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Monday, October 18, 2021

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Class of 1989 No. 3

 The Rolling Stones

Inducted by Pete Townshend

(Wikipedia)


Brief notes - Keith Richards inducted Chuck Berry as the first artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.  Richards also inducted Aretha Franklin in the 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class.  Mick Jagger inducted The Beatles in the 1988 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class.

Here's the thing.  There is little to be said about The Rolling Stones when so much is already known.  I will do my best.  As always though, refer to the Wikipedia link above as a history to date refresher.

The image above is the logo for The Rolling Stones, presented in 1971.

9 Billboard Music Award nominations
1 Billboard Music Award win

4 Billboard Touring Award nominations
4 Billboard Touring Award wins

10 Grammy Award nominations
3 Grammy Award wins

Grammy Hall of Fame -
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"Beggars Banquet"
"Sticky Fingers"
"Let It Bleed'
"Exile on Main St."
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Paint It, Black"

8 NME Award nominations
9 NME Award wins

3 Q Award nominations
1 Q Award win

The list of awards and nominations, like the full background of The Rolling Stones, is extensive and would be exhaustive to write here, so follow this Wikipedia link for more coverage.

As of Let It Bleed (1969), five consecutive No. 1 albums in the UK

Blue & Lonesome (2016) - 12th No. 1 album in the UK

As of Sticky Fingers (1971), 8 consecutive No. 1 albums in the U.S.

Voodoo Lounge (1994) - worldwide No. 1 album

Estimated 200 million sales - one of the best-selling music artists of all time

(Other honors)

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame (2004)
No. 2 on Billboard's Greatest Artists of All Time (2019)
No. 4 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Artists of All Time

Final thought -
If you have heard one Rolling Stones song, chances are you have heard more.  They are musicians for life and simply keep going.

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