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Rod Stewart

March 20, 2023

"Roderick Stewart" redirects here. For the politician, see Rory Stewart.

Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945)[1] is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide.[2] He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one.[3] Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.[4]

Sir

Rod Stewart

CBE
Stewart performing in Saint Paul, Minnesota in August 2014
Born
Roderick David Stewart

(1945-01-10) 10 January 1945 (age 78)
Highgate, London, England
Other namesRod the Mod
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • musician
Years active1961–present
Spouses
Partners
  • Susannah Boffey (1963–1964)
  • Jennie Rylance (1965–1967)
  • Dee Harrington (1971–1975)
  • Britt Ekland (1975–1977)
  • Kelly Emberg (1983–1990)
Children8; including Kimberly, Sean and Ruby
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Member ofFaces
Formerly of

Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B.[5][6] His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its ballad "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere.

After Stewart had a handful more UK top ten hits, the Faces broke up in 1975. Stewart's next few hit singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) contained the hit "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun (1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US, with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward.

After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart's music turned to a soft rock/middle-of-the-road style, with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK, Germany and Sweden, but faring less well in the US. The single "Rhythm of My Heart" was a top five hit in the UK, US and other countries, with its source album, 1991's Vagabond Heart, becoming, at number ten in the US and number two in the UK, his highest-charting album in a decade. In 1993, he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad "All for Love", which went to number one in many countries. In the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists".[7] A Grammy and Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time.[8] As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.[9][10]

Early life

Roderick David Stewart was born at 507 Archway Road, Highgate, North London, on 10 January 1945, the youngest of five children of Robert Joseph Stewart (26 December 1904[11]–1990)[12] and Elsie Rebecca Gilbart (14 December 1905[11]–1996).[13][14] His father was Scottish and had been a master builder in Leith, Edinburgh, while Elsie was English and had grown up in Upper Holloway in North London. Married in 1928, the couple had two sons and two daughters while living in Scotland, and then they moved to Highgate.

Stewart was born at home during World War II, eight years after his nearest sibling.[13][15][nb 1] The family was neither affluent nor poor; Stewart was spoiled as the youngest, and has called his childhood "fantastically happy".[13][15] He had an undistinguished record at Highgate Primary School and failed the eleven plus exam.[19] He then attended the William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School (later Fortismere School), Muswell Hill.[20] When his father retired from the building trade he bought a newsagent's shop on the Archway Road and the family lived over the shop.[13][15] Stewart's main hobby was railway modelling.[21]

The family was mostly focused on football;[22] Stewart's father had played in a local amateur team and managed some teams as well, and one of Stewart's earliest memories was of the pictures of Scottish players such as George Young and Gordon Smith that his brothers had on the wall.[23][24] Stewart was the most talented footballer in the family and was a supporter of Arsenal F.C. at the time.[23][25] Combining natural athleticism with near-reckless aggression, he became captain of the school football team and played for Middlesex Schoolboys as centre-half.[23]

 
Grave of Rod Stewart's parents in Highgate Cemetery

The family were also great fans of the singer Al Jolson and would sing and play his hits.[22][26] Stewart collected his records and saw his films, read books about him, and was influenced by his performing style and attitude towards his audience.[22][24][27] His introduction to rock and roll was hearing Little Richard's 1956 hit "The Girl Can't Help It", and seeing Bill Haley & His Comets in concert.[26] His father bought him a guitar in January 1959; the first song he learned was the folk tune "It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song"; the first record he bought was Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody".[21] In 1960, he joined a skiffle group with school friends called the Kool Kats, playing Lonnie Donegan and Chas McDevitt hits.[21][27]

Stewart left school at age 15[28] and worked briefly as a silk screen printer.[27] Spurred on by his father, his ambition was to become a professional footballer.[25][28] In summer 1960, he went for trials at Brentford F.C.,[29] a Third Division club at the time.[30] Contrary to some longstanding accounts, Stewart states in his 2012 autobiography that he was never signed to the club and that the club never called him back after his trials.[nb 2] In any case, regarding possible career options, Stewart concluded, "Well, a musician's life is a lot easier and I can also get drunk and make music, and I can't do that and play football. I plumped for music ... They're the only two things I can do actually: play football and sing."[22][28]

His parents are buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery, on the main north–south path, opposite the grave of Malcolm McLaren.

Music career

1961–1963: Early work and The Dimensions

Stewart worked in the family shop and as a newspaper delivery boy.[33] He then worked briefly as a labourer for Highgate Cemetery, which became another part of his biographical lore.[nb 3] He worked in a North Finchley funeral parlour[33] and as a fence erector and sign writer.[27] In 1961, he went to Denmark Street with The Raiders and got a singing audition with well-known record producer Joe Meek, but Meek stopped the session with a rude sound.[35] Stewart began listening to British and American topical folk artists such as Ewan MacColl, Alex Campbell, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and especially Derroll Adams and the debut album of Bob Dylan.[35][36]

Stewart became attracted to beatnik attitudes and left-wing politics, living for a while in a beatnik houseboat at Shoreham-by-Sea.[35] He was an active supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at this time, joining the annual Aldermaston Marches from 1961 to 1963 and being arrested on three occasions when he took part in sit-ins at Trafalgar Square and Whitehall for the cause.[27][35] He also used the marches as a way to meet and bed girls.[35][37] In 1962, he had his first serious relationship, with London art student Suzannah Boffey (a friend of future model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton); he moved to a bed-sit in Muswell Hill to be near her.[38] She became pregnant, but neither Rod nor his family wanted him to enter marriage; the baby girl was given up for adoption and Rod and Suzannah's relationship ended.[38]

