The Rolling Stones

Both born Dartford, Kent, Jagger (Jul 26, 1943) and Richard (Dec 18, 1943)
first met at the age of six at local Maypole County Primary School. Yet it wasn't until
1960 that their paths crossed again, and discovered that they had both been
independently pursuing similar interests in blues and R&B. Also that they had a
mutual friend in guitarist Dick Taylor, who had been at Dartford Grammar School
with Jagger and was at that time at Sidcup Art School with Richard.
Jagger - who was a student at the London School of Economics - had
discovered R&B via auspices of Taylor, this pair along with Bob Beckwith and Allen
Etherington working under unlikely name Little Boy Blue & The Blue Boys. As result
of Jagger and Richard's reunion, the latter added his Chuck Berry-influenced guitar to
Blue Boys line-up. Even then Richard boasted punk credentials, having been expelled
from Dartford Technical College for truancy.
Meanwhile, at around the same time, another young rebel of his period, Brian
Jones (b. Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones Feb 28, 1942) was trying to find work in
musically-barren environment of home-town Cheltenham. He had already skipped
school to play jazz as aspiring clarinetist and alto-saxist, and further enhanced his
local notoriety by fathering two illegitimate children by the time he was 16.
Frustrated by lack of outlets for his musical ambitions in west country, Jones
at one point split for sojourn in Scandinavia during which he improved ability on
guitar. On return to Cheltenham he briefly joined local band The Ramrods but finally
despaired of parochial life and drifted to London with his girlfriend and baby.
There he played occasionally with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated having
first met Korner on a Blues Inc. gig in Cheltenham, and nurtured ambition to front his
own authentic R&B band. To this end he advertised for like-minded musicians in
"Jazz News", pianist Ian Stewart, singer Andy Wren and guitarist Geoff Bradford
being recruited as a result.
Meanwhile, though still only a minority appeal, British R&B was on the
ascendancy - the pivotal venue for this exciting "new" music being the Ealing Blues
Club where highly-flexible Blues Inc. held a residency. It was here that Richard,
Jagger, Taylor and Jones first met and exchanged experiences.

Taken from The Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock (1978), compiled by Nick
Logan and Bob Woffinden, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited.