Celebrities ranging from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to Joan Jett shared tributes to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. The musician passed away Tuesday at a London-area hospital.

Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, died on Wednesday in London at age 80 – but despite his rock star status, Watts is said to have harbored one regret about his life in the limelight. "The ...

Charlie Watts, the drummer who provided the backbone of the Rolling Stones’ songs for more than half a century, has died, his publicist said. He was 80.

If you really want to understand the eloquence, generosity and impossible grace of Charlie Watts just listen for the first time he touches his drums on any Rolling Stones song. Two thumps at the ...

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 ...

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday, was a percussive force with great jazz touch, all captured in these five great songs.

Charlie Watts, the longtime drummer of the Rolling Stones who provided a steady rhythmic hand for decades behind the band’s fiery leaders, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, helping make the group ...

LONDON (AP) — Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used his “day job” to supp… ...

Charlie Watts wasn’t a flashy drummer surrounded by a giant kit with a shiny gong. Never was he one to indulge in a 20-minute-long drum solo. But his restraint and perfect timing were the ...

The Rolling Stones core members talked to music journalist David Fricke about the loss of drummer Charlie Watts ahead of their North American tour.

That was the job Charlie Watts saw for himself — and then carried off with incomparable style for more than half a century — as the steadfast drummer of the Rolling Stones, the world-famous ...

Charlie Watts was the rock of the Rolling Stones. The Stones’ skinsman — who died “peacefully” at 80 in a London hospital Tuesday — was the foundation of the British band that was the ...