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The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

Critic and musicologist Robert Palmer said their endurance and relevance stems from being " rooted in traditional verities, in rhythm-and-blues and soul music " while " more ephemeral pop fashions have come and gone ".