All Hail The Rolling Stones

London's Marquee Club was one of the most popular Jazz clubs and the place to be on the 12 July, 1962 as it was the setting for The Rolling Stones debut gig. Now, with a career spanning 5 decades, with 22 studio albums and 11 live albums in the UK, The Rolling Stones deserve a celebration and it's BBC 6 Music that have adopted the role as host.

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Throughout July, BBC 6 will celebrate The Rolling Stones Golden Jubilee by rummaging through the archives and bringing its listeners interviews, documentaries and performances. Including in this, is The Rolling Stones Story, a 6 part documentary by Alexis Corner. Originally broadcast in 1973, it's now being rerun as part of their anniversary celebrations.  Even though this documentary has already been aired, the final episode, 'Where To Now'  can still be listened back to. As I post this it has 16 hours left to listen, so do hurry if you're a fan of The Rolling Stones! One of BBC 6 Music's sister stations, BBC Radio 2 are also involved with Jerry Hall presenting Rolling with the Stones - an intimate look at their live legacy from 11.00pm tonight.

In further celebration of 50 years of the Rolling Stones, BBC 6 have selected some of their favourite bands to cover a selection of Stones classics. To start this run was the Soderberg siblings from First Aid Kit with their take on 'Play With Fire' and today saw The Walkmen and their rendition of 'Blue Turns To Grey'.

Lastly, BBC 6 Music are also holding a poll for the best Rolling Stones song. Voting will close at 7pm on Friday 20 July. The Top 6 songs voted for by you will be revealed a week later on Friday 27 July -  vote here!