. ♪ ♪ >> his drumming skills self-taught by listening to jazz greats like charlie parker and duke ellington the faults of my play, i never learned to play. >> the stones had searched for a drummer for months before finding watts and feared he might be too talented for them. ♪ ♪ but he ended up playing on all 30 rolling stones albums and on every tour. despite his sharp fashion sense. he shied away from flashy drum solos. and the attention that came with international super stardom watts defied all the stereo types that came with being in arguably the world's most inluential rock band. he was shy and introverted as the drugs ravaged the bands, watts indulged and quit cold turkey. he married his wife in 1964 and they stayed together and raised a family. ♪ ♪ >>> watts passing comes about three weeks after he pulled out of the band's up coming tour, citing health reasons. >> i didn't know it was this ill. >> beatles legend paul mccartney paid a tribute. >> it's a huge blow to them, charlie was a rock. and a fantastic drummer. ♪ ♪ >> that was anthony mason reporting. a 97-year-old u.s. army vete

charlie parker. ♪ meeting the young mick jagger, keith richards, brian jones in a bar in london whenther band, and they came and sat in. it was a blues band. and they came and sat in. a little while went by. then they just asked me to join. >> reporter: the mid-'60s filled with screaming girls, wild outfits, and the stones' signature sound with hits like -- ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ >> reporter: "i can't get no satisfaction" and "paint it black." ♪ i see a line of cars and they're all painted black ♪ >> reporter: watts' drumming was at the foundation of those genre-crossing hits. ♪ the phone is ringing i say hi it's me ♪ >> charlie had been playing since he was 14 years old. he could dig professionally as a jazz musician. he was a notch above not just anybody else in the stones early on, but most people out there doing this. he could push music along, he could drag it back, he could slow it down, he could speed it up. he followed them as he was leading them. that's extraordinarily complicated. >> reporter: he was especially known for his musical partnership with front man keith

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