On This Day October 17

It was on platform 2 of Dartford station on October 17, 1961 that a young Keith Richards spotted a young Mick Jagger with two blues albums under his arm and got talking to him about music. The pair joined musician Brian Jones's band half a year later after he placed an advertisement in Jazz News on May 2, 1962, inviting musicians to audition for a new R&B group at the Bricklayer's Arms pub. They shared an admiration of Muddy Waters and the band was named The Rolling Stones after the American bluesman's "Rollin' Stone Blues."

An early incarnation of The Rolling Stones

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