Birthday needs are to ensure that Mick Jagger! On Wednesday (July 26), The Rolling Stones frontman celebrated his eightieth birthday, which got here with an inflow of celebratory messages from pals, household and band members. To have a good time the rock icon, Billboard is recapping all the songs Jagger landed on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart — with out his band.
He made that debut in 1978 as a visitor characteristic on Peter Tosh’s “(You Bought to Stroll and) Don’t Look Again.” The reggae track — initially recorded in 1965 by The Temptations for Motown — appeared on Tosh’s 1978 album, Bush Physician. That very same yr, Jagger and Tosh would carry out the monitor collectively on Saturday Night time Stay; the track would even be performed through the Stones’ 1978 tour of america.
Jagger’s solo profession formally kicked into excessive gear by 1985, which noticed him earn three entries within the Sizzling 100 high 40 with “Fortunate in Love,” “Simply One other Night time” and the David Bowie collab “Dancing within the Avenue.” Jagger’s team-up with Bowie stays his most profitable track with out the band to this point — the monitor peaked at No. 7 on the Sizzling 100 and spent a complete of 14 weeks on the chart. “Simply One other Night time” additionally spent 14 weeks on the all style tally, however completed at No. 12 on the chart. “Love” spent 11 weeks on the tally and peaked at No. 38.
The late ’80s noticed the rock icon land three extra Sizzling 100 chart entries with “Throwaway,” “Let’s Work” and “Ruthless Folks,” whereas the 2010s gave Jagger his newest entry on the chart as a solo artist (2011’s “T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)” by will.i.am., additionally that includes Jennifer Lopez, at No. 36).
What’s your favourite Mick Jagger solo monitor on the Sizzling 100? Vote in our ballot under.
