July 12th, 2012

The Rolling Stones marks 50 years on stage launching a photographic exhibition on Thursday.

First time Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts performed under the band name playing The Marquee Club in London on July 12, 1962. They took a name from a song by bluesman Muddy Waters, they were billed as “The Rollin’ Stones” —the ‘g’ came later. The group launch a retrospective photographic exhibition at London’s Somerset House marking 50th anniversary. The Stones have sold more than 200 million records.