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Rolling Stones @ The Staples Center History and Biography
A regular day in 1960, a teenager named Mick Jagger made his way through the rails in Dartford, England, with a few old blues records tucked away. It's hard to say what was going through his mind that day but his timing was great. He walked at just the right time and ran right into an old childhood friend, Keith Richards. Four years later, the two stood at the center of the most controversial and greatest rock-and-roll band, the Rolling Stones @ The Staples Center.
By 1962, the Stones @ The Staples Center were begging for gigs around London while doing cover songs of their musical heroes, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Chapman was replaced by Watts, who needed to be persuded before he accepted to join the band. Taylor was replaced by bassist Bill Wyman, who was taken into the band because he owned his own amp. The Rolling Stones @ The Staples Center soon began a successful eight-month stint at the Crawdaddy Club, where they met up with Andrew Loog Oldham, a teenage manager and publicist. Oldham looked at the band as the alternative to the Beatles, who had just exploded onto the scene, and he started a now-infamous press campaign that asked the question, "Would you let your daughter be with a Rolling Stone?"
Early in 1963 they open for Alexis Corner at the Marquee Club. Following this they had regular gigs at the Marquee, Eal Pie Island, and the Ealing Club. On January 14, 1963 the Rolling Stones @ The Staples Center, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ian Stewart, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, first played together at the Flamingo Club. In February the Rolling Stones @ The Staples Center started an 8 month residency at the Crawdaddy Club.
Oldham got the Stones @ The Staples Center signed to Decca Records. June of 1963, their first single was released, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On," backed with Willie Dixon's "I Want To Be Loved." The single was a hit, and the Stone's stardom rose quickly after that. The Stone's next two singles, the Beatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man," and Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" both topped the British charts; short time afterward, they recorded another pair of hits, Bobby Womack's "It's All Over Now" and the blues classic "Little Red Rooster."
By 1993, Wyman announced he wanted to leave the band, and Richards admitted that he did "everything short off holding him at gunpoint" to get him to stay. By 1994, the Stones @ The Staples Center had another album and world tour ready to go, the Voodoo Lounge tour was another huge success. In a way, the timing was right on: the early nineties had seen a number stadium tours by artists like Paul McCartney and U2. Within the last few years, the Stones @ The Staples Center have kept a low key profile. Jagger continues to pursue a movie career, now as a producer; Richards is working on another solo album; and Charlie Watts released an album with his jazz quintet featuring songs by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and other legendary composers. The Stones @ The Staples Center have had a wonderful run, and it seems as though they are destined to end up like the legends they've loved and admired for so long.
Current and Previous Shows at Staples Center
Tina Turner Staples Center,
Los Angeles Lakers,
The Eagles,
Paul McCartney,
Neil Diamond
Kenny Chesney,
Rolling Stones,
Coldplay Staples Center,
Marco Antonio Solis,
Destiny's Child,
Depeche Mode Staples Center,
WWE Smackdown,
Joan Sebastian,
Disney on Ice,
Billy Joel Staples Center Tickets,
Ultimate Championship Fighting,
Barbra Streisand,
Dancing with the Stars. |
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