Feb: Atco Records releases Rocket 88, a live album by the jazz group of the same name, featuring Charlie Watts, and Stones keyboardist Ian Stewart

Mar 9: The greatest hits LP, Sucking In the Seventies, is released amid some controversy over the title's double entendre. Major U.S.retailers like Sears refuse to carry it.
Jun: Stones tape promo videos in New York for "Start Me Up," "Hang Fire," and "Worried About You."

Jul 2: Stones also tape video for "Waiting On A Friend" in a bar on 2nd Avenue and 10th Street.

Jul 3: Bill Wyman releases the solo single "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star" on his own Ripple label (distributed by A&M). It becomes a hit in Europe

Jul 5: Stones hang out a window of the Taft Hotel in New York to shoot a video for "Neighbors."

Aug: Ron Wood releases the solo album, 1234, on Columbia Records.

Aug 6: "Start Me Up"/"No Use In Crying" 45 released.

Aug 15: Stones begin rehearsals for tour at Longview Farm, Massachusetts.


Aug 18: Tattoo You album is released.

Aug 26: Mick heads down to Philadelphia for a press conference at JFK Stadium. He jokingly announces that Hoagy Carmichael will be opening some of their dates and some of the slightly more gullible members of the Press corps believe the story.

Sep 14: With rehearsals complete, the Stones treat rural Massachusetts residents to more disarray when they play the tiny Sir Morgan's Cove bar in Worcester as a warm-up show for the tour and 11,000 fans descend on the village. The pseudonym they chose is Little Boy Blue & the Cockroaches--a warped version of Mick's first band Little Boy Blue & the Blueboys. The next day, half the towns in Northern Massachusettes issue pre-emptive ordinances to prevent any other club repeating the event.

Sep 25 - Dec 19: U.S. Tour kicks off in Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. On December 18, Keith's birthday celebration on stage in Hampton Roads, VA is broadcast to thousands via cable TV hook-up. Hal Ashby films the concert film Let's Spend The Night Together, which is released two years later.

Oct 2: "Come Back Suzanne," Bill Wyman's solo single, is released by Ripple/A&M.

Nov 17: Stones release "Waiting On A Friend"/"Little T&A" single

Jan 14: Bill Wyman's eponymous solo album is released on Ripple/A&M.

Mar 4: "Neighbors"/"Hang Fire" 45 released.
Mar 5: Bill Wyman releases another solo single, "A New Fashion" on Ripple/A&M.

May: Stones rehearse at Shepperton Studios in London.

May 26 - Jul 25: Stones begin European tour. They perform at three small clubs in Scotland, plus the 100 Club in London.

Jun 1: Still Life album released.

Jun 2: "Going To A Go-Go"/"Beast Of Burden" (non-LP) released as European tour officially gets underway.

Aug 24: "Time Is On My Side"/"Twenty Flight Rock" released as second single from Still Life.

Feb 11: Let's Spend The Night Together opens in New York just in time for the city's heaviest snow storm this century.

May 5: "The Nightingale Fairie Tale Theater" starring Mick Jagger airs on Showtime cable TV.

Jun: Mick, Keith and Woody put finishing touches to "Undercover" at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas.
Jul 13: Keith appears in a TV special honoring Jerry Lee Lewis. Little Richard, Mick Fleetwood, and Gary Busey also appear.

Aug: In typical Stones fashion, an agreement is reached and signed at 3:00 AM in Paris' Ritz Hotel by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and CBS head Walter Yetnikoff. The deal is reportedly worth $28 million and call for The Stones to deliver four studio albums.

Oct 18: The band pack them in at Baines-Douches, a nightclub in Paris where they lip-synch the song "Undercover" for one part of their video.

Oct 26: Videotaping continues in Mexico City, as Mick and Keith smash up a church for a scene in the "Undercover" clip, directed by Julien Temple. The song's theme of South American political unrest dominates the epic video. Mick's execution scene stirs some controversy, not helped by scenes of Keith sporting a skull mask and a gun.

Oct 31: "Undercover"/"All The Way Down" single released.


Nov 7: Undercover album is released.

Jan 15: Mick tapes a video duet with Bette Midler at Peppermint Lounge or her rendition of "Beast Of Burden."

Jan 16 - 25: Stones back in Mexico City to shoot videos for "She Was Hot" and "Too Much Blood." For "She Was Hot" Bill Wyman dressed up as old man, and for "Too Much Blood" Keith and Woody wield chainsaws.

Jan 23: "She Was Hot"/"Think I'm Going Mad" single released.
Apr 16: Mick goes to court in New York's Foley Square to sue Allen Klein. Afterwards, he meets up with Michael Jackson at the Helmsley Palace Hotel.

May 6: Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson record "State Of Shock" in New York's A&R Studio.

