Mick Jagger was Born Michael Phillip Jagger on July 26, 1943, in Dartford, England,

Michael Philip Jagger dropped out of the London School of Economics to be a rock star. His group The Rolling Stones began recording in 1963, and by 1965 they had an international hit with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards wrote most of the songs for The Stones, and Jagger's strutting, pouting delivery made him the archetype of the charismatic rock front man.

The rest of the record is crunchy funk, intriguing chiefly for the title track and "Hard Woman." Defenses of strong women, both songs are perhaps intended as late-in-the-day correctives to the Stones' exaggerated reputation as misogynists.

The rocker "Shoot Off Your Mouth" is fine, vintage bad boyÐism; "Say You Will" is a lovely ballad; "Peace for the Wicked" is neat, Prince-ish R&B; and "War Baby," for all its clunkiness, is a heartfelt political meditation.

Jagger was married to model Jerry Hall from 1991-99; they split after Jagger admitted he had fathered a child with Brazilian model Luciana Morad... Jagger's first wife, Bianca Jagger, was a jet-set celebrity in the 1970s; the two were married 1971-80... Jagger also has appeared in several movies, including Performance (1970) and Freejack (1992, with Hall and Anthony Hopkins).

In addition to his work with the Rolling Stones and solo releases, Jagger has guested on albums by a wide variety of other artists -- the Jacksons, Peter Tosh, Carly Simon, Dr. John, and Living Colour, among others (the latter he helped discover and produced part of their hit debut album, Vivid).