Before Melanie Hamrick: Inside Mick Jagger’s Rollercoaster of Scandalous Romances

Published 04/15/2025, 3:35 AM EDT

The legendary lips of rock and roll have kissed more than just microphones throughout the decades. Mick Jagger, the hip-swiveling heart of The Rolling Stones, boasts a romantic résumé as extensive as his musical catalog. From the flower power sixties to today's digital age, Sir Jagger's love affairs have become cultural touchstones, each relationship a verse in rock's greatest ballad of desire, heartbreak, and rebirth, a perfect reflection of the ever-evolving dance between celebrity, passion, and personal metamorphosis.

While Mick Jagger’s lips sang of 'Satisfaction,' his heart played a far more complex melody, one that danced through a roster of pretty ladies, only to crescendo before Melanie Hamrick.

Mick Jagger's dating history

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Before Melanie Hamrick caught the eye of rock’s eternal bad boy, Mick Jagger’s heart performed countless encores across a star-studded stage of romances. His amorous adventures began with model Chrissie Shrimpton in the psychedelic sixties. The seventies saw Bianca Jagger walk down the aisle, only for supermodel Jerry Hall to later steal the spotlight with their four-child symphony. Each romance was amplified by media flashbulbs befitting rock royalty, and even then, the show was far from over.

As the world watched his love life unfold like a hit parade, his first true romance set the stage for a lifetime of lyrical passion and heartbreak.

Chrissie Shrimpton

As The Rolling Stones climbed charts in the swinging sixties, Mick Jagger's heart found its first headline act in Chrissie Shrimpton. The captivating younger sister of supermodel Jean Shrimpton became the muse who witnessed Jagger's metamorphosis from ambitious musician to bona fide rock god between 1963 and 1966. Her influence echoed through razor-sharp lyrics in 'Under My Thumb' and '19th Nervous Breakdown,' until the curtain fell when another woman's siren song, Marianne Faithfull's, proved too tempting for rock's restless heart.

Yet no sooner had one muse faded than another emerged, a celestial songstress whose voice matched the turbulence of their love.

Marianne Faithfull

Rock's most decadent love sonnet unfolded when angelic-voiced Marianne Faithfull abandoned matrimony with artist John Dunbar for Mick Jagger's electric embrace. Their late-sixties passion blazed through London's counterculture, fueling creative genius amid a haze of excess, heartache, and lost possibilities. The pair crafted melodic alchemy until 1970's bitter finale, reportedly inspiring the haunting vulnerability of 'Wild Horses,' proof that sometimes the most beautiful music emerges from love's most discordant endings.

While one fiery affair ended in heartache, another began in secrecy, leaving behind more than just memories, but a legacy in melody and blood.

Marsha Hunt

While summer's flowers wilted in 1969, Mick Jagger's brief but scorching liaison with 'Hair' musical star Marsha Hunt bloomed in secret. Their passionate encounters produced more than just rumored inspiration for the provocative 'Brown Sugar,' they created daughter Karis, born in 1970 as Jagger's first entry into fatherhood. Though their romance quickly faded like guitar feedback after a final chord, it permanently etched another fascinating verse into rock's most colorful romantic anthology.

But the rock 'n' roll lifestyle demanded a grander stage, and soon, a glamorous bride would step into the spotlight, along with all its illusions.

Bianca Jagger

The seventies spotlight found perfect subjects when Nicaraguan socialite Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias became Mrs. Jagger in a Saint-Tropez spectacle that defined an era's glamour. Their daughter Jade Jagger arrived as cameras flashed, but paradise crumbled beneath the weight of wandering rock star eyes. Bianca Jagger later said their marriage was over on the wedding day and summarized a union that burned too bright to sustain, ending in 1978 when Jerry Hall's silhouette appeared in their dramatic narrative.

As one marriage crumbled, a Texan tornado swept in, proving that even the wildest hearts could play house, for a while.

Jerry Hall

Texan supermodel Jerry Hall swept into Mick Jagger's life like a hurricane in cowboy boots, snatching him from Bryan Ferry's arms and creating rock's most photographed power couple. Their bohemian partnership produced four photogenic offspring, Elizabeth, James, Georgia May, and Gabriel, while surviving the decade-devouring beast of fame. Their Buddhist marriage ceremony in 1990 could not ward off the inevitable storm of 1999, when Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez revealed Jagger had fathered her child, Lucas, proving even wonderful adventures reach unexpected destinations.

Yet no supermodel could anchor him forever, and soon, a French enchantress would add her own verse to his ever-growing ballad.

Carla Bruni

The catwalk turned backstage pass when French modeling sensation Carla Bruni briefly captured Mick Jagger's attention in the early nineties. The future First Lady of France, with her aristocratic allure and musical aspirations, temporarily joined rock's most exclusive romantic tour. Though their passionate duet quickly faded into a footnote, it further cemented Jagger's reputation as the ultimate rock Romeo with an insatiable appetite for beautiful women who commanded their own spotlights.

But the most scandalous twist was yet to come, a bombshell revelation that would shatter his longest-running romance.

Luciana Gimenez

Tabloid fireworks exploded in 1999 when Brazilian bombshell Luciana Gimenez revealed her starring role in Mick Jagger's most dramatic, romantic plot twist. Her pregnancy announcement sent shockwaves through Jagger's life with Jerry Hall, ultimately unraveling their long-standing relationship. Son Lucas became living proof that even rock gods face consequences for backstage indiscretions. Despite the controversial crescendo, Jagger maintained his paternal duties while Lucas grew up sheltered from fame's relentless spotlight.

Amid the chaos, an elegant muse emerged, offering not just love but a creative partnership that seemed built to last, until tragedy struck.

L'Wren Scott

Fashion's statuesque visionary L'Wren Scott brought elegance to Mick Jagger's world from 2001, creating a partnership where creativity and devotion intertwined like perfect harmony and melody. The designer's impeccable aesthetic enhanced Jagger's tours while their private bond flourished away from cameras. Her devastating 2014 acsilenced their symphony too soon, leaving Jagger to honor his lover and best friend through tearful tributes and a scholarship ensuring her artistic legacy endures, proof that even rock's wildest hearts can know profound love.

Yet life, like rock 'n' roll, demands an encore, and this time, the spotlight found an unlikely partner, one whose grace defied the chaos of his past.

Enter Melanie Hamrick: a new chapter?

Ballet's disciplined grace pirouetted into Mick Jagger's life when American Ballet Theatre dancer Melanie Hamrick appeared backstage in Tokyo in 2014. Their May-December romance defied skeptics, blossoming into family harmony with son Deveraux's 2016 arrival, completing Jagger's eight-child ensemble. Recent interviews confirm a quiet two-year engagement, though Hamrick seems content without rushing toward matrimony. As the curtain rises on Jagger's eighth decade, this unexpected partnership proves rock's greatest romantic adventurer may have finally found his most harmonious duet.

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From Swinging London to making records with his legendary band, Mick Jagger’s romantic odyssey mirrors his musical evolution—ever-changing, yet unmistakably authentic. Each relationship added its own note to his emotional anthology, stretching across six unforgettable decades. Now, with Melanie Hamrick bringing an unexpected calm to rock’s most restless heart, the world watches anew. Just like his buzzworthy performance with chart-topper Taylor Swift, fresh romantic verses emerge, proving that love, much like great music, transcends time, age, and every rule in between.

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