Full Name:

Sir Michael Phillip Jagger

Born:

July 26, 1943

Birthplace:

Dartford, Kent (England)

Quote:

"It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."

Significant Facts:

• Co-founded (with Brian Jones) the Rolling Stones and has co-written (with Keith Richards) most of the band's original songs
• Has recorded five solo albums, most recently the soundtack for the movie Alfie in 2004, which he co-wrote with the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart

• Fathered seven children during two marriages and two affairs
• Knighted in 2003 for "services to popular music"

Career History:

His first band was called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. As a teenager, he went to school with Keith Richards, and together they helped form the original Rolling Stones. He attended the London School of Economics, but found singing and songwriting to be more fulfilling. Since 1970, he has appeared in ten movies, most recently "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" in 2003.

Essential Solo CD:

Primitive Cool
Jagger's second solo album (which he also produced) had a hard-edged guitar rock sound, thanks in large part to lead guitar work by Jeff Beck.