The Rolling Stones
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Year:
1989
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Inducted by:
Pete Townshend (The Who)
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Category:
Performers
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Bill Wyman -
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Brian Jones -
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Charlie Watts -
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Ian Stewart -
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Keith Richards -
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Mick Jagger -
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Mick Taylor -
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Ron Wood
Introduction
During their 50-plus year career, the Rolling Stones have married their love of blues and American R&B with a vast array of styles and genres: disco, garage, psychedelic rock and even punk.
The constant through line, however, has been the band's swagger—thanks first and foremost to the Glimmer Twins, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Pete Townshend inducts Rolling Stones
Pete Townshend inducts Rolling Stones at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 1989-
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Pete Townshend inducts Rolling Stones00:10:20 -
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Rolling Stones Acceptance Speeches00:05:48 -
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"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"00:04:12 -
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"Honky Tonk Woman"00:03:30 -
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"Gimme Shelter"
Hall of Fame Essay
1989
May 1965: In a Florida hotel room, Keith Richards wakes up hearing a riff in his head that he has to play for Mick Jagger immediately.
The pair begin to work on a song that initially has a folkish feel but takes on a more hard-edged shape a few days later at Chicago’s Chess Studio. Within a week, it’s completed at the RCA Studios in Hollywood. The song is “Satisfaction,” and it’s destined for inclusion in their new album, Out of Our Heads.
It’s also destined, with a deft leap to the top of the American charts, to be the band’s first Number One, to define, decisively and dramatically, the sound and attitude of the Rolling Stones.
Their musical blood runs in the veins of this band.
Photography: Kevin Mazur, WireImage
