English rock and blues guitarist and songwriter, born 18 December 1943, Dartford, Kent, England, best known as a founder member and guitarist of [a=The Rolling Stones]. After the Rolling Stones signed to [l=Decca] Records in 1963, their band manager, [a=Andrew Loog Oldham], dropped the 's' from Richards' surname, believing that "Keith Richard", in his words, "[i]looked more pop[/i]". During the late 1970s, Richards re-established the 's' in his surname. A number of instances of this spelling are also the result of…

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