Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943)
Early life
Jagger was born into a middle-class family at the Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger, and his paternal grandfather, David Ernest Jagger, were both teachers. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary Scutts (13 April 1913 – 18 May 2000), an Australian immigrant to England, was a hairdresser and an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger was the eldest of two sons and was raised to follow in his father's career path.
In the book According to the Rolling Stones, Jagger states "I was always a singer. I always sang as a child. I was one of those kids who just liked to sing. Some kids sing in choirs; others like to show off in front of the mirror. I was in the church choir and I also loved listening to singers on the radio - the BBC or Radio Luxembourg - or watching them on TV and in the movies."
Academically successful, he attended Dartford Grammar School where he passed 3 A-levels, before entering the London School of Economics on a scholarship. As a student, Jagger frequented a London club called "The Firehouse". At the age of 19, Jagger began performing as a singer. Jagger had no formal musical training and did not know how to read music.
In the early 1950s Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (who as a youngster preferred the nickname Mike) were classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent. Richards and Jagger were reunited in 1960 and found they shared a love for rhythm and blues music. They moved into a flat in Chelsea with guitarist Brian Jones. While Richards and Jones were making plans to start their own rock and roll band, Jagger continued his business courses at the London School of Economics. He studied for a degree in accounting and finance, with a minor in physical education, but attended for less than a year and did not graduate, leaving to pursue a musical career.
Personal life
Jagger is renowned for his high-profile and multiple relationships. He was married twice. In 1970 he began dating Bianca De Macias whom he married on 12 May 1971 in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Saint Tropez, France. The couple divorced in 1978, on the grounds of his adultery with model Jerry Hall. After a lengthy cohabitation and several children together, Jagger and Hall married 21 November 1990 in a Hindu beach ceremony in Indonesia. Jagger later contested the validity of the ceremony, and the marriage was annulled in 1999. This was subsequent to Jagger's affair with and the pregnancy of model Luciana Gimenez. He has also been romantically linked to Chrissie Shrimpton, Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Anita Pallenberg, Pamela Des Barres, Uschi Obermaier, Bebe Buell, Carly Simon, Mackenzie Phillips, Janice Dickinson, Carla Bruni and Sophie Dahl, among others. He is currently dating former model L'Wren Scott. Rumours were rampant about whether Jagger intended to marry a third time when the American-born model was seen wearing a large ring on her hand.
Hall reportedly knew all too well about Jagger's rampant infidelity and continued their relationship despite it. "I'd come home and there'd be things from other girls lying around," she told The Daily Mail. "And then I'd started finding items next to the bed like earrings or a ring. It was obvious." She said that "she was 'codependent' on Mick -- he was addicted to affairs and she was addicted to loving him. Jerry also believes she was emotionally scarred by her childhood where her abusive father was the 'king of the house'."
Jagger has seven children with four women.
- With Marsha Hunt, he has daughter Karis Hunt Jagger (born 4 November 1970).
Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (born 2 March 1984)
James Leroy Augustin Jagger (born 28 August 1985)
Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger (born 12 January 1992)
Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger (born 13 December 1997
- With Luciana Gimenez, he as son Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger (born 18 May 1999).
He also has four grandchildren.
His father died on 11 November 2006 at the age of 93.
In 2008 it was revealed that members of the Hells Angels had once plotted to murder Jagger in 1975. They were angered by Jagger's public blame on the Hell's Angels who were reportedly hired to provide security at the infamous Altamont Free Concert in December, 1969 and were responsible for much of the crowd violence at the event. The plot was cancelled after the boat they were to use to access his Long Island home capsized in a storm.
Jagger is a huge cricket fan. He founded Jagged Internetworks so he could get coverage of English Cricket.Mick Jagger also introduced Paul Getty to cricket.
His personal fortune is an estimated £225m.