In 1962, Stewart began hanging around folk singer Wizz Jones, busking at Leicester Square and other London spots.[39] Stewart took up playing the then-fashionable harmonica.[40] On several trips over the next 18 months Jones and Stewart took their act to Brighton and then to Paris, sleeping under bridges over the River Seine, and then finally to Barcelona.[39] Eventually, this resulted in Stewart being rounded up and deported from Spain for vagrancy in 1963.[32][39][41] At this time, Stewart, who had been at William Grimshaw School with three of their members, was briefly considered as singer for the embryonic Kinks.[19][36][42][43][44]

In 1963, Stewart adopted the Mod lifestyle and look, and began fashioning the spiky rooster hairstyle that would become his trademark.[45] (It was made possible with sugar water or large amounts of his sisters' hair lacquer, backcombing, and his hands holding it in place to protect it from the winds of the Highgate Underground station.[45][46][47]) Disillusioned by rock and roll, he saw Otis Redding perform in concert and began listening to Sam Cooke records; he became fascinated by rhythm and blues and soul music.[45]

After returning to London, Stewart joined a rhythm and blues group, the Dimensions, in October 1963 as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist.[31][48] It was his first professional job as a musician, although Stewart was still living at home and working in his brother's painting and picture frame shop.[49][50] A somewhat more established singer from Birmingham, Jimmy Powell, then hired the group a few weeks later, and it became known as Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions, with Stewart being relegated to harmonica player.[31][48] The group performed weekly at the famed Studio 51 club on Great Newport Street in London, where The Rolling Stones often headlined;[48] this was Stewart's entrée into the thriving London R & B scene,[51] and his harmonica playing improved in part from watching Mick Jagger on stage.[40] Relations soon broke down between Powell and Stewart over roles within the group[49] and Stewart departed. Contrary to popular legend, during this time Stewart likely did not play harmonica on Millie Small's 1964 hit "My Boy Lollipop". That was probably Peter Hogman of the Dimensions, although Powell has also claimed credit.[31][52] Powell did record and release a single during this period, though Stewart did not appear on it.[48]

1964–1967: Steampacket and "Rod the Mod" image

In January 1964,[nb 4] while Stewart was waiting at Twickenham railway station after having seen Long John Baldry and the All Stars at Eel Pie Island,[31][52][54] Baldry heard him playing "Smokestack Lightnin'" on his harmonica, and invited him to sit in with the group; when Baldry discovered Stewart was a singer as well, he offered him a job for £35 a week, after securing the approval of Stewart's mother.[52] Quitting his day job at the age of nineteen, Stewart gradually overcame his shyness and nerves and became a visible enough part of the act that he was sometimes added to the billing as "Rod the Mod" Stewart,[40][52][53] the nickname coming from his dandyish style of grooming and dress.[36] Baldry touted Stewart's abilities to Melody Maker magazine and the group enjoyed a weekly residence at London's fabled Marquee Club.[53] In June 1964, Stewart made his recording début (without label credit) on "Up Above My Head", the B-side to a Baldry and Hoochie Coochie Men single.[55] While still with Baldry, Stewart embarked on a simultaneous solo career.[56] He made some demo recordings,[nb 5] was scouted by Decca Records at the Marquee Club, and signed to a solo contract in August 1964.[57] He appeared on several regional television shows around the country and recorded his first single in September 1964.[56][57]

Turning down Decca's recommended material as too commercial, Stewart insisted that the experienced session musicians he was given, including John Paul Jones, learn a couple of Sonny Boy Williamson songs he had just heard.[58] The resulting single, "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", was recorded and released in October 1964; despite Stewart performing it on the popular television show Ready Steady Go!, it failed to enter the charts. Also in October Stewart left the Hoochie Coochie Men after having a row with Baldry.[57]

Stewart played some dates on his own in late 1964 and early 1965, sometimes backed by the Southampton R & B outfit The Soul Agents.[59] The Hoochie Coochie Men broke up, Baldry and Stewart patched up their differences (and indeed became lifelong friends),[60] and legendary impresario Giorgio Gomelsky put together Steampacket, which featured Baldry, Stewart, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, Micky Waller, Vic Briggs and Ricky Fenson; their first appearance was in support of The Rolling Stones in July 1965.[61] The group was conceived as a white soul revue, analogous to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, with multiple vocalists and styles ranging from jazz to R&B to blues.[62] Steampacket toured with the Stones and The Walker Brothers that summer, ending in the London Palladium;[62] seeing the audience react to the Stones gave Stewart his first exposure to crowd hysteria.[63] Stewart, who had been included in the group upon Baldry's insistence, ended up with most of the male vocal parts.[62] Steampacket was unable to enter the studio to record any material because its members all belonged to different labels and managers,[62][64] although Gomelsky did record one of their Marquee Club rehearsals.[nb 6]

