Bill Wyman Discography

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Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936) is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman`s Rhythm Kings. He has worked producing both records and film, and has scored music for film in movies and television. Wyman has kept a journal since he was a child after the second World War. It has been useful to him as an author who has written seven books, selling two million copies. Wyman`s love of art has additionally led to his profiency in photography, and his photographs have been hung in galleries around the world. Wyman`s early interests, and lack of funds in his early years led him to create his own fretless bass guitar, an amplifier and much later, a patented metal detector. He became an amateur archaeologist and enjoys relic hunting; The Times published a letter about his hobby (Friday 2 March 2007). He markets a "Bill Wyman signature metal detector", which he has used to find relics from the time of the Romans in the English countryside. As a businessman, he owns several establishments, including the famous Sticky Fingers Café in 1989, a rock & roll-themed bistro serving American cuisine first in the Kensington area of London, which now has two additional locations in Cambridge and Manchester, England.

Wyman, although moderate in his use of alcohol and drugs, has stated that he became "girl mad" as a psychological crutch.[12] Maxim magazine ranked Wyman at number 10 on its "Living Sex Legends" list, as he is reputed to have had sex with over 1000 women.[13] It is believed and stated by many sources that Wyman`s conquest tally passed 2,000 women throughout his 31-year tenure as bassist of the Rolling Stones. Wyman`s first marriage to wife Dianne prior to his involvement with the Rolling Stones produced his only son, on 29 March 1962, named Stephen Paul Wyman, the only child of the marriage. From 1967 through 1983, Wyman was romantically linked to Astrid Lundstrom. In 1989 Wyman married the 18-year-old Mandy Smith, whom he had been dating since she was 13; their relationship was the subject of considerable media attention. The marriage ended in spring 1991, however it was not finalized until 1993.[14] In 1993, while Wyman was still married to Mandy Smith his son from his first marriage, Stephen, became engaged to Smith`s mother. In April 1993 he married Suzanne Accosta. They are still married and have three daughters, Katherine Noelle (born September 1994), Jessica Rose (born November 1995), and Matilda May (born May 1998).

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