1943 Michael Phillip Jagger burst into this world on July 26, 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England. He and Keith Richards attended school together in 1950 , but it was the pair's chance meeting at a train station platform in July, 1960 that started them on a path that would change rock history. His studies at the London School of Economics got jettisoned so he and Keith could form a rock n' roll band, but he absorbed enough while there to make him one of the most financially astute musicians in music history.  

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on July 26 include...

 

1949 Queen's Roger Taylor born.

1968 The writing of Hey Jude is finished up by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

1968 Moody Blues release In Search of a Lost Chord.   
1970 Jimi Hendrix does his last Seattle concert.

1977 Robert Plant's 6 year old son dies of respiratory failure - Zeppelin tour canceled.   
1992 Paul Stanley of KISS marries Pamela Brown. 

2001 Paul McCartney announces his engagement with Heather Mills.

2007 Jimmy Page testifies against an accused Led Zeppelin bootlegger in Glasgow. 

2013 JJ Cale dies in La Jolla California after suffering a heart attack.

2023 COPD claims Eagles and Poco founding basssist Randy Meisner, who passes away at 77 in a Southern California hospital.