English singer Rod Stewart is among the best-selling artists in Music History.
He was born in North London in 1945.
Stewart started his music career in the early 1960′s.
In 1962, he briefly was the lead singer for the band “The Ray Davies Quartet“. That band would later go on to be known as “The Kinks” well after Stewart had left.
During the mid 1960′s he was part of the groups “The Dimensions“, “Soul Agents“, “The Hoochie Coochie Men“, “Steampacket“, and “Shotgun Express“. Among his bandmates with “Shotgun Express” were Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green, who would later go on to form “Fleetwood Mac“.
In 1967, Rod Stewart joined “The Jeff Beck Group” as it’s lead vocalist.
In 1969, he left to form the group “Faces“.
Stewart’s first solo album was released in 1971.
His many hits include:
Maggie May
You wear it well
Tonight’s the Night
The Killing of Georgie
You’re in my Heart
Hot Legs
Do ya think I’m sexy?
Ain’t love a Bitch
Passion
Tonight I’m yours
Baby Jane
Infatuation
Some Guys Have all the Luck
Love Touch
Lost in you
Forever Young
Young Turks
Crazy about her
My Heart can’t tell you no
This old Heart of Mine
Downtown Train
Rhythm of my heart
Broken Arrow
Have I told you lately
All for Love
Having a Party
Have you ever seen the rain?
and many more….
“Maggie May“, “Do ya think I’m Sexy?”, “Tonight’s the Night“, and “All for Love” all hit #1 on the Billboard Charts here in the US.
Rod Stewart has recorded 25 Studio Albums over the course of his career.
He has won One Grammy Award.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
He has sold more than 100 Million Albums worldwide.
A Cancer survivor, Rod Stewart is now 66 yrs old and is still going strong, frequently touring the globe performing his hits.
I saw him being interviewed at his home in England I think it was and it’s so weird to think of him as 66. He was very interesting.
By: Linda on November 2, 2011
at 11:21 am
Linda – Hard to think of him as being the same age as my parents…………
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on November 2, 2011
at 11:58 am
Great stuff! Such a part of the soundtrack of my youth.
By: John Erickson on November 2, 2011
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Da guy’s amazing. Still jumpin around like a jack-in-the-box at what – a hunnert years old now?
By: Carl D'Agostino on November 2, 2011
at 9:39 pm
I have all the Rod Stewart Greatest Hits in my car. I guess hearing him makes me feel young again.
By: Judith on November 2, 2011
at 9:47 pm
You can say what you like about his looks, esp when he was young, lol, but he CAN SING!
By: adeeyoyo on November 3, 2011
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