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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1941|6|2|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Bloomsbury, London]], England
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| spouse             = {{marriage|Shirley Shepherd|14 October 1964}}
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'''Charles Robert Watts''' (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who was the drummer of [[the Rolling Stones]] from 1963 until his death in 2021.

Originally trained as a [[Graphic designer|graphic artist]], Watts developed an interest in [[jazz]] at a young age and joined the band [[Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated|Blues Incorporated]]. He also started playing drums in London's [[rhythm and blues]] clubs, where he met future bandmates [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]] and [[Brian Jones]]. In January 1963, he left Blues Incorporated and joined the Rolling Stones as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record sleeves and tour stages. Watts's first public appearance as a permanent member was in February 1963; he remained with the band for 58 years until his death, at which time he, Jagger and Richards were the only members of the band to have performed on every one of [[The Rolling Stones discography|their studio albums]].

Nicknamed "'''the Wembley Whammer'''" by Jagger, Watts cited jazz as a major influence on his drumming style. Aside from his career with the Rolling Stones, Watts toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] with the Charlie Watts Tentet.

In 1989, Watts was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] with the Rolling Stones, and in 2004, he was inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]], also with the Rolling Stones. He is often regarded as one of the most distinctive and influential drummers of all time.

==Early life==
Charles Robert Watts was born at [[University College Hospital]] in [[Bloomsbury]], [[London]], to Charles Richard Watts, a [[Truck|lorry]] driver for the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]], and wife Lillian Charlotte (née Eaves), who had been a factory worker.<ref name="WymanColeman1997">{{cite book|first1=Bill|last1=Wyman|first2=Ray|last2=Coleman|title=Bill Wyman, Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zi79b9a2o0sC|year=1997|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-80783-1|page=90|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818191407/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zi79b9a2o0sC|archive-date=18 August 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> He had a sister, Linda (born 1944),<ref>{{cite news|last=Salewicz|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Salewicz|date=24 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: Legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-b1908062.html|access-date=24 August 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|quote=He had a sister, Linda.}}</ref> with whom he was close.{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=7}}

As a child, Watts lived in [[Wembley]], at 23 Pilgrims Way.<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p20">"The Musical Life: Tag Team". ''The New Yorker''. 23 July 2012 (p. 20).</ref>{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=6}} Many of Wembley's houses had been destroyed by [[Luftwaffe]] bombs during [[World War II]]; Watts and his family lived in a [[Prefabs in the United Kingdom|prefab]], as did many in the community.<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p20" />{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=6}} Watts would remember little of the [[World War II|Second World War]], stating "I heard bombs exploding in the neighbourhood. I remember the mad rush from the house into the air-raid shelters. I was very young. War was something of a game to me – I don't think I ever really and truly got frightened."{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=5}}

In 1946, Watts met neighbour [[Dave Green (musician)|Dave Green]],{{sfn|Sexton|2022|pp=5–6}} who had moved next door at 22 Pilgrims Way;<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p20" /> they became childhood friends, and remained so until Watts's death. Green became a jazz bass player, and recalls that as boys, "we discovered 78rpm records. Charlie had more records than I did ... We used to go to Charlie's bedroom and just get these records out."<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21">"The Musical Life: Tag Team". ''The New Yorker''. 23 July 2012 (p. 21).</ref>{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=9}} Watts's earliest records were jazz recordings; he remembered owning [[78 RPM]] records of [[Jelly Roll Morton]] and [[Charlie Parker]].<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" /> Green recalls that Watts also "had the one with [[Thelonious Monk|Monk]] and the Johnny Dodds Trio. Charlie was ahead of me in listening and acquisitions."<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" /> Green and Watts would become bandmates in many of Charlie's jazz projects.{{sfn|Sexton|2022|p=5}}

Watts and his family subsequently moved to [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], where he attended [[Kingsbury High School|Tylers Croft Secondary Modern School]] from 1952 to 1956; as a schoolboy, he displayed a talent for art, music, cricket and football.<ref name="rollingwithp16">{{cite book |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=Rolling with the Stones |publisher=DK Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=0-7894-9998-3 |page=16}}</ref> When he and Green were both about thirteen, Watts became interested in drumming:<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" />

{{blockquote|I bought a banjo, and I didn't like the dots on the neck. So I took the neck off, and at the same time I heard a drummer called [[Chico Hamilton]], who played with [[Gerry Mulligan]], and I wanted to play like that, with brushes. I didn't have a snare drum, so I put the banjo head on a stand.<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" />}}