Stewart's "Rod the Mod" image gained wider visibility in November 1965, when he was the subject of a 30-minute Rediffusion, London television documentary titled "An Easter with Rod" that portrayed the Mod scene.[32][65] His parallel solo career attempts continued on EMI's Columbia label with the November 1965 release of "The Day Will Come", a more heavily arranged pop attempt, and the April 1966 release of his take on Sam Cooke's "Shake", with the Brian Auger Trinity.[65] Both failed commercially and neither gained positive notices.[66] Stewart had spent the better part of two years listening mostly to Cooke; he later said, "I didn't sound like anybody at all ... but I knew I sounded a bit like Sam Cooke, so I listened to Sam Cooke."[50] This recording solidified that singer's position as Stewart's idol and most enduring influence; he called it a "crossing of the water."[36][50][62]

Stewart left Steampacket in March 1966,[65] with Stewart saying he had been sacked and Auger saying he had quit.[62] Stewart then joined a somewhat similar outfit, Shotgun Express, in May 1966 as co-lead vocalist with Beryl Marsden.[62][65] The other members included Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green (who would go on to form Fleetwood Mac), and Peter Bardens.[65] Shotgun Express released one unsuccessful single in October 1966, the orchestra-heavy "I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round", before disbanding.[62][65] Stewart later disparaged Shotgun Express as a poor imitation of Steampacket and said, "I was still getting this terrible feeling of doing other people's music. I think you can only start finding yourself when you write your own material."[65] By now, Stewart had bounced around without achieving much success, with little to distinguish himself among other aspiring London singers other than the emerging rasp in his voice.[51]

1967–1969: Jeff Beck Group period

Guitarist Jeff Beck recruited Stewart for his new post-Yardbirds venture,[67] and in February 1967, Stewart joined the Jeff Beck Group as vocalist and sometime songwriter.[68] This would become the big break of his early career.[36] There he first played with Ronnie Wood[62] whom he had first met in a London pub in 1964;[57] the two soon became fast friends.[67] During its first year, the group experienced frequent changes of drummers and conflicts involving manager Mickie Most wanting to reduce Stewart's role. They toured the UK and released a couple of singles that featured Stewart on their B-sides.[68][69] Stewart's sputtering solo career also continued with the March 1968 release of non-hit "Little Miss Understood" on Immediate Records.[68]

The Jeff Beck Group toured Western Europe in spring 1968, recorded, and were nearly destitute. Then assistant manager Peter Grant booked them on a six-week tour of the United States starting in June 1968 with the Fillmore East in New York.[68][70][71] Stewart, on his first trip to America, suffered terrible stage fright during the opening show and hid behind the amplifier banks while singing. Only a quick shot of brandy brought him out front.[68] Nevertheless, the show and the tour were a big success,[36][71] with Robert Shelton of The New York Times calling the group exciting and praising "the interaction of Mr. Beck's wild and visionary guitar against the hoarse and insistent shouting of Rod Stewart,"[70] and New Musical Express reporting that the group was receiving standing ovations and pulling receipts equal to those of Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.[68]

In August 1968, their first album Truth was released, and by October, it had risen to number 15 on the US albums chart but failed to chart in the UK.[68] The album featured Beck's masterly guitar technique and manipulated sounds as Stewart's dramatic vocalising tackled the group's varied repertoire of blues, folk, rock, and proto-heavy metal.[51][69][72] Stewart also co-wrote three of the songs[72] and credited the record for helping to develop his vocal abilities and the sandpaper quality in his voice.[50] The group toured America again at the end of the year to a strong reception, then suffered from more personnel upheaval[68][73] (something that would continue throughout Beck's career). In July 1969, Stewart left following his friend Wood's departure.[50][74] Stewart later recalled, "It was a great band to sing with, but I couldn't take all the aggravation and unfriendliness that developed.... In the two and a half years I was with Beck I never once looked him in the eye – I always looked at his shirt or something like that."[68]

The group's second album, Beck-Ola, was released in June 1969 in the US and in September 1969 in the UK, bracketing the time the group was dissolving; it also made number 15 in the US albums chart and reached number 39 in the UK albums chart.[36][74][75] During his time with the group, Stewart initially felt overmatched by Beck's presence, and his style was still developing; but later Stewart felt the two developed a strong musical, if not personal, rapport.[68][76] Much of Stewart's sense of phrasing was developed during his time with the Jeff Beck Group.[50] Beck sought to form a new supergroup with Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert (of the similarly just-breaking-up Vanilla Fudge) joining him and Stewart, but Stewart had other plans.[77]

1969–1975: Solo career established and Faces albums

Mercury Records A&R man Lou Reizner had seen Stewart perform with Beck, and on 8 October 1968 signed him to a solo contract;[68] but contractual complexities delayed Stewart's recording for him until July 1969.[74][78] Meanwhile, in May 1969, guitarist and singer Steve Marriott left English band The Small Faces.[74] Ron Wood replaced him as guitarist in June and on 18 October 1969, Stewart followed his friend and became the band's new singer.[74] The two joined existing members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones, who soon decided to call the new line-up Faces.[79]

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down became Stewart's first solo album in 1969 (it was known as The Rod Stewart Album in the US). It established the template for his solo sound: a heartfelt mixture of folk, rock, and country blues, inclusive of a British working-class sensibility, with both original material ("Cindy's Lament" and the title song) and cover versions (Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town" and Mike d'Abo's "Handbags and Gladrags"). The backing band on the album included Wood, Waller and McLagan, plus Keith Emerson and guitarists Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer, and later Armageddon and 7th Order) and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer).[80]

 
Stewart in a trade advert for his 1971 album Every Picture Tells A Story

Faces released their début album First Step in early 1970 with a rock and roll style similar to the Rolling Stones. While the album did better in the UK than in the US, the Faces quickly earned a strong live following. Stewart released his second album, Gasoline Alley that autumn. Stewart's approach was similar to his first album and mandolin was introduced into the sound. He then launched a US tour with the Faces. Stewart sang guest vocals for the Australian group Python Lee Jackson on "In a Broken Dream", recorded in April 1969 but not released until 1970. His payment was a set of seat covers for his car. It was re-released in 1972 to become a worldwide hit.

