Music
Mick Jagger
Singer of the Rolling Stones
Born 1943
Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0
«I'd rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I'm forty-five.»
Mick Jagger has fronted the Rolling Stones for more than sixty years, one of the longest careers in popular music. He left an economics degree at LSE to do it, a decision his parents took some persuading about.
Key achievements
- Co-founded the Rolling Stones in 1962
- Co-wrote most of the band's songs with Keith Richards
- Knighted for services to popular music, 2003
Universities
London, Holborn
Enrolled in 1961 on a government grant to read economics and accounting, and left in 1963 as the Rolling Stones started working.
Facts
- He met Keith Richards on a railway platform in Dartford because Richards noticed the blues records he was carrying.
- He kept the LSE grant going for a while after the band began playing, and his tutors were reportedly patient with his attendance.
- He was knighted in 2003, and Keith Richards publicly disapproved of him accepting it.
Photographs
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