Rod Stewart

David Roderick (Rod) Stewart (London, 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer known for his raw bluesy voice. He is also called the white with the black voice or be the last "song and dance man" because of his stage presence. There are more than 250 million records sold by him.

Rod Stewart is CBE (Commander of the order of the British Empire), an award that he got at the end of 2006 (New year's Honours) awarded by Elizabeth II because of its cultural and artistic services to the United Kingdom. He is also included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame(in 2012), as a soloist and as a member of The Faces his ex-band.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == At a young age wanted to be football player and played some time Stewart at Brentford FC. He worked as a gravedigger, fences Builder and deliveryman. In the early 1960s when he began his career in music as a member of folk singer Wizz JonesStreet musician. This company traveled through Europe to the in Spain were arrested for vagrancyand because the passports of the members were expired. The musicians were expelled from Spain and sent back to England.
 * 1.1 The Faces
 * 1.2 successful solo period
 * 1.3 1980s
 * 1.4 1990s
 * 1.5 Years 00
 * 1.6 personal life
 * 2 influence on others
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3.4 Dvds
 * 4 external links

On the drive by Twickenham he was discovered by Long John Baldry. From 1964 he performed many on with Steampacket, Shotgun Express, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Alexis Korner. He would-according to rumors-in 1964 have played harmonica on the song "My Boy Lollipop" by the Jamaican skazangeres Millie Small, but in reality it was Pete Hogman that the harmonica game clean. [1]  He remained relatively unknown until 1967 he joined the Jeff Beck Group with virtuoso guitarist Jeff Beck, bassist Ron Wood and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Micky Waller. ===The Faces[ Edit] === Stewart (right) and Ron Wood during a performance of The Faces in 1975.In 1969, he left the Jeff Beck Group to work with Ron Wood to move over to The Faces. In that same year he released a solo album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down and with The Faces First Stepalbum. In 1970 he released his second solo album Gasoline Alley and with The Faces Long Player .

Every Picture Tells a Story (1971) meant the really big breakthrough for Rod Stewart and from that moment he enjoyed international fame. When the B-side Maggie May often on the radio was turned he got with the album and the single at the same time a number 1 in the United States and in Great Britain, something that never before in the history of popular music was featured and since then still by no one is matched. The album Every Picture Tells A Story is included in the famous Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and holds there the seventeenth place in the top 500 of albums that have the most influence and change brought about in the twentieth century.

A nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse, even though from 1971, brought The Faces in this time their only top 10 hit in the U.S. with the song Stay with me.Appeared In 1972 Never A Dull Moment, Stewarts fourth solo album. Together with The Faces he also brought Ooh La La from which some songs composed byRonnie Lane. Sing It Again, the collector from 1973 had insufficient space to all hits to the first four solo albums of Inns. That year also brought a collector from The Faces, Snakes And Ladders, on which their last number one hit in the United Kingdom, however, Pool Hall Richard they were still the most popular live band in the United Kingdom until they broke up in 1974 . Cindy Incidentally and Pool Hall Richard, there were weeks in the first place. In 1974 The Faces brought also still Coast To Coast-Averture and Beginners , a live album. ===Successful solo period<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1974 meant for Stewart also his last solo album for Mercury Records, the Smiler spun out Farewell song was not accidental since Rod the big step over the Atlantic Ocean are already planned and most creative period in his life ended to embark on his "most lucrative". The big money went now come in handy. In 1975, the collector of The Faces, Snakes and Ladders reissued in the wake of the success of Atlantic Crossings, the first solo album at Warner Bros/Atlantic.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">An Old Raincoatalbums, Gasoline Alley, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, A nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse and Ooh La La according to Rolling Stone Magazine can be seen as a major rock albums. After the period in which Rod Stewart at his most popular was followed, according to the music press worldwide, not his most creative. He had meanwhile found shelter at Warner Bros, Atlantic. His contract meant that all rights to his songs total in own hands remained, only per cent region for the sale of Warner records and not for copyrights, which Warner, of course, and devoted twice as hard for the promotion of his record. Sailing from Atlantic Crossings (1975), and tonight's The Night " from A Night On The Town, that sixteen weeks at number 1 in the u.s. Billboard was in 1976. From Footloose And Fancy Free (1977) dates the rocker Hot Legs .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">At the end of 1978 from the album Blonds Have More Fun , he had another hit with the song Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, probably the most maligned song from his career, which was a number one hit around the world.However, nothing on it, because it brought Stewart financial all rights were donated to the Unicef children's Fund. ===80 's<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1980 brought the album Foolish Behaviouryet, Tonight I'm your's 1981 and in 1982 double live album Absolutely Live where he again Tina Turner suggested to the general public. The acting in the L.A.Forum gave Tina Turner and Rod Stewart confirmed the start of her comeback as one of the greatest rock performers of all time. From the 1980s, date back to the albums Body Wishes, 1983, 1985, Camouflage, and Every Beat Of My Heart, 1986, Out Of Order, 1988, in which he totally back was hit with the Infatuation. 1989 brought the four part collector storyteller . ===90 's<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">He then took his productivity and more known as rock star than for his musical talent. From that period came two rock songs, Hot Legs and Foolish Behaviour, and I Was Only Joking, a self reflection with humor and emotion.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1993 he took over along with Sting and Bryan Adams All for Love on the hit for the film The Three Musketeers. This was by some fans as a larger bottoming than Do Ya Think I'm Sexy seen in his career.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Rod Stewart in 1994 gave a free concert on Copacabanabeach that drew more than 3.5 million visitors. This was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records. There also must be said that it was new year's Eve and all the people who were on the beach and party celebrated were counted.