Watts's parents gave him his first drum kit in 1955, and he practised drumming along to jazz records he collected.<ref name="rollingwithp19">Wyman 2002. p. 19.</ref> After completing secondary school, Watts enrolled at Harrow Art School (now the [[University of Westminster#Campuses|Harrow campus]] of the [[University of Westminster]]), which he attended until 1960.<ref name=charlie-obit>{{cite news|last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=24 August 2021 |title=Charlie Watts obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/24/charlie-watts-obituary |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Career==
=== Jazz bands and Blues Incorporated ===
{{See also|Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated}}
After leaving art school, he worked as a [[graphic designer]] for an advertising company called Charlie Daniels Studios,<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Charlie Watts|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/watts_charlie.htm|access-date=13 December 2020|work=[[Lambiek]] Comiclopedia}}</ref> and also played drums occasionally with local bands in coffee shops and clubs. He and Green began their musical careers together from 1958 to 1959, playing in a jazz band in [[Middlesex]] called the Jo Jones All Stars.<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" /> Watts initially found his transition to [[rhythm and blues]] puzzling: "I went into rhythm and blues. When they asked me to play, I didn't know what it was. I thought it meant Charlie Parker, played slow."<ref name="NewYorkerJuly232012p21" />

In 1961, Watts met [[Alexis Korner]], who invited him to join his band [[Blues Incorporated]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pidgeon|first=John|date=2 October 2009|title=More British R&B: The Stones Start, Blues Inc Stumble|url=http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/10/more-british-rb-the-stones-start-blues-inc-stumble/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109154639/http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/10/more-british-rb-the-stones-start-blues-inc-stumble/|archive-date=9 November 2011|access-date=30 October 2011|publisher=Rocksbackpagesblogs.com}}</ref> At that time, Watts was on his way to a sojourn working as a graphic designer in [[Denmark]], but he accepted Korner's offer when he returned to London in February 1962.<ref name="rollingwithp29-30p34">Wyman 2002. pp. 29–30, 34.</ref><ref name="morris1">{{cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Chris|last2=Aswad|first2=Jem|date=24 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones Drummer, Dies at 80|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-dies-1235047778/|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824164403/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-dies-1235047778/ |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> Watts played regularly with Blues Incorporated and maintained a job with the advertising firm Charles, Hobson and Gray.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Greenfield|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdKDgAAQBAJ&dq=Watts+enrolled+at+Harrow+Art+School&pg=PT108|title=S.T.P. : a journey through America with the Rolling Stones|date=2002|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-7867-3080-3|edition=1st|location=Cambridge, MA|oclc=812915250}}</ref>

=== Career with the Rolling Stones ===
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[[File:Charlie Watts 1965.jpg|thumb|Watts backstage during a [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] tour on 4 May 1965]]
[[File:Rolling Stones - Charlie Watts (1981)-2.jpg|thumb|Watts performing with the Rolling Stones in 1981]]
In mid-1962, Watts first met [[Brian Jones]], [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian "Stu" Stewart]], [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], who also frequented the London [[rhythm and blues]] clubs, but it was not until January 1963 that Watts finally agreed to join the Rolling Stones.<ref name="rollingwithp32p44">Wyman 2002. pp. 32 and 44.</ref><ref name="BBC_death">{{Cite news|date=24 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: Rolling Stones drummer dies at 80|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58316842|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Initially, the band could not afford to pay Watts, who had been earning a regular salary from his gigs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|date=24 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/arts/music/charlie-watts-dead.html|access-date=24 August 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His first public appearance as a permanent member was at the [[Ealing Jazz Club]] on 2 February 1963.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Richards|first1=Keith|title=[[Life (Richards book)|Life]]|last2=Fox|first2=James|date=2010|publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]]|isbn=978-0-297-85439-5|page=121|author-link=Keith Richards|author-link2=James Fox (journalist)}}</ref> Watts was often introduced as "The Wembley Whammer" by Jagger during live concerts.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=2021-08-28|title=Rolling Stones share video tribute to Charlie Watts|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/28/rolling-stones-share-video-tribute-to-charlie-watts |newspaper=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

Besides his work as a musician, Watts contributed graphic art and comic strips to early Rolling Stones records such as the ''[[Between the Buttons]]'' record sleeve<ref name="auto1" /> and was responsible for the 1975 tour announcement press conference in [[New York City]]. The band surprised the throng of waiting reporters by driving and playing "[[Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones song)|Brown Sugar]]" on the back of a flatbed truck in the middle of [[Manhattan]] traffic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Epting |first=Chris |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-tour-announcements/ |title=The History of the Rolling Stones' Outrageous Tour Announcements |publisher=Ultimateclassicrock.com |date=1 May 2015 |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> Watts remembered this was a common way for [[Music of New Orleans#Jazz|New Orleans jazz]] bands to promote upcoming dates. Moreover, with Jagger, he designed the elaborate stages for tours, first contributing to the lotus-shaped design of the [[Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas '75|Tour of the Americas]], as well as the [[Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour]], the [[Bridges to Babylon Tour]], the [[Licks Tour]], and the [[A Bigger Bang Tour]].<ref name=charlie-obit/>

