TORONTO – Fifty years ago today, a group of British musicians performed together as The Rolling Stones.
The band members are celebrating their half century milestone Thursday at a photo exhibition chronicling their career at London’s Somerset House.
It’s been a turbulent, but successful half century for the Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts.
Global News takes a look at the band, by the numbers.
1962: On July 12 that year, the Rolling Stones went on stage for the first time at the Marquee Club in London’s Oxford Street
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200: The band’s estimated worldwide record sales, in millions
1965: When “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” was released, marking the band’s first U.S. and British hit
1989: Year The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
47: Number of tours the band took, varying from global tours to cross country visits
34: The estimated number of mainstream hit singles the band released, although numbers vary
29: Number of studio albums the group recorded, according to Music Week
12: Number of live albums the group recorded
32: Number of countries the band’s last tour, A Bigger Bang, stopped at over two years before it wrapped up in London in 2007
500,000,000: The band’s income from the A Bigger Band tour. This shattered their 12-year record from their last tour in 1994 for the highest-grossing concert tour of all time
450: The average price, in dollars, for a ticket to see the show
2005: Year the band’s last studio album was released
1969: Year guitarist Brian Jones died in a tragic drowning
68: Mick Jagger’s age. He was 18 when the band started
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