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Charlie Watts: Reluctant Pop Star and the man at the back of the Rolling Stones for nearly 60 years, was always stoic about his success with the band - which he once described in the 80s as "five years of work and 20 years of hanging around".

But Watts' contribution to the band was vital. His jazz-inflected swing gave the Stones' songs their swagger, pushing and pulling at the groove, and creating room for Jagger's lascivious drawl.
"As much as Mick's voice and Keith's guitar, Charlie Watts's snare sound is the Rolling Stones". Bruce Springsteen once wrote. "When Mick sings, 'It's only rock 'n' roll but I like it,' Charlie's in the back showing you why!" 

A couple of years back I featured this song 'Time Waits For No One' (post link) - the video needs updating so click FMS#170 - to listen again. 

Don Everly: One half of the Everly Brothers (Phil having died in 2014) also passed away on August 21st. Here's a track to remember them by, a favourite from 1964, called 'Gone, Gone, Gone'. (A song covered by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in 2007).

Picture quality is not great but the original recording sounds fine

While doing the YouTube shuffle/search I came across other versions of some interest:

1) A not great TV version with dancing girls and backing singers making a bit of a mess of the original, matched by the bad picture quality - is here 
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2) Which is back to the 1964 original but the video has the dance troupe Pan's People performing to the song. It says 1964, however Cherry Gillespie is dancing and she didn't join Pan's People until 1972, so along with the colour pictures this footage is more likely from then and not 1964 ! - see this link