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This image released by The Royal Mint shows a new collectable coin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Rolling Stones. The Royal Mint/AP hide caption

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Charlie Watts performs with the Rolling Stones in 2015. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption

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Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies At 80

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Chuck Berry is one of the early rock and roll artists who were inspired by Latin music. Terry Fincher/Getty Images hide caption

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The Cuban Roots Of Rock And Roll

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The Rollings Stones, Marianne Faithfull and other performers at the Rock and Roll Circus. Michael Randolf/Courtesy of the production company hide caption

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Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History

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Richard Ashcroft, frontman of The Verve, poses with his Ivor Novello Award on Wednesday in London. A songwriting dispute had left the Britpop band bereft of royalties from its biggest hit, "Bitter Sweet Symphony." More than 20 years later, the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have signed over their rights. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images hide caption

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The Verve Finally Owns 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'

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The Rolling Stones performing in Berlin in 1965. The band's 1965 hit "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" made heavy use of Glenn Snoddy's fuzz tone. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

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Remembering The Engineer Who Created Rock's Unmistakable Fuzz

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Rich Cohen's new book is The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones. Pascal Perich/Courtesy of the author hide caption

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Rich Cohen on World Cafe

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Keith Richards On World Cafe

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Keith Richards' new solo album, Crosseyed Heart, arrives Friday alongside a new Netflix documentary about his life. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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'And It Bloody Well Happened': The Improbable Life Of Keith Richards

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All Songs Rewind: The Best Opening Tracks

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Lisa Robinson interviews a young Michael Jackson at his family's house in Encino, Calif., in October 1972. Andrew Kent/Courtesy of Riverhead Books hide caption

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How A Music Writer Learned Trust Is The Ultimate Backstage Pass

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Standing before a crowd 250,000 strong, Mick Jagger opened The Rolling Stones' 1969 concert at London's Hyde Park by reading a Percy Bysshe Shelley poem in tribute to late guitarist Brian Jones. Chris Walter/WireImage hide caption

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The Rolling Stones And Hyde Park In 1969

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