As the main jazz aficionado in The Rolling Stones, it's hardly a surprise that Charlie Watts would pick out these sublime ...

[Charlie Watts] was the fire that set the Stones alight. … For more than 50 years, man, he was the heart and soul of that band rhythmically. He lit the fuse, you know, and the rest of it is ...

Even though Stones guitarist Keith Richards said, “Charlie Watts has always been the bed that I lie on musically” in his 2010 memoir, Life, Watts was always humble about his talent.

Charlie Watts. the drummer who provided the backbeat for the Rolling Stones for nearly 60 years, has passed away at the age of 80. The sad news was relayed on social media by the band today: ...

Charlie Watts wasn’t in the studio for the demo version of the Rolling Stones’ 1974 single It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It). Instead, it’s Kenney Jones (of the Faces and, later ...

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones kick off their U.S. tour, a month after the death of drummer Charlie Watts, in St. Louis on Sept. 26, 2021. LAWRENCE BRYANT/Reuters ...

FILE - The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, second left, and wife Shirley, right, watch horses on the paddock at the Sluzewiec horse racing track in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 25, 2002.

The veteran British band, on their first tour since 1963 without Watts, displayed photos and video of him on huge projections at the St. Louis, Missouri, arena against a drum solo soundtrack.

Charlie Watts' book collection to be auctioned The Rolling Stones drummer had a broad collection of first editions, including The Great Gatsby.