Stewart's 1971 solo album Every Picture Tells a Story made him a household name when the B-side of his minor hit "Reason to Believe", "Maggie May", (co-written with Martin Quittenton) started to receive radio play. The album and the single occupied the number one chart position simultaneously in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, a chart first, in September.[81] Maggie May topped the single chart for five weeks in the US, and the UK and four weeks in Australia. Set off by a striking mandolin part (by Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne), "Maggie May" was also named in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The rest of the album was equally strong, with "Mandolin Wind" again showcasing that instrument; "(I Know) I'm Losing You" adding hard-edged soul to the mix; and "Tomorrow Is a Long Time", a cover of a Bob Dylan song. But the ultimate manifestation of the early Stewart solo style was the Stewart-Wood-penned "Every Picture Tells a Story" itself: powered by Mick Waller's drumming, Pete Sears's piano and Wood's guitar work in a largely acoustic arrangement; it is a song relating to the picaresque adventures of the singer.[citation needed]

The second Faces album, Long Player, was released in early 1971 and enjoyed greater chart success than First Step. Faces also got their only US Top 40 hit with "Stay With Me" from their third album A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse released in late 1971.[82] This album reached the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic on the back of the success of Every Picture Tells A Story.[82][83] Steve Jones from The Sex Pistols regarded the Faces highly and named them as a main influence on the British punk rock movement.[84]

The Faces toured extensively in 1972 with growing tension in the band over Stewart's solo career enjoying more success than the band's. Stewart released Never a Dull Moment in the same year. Repeating the Every Picture formula, for the most part, it reached number two on the US album charts and number one in the UK,[85] and enjoyed further good notices from reviewers. "You Wear It Well" was a hit single that reached number 13 in the US and went to number one in the UK, while "Twisting the Night Away" made explicit Stewart's debt to Sam Cooke.

For the body of his early solo work Stewart earned tremendous critical praise. Rolling Stone's 1980 Illustrated History of Rock & Roll includes this in its Stewart entry:[51]

Rarely has a singer had as full and unique a talent as Rod Stewart; rarely has anyone betrayed his talent so completely. Once the most compassionate presence in music, he has become a bilious self-parody – and sells more records than ever [... A] writer who offered profound lyricism and fabulous self-deprecating humour, teller of tall tales and honest heartbreaker, he had an unmatched eye for the tiny details around which lives turn, shatter, and reform [...] and a voice to make those details indelible. [... His solo albums] were defined by two special qualities: warmth, which was redemptive, and modesty, which was liberating. If ever any rocker chose the role of everyman and lived up to it, it was Rod Stewart.

 
Stewart (right) whilst in Faces, with Ronnie Wood (left)

The Faces released their final album Ooh La La, which reached number one in the UK and number 21 in the US in 1973.[82][83] During the recording of the album, the rift between Stewart and the rest of the Faces grew further, as (according to Ian McLagan), Stewart did not participate until two weeks into the sessions, "and then complained that some songs were in the wrong key for him. So we recorded them again and waited a week for him to come back. We cut the track for 'Ooh La La' three times before he eventually passed on it, leaving it for Woody to sing. [...] The week the album came out he did all he could to scuttle it and told anyone who would listen how useless it was."[86] The band toured Australasia, Japan, Europe and the UK in 1974[87] to support the album and the single "Pool Hall Richard".

In late 1974, Stewart released his Smiler album. In Britain, it reached number one, and the single "Farewell" number seven, but only number 13 on the Billboard pop album charts and the single "Mine for Me" only number 91 on the Billboard pop singles charts. It was his last original album for Mercury Records. After the release of the double album compilation The Best of Rod Stewart he switched to Warner Bros. Records and remained with them throughout the vast majority of his career (Faces were signed to Warner Bros., and Stewart's solo releases in the UK appeared on the Riva label until 1981). In 1975, Faces toured the US twice (with Ronnie Wood joining The Rolling Stones' US tour in between).[87] With Ronnie Wood having released his second solo album in 1975 and also having joined the Rolling Stones (first as a temporary replacement for the departing Mick Taylor, and later as a permanent member), as well as Stewart's own burgeoning solo career, it became impossible to maintain the Faces' as a viable band, so the Faces broke up at the end of the year.[88]

1975–1988: Height of fame and critical reaction

 
On stage in Dublin, 1981

In 1975, Stewart moved to Los Angeles. He released the Atlantic Crossing album for his new record company, using producer Tom Dowd and a different sound based on the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Atlantic Crossing marked both a return to form and a return to the Top 10 of the Billboard album charts. The first single, a cover of the Sutherland Brothers song "Sailing", was a number-one hit in the UK, charted high in other European countries and in Australia, but only reached the Top 60 of the US and Canadian charts. The single returned to the UK Top 10 a year later when used as the theme music for a BBC documentary series about HMS Ark Royal. Having been a hit twice over, "Sailing" became, and remains, Stewart's biggest-selling single in the UK. His Holland-Dozier-Holland cover "This Old Heart of Mine" was also a Top 100 hit in 1976.[82] In 1976 Stewart covered The Beatles' song "Get Back" for the musical documentary All This and World War II.[89]

