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Charles Robert Watts, 2 June 1941, Wembley, Middlesex, England. Watts began playing drums in childhood and showed an inclination towards traditional jazz. He played part time until, in 1963, he switched musical allegiances and joined the Rolling Stones. The band had started out the previous year when Mick Jagger and Keith Richard, who were school friends, teamed up and, with Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Dick Taylor and drummer Tony Chapman began playing R&B. The line-up shifted, with Bill Wyman replacing Taylor while Chapman was replaced by Carlo Little, Mick Avory and others. After Watts joined he was at first reluctant to make music his full time career but eventually, in January 1963, he capitulated. The Rolling Stones secured a residency at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, near London, and began attracting audiences and media attention. With Stewart out of the band, the line-up of Jagger, Richard, Jones, Wyman and Watts was maintained...
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