards together with Mayfair, London, Pop Art Gallery owner Robert Fraser elected to be tried by a jury on drug charges, when they appeared at the Magistrates Court there to answer summonses. (AP Photo)

  • London, 1969

    A girl breaks into a spontaneous dance while waiting, among the nearly 250,000 spectators, for the start of a free 5-hour concert by the Rolling Stones, in Hyde Park, London, July 5, 1969. It was the Stones' first public appearance in 14 months. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)

  • Jagger and Richards, 1975

    Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the Boston Garden July 11, 1975 during the Rolling Stones' "Tour of the Americas". The tour included two nights in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens a week later. Keith Richards has written his autobiography in which he makes negative comments about Jagger . The Canadian Press Images/Peter Bregg

  • Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith

    Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, and his 18 year old bride-to-be Mandy Smith at the launch of Sticky Fingers, the veteran rocker's restaurant in Kensington, London.

  • San Francisco, 1972

    Jagger gyrates during a performance in San Francisco, July 24, 1972. (AP Photo)

  • Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh

    Mick Jagger, left, of the Rolling Stones, joins Peter Tosh in duet during rehearsal for NBC-TV'’s Saturday Night Live” program, Friday, Dec. 16, 1978 in New York. The two were rehearsing for the live program, which is to be broadcast from New York City on Saturday night. (AP Photo)

  • Mick Jagger at the Mayfair Hotel

    Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones at the Mayfair Hotel, where he was holding a press conference. He is leaving with the band to go to New York in the USA. They are to take part in the Ed Sullivan Show, which will be shown from coast to coast across America.

  • Watching the Stones, 1968

    Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and his father John Lennon (of the Beatles) at the rehearsal of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, at the Intertel Studios, Wembley, London.

  • Mick and Bianca

    Mick Jagger and his bride, Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, are shown during their wedding in the Sainte-Anne chapel in Saint Tropez, 1971.

  • Banned from the Beeb

    In 1964 the Rolling Stones were banned from the BBC for showing up late for radio shows.

  • On the way to court...

    Brian Jones all-dressed up in London, on his way to the Law Courts, for his appeal against his nine month sentence imposed after he was found guilty on drugs charges.

  • Ronnie and Jo Wood

    Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood with his wife Jo in 1991.

  • Chuck Berry and Keith Richards at Studio 54

    Rock and roll musician Chuck Berry, right, laughs with fellow guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones at New York's Studio 54, Wednesday night, Feb. 28, 1980.

  • Brian

    Brian Jones in 1965. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Jones was eventually asked to leave the band due his severe drug problem. He was found dead less than a month later, having drowned in the swimming pool of his Sussex home.

  • Stonehenge!

    A Stonehenge setting for pop group The Rolling Stones as they record at ABC's Television's Teddington Studios, Middlesex for the 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV show. (Left to right: Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards.)

  • Mick and Marianne

    Mick and his girlfriend actress Marianne Faithfull, on their way to Marlborough Street Court on a charge of possessing cannabis (1969).

  • Wembley Arena, 2003

    The Rolling Stones perform live on Stage during their Licks Tour at the Wembley Arena London August 29, 2003 in London. ©suzan/allaction.co.uk/PA

  • Altamount festival

    Motorcycles crowd the field at the infamous "Gimme Shelter" rock concert featuring the Rolling Stones, 1969.

  • Rolling Stones, 2008

    From left, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards, posing for photographers as they arrive for the UK premiere of the film 'Shine A Light' at the Odeon Leicester Square, London, Wednesday April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Nathan Strange)

  • Munich, 2003

    Jagger performs on stage during the European Start of the "Licks World Tour" in the Olympic Stadium in Munich, southern Germany, on Friday, June 6, 2003. (AP Photo/Jan Pitman)

  • Forty Licks World Tour

    Richards performs at Wembley Arena, west London, as part of the band's Forty Licks world tour.

  • Wood at the Royal Albert Hall

    Wood performs on stage during the 2002 Grand Prix Party at The Royal Albert Hall in London.

  • Keith, 2006

    Keith Richards performs during a concert at the Stade de France, north of Paris, in this July 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

  • Jagger Close

    The sign for Jagger Close in Dartford built in 1988. The street is named to commemorate the first meeting of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones on a Dartford to London train in 1960. Jagger was traveling to a lecture at the London School of Economics with a stack of blues records which induced Keith Richards to talk to him.

