In 1995, he hosted an event for
Billboard, during which they called him a "world famous artist." Mazur created "thousands" of album covers during the 1970s. These covers included
The Rolling Stones' 1972 single, "
Tumbling Dice", and albums by
B.B. King,
Jimmy Buffett,
Dave Mason,
Dusty Springfield, and
Elton John. Mazur also created the cover for the soundtrack to the 1971 film,
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. In a 2004 interview with the
Las Vegas Sun, Mazur cited the increasingly "formula[ic]" creation of album covers which started during the late 1980s as the reason that he started painting. In August 2022, Mazur was planning to open a gallery in
Lahaina when the
2023 Hawaii wildfires occurred, destroying the building and 100 of his paintings; the paintings were his "life-long work of 50 years."
Tongue and Mouth disputed authorship The authorship of the Rolling Stones' "
Tongue and Mouth" logo is a matter of dispute. While
The New York Times and others have previously stated that
John Pasche created it, period sources have indicated otherwise.
New York Daily News,
Florida Today, and CNN while the
Ottawa Citizen has listed both Mazur and
Andy Warhol as probable creators.
Feud with Jagger Since the 1980s, Mazur has been in a feud with
Mick Jagger after Jagger allegedly refused to give him trademark rights to the "
Tumbling Dice" cover, which he created. in an interview with
Page Six afterwards, Mazur called Jagger a "very bad guy", and stated he succumbed to depression and
suicidal ideation when he could not get the trademark to his artwork from Jagger. "In the late '80s, I was living in New York, going to the clubs and being introduced as the creator of the ‘mouth and tongue’ for the Stones, and then go home to my dumpy apartment. I was balls-off-my-ass broke, having created the most famous logo in the world." - Ruby Mazur == Personal life ==