Later in 1976, Stewart topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and the Australian ARIA chart with the ballad "Tonight's the Night", with an accompanying music video featuring actress Britt Ekland.[82] It came from the A Night on the Town album, which went to number two on the Billboard album charts and was Stewart's first album to go platinum. By explicitly marking the album as having a "fast side" and a "slow side", Stewart continued the trend started by Atlantic Crossing. "The First Cut Is the Deepest", a cover of a Cat Stevens song, went number one in the UK in 1977, and top 30 in the US.[82][85] "The Killing of Georgie (Part 1 and 2)", about the murder of a gay man, was also a Top 40 hit for Stewart during 1977.[82]

Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) featured Stewart's own band, the original Rod Stewart Group that featured Carmine Appice, Phil Chen, Jim Cregan, Billy Peek, Gary Grainger and John Jarvis. It continued Stewart's run of chart success, reaching number two. "You're in My Heart" was the hit single, reaching number four in the US.[82]

"Hot Legs" achieved a lot of radio airplay as did the confessional "I Was Only Joking". In appearance, Stewart's look had evolved to include a glam element, including make-up and spandex clothes. Stewart scored another UK number one and US number one single with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", which was a crossover hit reaching number five on the Billboard black charts due to its disco sound.[82] This was the lead single from 1978's Blondes Have More Fun, which went to number one on the Billboard album charts and sold three million albums.[90]

A focal point of criticisms about this period was his biggest-selling 1978 disco hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", which was atypical of his earlier output, and disparaged by critics.[91] In interviews, Stewart, while admitting his accompanying look had become "tarty", has defended the lyrics by pointing out that the song is a third-person narrative slice-of-life portrayal, not unlike those in his earlier work, and that it is not about him. The song's refrain was identical to Brazilian Jorge Ben Jor's earlier "Taj Mahal" and a lawsuit ensued. Stewart donated his royalties from "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" to UNICEF, and he performed it with his band at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in 1979.[citation needed]

Stewart moved to a more new wave direction in 1980 by releasing the album Foolish Behaviour. The album produced one hit single, "Passion", which reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Charts. In August 1981, MTV was launched in the US with several of Stewart's videos in heavy rotation. Later in 1981, Stewart added further elements of new wave and synthpop to his sound for the Tonight I'm Yours album. The title song reached No. 20 in the US, while "Young Turks" reached the Top 5 with the album going platinum.[82] On 18 December 1981, Stewart played the Los Angeles Forum, along with Kim Carnes and Tina Turner, in a concert broadcast worldwide via satellite.[92]

 
Stewart performing in Paris, 1986

Stewart was criticised by the anti-apartheid movement for breaking a widely observed cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa by performing at the Sun City resort complex in Bophuthatswana as part of his Body Wishes (1983) and Camouflage (1984) tours.[93]

Stewart had four US Top 10 singles between 1982 and 1988; "Young Turks" (No. 5, carrying over from 1981 into 1982), "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (No. 10, 1984), "Infatuation" (No. 6, 1984) and "Love Touch" (No. 6, 1986, a Holly Knight/Mike Chapman collaboration). "Baby Jane" reached No. 14 in 1983, but went to No. 1 in the UK, his final chart-topping single there to date.[82] The corresponding Camouflage album went gold in the UK, and the single "Infatuation" (which featured his old friend Jeff Beck on the guitar) received considerable play on MTV. The second single "Some Guys Have All The Luck" reached No. 15 in the UK and No. 10 in the US.[82]

A reunion with Jeff Beck produced a successful take on Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", but an attempt to tour together fell apart after a few dates. In the UK, "Every Beat of My Heart" reached number two in 1986. In January 1985, Stewart performed to a large audience at the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro.[94]

1988–1994: Out of Order Tour, Vagabond Heart and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

In 1988, Stewart returned with Out of Order, produced by Duran Duran's Andy Taylor and by Bernard Edwards of Chic. "Lost in You", "Forever Young", "Crazy About Her", and "My Heart Can't Tell You No" from that album were all top 15 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and mainstream rock charts, with the latter even reaching the Top Five. "Forever Young" was an unconscious revision of Bob Dylan's song of the same name; the artists reached an agreement about sharing royalties. The song reached No. 12 in the US.[82] In September 1988, Stewart performed "Forever Young" at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and in 1989 he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song.[95]

In January 1989, Stewart set out on the South American leg of the Out of Order Tour playing to sell-out audiences throughout Americas. There were 80,000 people at his show at Corregidora Stadium, Querétaro, México (9 April), and 50,000 at Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara, Jalisco (12 April). In Buenos Aires, the audience at the River Plate Stadium, which seats 70,000+, was at over 90,000, with several thousand outside the stadium. Firehoses were sprayed on the crowd to avoid heat prostration.

Stewart's version of the Tom Waits song "Downtown Train" went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.[82] This song was taken from a four-CD compilation set called Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990.