  • Stones in Hyde Park

    The band at their legendary concert at Hyde Park, London.

  • Celebrating 50 years

    From left, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger, from the British Rock band, The Rolling Stones, arrive at a central London venue, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones first performance, Thursday, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)
  • A fresh-faced Keith Richards in 1965.
  • Mick Jagger is pictured playing his guitar in his dressing room in London between shooting scenes for the film
  • Mick Jagger with his fiancee Jerry Hall at Gibbs Beach, St. Peter, Barbados on December 5, 1983. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit)
  • Onlookers crowd round Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in Chichester, Sussex, England on May 10, 1967. Jagger and Richards together with Mayfair, London, Pop Art Gallery owner Robert Fraser elected to be tried by a jury on drug charges, when they appeared at the Magistrates Court there to answer summonses. (AP Photo)
  • A girl breaks into a spontaneous dance while waiting, among the nearly 250,000 spectators, for the start of a free 5-hour concert by the Rolling Stones, in Hyde Park, London, July 5, 1969. It was the Stones' first public appearance in 14 months. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)
  • Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the Boston Garden July 11, 1975 during the Rolling Stones'
  • Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, and his 18 year old bride-to-be Mandy Smith at the launch of Sticky Fingers, the veteran rocker's restaurant in Kensington, London.
  • Jagger gyrates during a performance in San Francisco, July 24, 1972. (AP Photo)
  • Mick Jagger, left, of the Rolling Stones, joins Peter Tosh in duet during rehearsal for NBC-TV'’s Saturday Night Live” program, Friday, Dec. 16, 1978 in New York. The two were rehearsing for the live program, which is to be broadcast from New York City on Saturday night. (AP Photo)
  • Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones at the Mayfair Hotel, where he was holding a press conference. He is leaving with the band to go to New York in the USA. They are to take part in the Ed Sullivan Show, which will be shown from coast to coast across America.
  • Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and his father John Lennon (of the Beatles) at the rehearsal of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, at the Intertel Studios, Wembley, London.
  • Mick Jagger and his bride, Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, are shown during their wedding in the Sainte-Anne chapel in Saint Tropez, 1971.
  • In 1964 the Rolling Stones were banned from the BBC for showing up late for radio shows.
  • Brian Jones all-dressed up in London, on his way to the Law Courts, for his appeal against his nine month sentence imposed after he was found guilty on drugs charges.
  • Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood with his wife Jo in 1991.
  • Rock and roll musician Chuck Berry, right, laughs with fellow guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones at New York's Studio 54, Wednesday night, Feb. 28, 1980.
  • Brian Jones in 1965. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Jones was eventually asked to leave the band due his severe drug problem. He was found dead less than a month later, having drowned in the swimming pool of his Sussex home.
  • A Stonehenge setting for pop group The Rolling Stones as they record at ABC's Television's Teddington Studios, Middlesex for the 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV show. (Left to right: Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards.)
  • Mick and his girlfriend actress Marianne Faithfull, on their way to Marlborough Street Court on a charge of possessing cannabis (1969).
  • The Rolling Stones perform live on Stage during their Licks Tour at the Wembley Arena London August 29, 2003 in London. ©suzan/allaction.co.uk/PA
  • Motorcycles crowd the field at the infamous
  • From left, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards, posing for photographers as they arrive for the UK premiere of the film 'Shine A Light' at the Odeon Leicester Square, London, Wednesday April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Nathan Strange)
  • Jagger performs on stage during the European Start of the
  • Richards performs at Wembley Arena, west London, as part of the band's Forty Licks world tour.
  • Wood performs on stage during the 2002 Grand Prix Party at The Royal Albert Hall in London.
  • Keith Richards performs during a concert at the Stade de France, north of Paris, in this July 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)
  • The sign for Jagger Close in Dartford built in 1988. The street is named to commemorate the first meeting of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones on a Dartford to London train in 1960. Jagger was traveling to a lecture at the London School of Economics with a stack of blues records which induced Keith Richards to talk to him.
  • The band at their legendary concert at Hyde Park, London.
  • From left, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger, from the British Rock band, The Rolling Stones, arrive at a central London venue, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones first performance, Thursday, July 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)

As it turns out, it’s very hard to pick just one Stones tune – but we eventually settled on this. Enjoy!



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