Charlie Watts onstage with Tim Ries' jazz tribute act, The Rolling Stones Project, at a London venue in 2013. Richard Kerris hide caption
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Charlie Watts performs at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., with the Rolling Stones in 2019. Taylor Hill/Getty Images hide caption
Charlie Watts performs with the Rolling Stones in 2015. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
Joni Mitchell, photographed in 1970. An album of Mitchell's early recordings, Archives Volume 1: The Early Years, was among the best archival releases of 2020. Roy Jones/Getty Images hide caption
The Rolling Stones. From left: Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts. Dave Hogan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chuck Berry is one of the early rock and roll artists who were inspired by Latin music. Terry Fincher/Getty Images hide caption
The Rollings Stones, Marianne Faithfull and other performers at the Rock and Roll Circus. Michael Randolf/Courtesy of the production company hide caption
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
Not Bitter, Just Sweet: The Rolling Stones Give Royalties To The Verve
Cher's 3614 Jackson Highway album cover, featuring the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a.k.a. The Swampers. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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
Anita Pallenberg, sitting outside the Excelsior Hotel in Venice alongside Keith Richards in 1967. Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images hide caption
Paul McCartney conducts a 40-piece orchestra during recording sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Larry Ellis/Getty Images hide caption
Hear songs from The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome and these other albums in this playlist. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Rich Cohen's new book is The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones. Pascal Perich/Courtesy of the author hide caption
Rich Cohen on World Cafe
British rockers The Rolling Stones in concert last week in Sao Paulo. Nelson Alemeida/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Keith Richards. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Keith Richards On World Cafe
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
'And It Bloody Well Happened': The Improbable Life Of Keith Richards
Prince & The Revolution's Purple Rain. Amazon.co.uk hide caption
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
Mick Jagger says "Gimme Shelter" is about a "world closing in on you." Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption