Mick Jagger is an illustrious musician, songwriter, singer, actor and the founding member of ‘The Rolling Stones’
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Mick Jagger is an illustrious musician, songwriter, singer, actor and the founding member of ‘The Rolling Stones’
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He married Bianca de Macias, who is from Nicaragua, on May 12, 1971. She filed for divorce 7 years later.
While still married to Bianca, he began dating Jerry Hall. The duo married on November 21, 1990, in a Hindu service on a beach in Indonesia. The marriage was negated nine years later.
Mick Jagger is known for his countless relationships. He has fathered seven children with four different women; Marsha Hunt, Bianca De Macias, Jerry Hall and Luciana Gimenez.
Michael Philip ‘Mick’ Jagger was born to Basil Fanshawe Jagger and Eva Ensley Mary, in Dartford, Kent, England. He is the eldest of the two sons born to the couple.
He began singing from a very young age and was a member of the church choir. In 1950, he became friends with Keith Richards at Wentworth Primary School.
The duo lost contact in between and Jagger went on to graduate from Dartford Grammar School. The two eventually resumed their friendship in 1960 and discovered that they both shared a common passion for rhythm and blues music.
While Richards went on to form his own group with a guitarist, Brian Jones, Jagger went on to complete his education at the London School of Economics, where he dreamt of becoming a politician or a journalist.
In 1962, the band, ‘The Rolling Stones’ was formed, which comprised of him, as the lead vocalist and on the harmonica, Charlie Watts on the Drums, Brian Jones on the guitar, Bill Wyman on bass and Keith Richards on guitar.
In 1964, The Rolling Stones released their first self-titled record, ‘The Rolling Stones’. The following year, they had their first no.1 success in the United Kingdom with ‘The Last Time’, followed by ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’.
From 1966 to 1969, the band toured the world dishing out great hits like ‘Let’s Spend the Night together’ and ‘Sympathy for the Devil’. During this time, one of their band members, Brian Jones, committed suicide.
Jones was swiftly succeeded by Mick Taylor and the group went on to record, ‘Let it Bleed’ in 1969. Two years later, they released one of their best albums, ‘Stick Fingers’, which includes singles like ‘Brown Sugar’ and ‘Wild Horses’.
In the 1970s, Jagger experimented with other genres of music including punk and disco. The album, ‘Some Girls’, released in 1978, showcased different genres of music. Through the remainder part of the 1970s, he went on a number of tours with ‘The Rolling Stones’.
In 1985, he decided to go solo and launched his debut solo album, ‘She’s the Boss’. However, it wasn’t as successful as his earlier albums with the Rolling Stones. During this period, his relationship with Richards also turner sour.
‘Wandering Spirit’, released in 1993, was his third solo album and became a critical and commercial hit. It hit the number 12 position in the United Kingdom and the number 11 spot in US countdowns. It was certified ‘Gold’ by the RIAA. The single ‘Don’t Tear me Up’ found moderate success and charted the Billboard ‘Album Rock Track’ charts for a week.