Watts's last live concert with the band was 30 August 2019 at [[Hard Rock Stadium]] in Miami, Florida. He had never missed a single concert throughout his career with the band. Besides Jagger and Richards, he is the only member to have appeared on every album in [[the Rolling Stones discography]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=24 August 2021|title=Flashback: Charlie Watts' Final Performance With the Rolling Stones|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charlie-watts-last-performance-rolling-stones-1216352/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- NOTE: This may potentially become a dated statement with time and will need updating if more are released. -->

In October 2023, two years after Watts's death, the Rolling Stones released ''[[Hackney Diamonds]]''. The album features two songs on which Watts plays the drums: "Mess It Up" and "Live By The Sword".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ronald |first=Issy |date=6 September 2023 |title=Rolling Stones launch 'Hackney Diamonds,' their first new album in almost two decades, with Jimmy Fallon Q&A |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/rolling-stones-launch-hackney-diamonds-their-first-new-album-in-almost-two-decades-with-jimmy-fallon-q-a/ar-AA1glv0I |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Activities outside the Stones ===
[[File:Charlie Watts Berlinale 2008.jpg|thumb|Watts in 2008]]
Watts was involved in many activities outside his life as a member of the Rolling Stones. In December 1964, he published a cartoon tribute to [[Charlie Parker]] titled ''Ode to a High Flying Bird''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Graff|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/9618913/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-dead |title=Charlie Watts Dead: Rolling Stones Drummer Was 80 |magazine=Billboard |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Although he made his name in [[Rock music|rock]], his personal tastes lay principally in [[jazz]].<ref name="auto" />

In the late 1970s, he joined [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] in the back-to-the-roots boogie-woogie band [[Rocket 88 (band)|Rocket 88]], which featured many of the UK's top jazz, rock and R&B musicians.<ref name="moderndrummer1">{{cite web|author=First Name |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2010/02/charlie-watts/ |title=Charlie Watts: The Stones' Rock-Solid Survivor &#124; Modern Drummer Magazine |publisher=Moderndrummer.com |date= 8 February 2010|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> In the 1980s, he toured worldwide with a [[big band]] – the Charlie Watts Orchestra<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 July 1987|title=Charlie Watts marching to beat of a different drum|pages=14|work=The Newark Advocate|agency=The Associated Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11534493/the-newark-advocate/|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> – that included such names as [[Evan Parker]], [[Courtney Pine]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 November 1985|title=Watts on high voltage|pages=22|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84183188/watts-on-high-voltage/|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> and [[Jack Bruce]], who was also a member of Rocket 88.<ref name="moderndrummer1" />

In 1991, he organised a jazz quintet as another tribute to Charlie Parker. The year 1993 saw the release of ''Warm and Tender'' by the Charlie Watts Quintet,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last=Yanow |first=Scott |url={{AllMusic|class=artist |id=p7789 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Charlie Watts |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> which included vocalist [[Bernard Fowler]]. This same group released ''Long Ago and Far Away'' in 1996. Both records included a collection of [[Great American Songbook]] standards. Following their collaboration on the Rolling Stones' 1997 album ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]'', he and drummer [[Jim Keltner]] released a techno/instrumental album titled ''Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project''. Watts stated that even though the tracks bore such names as the "Elvin Suite" in honour of the late Elvin Jones, [[Max Roach]] and [[Roy Haynes]], they were not copying their style of drumming, but rather capturing a feeling by those artists. ''Watts at Scott's'' was recorded with his group, "the Charlie Watts Tentet",<ref name="auto" /> at the [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] in London.