Rod Stewart concert ticket, 1993<p lang="en" len="1217" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Unplugged And Seated in 1995 proved once again that the livetalent of this fact to his advantage as an honest tear not Rod Stewart he the cover of Van Morrison, Have I Told You Lately dedicated to his then wife Rachel Hunter . ===00<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2002 it returned Rod back in the top of the album lists with It Had To Be You, a collection of old classics by Cole Porter to Nat King Cole from the 20 's and 30 's . The sale is 4,200,000 copies, which is unique in the years of download. At the end of 2003 he returned with the album As Time Goes By with which he occupied the second place in the American and the Canadian and the first in the Australian albums chart in november 2003.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">2004 was the most successful year financially for Rod Stewart in his career so far in. He went on tour in the United States and Canada with a fully sold-out stadium tour which ran from January to August, entitled From Maggy May to the Great American Songbook. The show consisted of two parts: a first part of a good hour and a half rock and half hour American classics. Rod got an average of 22 nights a month for each evening, and this for eight months, a million u.s. dollars within.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After Stewart, the tour went into the studio with Ronnie Wood finish their album you'll Strut, I'll Sing.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">19 October 2004 the third and last appeared in the series Great American Songbooks, called Stardust, securing the win that immediately to the number 1 position in albumcharts. Guests include Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Dolly Parton. In addition to: there are still two Songbook albums, a Greatest Rock Songs and a Soulbook album appeared. In 2011 draws Stewart at UMG Universal Music Group to recreate a self-penned album due for release in the course of, (expected) 2012. This would have to go bring it back on track and Stewart make relevant artistic again. ===Private Life<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Rod Stewart married three times and had several other relationships. Five different women received a total of eight children by him. ==Influence on others<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Rod Stewart solo and, above all, Rod Stewart and the Faces is called by many artists as their role model, such as Alanis Morissette, Stereophonics, The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam (which even some riffs of the Faces have lent) to even Rage Against The Machine.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols punk glory years after their have admitted that the number Pool Hall Richard (1973) by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood for their the first real British punk-song , the text was Bang go the Queen, she's so obscene, her hands are dirty but her image clean, Pool Hall Richard, kid you're wicked, whe now! says enough.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Rod Stewart itself is a great admirer of singer and actor Elvis Presley. He said once: "Elvis was and still is The King and will always be, there is no doubt about that. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others followed him only in his footsteps. " To his great examples include Sam Cooke , Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin Natural Woman of whom he edited to Natural Man appeared in 1974 for his album Smiler. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===