Released in 1991, the Vagabond Heart album continued Stewart's renewal and inspiration.[96] The lead single "It Takes Two" with Tina Turner, was released in 1990 in advance of the full album's release, and reached number five on the UK charts, but did not chart in the US. The follow-up songs from Vagabond Heart both reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, with "Rhythm of My Heart" peaking at No. 5 and "The Motown Song" peaking at No. 10.[82]

 
Concert ticket, 1993

At the 1993 Brit Awards in London, Stewart picked up the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Music.[97] Stewart brought back the Faces on stage for an impromptu reunion.[97] In 1993, Stewart recorded "All For Love" with Sting and Bryan Adams for the soundtrack to the movie The Three Musketeers; the single reached number one in the US and number two in the UK.[83] Also in 1993, he reunited with Ronnie Wood to record an MTV Unplugged special that included "Handbags and Gladrags", "Cut Across Shorty", and four selections from Every Picture Tells a Story. The show featured an acoustic version of Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately", which topped the Billboard adult contemporary chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.[82] A rendition of "Reason to Believe" also garnered considerable airplay. The resulting Unplugged...and Seated album reached number two on the Billboard 200 album charts.[82]

Stewart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, presented by Jeff Beck.[85] On 31 December 1994, Stewart played in front of 3.5 million people on Copacabana beach in Rio, and made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for staging the largest free rock concert attendance in history.

1995–2001: New ventures and record labels

 
Stewart in Paris, 1995

By the early 1990s, Stewart had mostly abandoned creating his own material, saying that he was not a natural songwriter and that the tepid response to his recent efforts was not rewarding.[98] In 1995, Stewart released A Spanner in the Works containing a single written by Tom Petty, "Leave Virginia Alone", which reached the Top 10 of the adult contemporary charts. The latter half of the 1990s was not as commercially successful though the 1996 album If We Fall in Love Tonight reached number 8 in the UK, and went gold and hit No. 19 on the Billboard album chart.[82]

When We Were the New Boys, his final album on the Warner Bros. label released in 1998, contained versions of songs by Britpop acts such as Oasis and Primal Scream, and reached number two on the UK album charts. That same year, he recorded the song "Faith of the Heart", written by Diane Warren, for the film Patch Adams. In 2000, Stewart left Warner Bros. and moved to Atlantic Records, another division of Warner Music Group.[citation needed] In 2001, he released Human. The single "I Can't Deny It" went Top 40 in the UK and Top 20 in the adult contemporary. Stewart then signed to Clive Davis' new J Records label. The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, a greatest hits album compiled from his time at Warner Bros., is certified four times platinum in the UK with over 1.2 million copies sold, and reached number one in 2001 in Belgium and France.[99]

2002–2010: The Great American Songbook series and Soulbook

In June 2002, Stewart performed "Handbags and Gladrags" at the Party at the Palace held at Buckingham Palace Garden, a concert which celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and featured stars from five decades of music.[100]

By 2002, Stewart had sold over 100 million records during his career.[101] While growing up, he heard in his home classic songs written by songwriters such as Cole Porter, Gus Kahn and George and Ira Gershwin. Stewart joined others who had recorded the classic songs.[102] He concentrated on singing 1930s and 1940s pop standards from the Great American Songbook with great popular success. These albums have been released on Clive Davis's J Records label and have seen Stewart enjoy album sales equal to the 1970s.

The first album from the songbook series, It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook, reached number four on the US album chart, number eight in the UK and number ten in Canada when released in late 2002. The track "These Foolish Things" (which is actually a British, not American, song) reached number 13 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" went Top 20.[103]

The second series album, As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2, reached number two in the US, number four in the UK and number one in Canada. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", a duet with Cher, went Top 20 on the US adult contemporary charts. "Time After Time" was another Top 30 track on the US adult contemporary charts.[103] A musical called Tonight's The Night, featuring many of Stewart's songs, opened 7 November 2003 at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. It is written and directed by Ben Elton, who previously created a similar production, We Will Rock You, with music by Queen.[104] The musical tells about a "Faustian pact between Detroit gas station mechanic Stu Clutterbuck and Satan."[105]

In 2004, Stewart reunited with Ronnie Wood for concerts of Faces material. A Rod Stewart and the Faces best of album, Changing Faces, reached the Top 20 of the UK album charts. Five Guys Walk into a Bar..., a Faces box set compilation, was released. In late 2004, Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3, the third album in Stewart's songbook series, was released. It was his first US number one album in 25 years, selling over 200,000 albums in its first week. It also debuted at number one in Canada, number three in the UK and Top 10 in Australia. His version of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", featuring Stevie Wonder, made the Top 20 of the world adult charts. He also recorded a duet with Dolly Parton for the album – "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Stewart won his first ever Grammy Award for this album.[106]

2005 saw the release of the fourth songbook album, Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4; it included duets with Diana Ross and Elton John. Within weeks of its release, the CD made it to number two on the Top 200 list. In late 2006, Stewart made his return to rock music and his new approach to country music with the release of Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time, a new album featuring rock and southern rock milestones from the last four decades, including a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", which was released as the first single. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with 184,000 copies in its first week. The number one début was helped by a concert in New York City that was on MSN Music and an appearance on Dancing with the Stars. He performed tracks from his new album live from the Nokia Theater on 9 October. Control Room broadcast the event Live on MSN and in 117 cinemas across the country via National CineMedia. In November 2006, Stewart was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.[107]

 
Performing in Zaragoza, Spain, November 2006

On 1 July 2007, Stewart performed at the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium, London, an event which celebrated the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death.[108][109] He performed "Sailing", "Baby Jane" and "Maggie May".[110] On 12 December, he performed for the first time at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Coliseum in front of HRH Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, singing another Cat Stevens number, "Father and Son", and Bonnie Tyler's song "It's a Heartache". On 22 December 2006, Stewart hosted the 8th Annual A Home for the Holidays special on CBS at 8:00 pm (PST).