In April 2009, he began performing with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie. When asked by pianist Ben Waters to join the ensemble, he quickly agreed; his only demand being that [[Dave Green (musician)|Dave Green]] play bass, stating, "If Dave does it, I'll do it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/calm-cool-collected-charlie-watts-lets-loose-abcd-group|title=Calm, cool and collected Charlie Watts lets loose with ABC&D of Boogie Woogie|author=Goldmine staff|website=Goldmine|date=June 2022 }}</ref>

==Personal life and public image==
On 14 October 1964, Watts married Shirley Ann Shepherd (11 September 1938 – 16 December 2022), whom he had met before joining the Stones in 1963.<!-- PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY HER AGE: MANY SOURCES SAY SHE WAS 82: BUT SHE WAS BORN IN 1938: SIMPLE ARITHMETIC--><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=19 December 2022 |title=Shirley Watts, widow of drummer Charlie Watts, dies at 84 |url=https://apnews.com/article/shirley-watts-obit-ea66f54bfa7339258efe27b4e96a1176 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=The Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> The couple had one daughter, Seraphina, born in March 1968, who in turn gave birth to Watts's only grandchild, a girl named Charlotte.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-rolling-stones-children/|title=The Rolling Stones Children: Where Are They Now?|last=Filcman|first=Debra|date=14 May 2018|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> Watts and Shirley were married for 57 years, until Watts's death in 2021.<ref name=":2" />

Watts lived in Halsdon near [[Dolton, Devon|Dolton]], a rural village in west [[Devon]], where he owned an [[Arabian horse]] stud farm.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oldfield|first=Edward|date=24 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts has died|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-5827824|url-status=live|access-date=24 August 2021|website=DevonLive|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824202304/https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-5827824 |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> He also owned a percentage of the Rolling Stones' various corporate entities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Serwer|first=Andy|url=https://fortune.com/2013/07/21/inside-rolling-stones-inc-fortune-2002/|title=Inside Rolling Stones Inc. (Fortune, 2002)|date=21 July 2013|website=Fortune|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

While all the Rolling Stones collected cars, Watts never had a driving licence, preferring to view his cars as beautiful objects.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/the-rolling-stones-car-collection |first=Adam |last=Hay-Nicholls |title=The Rolling Stones did get satisfaction from collecting cars |magazine=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]] |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Watts was also a fan of [[cricket]], and had a collection of cricket memorabilia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ask-steven-has-anyone-top-scored-for-their-side-in-more-consecutive-innings-than-joe-root-1275347 |title=Ask Steven |work=ESPN |first=Steven |last=Lynch |date=31 August 2021}}</ref>

=== Touring and band relationships ===
[[File:Rolling Stones at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (1964) 1.png|thumb|Watts (centre) with the Rolling Stones in [[Amsterdam]], 1964|213x213px]]Watts expressed a [[Love–hate relationship|love–hate attitude]] towards touring,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openculture.com/2021/08/a-charlie-watts-centric-view-of-the-rolling-stones.html|title=A Charlie Watts-Centric View of the Rolling Stones: Watch Martin Scorsese's Footage of Charlie & the Band Performing 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' and 'All Down the Line'|publisher=Open Culture|date=9 August 2021}}</ref> stating in 2003 that he "loved playing with Keith [Richards] and the band" but "wasn't interested in being a pop idol sitting there with girls screaming".<ref name=":0" /> He left the band after every tour, once stating "I don't actually like touring", citing the time commitment and travel required.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snider |first=Mike |date=24 August 2021 |title=Charlie Watts' best quotes on Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones: 'I don't actually like touring' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-mick-jagger/5577698001/ |newspaper=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1989, the Rolling Stones were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. Watts did not attend the ceremony.<ref name=":0" />

Watts's personal life appeared to be substantially quieter than those of his bandmates and many of his rock-and-roll colleagues; onstage, he seemed to furnish a calm and amused counterpoint to his flamboyant bandmates. Known for his loyalty to Shirley, Watts consistently refused sexual offers from [[groupies]] on the road; in [[Robert Greenfield]]'s ''[[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972#Coverage|STP: A Journey Through America]] with The Rolling Stones'', a documentary of the [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|1972 American Tour]], it is noted that when the group was invited to the [[Playboy Mansion]] during that tour, Watts took advantage of [[Hugh Hefner]]'s game room instead of frolicking with the women. "I've never filled the [[stereotype]] of the rock star", he remarked. "Back in the '70s, [[Bill Wyman]] and I decided to grow beards, and the effort left us exhausted."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Rich |last= Cohen |title= Tour de Force |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 3 November 1994 |page= 110}}</ref> In a 1996 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, he said that he had sketched every bed he had slept on while on tour since 1967.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|author-link=Jim DeRogatis|date=30 May 1996|title=Q&A: Charlie Watts on His New Jazz Album, Sketching Hotel Beds, and the 40-Year-Old Sex Pistols|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-charlie-watts-on-his-new-jazz-album-sketching-hotel-beds-and-the-40-year-old-sex-pistols-244375/|url-access=limited|access-date=24 August 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> By 2001, he had filled 12 to 15 diaries.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|date=30 August 2021|title=When Charlie Watts Finally Made It to New York City|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/nyregion/charlie-watts-birdland-nyc.html}}</ref>

