Editing The Rolling Stones (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Blue Plaque for the Rolling Stones at Dartford Railway Station.jpg|thumb|The [[blue plaque]] commemorating Jagger and Richards meeting on Platform 2 at [[Dartford railway station]] in Kent, on 17 October 1961]]
[[Keith Richards]] and [[Mick Jagger]] became classmates and childhood friends in 1950 in [[Dartford]], [[Kent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstones.com/artist/mick-jagger/|title=Mick Jagger {{!}} The Rolling Stones |website=The Rolling Stones|access-date=2 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121800/http://www.rollingstones.com/artist/mick-jagger/|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>White, Charles. (2003), pp. 119–120,&nbsp;''The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography'', Omnibus Press.</ref> The Jagger family moved to [[Wilmington, Kent]], {{convert|5|mi|km|0|spell=in}} away, in 1954.{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=8}} In the mid-1950s Jagger formed a [[garage band]] with his friend [[Dick Taylor]]. The group mainly played material by [[Muddy Waters]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Little Richard]], [[Howlin' Wolf]], and [[Bo Diddley]].{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=8}} Jagger again met Richards on 17 October 1961 on platform two at [[Dartford railway station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-15333771 |title=Anniversary of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Dartford meeting |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 October 2011 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> Jagger was carrying records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters; these revealed to Richards a shared interest. A musical partnership began shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=9}}{{sfn|Greenfield|1981}} Richards and Taylor often met Jagger at his house. The meetings moved to Taylor's house in late 1961, where Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith joined the trio; the quintet called themselves the Blues Boys.{{sfn|Nelson|2010|pp=10–11}}

In March 1962, the Blues Boys read about the [[Ealing Jazz Club]] in the newspaper ''Jazz News'', which mentioned [[Alexis Korner]]'s [[rhythm and blues]] band, [[Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated]]. The Blues Boys sent a tape of their best recordings to Korner, who was impressed.{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=11}} On 7 April, they visited the Ealing Jazz Club, where they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included [[slide guitar]]ist [[Brian Jones]], keyboardist [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], and drummer [[Charlie Watts]].{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=11}} After a meeting with Korner, Jagger and Richards started jamming with the group.{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=11}}

Having left Blues Incorporated, Jones advertised for bandmates in ''Jazz Weekly'' in the week of 2 May 1962.<ref name="Jones advert"/> Ian Stewart was among the first to respond to the ad.<ref name="Jones advert">{{cite news |last=Künzler |first=Hanspeter |date=12 July 2012 |title=Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years of raucous rock'n'roll |publisher=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/12/opinion/rolling-stones-50/index.html |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> In June, Jagger, Taylor, and Richards left Blues Incorporated to join Jones and Stewart.<ref name="Jones advert"/> The first rehearsal included guitarist [[Geoff Bradford (musician)|Geoff Bradford]] and vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom decided not to join the band. They objected to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards.{{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=40}} That same month, the addition of the drummer [[Tony Chapman]] completed the line-up of Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart, and Taylor. According to Richards, Jones named the band during a phone call to ''Jazz News''. When asked by a journalist for the band's name, Jones saw a Muddy Waters [[LP record|LP]] lying on the floor; one of the tracks was "[[Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters song)|Rollin' Stone]]".{{sfn|Jagger|Richards|Watts|Wood|2003|p=42}}{{sfn|Nelson|2010|p=13}} Jones was the band's "uncontested leader" during its early years<ref>{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=19 June 2020 |title='Life and Death of Brian Jones' Documentary Digs Deep Into the Rolling Stones Co-Founder's Demise |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/rolling-stones-life-death-of-brian-jones-documentary-1234643158/ |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Hagan |first=Sean |date=2023-05-07 |title='He epitomised the dazzling 60s and then was gone': the inside story of Rolling Stone Brian Jones |language=en-GB |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/07/nick-broomfield-brian-jones-rolling-stones-arena-documentary-interview |access-date=2023-08-18 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> and a key to the band's early success.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Music and BBC Arts present a Lafayette film production – The Stones and Brian Jones |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/arena-the-stones-and-brian-jones/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>