Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. He is also a jazz bandleader and commercial artist.

Early life

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Watts was born to Charles Richard Watts, a lorry driver, and his wife Lillian Charlotte Watts at University College Hospital, London, and raised in Islington, a London borough. In his early days, he attended Tylers Croft Secondary Modern School as well as Harrow Art School. In 1960, he was working with a band called Blues by Five when he met Alexis Korner, who convinced him to join his own band, Blues Incorporated. Later the same year, the band picked up lead singer Mick Jagger, as well as guitarists Brian Jones and Keith Richards.

Shortly afterwards, Watts left the band, citing its hectic schedule. A trained commercial artist, Watts found work at the advertising firm of Charles Hobson and Grey. However, in late 1962, several of the members of Blues Incorporated (now calling themselves The Rolling Stones) persuaded Watts to return. Watts kept his day job until the Stones secured a long term gig at the Crawdaddy Club near London, after which he quit to devote his life to music. Watts remains a member of the Stones to this day.

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