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Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones images by Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo

Keith Richards Turns 70

by Paul Cashmere on December 18, 2013

in News

Keith Richards, happy birthday to you. The Rolling Stones rhythm guitarist is celebrating his 70th birthday today, December 18.

Richards is the last of the founding Stones members to turn 70. Bill Wyman is now 77, Charlie Watts is 72, Mick Jagger is 70 and Brian Jones would have been 71 this year.

There is still a bit of youth left in the band. Mick Taylor, who replaced Jones after his death in 1969 and who is back currently touring with the band, is 64. Ron Wood, who replaced Taylor in 1975, is 66.

Keith Richards has been in the Rolling Stones for all of his working life. He first played with the Rollin’ Stones (as they were billed at the time) at the band’s very first gig on 12 July, 1962 at the Marquee Club in London. The original line-up was Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Dick Taylor and Ian Stewart.

Taylor left within a year and formed The Pretty Things.

Watch The Pretty Things perform at Noise11.com

Rolling Stones songs with Keith Richards on lead vocals

Something Happened To Me Yesterday (with Jagger) (from Between The Buttons, 1967)
Connection (with Jagger) (from Between The Buttons, 1967)
Salt Of The Earth (first verse) (from Beggars Banquet, 1968)
You Got The Silver (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Happy (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Coming Down Again (from Goats Head Soup, 1973)
Memory Motel (with Jagger) (from Black and Blue, 1978)
Before They Make You Run (from Some Girls, 1978)
All About You (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
Little T&A (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Wanna Hold You (from Undercover, 1983)
Too Rude (from Dirty Work, 1986)
Sleep Tonight (from Dirty Work, 1986)
Can’t Be Seen (from Steel Wheels, 1989)
Slipping Away (from Steel Wheels, 1989)
The Worst (from Voodoo Lounge, 1994)
Thru and Thru (from Voodoo Lounge, 1994)
You Don’t Have To Mean It (from Bridges To Babylon, 1997)
Thief In The Night (from Bridges To Babylon, 1997)
How Can I Stop (from Bridges To Babylon, 1997)
Losing My Touch (from Forty Licks, 2002)
The Nearness of You (from Live Licks, 2004)
This Place Is Empty (from A Bigger Bang, 2005)
Infamy (from A Bigger Bang, 2005)
Hurricane (single 2005)
Soul Survivor (from Exile On Main Street 2010 reissue)
We Had It All (from Some Girls 2011 reissue)

Listen to the Lee Simon interview with Keith Richards

The Rolling Stones will kick off the 14 On Fire Australian tour in Perth on March 19, 2014 for Frontier Touring.

Rolling Stones Australian and New Zealand dates

March 19, Perth, Perth Arena
March 22, Adelaide, Adelaide Oval
March 25, Sydney, Allphones Arena
March 28, Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
March 30, Macedon Ranges, Hanging Rock
April 2, Brisbane, Entertainment Centre

April 5, Auckland, Mt Smart Stadium

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