30 Candid Photographs of Mick Jagger on Stage From the 1960s and 1970s

Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is rock’s premier frontman and one of the most popular and influential British musicians of all time. Instantly recognizable as the iconic lead singer with the Rolling Stones, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, he has set standards for performance and creativity that remain unmatched to this day.

As Stones front man, Mick Jagger became one of the faces and voices of the 1960s. As co-songwriter with Keith Richards, he was responsible for an extraordinary series of hit singles and albums, from “Get Off My Cloud” and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” to Beggars Banquet and Exile On Main Street. The Rolling Stones matched The Beatles for musical virtuosity and star quality, playing the dark side Yin to the Fab Four’s Yang, with Jagger the high profile representative of this exalted role.

Mick was also prime mover behind the band’s move towards independence from the music industry, with the launch of their own Rolling Stones Records label in 1971and subsequent move into arena and stadium concerts. This perspicacious anticipation of changing taste in the music public helped turn The Rolling Stones into the world’s top concert attraction, leading to a series of record-breaking tour over the last four decades.