Mick Jagger

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Biography

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Michael Philip Jagger was born on 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England. ^[1] His parents were Basil Fanshawe Jagger (known as 'Joe'), who was a gymnast and Phys Ed teacher, and Eva Ensley Mary (Scutts) Jagger, an Australian-born hairdresser. His paternal grandfather, David Ernest Jagger was also a teacher.

Jagger began his love of music as a child: singing in the church choir, listening to the radio, watching singers on TV and in films. He was always around music in some form. In 1950 Jagger met Keith Richards (both aged 7), but they lost contact when Jagger passed the 11-plus examination and went to grammar school. However, they met again in 1960 and their friendship was welded together by a love of 'rhythm and blues' music popularised in the USA in the 1940s. After they had left school, they and Brian Jones lived in Chelsea, London.

Jagger was the only one of the three who did not start with a musical career - instead, he studied finance and accounting at the London School of Economics in Westminster, near Covent Garden and Holborn. Occasionally (and more frequently) he would perform as the singer for 'Blues Incorporated' (the name of the band begun by Richards and Jones). 'Blues Incorporated' eventually became 'Rollin' Stones', then the 'Rolling Stones'. The group originally played for no money with borrowed equipment. By 1962 they were playing at the well-known Marquee Club, and by 1963 Jagger had given up his studies at the London School of Economics and was performing in the 'Rolling Stones' full-time. The group began by playing Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs, but soon began writing their own material. In 1965, they released "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", a blues rock international hit, which more than any other song emphasises the 'Rolling Stones' "defiant troublemakers" image.

I wasn't trying to be rebellious in those days; I was just being me. I wasn't trying to push the edge of anything. I'm being me and ordinary, the guy from suburbia who sings in this band, but someone older might have thought it was just the most awful racket, the most terrible thing, and where are we going if this is music?... But all those songs we sang were pretty tame, really. People didn't think they were, but I thought they were tame. Mick Jagger^[2]

The music continued to thrive, sales improved, and audience numbers increased, but the individual members of the 'Rolling Stones' faced legal battles and even prison terms for their wild and drug-fuelled misbehaviour.

Mick Jagger 1976 The Netherlands

In 1971, Jagger and the other 'Rolling Stones' relocated to the south of France as tax exiles (the tax they were avoiding was a 93% tax on income earned by the UK's top earners). That same year, he married Nicaraguan actress Bianca Perez-Mora Macias (who is now a human rights activist).

Jagger also changed his look to include glam rock's glittery makeup and flamboyant clothing, while their music began to hint at disco and punk. The band split with their manager, and Jagger began managing their finances from then on. Ronnie Wood joined the 'Rolling Stones' in 1975, while Mick and Bianca divorced in 1978. He married Jerry Hall in a Hindu ceremony which was later decreed null and void as it was not valid under both Indonesian and English law. The couple separated in 1999.

Mick Jagger 1982, Torino, Italy

In 1985, Jagger went solo - as well as still performing with the'Rolling Stones'. ^[3] to establish his own musical identity, rather than just being a member of a band.

I think that one ought to be allowed to have one’s artistic side apart from just being in the Rolling Stones. I love the Rolling Stones — I think it’s wonderful, I think it’s done a lot of wonderful things for music. But, you know, it cannot be, at my age and after spending all these years, the only thing in my life.

His albums and singles sold well. In 1985, Jagger performed at the Live Aid worldwide charity concert, duetting with Tina Turner and David Bowie. The video of the Jagger/Bowie song - "Dancin' in the Street" was shown worldwide and the song itself went to Number One in the UK charts.

The band regrouped in Barbados in 1988, and soon were writing songs again, realising the almost-telepathic sense they shared in knowing whether the elements of a song were 'right'. ^[4] It was reported that, over the previous 12 years, the 'Rolling Stones' had earned more than U2 and Bruce Springsteen.

In 2001, Jagger and Richards performed in the Concert for New York City, which was a benefit concert after the 9/11 attacks. On the other end of the spectrum, their "Licks" tour of 2002/3 became the second highest grossing tour at that time, grossing over 300 million dollars. The highest? their own tour of 1994/5.

Mick Jagger 2003, Milan, Italy

Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was knighted for his services to popular music,^[5] and in 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.

Charlie Watts, in the popular music magazine, "Q", stated: "Mick Jagger is the least egotistical person...He'll do what's right for the band. He's not a bighead – and, if he was, he went through it thirty years ago." ^[6]

Jagger's biographer, Christopher Andersen, says Jagger is "one of the dominant cultural figures of our time". ^[7]

Mick Jagger 2013, Boston, USA

Sir Mick Jagger has eight children, and is reputed to be worth $360 million. He has often reiterated that he will not write an autobiography, but there is a manuscript hidden somewhere... ^[8]

Discography

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Filmography

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Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales Births 1837-2006"
   Volume: 2A; Page: 1727
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 9 November 2021)
   Michael P Jagger birth Jul-Aug-Sep 1943 in Dartford volume 2A page 1727.
2. ↑ "The Rolling Stone 20th Anniversary Interview: Mick Jagger", Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 1987
3. ↑ "Stepping Out: Mick Jagger Goes Solo", Christopher Connelly, Rolling Stone, 1985
4. ↑ "How the Rolling Stones Finally Regrouped", Jeff Giles, UCR Classic Rock & Culture, 2015
5. ↑ Knighthood: London Gazette
6. ↑ Lawrence, Will (May 2008). "King Charles". Q. No. 262. p. 46.
7. ↑ Andersen, Christopher (2012). Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger. New York City: Simon and Schuster, Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-4516-6146-0.
8. ↑ "I've got Mick Jagger's lost memoir", John Blake, The Spectator

See Also:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger