PHOTOS: The Rolling Stones released their first album fifty years ago
April 16, 2014
The Rolling Stones, formed in 1962, released their first album fifty years ago on April 16, 1964 in the UK and May 30, 1964 in the US. British rock group The Rolling Stones in New York. From left to right: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones (1942 - 1969), and Bill Wyman. (Photo by William Lovelace/Getty Images) ( 2635749 )
The Rolling Stones visit the USA, June 1964. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images) ( 02x/16/diry/15252/23f )
British rock group the Rolling Stones, (from left) Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman, outside St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, January 17, 1964. (Photo by Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images) ( 3096359 )
The British rock group The Rolling Stones poses beneath a sign for Greenwich and Tower Bridge Streets in London, England, circa 1963. L-R: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones (1942 - 1969), Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( C196_18 )
Young English rhythm and blues group The Rolling Stones, from left to right, drummer Charlie Watts, bass guitarist Bill Wyman, singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Brian Jones (1942 - 1969) and guitarist Keith Richards. April 28, 1964. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images) ( 96f/15/huch/3788/13 )
British rhythm and blues pop group the Rolling Stones, from left to right, back row; Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, front; Keith Richards and Brian Jones (1942 - 1969). 1964 (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) ( 96e06/huch/3272/30 )
Members of the pop group The Rolling Stones on the steps of St George's Hanover Square, from left to right; Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman (sitting), Brian Jones (1942 - 1969) and Charlie Watts, January 17, 1964. (Photo by Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images) ( 97i/14/huty/6750/28 )
The Rolling Stones messing about on a wall at Embankment, London, circa 1963. (Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577536 )
Guitarist Keith Richards laughing with Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman backstage during an early Rolling Stones tour, December 1963. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images) ( 72591470 )
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards opening fan mail during the early days of the band, circa 1963. (Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577510 )
The Rolling Stones appearing on the television show 'Ready Steady Go', 14th February 1964. From left to right, Brian Jones on harmonica, Mick Jagger on maracas, bassist Bill Wyman, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Keith Richards. (Photo by Frank Martin/BIPS/Getty Images) ( Huty1577508 )
Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, signing autographs for fans at London Airport, April 6, 1966. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images) ( 99t/27/HUTY/13336/29 )
British rock group the Rolling Stones, comprising drummer Charlie Watts, frontman Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones and bassist Bill Wyman, 1964. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 99d/50/huty/14107/07 )
British rock group The Rolling Stones; from left to right, Brian Jones (1942 - 1969), Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, January 1967. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 00f/08/huty/14377/05 )
Rolling Stones (left to right), Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman backstage before a concert. Jones is reading a fanzine dedicated to the group, January 1965. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images) ( 00t/29/huty/14658/20 )
Rolling Stones guitarists Stones Brian Jones (1942 - 1969) and Keith Richards on the beach at Double Bay, Sydney, Australia, January 1965. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577421 )
Rolling Stones Brian Jones, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts on the beach in Australia, 1965. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577531 )
Brian Jones, guitarist of the Rock Band The Rolling Stones, strikes a pose with wide open mouth, during the band's concert at the "Waldbuehne" (Forest Stage) in West Berlin, West Germany, September 15, 1965. (AP Photo) ( West Berlin Rolling Stones Concert 1965 )
British rock group the Rolling Stones start a custard pie fight in the Elizabethan Room at the Gore Hotel, Kensington, 5th December 1968. They are holding an old-style feast complete with serving wenches, to promote their new album 'Beggars' Banquet'. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( J69803701 )
Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at the Olympic Sound Studios while making Jean Luc Godard's semi documentary movie 'Sympathy for the Devil', aka 'One Plus One', June 1968. (Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577555 )
The Rolling Stones, L-R: Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts (behind), Keith Richards (playing Epiphone guitar), posed on set of TV Show (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) ( 85000059 )