On 20 May 2009, Stewart performed "Maggie May" on the grand finale of American Idol season 8. On 2, July 2009 Stewart performed his only UK date that year at Home Park, Plymouth. On 29 September 2009 a 4-CD, 65-track compilation entitled Rod Stewart Sessions 1971–1998 was released; it is composed of previously unreleased tracks and outtakes from the bulk of his career. Stewart has also mentioned plans for a compilation of covers of soul classics, the possible release of another edition of the Great American Songbook album and a country covers album.[111]

On 17 October 2009, Stewart released the studio album Soulbook which was composed of covers of soul and Motown songs. On 14 November 2009, Stewart recorded a TV program in the UK for ITV that was screened on 5 December 2009. The music in the programme featured tracks from his new album and some old favourites. On 14 January 2010, Rhino records released Stewart's Once in a Blue Moon, a "lost album" originally recorded in 1992, featuring ten cover songs including the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday", Bob Dylan's "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar" and Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back", as well as Tom Waits' "Tom Traubert's Blues". On 19 October 2010, Stewart released another edition of his Great American Songbook series titled Fly Me to the Moon...The Great American Songbook Volume V on J Records.

2011–2012: Christmas album and autobiography

In 2011, Stewart performed with Stevie Nicks on their Heart & Soul Tour. Starting on 20 March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the tour visited arena concerts in North America – with performances in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa and Montreal, among others.[112]

Stewart headlined the Sunday show at the 2011 Hard Rock Calling Festival on 26 June in London's Hyde Park.[113] Stewart signed on to a two-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, commencing on 24 August.[114][115] Performing his greatest hits, the residency also saw him perform selected tracks from his upcoming, untitled blues album.[115]

On 7 June 2012, Stewart signed a recording agreement with Universal Music Group.[116] Stewart released his first Christmas album, titled Merry Christmas, Baby, on the Verve Music Group label (a division of Universal Music Group) on 30 October 2012. The album was produced by David Foster and contained several duets, as well as an original song written by Stewart, Foster and Amy Foster called "Red-Suited Super Man".[117] According to IFPI, Merry Christmas, Baby was the seventh best-selling album worldwide in 2012.[118] In October 2012, Stewart's autobiography titled Rod: The Autobiography was released (exact dates vary worldwide).[119]

In November 2012, Stewart performed "Auld Lang Syne" from his Christmas album and his hit "Sailing" at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II.[120] Later that month, Stewart again performed at the Royal Albert Hall in front of the Queen during the 100th Royal Variety Performance, singing "When You Wish upon a Star".[121] On 26 November, Stewart's recording of "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" reached the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. Stewart had the number one song on this chart three times previously, the last being in 1993 with "Have I Told You Lately", giving him the second-largest hiatus between number ones in the history of the chart.[122] The song remained in the No. 1 spot for five weeks, tying it for the longest-leading holiday title in the chart's 51-year history.[123] On 10 December 2012, Stewart was a guest singer on Michael Bublé's television Home for the Holidays Christmas special.[124] Stewart was the tenth best-selling artist in Canada in the year 2012 according to year-end sales data from Nielsen Soundscan Canada.[125] In February 2013, Stewart was nominated for a Canadian Juno Award in the International Album of the Year category for his album Merry Christmas, Baby.[126]

2013–2015: Return to songwriting – Time and Another Country

 
Performing in Hamburg in September 2013

In May 2013, Stewart released Time, a rock album of his own original material. It marked a return to songwriting after what Stewart termed "a dark period of twenty years"; he said that writing his autobiography gave him the impetus to write music again.[44] The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart-topping albums by an artist.[127] Stewart's last No. 1 on the chart had been Greatest Hits Volume 1 in 1979 and his last studio album to top the chart was 1976's A Night on the Town.[128]

In September 2013, Stewart presented his friend Elton John with the first Brits Icon award in a special show at the London Palladium, recognising John's "lasting impact" on UK culture. Stewart quipped that John was "the second-best rock singer ever", before the two performed a duet on stage.[129]

A new studio album, Another Country, was released on 23 October 2015. The video for the first single "Love Is" is available on his Vevo account.[130]

2016–present: Continuing to record – Blood Red Roses and The Tears of Hercules

Stewart recorded vocals with Joe Walsh on the Frankie Miller album Frankie Miller's Double Take, which was released on 30 September 2016.[131][better source needed] He sang his cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as Sgt. Pepper for Beat Bugs episode 17b, which debuted 18 November 2016 on Netflix.[132] At the same, Stewart was quoted responding to John Lennon's 1980 assertion that Stewart's hit "The Killing of Georgie (Part 1 and 2)" plagiarised his song "Don't Let Me Down", declaring to The Guardian: "It does sound like it, [...] Nothing wrong with a good steal!".[133][134][135]

On 28 September 2018, Stewart released his 30th studio album, Blood Red Roses, on Republic Records.[136] He duets with Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler on the track "Battle of the Sexes" from her 2019 studio album, Between the Earth and the Stars.[137] Stewart collaborated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the release of You're in My Heart in November 2019. The album contains new versions of the hit songs "Maggie May", and "It Takes Two" with Robbie Williams.[138]

