Well my mother told my father just before I was born
'I got a boy child comin', gonna be, gonna be a rollin' stone
Sho' enough he's a rollin' stone ...
The song lyrics later inspired Brian Jones to name his newly formed rock and roll band, The Rolling Stones.
The term was also used as a title to Bob Dylan's famous 'Like A Rolling Stone': And to bring it full circle, a magazine named, "Rolling Stone" named Dylan's song #1 in their '500 Greatests Songs of All Time' listings beating out The Rolling Stone's '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' at #2.*Rolling Stone is a registered trademark of Rolling Stone Magazine.
