Charlie Watts, the drummer who provided the backbone of the Rolling Stones’ songs for more than half a century, has died, his publicist said. He was 80.

Charlie Watts, the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones, died on Aug. 24 at a London hospital. (Video: Reuters) It held true if you caught the Stones live anytime in the 21st century, too.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday, was a percussive force with great jazz touch, all captured in these five great songs.

In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man behind a modest drum set. But Watts wasn't your typical rock ...

Charlie Watts, the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones who provided a steady rhythmic hand for decades behind the band’s fiery leaders, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, helping make the group ...

Charlie Watts plays drums with the Rolling Stones at SBC Park in San Francisco, California on Sunday, November 13, 2005. (Jim Gensheimer/Mercury News) (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group Archives) ...

“Charlie was prepared for us to go ahead,” declared Richards in the Variety interview. The Rolling Stones members Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richards, circa ...

Charlie Watts wasn’t a flashy drummer surrounded by a giant kit with a shiny gong. Never was he one to indulge in a 20-minute-long drum solo.

Charlie Watts, the drummer who anchored the Rolling Stones throughout their reign as the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band, has died at age 80. Aug. 24, 2021.

Drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday, may have been the quietest of the Rolling Stones vanguard, but when he did speak, he usually said something interesting. Even though Stones guitarist Keith ...

Shirley Ann Shepherd Watts, the wife of late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, died on Friday, Dec. 16. She was 84. “Shirley died peacefully on Friday 16th December in Devon after a short ...

Charlie Watts was the rock of the Rolling Stones. The Stones’ skinsman — who died “peacefully” at 80 in a London hospital Tuesday — was the foundation of the British band that was the ...