Keith Richards, 23, guitarist of the British rock band "The Rolling Stones", gestures with his hands in Chichester, Sussex, Great Britain, June 27, 1967. (AP Photo) ( England Rolling Stones Keith Richards )
Mick Jagger, lead singer of the pop group The Rolling Stones, answers questions during a press conference at Granada Studios, London, July 31, 1967. Earlier in the day the Appeal Court had dismissed his appeal against conviction of illegally possessing drugs. (AP Photo/Staff/Rider) ( London Rolling Stones )
Mick Jagger, lead singer of the British rock band "The Rolling Stones", is pictured playing his guitar in his dressing room in London between shooting scenes for the film "Performance" on October 25, 1968. (AP Photo) ( England Rolling Stones Mick Jagger )
In this April 22, 1965 file photo, British rock and roll group, The Rolling Stones, arrive at Montreal Airport. They are Mick Jagger, top left, Charlie Watts, top right, Keith Richards, middle left, Brian Jones, middle right, and Bill Wyman. (AP Photo, File) ( Music-Rolling Stones )
Mick Jagger, singer with British rock group the Rolling Stones, and his girlfriend, Nicaragua born Bianca de Macias, at St Tropez, 1971. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Getty Images) ( 96f/15/huch/3788/3 )
20-year-old Mick Taylor, former lead guitarist of the John Mayall rhythm and blues group replaces Brian Jones as the new member of the Rolling Stones. The group pose in Hyde Park, London - (from left to right) Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman, June 13, 1969. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images) ( 3095196 )
Mick Jagger on stage with the Rolling Stones as they play the last date on their 1976 European tour at the Knebworth Fair festival, 21st August 1976. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577629 )
Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, at a British concert and sporting a new David Bowie style feather cut, 1973. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577623 )
Guitarist Ron Wood and singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performing at Knebworth, 20th August 1976. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images) ( Huty1577728 )
Singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones at rehearsals for a British concert, 1975. (Photo by Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 72591705 )
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones gyrates during a performance in San Francisco, July 24, 1972. Mick Jagger is 65. The singer of the Rolling Stones was born on July 26, 1943. (AP Photo) ( RP Jagger Geburtstag )
The Rolling Stones, 1977. Left to right: Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Mick Jagger. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( Huty1577621 )
Keith Richards, guitarist for the Rolling Stones, talks to newsmen at a press conference in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1978. Richards was placed on one year's probation for possessing heroin and ordered to give a benefit concert for the blind in Toronto. The 34-year-old British musician pleaded guilty to the possession charge. (AP Photo/Blaise Edwards) ( Keith Richards )
Charlie Watts, drummer with the Rolling Stones, looking quizzically over his sunglasses, 1983. Original Publication: People Disc - HO0205 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 95f31/huch/1371/ho0205 )
Keith Richards, the lead guitarist of The Rolling Stones in concert at Syracuse, New York state, 1981. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 99d/48/huty/13976/38 )
Mick Jagger, singing, is joined by Keith Richards, at right, as the Rolling Stones perform in concert at Philadelphia. PA., on September 26, 1981. (AP Photo/Clem Murray) ( ROLLING STONES 1981 )
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs before a packed crowd at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 24, 1981. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) ( Rolling Stones 1981 )
The Rolling Stones, perform during the kick off concert of their "Steel Wheels" tour in Philadelphia's Veterans' Stadium, Thursday, August 31, 1989. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy) ( The Rolling Stones )
The Rolling Stones (L-R) Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts arrive by yacht at Chelsea Piers 03 May 1994 in New York to kick-off their "Voodoo Lounge " world tour 01 August. It is also the first time the Stones have toured without their bass player Bill Wyman, who left the group last year. (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) ( SAWH990624654770 )
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Against the backdrop of lower Manhattan the Rolling Stones announce their upcoming "Bridges to Babylon" concert tour 18 August. (L to R) Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards. AFP PHOTO/Jon LEVY (Photo credit should read JON LEVY/AFP/Getty Images) ( SAWH970818105140 )
