A massive collection of first-edition books, jazz memorabilia, and other items owned by the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts will soon hit the block at Christie’s. More than 500 lots ...
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The Rolling Stones have taken some risks of greater and lesser proportion over the course of their sixty-plus- year career, but perhaps no gamble is so great as the decision by the surviving members ...
Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones, turns 68 years young today. The “Wembley Whammer” has been drumming for the Stones since 1962, when he was recruited from his day job at a London ...
Charlie Watts provided beats for every one of the Rolling Stones’ albums going back to 1964. He was also a fan of jazz, even forming his own group apart from the iconic band that sold over 200 million ...
STORY: Who knew the drummer of the Rolling Stones was such an avid reader? Books belonging to the late Charlie Watts are set to be auctioned off in September "He always went for the rarest possible ...
It’s hard to overstate how difficult it was for young British people to obtain records from American jazz- and bluesmen in the 1950s and ’60s. Figures like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, and even ...
While Charlie Watts is best known for his 58-year career as a member of the Rolling Stones, the late drummer was also an avid collector of both 20th-century literature and jazz memorabilia. This fall, ...
First printing of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, part of the Charlie Watts collection on display at Christie's. (Edvard Pettersson/Courthouse News Service). BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CN) — ...
Before his death in 2021, Charlie Watts laid down the groove for one of the most iconic rock bands of all time. The late Rolling Stones drummer is still making waves from beyond the grave. Recently, a ...