Charlie Watts

Charlie Watts is, for me, the gold standard of rock drumming precisely because he never tried to be a rock star. The Rolling Stones' anchor from 1963 until his death in 2021, he was a trained graphic artist and a jazz lover at heart, and it showed in his playing: economical, swinging, built on restraint rather than flash. Sitting at the eye of pop's most chaotic band in a tailored suit, calmly holding everything together, he embodied a quiet cool I find irresistible. Understated yet utterly indispensable, his is a kind of class I will always treasure.

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Name (English)

Charlie Watts

Name (Japanese)

チャーリー・ワッツ

Reading

ちゃーりー・わっつ

Born

June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

drummer / percussionist / musician / rock musician / jazz musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

High school

Kingsbury High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Watts
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%83%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216051

Tags

• drummer
• percussionist
• musician

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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