1936 Born William George Perks at Lewisham Hospital on 24th October.
Lived at 9 Park Road, Forest Hill. 
Son of a bricklayer, brought up in poverty.

1941 (5) Family moved to Nottingham with during Second World War.

1942 Moved back to London.
Lived at grandmothers house,  36 Blenheim Road, Penge.
Attended Melvin Infants School.

1943 Moved back to 38 Miall Road, Sydenham (now Miall Walk).
Moved to 32 Mosslea Road, Penge.        

1944 Moved to Oakhurst Road School.

1946 (10) Took piano lessons.

1947 Attended Beckenham and Penge Grammar School

1953 Left Beckenham and Penge Grammar School

1955-7 National Service. 

1957 Lived at 60 Blenheim Road with family.
Played acoustic guitar in a Skiffle group.

1959 Married Diane Cory.

1960 Bought Burns electric guitar

Formed a band (later became The Cliftons).

1961 (25) Began playing the bass guitar from August,

1962 Joined the Rolling Stones on 7th December (info)

1963 Rolling Stones UK tour.

1964 Changed name to Bill Wyman.
Rolling Stones UK & US tours. 
The Rolling Stones album.
TAMI Show, USA film

1965 Rolling Stones UK & US tours.

1966 (30) Aftermath - Rolling Stones album
Rolling Stones UK & US tours.

1967 Rolling Stones European tour.
Their Satanic Majesties Requests Rolling Stones album promo film
Wyman wrote and sang on In Another Land

1968 Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones album (studio film).
Wyman bought Gedding Hall in Suffolk.

Rock & Roll Circus TV.

1969 Wyman, Watts, Jagger and Nicky Hopkins jammed with Ry Cooder in studio.
Divorced his first wife.
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones album.
June: Hyde Park free concert film.
Rolling Stones UK & US tour.

1970 Stones European tour
May: Howlin’ Wolf In London album sessions.

1971 (35) Moved to France.



Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones album

1972 Rolling Stones US tour.
Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones album.

1973 Rolling Stones European tour.
Goats Head Soup - Rolling Stones album.

1974 Monkey Grip solo album.
Old Grey Whistle Test  BBC TV Intervie.                                                             
It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll - Rolling Stones album promo film.

1975 Rolling Stones US tour.
Black and Blue - Rolling Stones album.

1976 (40) Rolling Stones European tour.

1978 Rolling Stones US tour.
Some Girls - Rolling Stones album.
Stone Alone solo album.

1980
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones album.

1981 (45) Je Suis Un Rock Star solo single promo film.
Green Ice (Polydor) soundtrack album.
Rolling Stones US tour.
Tattoo You - Rolling Stones album.

1982 Rolling Stones European tour.
Bill Wyman (A&M) solo album.

1983 Dated Mandy Smith.
Undercover - Rolling Stones album.

1985 Formed Willie and Poor Boys.
Willie and Poor Boys (Decca) album.
Willie and Poor Boys DVD Recorded live with Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts at Fulham Town Hall.
Letterman interview US TV.

1986 (50) Breakfast TV interview.
Dirty Work - Rolling Stones album.

1989 Married Mandy Smith. 
Opened Sticky Fingers restaurant at 1 Phillimore Gardens, Kensington with Rolling Stones memorabilia (film).
Steel Wheels - Rolling Stones album.
Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour.

1990 Played Japan film
Rolling Stones Urban Jungle European tour 
Wyman left the Rolling Stones after this tour. 
Wrote Stone Alone autobiography.

1991 (55) Flashpoint - Rolling Stones album.
Live at the Max - Rolling Stones DVD.

1992 Willie and Poor Boys tour Sweden.

1993 Divorced second wife. 
Married Suzanne Accosta.
Officially quit the Rolling Stones.

1994 Tear It Up: Live (Sequel) - Willie and Poor Boys album.

1996 60th birthday.

1997 Formed all-star band: Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings with Gary Booker (ex-Procul Harum) & Peter Frampton.
Strutting Our Stuff (BMG) - Rhythm Kings album.

1999 Anyway the Wind Blows - Rhythm Kings album.

2000 Groovin’ - Rhythm Kings album.
Rhythm Kings Interview Part 1.   
Rhythm Kings Interview Part 2.

2001 (65) Double Bill - Rhythm Kings album.

2004 Just for a Thrill - Rhythm Kings album.

2005 Rhythm Kings Live - Rhythm Kings album.

2011 75th birthday.
Live Communication - Rhythm Kings album.

2012 Billy Wyman rejoined Rolling Stones in London for 50th Anniversary Tour.

2013 Interview

2015 Back to Basics - solo album.  Interview

2016 80th birthday.

2018 Studio Time (Edsel) - Rhythm Kings album.

2019 Interview 

2021 85th birthday. 
Sticky Fingers restaurant closed.
His Stones archive

2022
Played Vilnius Jazz Festival, Norway

     

Online
billwyman.com                   
Early Days

Books:
Stone Alone : The Story of a Rock'n'Roll Band (Viking 1990 HB)      
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey - Bill Wyman (Dorling Kindersley 2001)
Rolling with the Stones - Bill Wyman (Dorling Kindersley 2002)
Stones from the Inside: Rare and Unseen Images - Bill Wyman ( b 2020)