The Rolling Stones Tongue

The Bandthe 1969 American tour, tour manager Sam Cutler
The Rolling Stones are an English band who initiallyintroduced them as "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band
based their music on rhythm and blues and rock andin the World".
roll. They first got together in London and after theirThe Rolling Stones are renown in modern popular
first success in the UK, they shortly became just asmusic for using various musical genresin their
popular in the US as the "British Invasion" started in therecordings and performances, ultimately making their
early 1960s.own unique style. The band's career is known for a
continual reference and reliance on musical styles like
The band's early songs were primarily covers of R&BAmerican blues, country, folk, reggae, dance; world
& Blues songs. The 1965 single "I Can't Get Nomusic exemplified by the Master Musicians of Jajouka;
Satisfaction" was their first big single, establishing Theas well as traditional English styles that use stringed
Rolling Stones as a top rock and roll band. Beginninginstrumentation like harps. The band cut their musical
with their first album Aftermath (1966,) the songs ofteeth by covering early rock and roll and blues songs,
Jagger and Richards, helped by the instrumentaland have never stopped playing live or recording
experimentation of Jones, continued an alwayscover songs.
present stylistic flexibility. Jones tragically died in 1969The Tongue
shortly after being fired from the band and wasThe Rolling Stones original logo of the lips and tongue -
replaced with Mick Taylor. Taylor then recorded fiveone of the most well known logos of rock and roll, is
studio albums with The Rolling Stones before finallynow in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
quitting in 1974. Former guitarist of the band, Facesthanks to the excellent help of The Art Fund, the UK's
stepped in and stayed with the band ever since.leading independent art charity.
Wyman left the Rolling Stones in 1993; bassist DarrylThe logo was purchased by the Victoria and Albert at
Jones, who is not an official band member, hasan auction in the United States for $92,500. The Art
worked with the group since 1994.Fund contributed 50% towards the total cost of the
The Rolling Stones have officially released 22 studiowell known rolling stones lick logo.
albums in the UK and 24 in the US, eight concertThe Rolling Stones Tongue was first designed by pop
albums in the UK and nine in the US and numerousartist, John Pasche in 1970. The pop art design
compilations; The Rolling Stones have had 32 UK &excellently showed off Mick Jagger's well known lips
US top-10 singles, 43 UK & US top-10 albums fromand the band's rebelliousness and has been in use by
1964 and 2008 and have sold an astonishing 200 millionthe Rolling Stones ever since.
albums worldwide. 1971's Sticky Fingers began a stringPasche was asked to produce the logo after Rolling
of eight consecutive studio albums at number one inStones lead singer, Mick Jagger asked the Royal
the United States. In 1989 The Rolling Stones wereCollege of Art in London in 1969 to help him find a
inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,design student. The Rolling Stones had been frustrated
and in 2004 they were ranked number 4 in Rollingby the bland and boring designs offered by their
Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.record label Decca Records. Subsequently, Jagger
The Rolling Stones are also ranked as the number 2visited Pasche's degree show and this led to
artists of all time on Acclaimedmusic.net. The Rollingdiscussions for a logo and other work for the Stones's
Stones latest studio album 'A Bigger Bang' wasown label, Rolling Stones Records, after the group's
released in 2005 and followed by the highest-grossingcontract ended with Decca Records in 1970.
tour in history, which lasted until late summer 2007. In