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Que font les Rolling Stones lorsque le groupe n'est pas réuni ? Charlie Watts fait de la musique en solo et Mick Jagger au sein du supergroupe Superheavy avec Joss Stone. Pour Keith Richards et Ronnie Wood, c'est encore plus original. Le premier barbote,...

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The guitarist Ry Cooder is most famous for his Buena Vista Social club recording, which he used to highlight his opposition to America's trade embargo on Cuba. In his new album he continues his political stance, claiming he will use his music to take...

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Days after the death of the master songwriter, plans revealed for musical about Irish writer. Jerry Leiber, right, and Mike Stoller photographed in California in 1980 As the rock world mourned lyricist Jerry Leiber last week, it fondly remembered classic...

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Ingenious writer of witty and irreverent lyrics set to music by Mike Stoller. Jerry Leiber, right, and Stoller examine the sheet music for Jailhouse Rock, one of several songs they wrote for Elvis Presley’s 1957 No one sold black culture to white kids...

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The Rolling Stones played their first gig 50 years ago. Here's some historic images from The Mirror archive Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones "larking about" for the launch of their 'Beggars Banquet' album, 5th December 1968 (Image: Getty) Sir Mick Jagger...

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Bill Haley & the Comets à la télévision, vers 1955 Bill Haley devint le roi du rock'n'roll en 1955, avec les Comets et leur tube Rock around the Clock. Vingt-six ans après, il meurt esseulé et alcoolique à Harlingen, au Texas, en 1981. Les dernières années...

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Bluegrass pioneer who sang of miners and the downtrodden Hazel Dickens performing in 2009. Photograph: Brant Ward/San Francisco Chronicle/Corbis Of all the voices raised since the death of Woody Guthrie that have told the stories of American working...

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Theodora Richards also busted for possessing controlled substances. Keith Richards' 25-year-old fashion model daughter Theodora Richards appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday following her arrest Tuesday night for for possession of drugs and...

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Confidences d’une icône du rock avant le début de sa tournée. Fidèle au Swinging London, la grande Marianne Faithfull sort Horses And High Heels, un album événement. Confidences d’une icône du rock avant sa tournée magique. Madame Figaro. Quels sont vos...

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Tributes pour in for Belfast guitarist Blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore has been found dead in an Spanish hotel room at the age of 58. A teenage prodigy, Gary Moore was inspired to devote his life to music after witnessing Jimi Hendrix tear up a venue...

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Rolling Stones singer will pay tribute to the late Solomon Burke in his debut performance at the Grammy awards Cast a Stone ... Mick Jagger to perform tribute to Solomon Burke at the Grammys. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA Mick Jagger is to perform...

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Jagger will make his first-ever live appearance at the Awards. Mick Jagger performs on stage during the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert at Madison Square Garden on October 30, 2009 in New York City Mick Jagger will make his first-ever...

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Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger will perform live at the Grammy Awards for the first time in his career at this month's ceremony in Los Angeles. Mick Jagger The 67 year-old singer/songwriter will perform as part of the awards' annual tribute to musicians...

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Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger will perform live at the Grammy Awards for the first time in his career at this month's ceremony in Los Angeles. Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger will perform live at the Grammy Awards for the first time in his career...

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Sixties singer Ronnie Spector was furious when she read Keith Richards' tell-all book, mistakenly thinking his tales of druggy excesses with Ronnie Wood referred to her. The Ronettes star was close friends with the Rolling Stones wildman in the band's...

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Des Barres says, 'Renee Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, especially Winona Ryder — they're all groupies because they love musicians' In the Sixties and early Seventies, Pamela Des Barres was known as "Miss Pamela," a scene girl who later claimed...

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Ray Davies is to curate next year's Meltdown festival. Jon Savage salutes a national treasure. Ray Davies: 'The most insightful, astringent and empathetic chronicler of a country in the process of rapid change.' In late 1965, Ray Davies threw a party....

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C’est le « guitar hero » absolu. Et un survivant. La conscience musicale des Rolling Stones publie ses Mémoires. Un monument de sexe, drogue et rock’n’roll Paris Match. Le passage le plus étonnant de votre autobiographie concerne la création du groupe....

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Forget the sex and drugs – only rock'n'roll can still get Keith Richards up in the morning, writes Sean O'Hagan Rock and roll was Keith Richards' escape from the drabness of post-war suburbia. Photograph: Getty Photograph: Graham Wiltshire/Redferns The...

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Le batteur des Rolling Stones se produit cette semaine à Paris avec son quartette de jazz. Rencontre avec un rockeur qui a toujours eu un rythme différent. Charlie Watts Paris Match. Comment est né le groupe The A, B, C & D of Boogie Woogie ? Charlie...

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Tout au long d’une carrière qui aura traversé six décennies, celui dont on peut aisément dire qu’il fut la figure la plus importante dans le développement du rock & roll aura établi des règles fermes auxquelles il se sera toujours astreint. Quelques-unes...

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Jerry Lee Lewis Looks Back on Career for 75th Birthday "The Killer" is running low on ammo as he marks his 75th birthday on Wednesday. Jerry Lee Lewis can still pound out "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire" on his piano, and he just...

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Dave Most, brother of RAK Records founder Mickie Most, has died at his home in Ascot from a suspected heart attack. Dave played an active part in his brother’s music business, overseeing its successful music publishing division during its seventies heyday,...

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Kinks bass player who influenced a generation of rock musicians. Pete Quaife was known as 'the ambassador' for mediating the Kinks' frequent disputes. Photograph: Bruce Fleming/Rex Features Founding member and bass guitarist of the Kinks during their...

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US singer and record producer whose hit Susie Q embodied the rockabilly spirit. 'Never had a white person sounded so crazed on a record,' said one music historian of Hawkins's Susie Q. With its infectious, repetitive guitar figure, Susie Q, like Carl...

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