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Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards has created "rock's greatest single body of riffs," and has named him the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting partner Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist, are listed among Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Richards' notoriety for illicit drug use stems in part from several drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s. Keith Richards is the only child... MORE

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards has created "rock's greatest single body of riffs," and has named him the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting partner Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones' lead vocalist, are listed among Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Richards' notoriety for illicit drug use stems in part from several drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s. Keith Richards is the only child of Bert Richards and Doris Dupree Richards. He was born at Livingston Hospital in Dartford, Kent. His father was a factory worker injured during World War II during the Normandy invasion. Richards' paternal grandparents were socialists and civic leaders whose family originated from Wales. His maternal grandfather, Augustus Theodore Dupree, who toured Britain with a jazz big band, "Gus Dupree and his Boys", fostered Richards' interest in guitar. Richards' mother bought Richards his first guitar, and he played at home recording Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others. His father LESS