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 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 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 ...

Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York. Watts, whose virtuoso stylings ranged from jazz to hard-driving rock ‘n’ roll, “passed away ...

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts died Tuesday at the age of 80. Here is how rock ‘n’ roll royalty reacted to his passing.

That was the job Charlie Watts saw for himself — and then carried off with incomparable style for more than half a century — as the steadfast drummer of the Rolling Stones, the world-famous ...

Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones poses for a portrait on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York.

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 drummer.

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 ...

Mick Jagger, center, guitarist Mick Taylor and drummer Charlie Watts, right, of the Rolling Stones speak at a news conference at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on Sept. 22, 1970.

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. But his restraint and perfect timing were the ...

Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer since the group’s inception in 1962, is “unlikely to be available” for the group’s U.S. Fall tour.