Mr. Pop History -
As far as I know… Let’s see – Mick will be 68 this year… same with Keith Richards – both are fine.
Charlie Watts – the group’s eldest statesman (he’ll be 70 this year) once had throat cancer – but is OK.
The youngest member of the Stones is Ronnie Wood. He did stints in rehab for alcohol. That’s about it. Wood will be 64 this year.
From Roger L – When MTV came to us in August of 1981, did they go into promotion mode?
Mr. Pop History – They did – about 12 days into their August 1 sign-on. MTV’s first contest was “One Night Stand” with Journey and that was quickly followed by “One Night Stand” with the Rolling Stones. Other contests during MTV’s first year included, “MTV Pac-Man Giavaway,” “MTV House Party” and MTV “Hawaiian Holiday With Devo.”
From Ted Y – What was the first rock concert featured on the Internet and when?
Mr. Pop History – It was the Seattle band: Sky Cries Mary, then the Rolling Stones displayed a Dallas concert over the Internet. Both were in November of 1994, but the Seattle band was first.
A release at the time said you needed a high-end workstation that runs a special program capable if displaying live video from the Internet.
Mr. Pop History – As we go back to May of 1971 – I believe they were:
1) It was the first Rolling Stones release on their very own label – Rolling Stone (distributed by Atco).
2) The cover was designed by pop art guru Andy Warhol and contained a real zipper. 
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