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Keith Richards
Dartford, Kent, England, UK
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal so…
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Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership with the band's lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans over six decades, and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and he was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. First professionally known as Keith Richard, in 1978 he fully asserted his family name. Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford, Kent. He studied at the Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College. After graduating, Richards befriended Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart and Brian Jones and joined the Rolling Stones. As a member of the group, Richards also sings lead on some of their songs, typically at least one song per concert, including "Happy", "Before They Make Me Run", and "Connection". Outside of his career with the Rolling Stones, Richards has also played with his own side-project, The X-Pensive Winos. He also appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague, father of Jack Sparrow, whose look and characterisation were inspired by Richards himself. In 1989, Richards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him fourth on its list of 100 best guitarists in 2011. In 2023, Rolling Stone's ranking was 15th. The magazine listed fourteen songs that Richards wrote with Jagger on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keith Richards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me
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2025
The Session Man
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2024
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
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2024
The Stones and Brian Jones
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2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
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2024
From London to Shanghai
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2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
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2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
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2022
Immediate Family
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2022
McEnroe
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2022
My Life as a Rolling Stone
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2022
L'histoire française des Rolling Stones
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2022
Sheryl
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- 2021
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2021
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
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2021
Under the Volcano
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2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
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2020
Somebody Up There Likes Me
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2020
History 101
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2020
One World: Together at Home
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2019
Greed
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2019
No Expectations: The Murder of Brian Jones
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2019
The Quiet One
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2019
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
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2019
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
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2019
Mick Jagger: A Knight to Remember
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2019
Keith Richards: You Can't Rock Me
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2018
Stringman: The Jack Nitzsche Story
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2018
Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague
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2018
The Rolling Stones: Live at Manchester 2018
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2018
Every Night's a Saturday Night
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2018
The Rolling Stones: Rock Royalty
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2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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2017
My Generation
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2017
The Summer of Love
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2016
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
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