Sir Mick Jagger at 80: His profession highlights in footage

Jul 26, 2023 at 9:46 AM

ir Mick Jagger, the hip-gyrating, ever-energetic frontman of The Rolling Stones, has turned 80.

Fans across the globe can be grateful the charismatic musician, who celebrates the milestone birthday on Wednesday, didn’t graduate from the London School of Economics and as an alternative selected to pursue his music goals.

The Rolling Stones, shaped within the early Sixties, noticed Sir Mick ask his pal Keith Richards to hitch his blues band and so they grew to become common faces at a jazz membership in Ealing Broadway, which was additionally frequented by guitarist Brian Jones and drummer Charlie Watts.

By May 1964, the Stones’ eponymous debut album had knocked the Beatles off the highest of the charts, and the hits stored coming.

The Rolling Stones topped the singles chart for the primary time with It’s All Over Now in July 1964, the beginning of a consecutive run of 5 quantity ones which included what has develop into considered one of their signature tunes – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.

Sir Mick was knighted in 2002, and in 2016, in his 70s, he grew to become a father once more as he and ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick welcomed a child boy.

The singer, who’s a great-grandfather, has eight youngsters in complete – Karis, Jade, Elizabeth, James, Georgia, Gabriel and Lucas – from earlier relationships – after which the youngest, Deveraux.