One anecdote relates that in the mid-1980s, an intoxicated Jagger phoned Watts's hotel room in the middle of the night, asking, "Where's my drummer?" Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying: "Never call me your drummer again. You're ''my'' fucking ''singer''!"<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Richards|first1=Keith|title=[[Life (Richards book)|Life]]|last2=Fox|first2=James|date=2010|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|isbn=978-0-297-85439-5|language=en|author-link=Keith Richards|author-link2=James Fox (journalist)}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/charlie-watts-rip|title=Charlie Watts Should Be Remembered as the Coolest Rolling Stone|magazine=Inside Hook|date=25 August 2021|access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref> He expressed regret for the incident in 2003, attributing his behaviour to alcohol.<ref name=":0" />

=== Health ===
In the mid-1980s, Watts's previously moderate use of alcohol and drugs became excessive. "[They were] my way of dealing with [family problems]&nbsp;..." he said. "I think it was a mid-life crisis. All I know is that I became totally another person around 1983 and came out of it about 1986. I nearly lost my wife and everything over my behaviour."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellen |first1=Barbara |title=Charlie Watts: 'All the musicians I love look beautiful' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/jul/09/features.magazine27 |work=The Guardian |date=9 July 2000}}</ref>

Despite quitting smoking in the late 1980s, Watts was diagnosed with [[Laryngeal cancer|throat cancer]] in June 2004. He underwent a course of [[radiotherapy]] and the cancer went into remission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/aug/16/arts.artsnews1|title=Stones drummer fighting cancer|date=15 August 2004|website=The Guardian}}</ref> "I went into hospital," Watts recalled, "and eight months later Mick said, 'We're going to do a record. But we'll only do it when you're ready.' They were buggering about, writing songs, and when I was ready I went down and that was it, ''[[A Bigger Bang]]''. Then I did a [[A Bigger Bang Tour|two-year tour]]. It seems that whenever we stop, I get ill. So maybe I should carry on!"<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lawrence|first=Will|date=May 2008|title=King Charles|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=262|page=44}}</ref>

On 5 August 2021, it was reported that Watts had elected to sit out the resumption of the U.S. [[No Filter Tour]] due to heart surgery and that [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] would temporarily replace him on drums.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drummer Charlie Watts likely to miss Rolling Stones' tour |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/drummer-charlie-watts-likely-miss-005445235.html |website=AP News|date=5 August 2021 }}</ref>

=== Death and tributes ===
Watts died at a London hospital on 24 August 2021, at age 80, with his family around him.<ref name="BBC210821">{{cite news|date=24 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80|language=en|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58316842|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawless|first1=Jill|last2=Katz|first2=Gregory|date=24 August 2021|title=Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80|language=en|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Although the cause of death was never officially stated, Keith Richards mentioned in March 2022 that Watts had cancer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/keith-richards-on-the-rolling-stones-and-a-solo-reunion/ |date=March 13, 2022 |title=Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones and a solo reunion |first=Jon |last=Carras |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

Watts's bandmates Jagger, Richards and Wood paid tribute to him, along with former bandmate Wyman.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: Jagger and Richards pay tribute to Rolling Stones bandmate|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58325271|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=25 August 2021|title=Ronnie Wood pays tribute to Charlie Watts: 'I will dearly miss you'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ronnie-wood-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-3028389|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825122655/https://www.nme.com/news/music/ronnie-wood-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-3028389 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Bill Wyman pays tribute to Charlie Watts: "You were like a brother to me"|language=en-GB|work=[[NME]]|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/bill-wyman-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-you-were-like-a-brother-to-me-3029237|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Many other celebrities and rock musicians paid tribute to Watts on his death, including [[Paul McCartney]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Neale|first=Matthew|date=24 August 2021|title=Paul McCartney pays moving tribute to Charlie Watts: 'I've always loved you'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-mccartney-pays-moving-tribute-to-charlie-watts-ive-always-loved-you-3027826|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=[[NME]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825082619/https://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-mccartney-pays-moving-tribute-to-charlie-watts-ive-always-loved-you-3027826 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Ringo Starr]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 September 2021|title=Ringo Starr will miss 'beautiful' Charlie Watts|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/ringo-starr/news/ringo-starr-will-miss-beautiful-charlie-watts_6335945|website=Contactmusic.com}}</ref> [[Elton John]],<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Ryu|first=Jenna|title='One of the greatest': Paul McCartney, Elton John, more mourn Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-dies-celebrity-tributes-elton-john-paul-mccartney/5574130001/|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824190552/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-dies-celebrity-tributes-elton-john-paul-mccartney/5574130001/ |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Brian Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Overhultz|first=Lauryn|date=24 August 2021|title=Celebrities remember Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts: 'He is one of a kind'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrities-pay-tribute-rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Pete Townshend]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Pearis|first=Bill|date=24 August 2021|title=Read Charlie Watts tributes from Elton John, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Pete Townshend, and more|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/read-charlie-watts-tributes-from-elton-john-brian-wilson-ringo-starr-and-more/|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=[[BrooklynVegan]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824215058/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/read-charlie-watts-tributes-from-elton-john-brian-wilson-ringo-starr-and-more/ |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=25 August 2021|title=The Who's Pete Townshend shares tribute to Charlie Watts: 'Such a lovely man'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-whos-pete-townshend-shares-tribute-to-charlie-watts-such-a-lovely-man-3028422|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=[[NME]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825120241/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-whos-pete-townshend-shares-tribute-to-charlie-watts-such-a-lovely-man-3028422 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Nick Mason]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=25 August 2021|title=Pink Floyd's Nick Mason hails Charlie Watts as "possibly the most underrated of the great rock'n'roll drummers"|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-floyds-nick-mason-hails-charlie-watts-as-possibly-the-most-underrated-of-the-great-rocknroll-drummers-3028655|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825192657/https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-floyds-nick-mason-hails-charlie-watts-as-possibly-the-most-underrated-of-the-great-rocknroll-drummers-3028655 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Roger Daltrey]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Banas|first=Erica|date=25 August 2021|title=Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend Pay Their Respects to Charlie Watts|url=https://wcsx.com/2021/08/25/roger-daltrey-pete-townshend-pay-their-respects-to-charlie-watts/|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2021|website=94.7 WCSX|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825201808/https://wcsx.com/2021/08/25/roger-daltrey-pete-townshend-pay-their-respects-to-charlie-watts/ |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> the members of [[U2]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Donohoe|first=Amy|date=25 August 2021|title=Dublin rock legends U2 pay tribute to Charlie Watts following Rolling Stones drummer's death|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/rolling-stones-u2-charlie-watts-21402894|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=DublinLive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825220030/https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/rolling-stones-u2-charlie-watts-21402894 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Bryan Adams]],<ref name="BBC_death"/> [[Liam Gallagher]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: Tributes pour in for The Rolling Stones drummer|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/charlie-watts-death-music-tribute-to-rolling-stones-drummer/|access-date=28 September 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Brian May]],<ref name="BBC_death" /> [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Breanna|date=25 August 2021|title=15 of the most moving tributes to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts|url=https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-tributes-b1908047|url-status=live|access-date=25 August 2021|website=[[indy100]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825053640/https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-tributes-b1908047 |archive-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> [[Kenney Jones]],<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=KenneyJones |number=1430223425377820675 |title=I am so heartbroken to hear the news of Charlie Watts passing. I have so many fond memories of Charlie and will miss him dearly. My thoughts are with his family and all the Rolling Stones at this difficult time.}}</ref> [[Chad Smith]],<ref>{{Cite news|title='Charlie Watts' drumming will live on forever'|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-58328005|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> [[Questlove]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=25 August 2021|title=Questlove on the True Genius of Charlie Watts: 'Only Real Drummers Know'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/questlove-charlie-watts-1216569/|access-date=25 August 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Peter Criss]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 August 2021 |title=KISS Drummer Peter Criss On Charlie Watts's Death: 'It Is A Great Loss In Musical History'|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kiss-drummer-peter-criss-on-charlie-wattss-death-it-is-a-great-loss-in-musical-history|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Max Weinberg]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=24 August 2021 |title=Max Weinberg: 'There Was Only One Charlie Watts'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/max-weinberg-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-1216454/|access-date=27 August 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|url-access=limited}}</ref> For 10 days, the contents of the Rolling Stones' official website were replaced with a single picture of Watts in his memory.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts|url=https://rollingstones.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825004940/https://rollingstones.com/|archive-date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Vitagliano/AS">{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Vitagliano|url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-rolling-stones-post-tribute-video-for-charlie-watts/|title=The Rolling Stones Post Tribute Video for Charlie Watts|work=[[American Songwriter]]|date=31 August 2021|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref>

Two days after his death, [[Jason Isbell]] and Brittney Spencer dedicated a [[Cover version|cover]] performance of "[[Gimme Shelter]]" to Watts.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hudak|first=Joseph|date=27 August 2021|title=Jason Isbell, Brittney Spencer Cover 'Gimme Shelter' for Charlie Watts|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jason-isbell-gimme-shelter-charlie-watts-1218022/|access-date=27 August 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|url-access=limited}}</ref> On 27 August, the band's social media accounts shared a video tribute to Watts consisting of a montage of pictures and film footage.<ref name=":6" /> The montage was set to the Rolling Stones' 1974 track "[[If You Can't Rock Me]]", which opens with the lines "The band's on stage and it's one of those nights ... / The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah".<ref name="Vitagliano/AS" /> Watts was buried in Devon after a small ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 September 2021|title=The Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts had "modest" funeral, says former tour manager|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-charlie-watts-had-a-modest-funeral-says-former-tour-manager-3046346|access-date=15 January 2022|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dex|first=Robert|date=14 September 2021 |title=Modest funeral 'perfect' for Rolling Stone Charlie Watts, says old friend|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/modest-funeral-rolling-stone-charlie-watts-b955319.html| newspaper= Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawkins|first=Jamie|date=14 September 2021|title=Rolling Stones miss Charlie Watts' funeral in Devon|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/rolling-stones-miss-charlie-watts-5912188 |website=DevonLive|language=en}}</ref> An authorised biography was released in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=1 July 2022 |title='Official' Charlie Watts Biography, Authorized by Rolling Stones and Drummer's Family, on the Way |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-biography-on-the-way-1377182/ |url-access=limited |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Variety|last=Aswad|first=Jem|language=en|date=19 December 2022|access-date=24 December 2022|title=Shirley Watts, Wife of Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie, Dies at 84|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/shirley-watts-dead-dies-wife-rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-1235465473/}}</ref>

On the first anniversary of Watts's death, Jagger shared what ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "moving tribute" on social media, which included a voiceover by Jagger backed with "[[Till the Next Goodbye]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=24 August 2022 |title=Mick Jagger Pays Tribute to Late Bandmate Charlie Watts: 'Thinking of Charlie Today' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-jagger-charlie-watts-tribute-1234580690/ |url-access=limited |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> To commemorate what would have been his 82nd birthday, Watts's estate launched official [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] accounts on 2 June 2023, saying in a statement that "Charlie was too modest to embrace social media in his lifetime" and encouraging fans to "celebrate his huge musical contribution to the world of rock 'n' roll, blues and jazz, and the wonderful man known and loved to the millions of fans around the world".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lances |first=Jill |date=2 June 2023 |title=Charlie Watts' estate launches social media accounts; Rolling Stones remember late drummer on his birthday |url=https://1430wcmy.com/2023/06/02/charlie-watts-estate-launches-social-media-accounts-rolling-stones-remember-late-drummer-on-his-birthday/ |website=The Voice of LaSalle County since 1952! |language=en}}</ref> In September 2023 his private book collection was set to be put up for auction; his signed first edition of ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' was expected to fetch between £200,000–300,000.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=10 August 2023 |title=Charlie Watts' book collection to be auctioned |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66121572}}</ref> In January 2024, the Bayeux Museum in France announced that it had paid £16,000 to acquire a lifesize replica of the  [[Bayeux Tapestry]] from Watt’s estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/29/bayeux-museum-lands-19th-century-reproduction-of-tapestry-for-16000/|title=Bayeux Museum lands 1872 reproduction of tapestry from Rolling Stone’s estate|website=The Guardian |date=29 January 2024|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
=== Drumming ===
[[File:Charlie Watts on drums The ABC & D of Boogie Woogie (2010).jpg|thumb|Watts performing in [[Herisau, Switzerland]], January 2010]]

In 1991, ''[[The Guardian]]'' described Watts as an "heroic yet quaint archetype ... of the 'Rock Drummer', and we are unlikely to hear their like again".<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=8 March 1991|title=Adventurers in the skins trade|pages=37|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84186926/adventurers-in-the-skins-trade/|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' attributed his professional survival to not ever aspiring for stardom nor forcing himself into songwriting.<ref name=":3" />

In the July 2006 issue of ''[[Modern Drummer]]'' magazine, Watts was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame, joining [[Ringo Starr]], [[Keith Moon]], [[Steve Gadd]], [[Buddy Rich]] and other highly esteemed and influential drummers from the history of rock and jazz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/#_|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821222429/http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/#_|archive-date=21 August 2015|access-date=10 August 2015|work=[[Modern Drummer]]}}</ref> The  music critic [[Robert Christgau]] called Watts "rock's greatest drummer".<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=October 2005|title=Hard Again|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/rollingstones-ble.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804030733/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/rollingstones-ble.php|archive-date=4 August 2015|access-date=17 August 2015|work=Blender}}</ref> Unlike in most bands where the other musicians follow the lead of the drummer, Watts followed Richards; according to ''New York Times'' critic [[Michiko Kakutani]], that is what "makes the Stones impossible to copy".<ref name=":5" />