Jul 2: Rewind album is released, featuring the band's recent hits. The Stones' contractual obligation to Atlantic is fulfilled.

Jul 5: Keith and Woody play with Charlie Sexton in studio for a song to appear on the Wild Life soundtrack.

Jul 16: "Miss You"/"Too Tough" single is released to promote Rewind.

Sep: Mick records his debut album.

Nov: Video Rewind is released by Vestron Video, containing some of Stones greatest video hits, strung together by new footage of Bill Wyman and Mick Jagger taped in London's Museum of Mankind.

Feb: The Stones record Dirty Work at Paris' Pathe-Marconi Studios.

Feb 19: Mick Jagger releases his first solo single, "Just Another Night"/ "Turn The Girl Loose" on CBS.

Feb 19: Mick's debut album, She's The Boss, released.
Mar 20: Keith records a guest spot for Nona Hendryx's album, The Heat.

Apr 25: Willie & The Poor Boys' self-titled album is released on Bill Wyman's Ripple label, featuring artists such as Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers.

May: "Lucky In Love"/"Running Out Of Luck" released as second single from She's The Boss.

Jun 29: Mick and David Bowie take just 12 hours to record their cover of "Dancing In the Street" and then head to London's east end to shoot a video.

Jul 13: A solo Mick Jagger performs at Live Aid in Philadelphia. He is joined on stage by Tina Turner. Later that day, Keith and Ron join Bob Dylan on stage and close the historic event.

Jul 15: In LA, Mick shoots a video for "Hard Woman." The clip is later completed with the use of a multi-million dollar computer.

Aug 8: Keith does guest session work with Phantom, Rocker & Slick in New York, for song "My Mistake." He barters for a leopard-skin coat.

Oct 12: Keith and Ron play acoustic guitars for Bono's version of "Silver And Gold," which features on the Artists United Against Apartheid LP.

Dec 12: Keyboard player Ian Stewart, the legendary Sixth Stone, dies of a heart attack in London.

Jan 23: Keith becomes the first ever presenter for the Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame. He rips off his tux and hands Chuck Berry an award with the words, "I lifted every lick he ever played." Closing the ceremony, Keith and Woody take part in a super jam.

Feb 7: Stones shoot a video for "Harlem Shuffle" in New York with animator Ralph Bakshi.
Feb 23: The Stones play a surprise gig at the 100 Club in London. The band plays about a dozen blues cover versions for a specially-invited audience. All present are there to pay tribute to the late Ian Stewart. Among the guests who find their way to the stage are Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Jack Bruce, and Simon Kirke (formally of Bad Company). The gig marks the first time the Stones have played together live in almost five years and it rekindles hopes of a tour in '86.

Feb 25 At roughly 3:00 am in London's Roof Garden club, the Stones are presented with the Grammys' Lifetime Achievement award by Eric Clapton. The acceptance is beamed via satellite to the U.S. Jeff Beck, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and Keith's mum are among the small gathering in London.

Feb 26: "Harlem Shuffle"/"Had it With You" single released. Almost a quarter century since their start as an R&B cover band, the Stones come full circle with their rendition of the Bob & Earl classic.

Mar 24: The Dirty Work album, co-produced by the Glimmer Twins and Steve Lillywhite, is finally released, marking the Stones' first-ever LP for CBS Records.

May 1: With Russell Mulcahy directing, the Stones shoot a video for "One Hit To The Body" at London's Elstree Studios.Mick and Keith jokingly play up to the rumors of band friction by staging an on-camera scuffle during the song's guitar break.

May 7: "One Hit to the Body" single released.

Jun: Mick's "Ruthless People," the title song for the Bette Midler/Danny DeVito film, is released as a single by Epic Records.

Jun 25: Woody and Chuck Berry perform a scheduled, full length show at New York's Ritz. Charlie Watts, who's in town on business, visits backstage

Jul 7 - 9: Keith produces a version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Aretha Franklin. It's recorded at Detroit's United Sound Studios for the movie Jumping Jack Flash, starring Whoopi Goldberg. Ronnnie and Keith also play on the track.

Jul 19: The Charlie Watts Orchestra (no longer referred to as Big Band) play London's Richmond Theater.

Sep 26: Mick's long-form video, Running Out Of Luck, is finally released on CBS- Fox.

Oct 16: Keith is the musical director for Taylor Hackford's film Hail, Hail Rock'n'Roll. After a week of rehearsals at Chuck Berry's house in Wentzville, MO, the concert is filmed at the Fox Theater in St. Louis with Chuck, Keith, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Julian Lennon, and Linda Ronstadt. Keith is also the producer of the soundtrack album.

Nov 29 - Dec 7: The Charlie Watts Orchestra (now 33 strong) arrives in the U.S. for a North-East tour that includes stops at Hartford, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Toronto. Backstage visitors during three- night stint at New York's Ritz include Wynton Marsalis, Mel Lewis, Andrew Oldham, E Street drummer Max Weinberg, Mick Taylor, and Keith Richards.

