# Does the rock mag Rolling Stone have anything to do with The Rolling Stones namewise?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rock-mag-rolling-stone-have-anything-to-do-with-the-rolling-stones-namewise/156964 "2003-02-23T13:29:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@big\_yellow\_kingswood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_yellow_kingswood)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rock-mag-rolling-stone-have-anything-to-do-with-the-rolling-stones-namewise/156964/1 "2003-02-23T13:29:06Z")

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Well?

Does it???

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**Author:** ![Zen\_Postman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zen\_Postman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Postman)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rock-mag-rolling-stone-have-anything-to-do-with-the-rolling-stones-namewise/156964/2 "2003-02-23T14:18:22Z")

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I’ve read that the magazine took its name from the Bob Dylan song, _Like a Rolling Stone_.

However the site where I got the information from also repeated the old “Frank Zappa is the son of Mr. Greenjeans on Captain Kangaroo” story so…

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**Author:** ![TVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@TVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVS)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rock-mag-rolling-stone-have-anything-to-do-with-the-rolling-stones-namewise/156964/3 "2003-02-23T16:06:58Z")

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What I hear is that both are named after an old blues song. No direct correlation between them.

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-rock-mag-rolling-stone-have-anything-to-do-with-the-rolling-stones-namewise/156964/4 "2003-02-23T16:14:00Z")

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[Here’s](http://blueslyrics.tripod.com/lyrics/muddy_waters/mannish_boy.htm) what I believe both magazine and band named themselves after. It’s a Bo Diddley/Muddy Waters song.