Victor Coelho has received research funding from Boston University. In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man ...

In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to match, Charlie Watts remained the quiet man behind a modest drum set. But Watts wasn’t your typical rock drummer.

There will never be a world without Charlie Watts, because his backbeat changed how the world sounds. The Rolling Stones’ legendary drummer got away with nothing but boss moves, for just about 60 ...

Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos battles Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts in round two of Ultimate Classic Rock's March Drum Madness. Rolling Stones ‘Practicing,’ But Charlie Watts Hesitant on ...

Without stretching the comparison too far, Charlie Watts was the Elvis Presley of rock and roll drumming: There was BC (Before Charlie) and after, and he can’t be compared realistically with anyone ...

For 58 years, Charlie Watts manned the drum kit behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the unflappable bedrock of the Rolling Stones sound. Compared to his British Invasion contemporaries, he wasn’t a ...

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards each paid tribute to Charlie Watts with pictures in their first social media posts since the drummer’s death. Jagger opted for a recent image of Watts, sitting behind ...

The Rolling Stones drummer would have turned 81 on June 2 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously ...