- Their two most performed songs are Jumpin' Jack Flash and Brown Sugar, respectively.
- The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood) were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The Rolling Stones were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture in 2004.
- They were the first major band to have a concert broadcast live on the internet on 18 November 1994, with Severe Tire Damage, the first band ever to be broadcast on the internet, as the "opening act".
- They were #2 on the annual Forbes magazine Celebrity 100 list in 2006.
- Among the musicians who auditioned to replace Mick Taylor were Jeff Beck, Peter Frampton and Rory Gallagher.
- They hit #3 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart in 1964 with the release of "12 X 5" and #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart in 1965 with the release of "Out Of Our Heads".
- The ornate cake that appeared on the sleeve of the band's, "Let It Bleed" (1969) album, was produced by future TV celebrity chef Delia Smith.
- They were ranked #2 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll and #67 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists.
- According to the British press in 2006, the band paid just 1.6 per cent tax on their earnings of £242million over the previous 20 years.
- They are broached in Chris Rea's "Stainsby Girls.".
- As of 2021 the band no longer performs "Brown Sugar" in concert due to its references to slavery and the slave trade.
- "Hackney Diamonds" is the twenty-fourth British, and twenty-sixth American studio album, by the British rock band released on October 20, 2023. The meaning behind the title refers to the beads of shattered glass typically strewn across the street after a smash-and-grab, usually from car windows, Hackney being a district in East London (UK).
- A cover version of the Bobby Womack song, "It's All Over Now," became the band's first record to top the UK charts in July 1964.
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