Throughout his 30-year tenure with the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman teamed up with drummer Charlie Watts to form one of rock's most solid rhythm sections, driving such Stones classics as , , , , , and . “I suppose you could say I created what was happening on ,” Wyman told back in 2010. “You know, the walking bass, that octave bass thing.
After that, just about every band in the world took that idea and used it in a song. Rod Stewart used it, and a lot of funky bands did, also.” Additionally, Wyman maintains he created the iconic riff used for , although guitarist Keith Richards ended up playing it on the record.
As the songwriting partnership of Jagger and Richards became the most powerful force within the group, were there many instances where Wyman wasn’t officially credited as a co-songwriter? “There were lots, because all of the songs were created in the studio. You know, Keith would come in with a riff. That's all, and over the course of a week we would come up with a song.
Then Mick would write the lyrics, and it would come out on an album credited as ‘Jagger – Richards.’ That would happen all the time. “The Beatles gave room for Ringo Starr and George Harrison to do their thing, and the Who gave John Entwistle a chance to write stuff.
We just had to live with it or leave. So I went on and did solo albums and movie music, and I produced other artists. I got satisfaction in that way.
” In 1974, Wyman became the first Stone to release a solo album, . H.