He is often regarded as one of the greatest drummers of all time.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: The subtle magnificence of the Rolling Stones' drummer|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58323536}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Why Charlie Watts was 'the secret' and 'the glue' that held the Rolling Stones together for almost 60 years|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/wednesday-aug-25-2021-charlie-watts-tribute-se%C3%A1n-devlin-and-more-1.6150128/why-charlie-watts-was-the-secret-and-the-glue-that-held-the-rolling-stones-together-for-almost-60-years-1.6152862|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> In 2016, he was ranked 12th on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=31 March 2016|title=100 Greatest Drummers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/charlie-watts-141725/|url-status=live|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002085016/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/charlie-watts-141725/|archive-date=2 October 2016|access-date=24 August 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote on the day he died that he was "universally recognized as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time".<ref name="morris1" /> Music critic [[Rob Sheffield]] wrote for ''Rolling Stone'' that Watts was "rock's ultimate drum god" who "made the Stones great by conceding nothing to them".<ref name=":2">{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=24 August 2021 |title=No One Impressed Charlie Watts, Not Even the Stones |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drum-god-1216488/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825012156/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drum-god-1216488/ |archive-date=25 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>

=== Appearance ===
''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' named him one of the ''World's Best Dressed Men''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rolling-stones-drummer-watts-dies-80-publicist-2021-08-24/ |title=Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies after tour pull out |work=Reuters |last=Holton |first=Kate |date=24 August 2021 |access-date=30 August 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824185050/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rolling-stones-drummer-watts-dies-80-publicist-2021-08-24/ |archive-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' elected Watts into the [[International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The International Hall of Fame: Men|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_men?currentPage=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614135311/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_men?currentPage=1|archive-date=14 June 2011|access-date=30 October 2011|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{See also|The Rolling Stones discography}}

=== Solo ===
'''Studio albums'''
* ''From One Charlie'' – as the Charlie Watts Quintet (1991, Continuum Records)
* ''Warm and Tender'' – as the Charlie Watts Quintet (1993, Continuum Records)
* ''Long Ago and Far Away'' – as the Charlie Watts Quintet (1996, Virgin Records)
* ''Charlie Watts-Jim Keltner Project'' – as Charlie-Watts-Jim Keltner Project (2000, Cyber Octave Records)
* ''The Magic of Boogie Woogie'' – as the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie (2010, Vagabond Records)

'''Live albums'''
* ''Live at Fulham Town Hall'' – as the Charlie Watts Orchestra (1986, Columbia Records)
* ''A Tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings'' – as the Charlie Watts Quintet (1992, Continuum Records)
* ''Watts at Scott's'' – as the Charlie Watts Tentet (2004, Sanctuary Records)
* ''Live in Paris'' – as The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie (2012, Eagle Records)
* ''Charlie Watts Meets the Danish Radio Big Band'' (Live with [[DR Big Band]] at Copenhagen 2010) (2017, [[Impulse! Records]])

'''Other appearances'''
* "Blues in the Cave" and "Laughing in Rhythm" for ''Vol pour Sidney (Aller)'' (1992)<ref>{{cite web |title=Various – Vol Pour Sidney (Aller) |website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/259059-Various-Vol-Pour-Sidney-Aller |access-date=24 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

=== With Willie and the Poor Boys ===
* ''Willie and the Poor Boys'' (1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie and the Poor Boys Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/willie-and-the-poor-boys-mw0000192473 |access-date=24 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{cite book|last=Sexton|first=Paul|title=Charlie's Good Tonight: The Authorized Biography of Charlie Watts |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-06-327658-1 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |language=en |location=New York}}

==Further reading==
===Articles===
* {{cite magazine |last1=Schilling |first1=Mary Kaye |title=Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman |url=https://www.gq.com/story/charlie-watts-style-interview-rolling-stones-drummer |magazine=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]] |date=29 June 2012}}
* {{cite magazine |first=Amanda |last=Petrusich |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-elegant-astounding-drumming-of-charlie-watts |title=The Elegant, Astounding Drumming of Charlie Watts |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=25 August 2021}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.npr.org/2007/08/31/15127429/charlie-watts-and-tim-ries-on-piano-jazz Charlie Watts And Tim Ries] on [[Piano Jazz]] (2007), [[NPR]]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039g8p5 The View from the Back: Charlie Watts] on [[Kaleidoscope (British radio series)|Kaleidoscope]] (1994), [[BBC Radio 4]]
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000773407}}
* {{discogs artist|299325}}
* {{IMDb name|0915115}}

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