Dec 1: Charlie Watts Orchestra Live at Fulham Town Hall album released by Columbia.

Jan 21: Second annual Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame ceremony takes place at the New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Keith inducts Aretha Franklin with a wordy speech ("What can I say about Aretha? You're in, baby!") and then takes part in a 14-song all-star jam session with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, and many others.

Mar: Mick continues solo recordings at Right Track Studios in New York with musicians including Jeff Beck, G.E.Smith, Dave Stewart, and The Chieftains' Paddy Maloney, who plays bagpipes on one track.
Jul 4: Keith does the final mix for the Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll movie soundtrack in NYC.

Jul 17: In New York, Keith signs a solo deal with Virgin Records.

Jul 20: Mick shoots a video for "Let's Work" in New York. Zibigniew Rybczynski directs.

Jul 27 - 28: Another solo Mick Jagger video, for "Say You Will," is shot in London with Mary Lambert directing.

Aug 15: Keith begins two weeks of solo recording at Montreal's Le Studio for his first solo album.

Sep 1: Mick's single, "Let's Work," released by Columbia.

Sep 9: Mick lip-synchs "Let's Work" on Britain's Top of the Pops.

Oct: Keith's solo recording sessions continue with Johnnie Johnson and Mick Taylor adding to a track.

Oct 9: Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll opens in select theaters across U.S.

Oct 20: Before an invited audience at the Country Club in Los Angeles, Mick shoots a video for the song "Throwaway" with director Mary Lambert. After the shoot, Mick and the band, including Jeff Beck, perform an impromptu set of about ten songs, including "Miss You" and Hendrix's "Foxy Lady."

Nov 3: Release of "Throwaway," the second single from Mick's Primitive Cool album.

Nov 4 - 25: Ron Wood teams up with Bo Diddley for the three-week "Gunslingers" U.S. tour, starting in Columbus, Ohio and finishing at the Ritz in New York.

Dec 19: Woody plays two gigs with Bo Diddley to launch Ron's nightclub on Miami Beach's Ocean Drive, called Woody's On The Beach.

Jan 7 - 8: Mick Taylor plays Woody's On The Beach and is joined on stage by the club's new proprietor.

Jan 20: At the third annual Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, Mick inducts The Beatles (referring to them as "the four headed monster"), then joins a superjam with Dylan, Springsteen, Elton John, George Harrison, and others.

Jan 26: "Say You Will," the third single from Mick's Primitive Cool, released.
Feb: Mick conducts rehearsals at S.I.R. and Silvercup Studios in New York in preparation for his solo tour of Japan.

Mar 2 - 15: Ron Wood and Bo Diddley bring the Gunslingers Tour to Japan, playing clubs Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and Sapporo.

Mar 15 - 28: Japanese fans not yet recovered from their dose of Ron Wood (The Stones have never played Japan), now get a dose of Mick Jagger. On March 16, Tina Turner guests on "Brown Sugar" and "It's Only Rock'n'Roll." His band consists of guitarist Joe Satriani and Jimmi Ripp, bassist Doug Wimbish, and drummer (and future Who drummer) Simon Phillips. The tour plays two nights at Tokyo's 50,000-capacity Korakuen Dome.

Apr 11: Keith begins three weeks of solo recording at Air Studios in Montserrat.

Jun 28: The Gunslingers Tour moves to Europe and plays London's Hammersmith Odeon, plus seven concerts in Italy, Germany, and Spain.

Aug 31: Keith shoots a video for "Take It So Hard," with director Larry Williams at Ren-Mar Studios in L.A.

Sep 22 - Nov 5: Mick's tour down under opens in Brisbane, Australia and closes in Auckland, New Zealand. Backed by the same band he took to Japan, Mick performs a three-hour set of 32 songs, featuring an unrecorded original of his, "What Kind Of World Is This?"

Sep 26: Keith Richards' first ever solo album, Talk is Cheap, released by Virgin Records.

Oct 8: Keith guests on Saturday Night Live, performing two of his songs, "Take It So Hard" and "Struggle."

Oct 24: "Take It So Hard," is first single from Talk Is Cheap to be released.

Nov 24: Keith's solo tour takes him to 12 cities for 15 shows in just over three weeks. His back-up band, dubbed the X-Pensive Winos, consists of Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton (alternating between bass and drums), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Ivan Neville (keyboards), Bobby Keys (sax), and Sarah Dash (backing vocals). The tour kicks off at Atlanta's Fox Theater. At the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey, legendary pianist Johnnie Johnson guests on a few songs. Then, at an aftershow party, Virgin Records present Keith with a gold album for Talk Is Cheap and a cake to celebrate the eve of his 45th Birthday. Keith would later receive Pollstar's award for the Best Small Hall Tour of the Year.