The Rolling Stones members Keith Richards (L) and Mick Jagger perform on stage at San Siro Stadium on July 11, 2006 in Milan, Italy. The concert marks the start of the rock and roll band's European leg of their 'A Bigger Bang' World Tour. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 71418926 )
The Rolling Stones announce their "Bridges to Babylon" tour beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in the Brooklyn borough of New York Monday, August 18, 1997. From left are: Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( ROLLING STONES )
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger performs during their concert Thursday night, Oct. 16, 1997, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) ( ROLLING STONES )
Rolling Stones members Ronnie Wood, left, and Keith Richards, right, perform at their last concert of the Bridges to Bablyon World Tour'98 for 35,000 people at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul, late Saturday night, September 19, 1998. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) ( TURKEY ROLLING STONES )
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards performs at Ericsson Stadium, Friday Oct. 10, 1997 in Charlotte, N.C.(AP Photo/Bob Leverone) ( ROLLING STONES )
Rolling Stones guitarists Ron Wood, left, and Keith Richards perform at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Thursday, October 23, 1997 as part of their Bridges to Babylon World Tour. (AP Photo/Brian K. Diggs) ( ROLLING STONES )
Rolling Stones drummer, and original band member Charlie Watts performs during the opening night of the Stones U.S. tour in Boston, Mass. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) ( ROLLING STONES )
After Landing In A Promotional Blimp, The Rolling Stones (L To R) Drummer Charlie Watts, Singer Mick Jagger, Guitarist Ron Wood And Guitarist Keith Richards Announce Their 2002-2003 World Tour May 7, 2002 In New York City's Van Cortlandt Park. (Photo By Keith Bedford/Getty Images) ( 40503803ston_20020507_00238.jpg )
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs during the Licks world tour 2002-2003, in New York, Monday, Sept. 30, 2002. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) ( ROLLING STONES TOUR )
Rolling Stones' Keith Richards performs during the "Licks" world tour 2002-2003, Thursday, Sept. 26. 2002, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( PEOPLE RICHARDS )
Ron Wood, right, and Keith Richards, of the Rolling Stones perform Tuesday, Oct. 22. 2002, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/ Steve Mitchell) ( ROLLING STONES )
Mick Jagger performs with the Rolling Stones at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn., Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002. (AP Photo/Steve Miller) ( ROLLING STONES HARTFORD )
This 2005 file photo, originally supplied by the Rolling Stones, shows members of the group, from left, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Ron Wood posing during a photo shoot. (AP Photo/The Rolling Stones, Mark Seliger-File) ( Rolling Stones Tour )
(L-R) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform during a dress rehearsal prior to the opening concert of the 2007 European leg of their 'A Bigger Bang' World Tour at the Videohouse on June 1, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by /Getty Images) ( 74374078 )
(L-R) Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones pose for a photograph during a dress rehearsal prior to the opening concert of the 2007 European leg of their 'A Bigger Bang' World Tour at the Videohouse on June 1, 2007 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 74374328 )
Musician Charlie Watts, singer Mick Jagger, and musician Keith Richards attend the re-release of The Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main St." album at The Museum of Modern Art on May 11, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) ( 60418097 )
L-R Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger attend as The Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary with an exhibition at Somerset House on July 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) ( 70557931 )
Mick Jagger attends as The Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary with an exhibition at Somerset House on July 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) ( 70557907 )
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform at "12-12-12" a concert benefiting The Robin Hood Relief Fund to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy presented by Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Company and The Weinstein Company at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Clear Channel) ( 157957199MB00134_12_12_12_C )
The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger (R) and Ron Wood (L) perform during "12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief" December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was7131713 )
Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform on the Pyramid Stage during day 3 of the 2013 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2013 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) ( 75325865 )
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