English

English Bahasa Indonesia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Svenska Tiếng Việt Türkçe Русский العربية فارسی ไทย 한국어 中文日本語

File:RStonesHydePark030722_(63_of_125)_(Keith_Richards).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ189599· pop 86· linked from 2,035 articles

Keith Richards

Also known as Keith Richard, Keef Richards

British musician, guitarist of the Rolling Stones

AI overview

Keith Richards is a British musician and guitarist best known as a founding member of the Rolling Stones, one of the most influential rock bands in history. He matters because his innovative guitar playing and songwriting helped shape modern rock music and popular culture over several decades.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 27

Top works

According to the Rolling Stones
Happy Birthday-Love, Keith
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Rolling Stones : Rare and Unseen
Gus & Me - Book and CD

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Dartford, Kent, England, UK

Known for

Eddie Cochran: Don't Forget Me — Self2026
The Session Man — Self2025
The Stones and Brian Jones — Self - Rolling Stones Guitarist (voice)2024
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg — Self2024
From London to Shanghai — Self2024
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 — Self (archive footage)2024
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll — Self2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short — Self2023
They All Came Out to Montreux — Self2023
Sheryl — Self2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1943

blues rockrock

Discography

Member of

Official site Discogs Stream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 253,477
Total plays: 1,893,969

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 28,134x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
· 2016 · cited 12,263x
First principles methods using CASTEP
· 2005 · cited 11,968x
Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,867x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“I'd play whenever I could get my hands on an electric guitar; I was trying to pick up rock'n'roll riffs and electric blues-the latest Muddy Waters. I'd spend hours and hours on the same track, back again, and back again.”
“What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.”
“I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs from the establishment...it's not what the Stones is about, is it? I don't want to step out on stage with someone wearing a fucking coronet and sporting the old ermine. I told Mick, It's a fucking paltry honour.”
“There are certain guys that are band players and there's certain guys that ain't. If there's anybody lazier than me, it's Eric (Clapton).”
“I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.”
“I thought rock and roll was an unassailable outlet for some pure and natural expression of rebellion. It used to be one channel you could take without ever havin' to kiss arse, you know?”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Official website

Home - Keith Richards

Keith Richards - Home. Buy Deluxe Editions, Vinyl, CD, Apparel

keithrichards.com →

Link to the official site · 11,633 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Official website: www.keithrichards.com
Image: Keith Richards 2 Berlinale 2008.jpg
Number of children: 5

Show 8 more facts

Commons category: Keith Richards
date of birth: 1943-12-18
Commons gallery: Keith Richards
name in native language: Keith Richards
start of work period: 1960-00-00
social media followers: 1345702
pseudonym: Кит Ричард
nickname: Keef Riff Hard

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~39 min read

Article

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership with the band's lead vocalist Sir Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans over six decades, and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and he was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. First professionally known as Keith Richard, in 1978 he fully asserted his family name.

Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford, Kent. He studied at the Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College. After graduating, Richards befriended Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart and Brian Jones and joined the Rolling Stones. As a member of the group, Richards also sings lead on some of their songs, typically at least one song per concert, including "Happy", "Before They Make Me Run", and "Connection". Outside of his career with the Rolling Stones, Richards has also played with his own side-project, The X-Pensive Winos. He also appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague, father of Jack Sparrow, whose look and characterisation were inspired by Richards himself.