Jan 18: The Rolling Stones are inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame

Jan 19: Stones hold a band meeting in New York. Bill Wyman does not attend, although Charlie flies in for the occasion (he missed the awards the pevious night). Within days, Mick and Keith are off to Barbados. They spend 10 days alone writing songs.

Feb 9: Fresh from Barbados, Keith tapes a video for "Make No Mistake" at North River Bar in lower Manhattan. Paula Greif directs.
Feb 13: Mick and Keith return to the Blue Wave studio in Barbados. They're joined by Charlie Watts a week later. In early March, Bill and Ron arrive. The five members remain in Barbados until the end of March.

May 15: Stones gather at London's Olympic Studios to begin mixing a new LP.

May 31: Keith is presented with the "Living Legend Award" at the International Rock Awards, held at an armory in New York and broadcast live on ABC. With the X-Pensive Winos, he performs "Whip It Up" (from Talk Is Cheap), then joins a superjam with Eric Clapton, Tina Turner and others on "You Keep A- Knockin'." Keith returns to London the next day.

Jun 16 - 17: Mick, Keith and Ronnie venture to Morocco to get the Master Musicians of Joujouka to play on the song, "Continental Drift."

Jul 11: Stones conduct a press conference at Grand Central Station in New York to announce the Steel Wheels tour.

Aug 3: Stones shoot a video for "Mixed Emotions" at Wykham Rise.

Aug 12: The marquee outside Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut reads "Rock Dance Party with the Cruiser." Inside the club, the Stones preview their Steel Wheels tour for 700 people. For a $3.00 cover charge, those fans get to watch The Stones run through 11 songs in 56 minutes, opening with "Start Me Up," ending with "Jumpin' Jack Flash," with two new songs - "Sad, Sad, Sad" and "Mixed Emotions" - in the middle. CBS Records President Tommy Mottola, Daryl Hall, and Joey Ramone are some of the guests in attendance.

Aug 17: "Mixed Emotions"/"Fancy Man Blues" (non-album B-side) issued as the first U.S. single from the upcoming album.


Aug 29: Steel Wheels, the Stones' second album with CBS Records, is released.

Aug 31: Steels Wheels North American tour 1989 opens at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. It ends on December 20, after logging 60 shows in 32 cities, including four trips across the Canadian Border.

Sep 6: On videotape, the Stones appear on the MTV Video Awards, performing "Mixed Emotions" (taped live on stage three days earlier.)

Sep 30: "Rock And A Hard Place" video is shot at Foxboro-Sullivan Stadium outside Boston.

Oct 19: "Rock And A Hard Place"/"Cook Cook Blues" (another non-album B-side) released as second U.S. single from Steel Wheels.

Nov 26: Although not on the original itinerary, the Stones play a gig at Death Valley Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. A portion of the proceeds are donated to victims of Hurricane Hugo.

Dec 2: "Almost Hear You Sigh" video shot at Rawi Sherman Film Studio in Toronto.

Jan 22: "Almost Hear You Sigh"/"Break the Spell" released as third U.S. single from Steel Wheels.

Feb 14 - 27: First ever tour of Japan includes 10 sold out shows at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome.
Mar 22: Mick conducts a press conference at London's Tabernacle Club to announce Stones' 1990 European Tour. It will differ from American and Japanese tours, with a new stage and a new title, the Urban Jungle tour.

May 18: Urban Jungle tour opens at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland. The tour clocks up 46 shows in 26 European cities. In Holland, "Paint It, Black" goes to Number One on the Dutch charts as a result of being used as the theme for Vietnam War TV show "Tour of Duty."

May 30: Back in the US, Fox Network broadcasts last December's Atlantic City show. There's also a pay-per-view concert with added 3-D segments.

Jun 6: The Stones win Tour Of The Year on ABC's International Rock Awards Charlie is awarded MVP Drummer. The pre-taped acceptance speeches are aired, along with a pre-taped concert performance of "It's Only Rock'N'Roll."

Jun 15: In a Madrid recording studio, Keith and Charlie overdub tracks for release of a posthumous Charlie Mingus tribute album. Both play on "Oh Lord Don't Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me." Charlie plays on "Tonight At Noon." The next day, Mick meets Spain's president Felipe Gonzalez before the concert at Calderon Stadium.

Jul 9: Keith's right index finger becomes inflamed after Glasgow concert and is diagnosed as septic following hospital exam next day. The upcoming week's shows are postponed. It's the first time in their history that the Stones miss a show due to a band member's illness or injury.

Aug 24: Urban Jungle tour concludes at London's Wembley Stadium.

Nov: In London, producer Chris Kimsey begins mixing a new Stones live album.