Mick Jagger, frontman of the Rolling Stones, is one of the most influential figures in rock and roll history. The charismatic vocalist has become a real legend in the world of music.
Mick Jagger biography facts
The rock musician's real name is Michael Philip Jagger. He was born on July 26, 1943 in the English town of Dartford. Mick was the eldest son of a teacher and housewife. Jagger was not a very good student, but a very popular person among his classmates. As a teenager, he developed an interest in American blues, and at the age of 14 he was presented with his first guitar.
In 1960, Mick Jagger entered the London School of Economics. Soon, he and his friend Dick Taylor formed a group called "Little Boy Blue & Blues Boys", in which Jagger was the vocalist. They were later joined by guitarist Keith Richards. A huge impetus for the team was the meeting, which took place in a London blues club. There they heard Blues Incorporated playing and were amazed by guitarist Brian Jones. After a while, Jagger met Alexis Corner, showed him the recordings of his team and sang as a guest vocalist with the group "Blues Incorporated".
Jagger, Richards and Taylor soon joined Brian Jones, who wanted to create his own band. The young people invited keyboardist Ian Stewart, and in 1963 drummer Charlie Watts joined the group, and Taylor was replaced by Bill Wyman. Without a doubt, it was Mick Jagger who became a key component of the growing success of the group, attracting the audience with his outrageous antics on stage and sexuality.
At first, the group mainly recorded cover versions of songs by other artists, but Richards and Jagger, along with their bandmates, soon began to write their own compositions under the pseudonym Nanker Phelge. In 1964, the group released their debut album and toured the United States. The albums Out of Our Heads (1965) and Aftermath (1966) soon followed. In just a few years, the Rolling Stones became a cult group.
Mick Jagger is not only a rock musician. His hobby is cinema, he is an actor and producer. Jagger's first film work was participation in the documentary project "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968). Then in 1970 he played himself in the film "Performance". The musician's filmography includes the films Fitzcarraldo, Ratles (1978), Theater of Fairy Tale (1982), The Nightingale (1983), Moonwalk (1988) and others. In the early 2000s, Mick even started his own film company.
Mick Jagger's name is associated with the Rolling Stones, but in 2010 the musician decided to create a new musical group called SuperHeavy. However, the band did not have the crazy popularity that the "Rolling Stones" had.
Personal life of a shocking rocker
The loving musician had a huge number of novels, but only two official marriages. He first married Bianca de Maciass in 1971. In this union, a daughter named Jada was born. The family lasted 7 years, and in 1978 the couple divorced.
Jagger's second wife was Jerry Hall, with whom the musician signed in 1990. Mick and Jerry had two sons and two daughters. But this family also broke up, in 1999 the couple divorced. After that, Jagger's lovers were Melanie Hemrik and Luciana Chimeris, each of whom gave birth to a son from him. So now the rock musician is a father and grandfather with many children.
It is currently known that Mick Jagger has a relationship with the Russian ballerina Maria Rudenko.