On 22 November 2019, Stewart released You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, produced by Trevor Horn. The album contains vocal tracks from UK number one hits "Sailing", "I Don't Want To Talk About It" and "The First Cut is the Deepest" with new arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,[139] as well as 1971 chart toppers in both the UK and US "Maggie May" and "Reasons to Believe". The release of You're In My Heart coincided with Stewart's biggest-ever UK stadium tour throughout November and December 2019, a continuation of his successful summer stadium tour. You're In My Heart also included "Stop Loving Her Today", a new song, as well as a new recording of 'It Takes Two' featuring Robbie Williams.[140] You're in My Heart topped the UK Albums Chart, staying in the #1 position for three weeks and making it his tenth Number 1 album.[141] Stewart released his 31st studio album The Tears of Hercules in November 2021.[142] Stewart is only the fifth British act in UK chart history with 10 or more number-one albums, and BPI Certified – Gold.[143][144]

In 2022, he revealed that he had refused to perform in Qatar the year before, despite an offer of "over $1m", citing the country's human rights record.[145]

Personal life

In May 2000, Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, for which he underwent surgery the same month. It had been previously reported he suffered from a benign vocal cord nodule.[146] Besides being a major health scare, the resulting surgery also threatened his voice, and he had to re-learn how to sing.[147] Since then he has been active in raising funds for The City of Hope Foundation charity to find cures for all forms of cancer, especially those affecting children.[146] In September 2019, Stewart revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, and has been given the all-clear after treatment.[148]

Before returning to the UK, Stewart played for his LA Exiles team made up of mostly English expatriates plus a few celebrities, including Billy Duffy of The Cult, in a senior soccer league in Palos Verdes, California.[149]

Despite his father having been a supporter of Hibernian,[150] Stewart is a supporter of Celtic, which he mentions in "You're in My Heart". He supports the Scotland national team and follows Manchester United as his English side, and he explains his love affair with both Celtic and Manchester United in Frank Worrall's book, Celtic United.[151] Stewart clarifies this more in his 2012 book (pp. 163–64), Rod: The Autobiography, mentioning he "only had an attachment to Manchester United in the 1970s, but that was because they had so many great Scottish players in the 1970s, including Denis Law ... When I did eventually click with a team, it was Celtic". He presented Celtic with the trophy after they won the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final.[152]

Stewart is a model railway enthusiast. His 23 ft × 124 ft (7.0 m × 37.8 m) HO scale layout in his Los Angeles home is modelled after the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads during the 1940s. Called the Three Rivers City, the layout was featured in the cover story of the December 2007, December 2010, February 2014, and June 2017 issues of Model Railroader magazine. In the 2007 article, Stewart said that it meant more to him to be in a model railroad magazine than a music magazine. The layout, which has a mainline run of 900 ft (270 m), uses code 70 flextrack and a Digital Command Control (DCC) system made by Digitrax.[153][154] Stewart has a second, smaller layout at his UK home, based on Britain's East Coast Main Line. In a sidebar[155] to the 2014 Model Railroader article, Stewart confirmed (in an anecdote about his having unwittingly mixed red scenery texturing material into a "turf" mix he used around the bases of buildings) that he is colour-blind.[156][157] In a 2019 interview with Railway Modeller magazine, he said the hobby is addictive for him; the singer has admitted to taking cocaine in the past.[158]

A car collector, Stewart owns one of the 400 Ferrari Enzos. In 1982, Stewart was car-jacked on Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard while he was parking his $50,000 Porsche.[159] The car subsequently was recovered. In March 2022, Stewart and others personally filled in some potholes on the country lane near his Essex residence, claiming an ambulance had burst a tyre and his Ferrari couldn't get through. Dominic Zaria, one of Stewart's neighbours, praised the singer's action and said the lane had "massive crack" and can be dangerous when it's dark and wet. In response, the county council cautioned that potholes should be reported and repaired by professionals, adding residents making their own repairs "could become liable for any problems or accidents."[160]

In September 2002, Stewart's son, Sean, was sentenced to three months in jail for attacking a man outside a restaurant in Los Angeles. Sean Stewart was also required to pay compensation and to attend anger management, drug and alcohol treatment courses.[161]

Rod Stewart was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for services to music. At his investiture in July 2007, at Buckingham Palace, Stewart commented: "It's a marvellous occasion. We're the only country in the world to honour the common man."[162] He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for "services to music and charity".[4]

Stewart was estimated to have a fortune of £215 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2021, making him the 12th wealthiest person in the British music industry.[163] He lives with his wife in the Grade II listed Durrington House, a £4.65 million property in Essex.[163]

During February 2023, it was announced that Stewart paid for a day's worth of MRI scans for patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in order to aid in reducing waiting lists.[164]

Relationships and family

Stewart has eight children, by five mothers:

Duration Partner Child(ren) Note
1963–1964 Susannah Boffey[165] Sarah Streeter
(born 6 November 1963) London[166]		 Daughter Sarah was raised by her adoptive parents, Gerald and Evelyn Thubron.[167]
1965–1967 Jennie Rylance
1971–1975 Dee Harrington
1975–1977 Britt Ekland Ekland stated in 1981 that she ended her relationship with Stewart because he was unfaithful.[168]
First marriage
1979–1984		 Alana Stewart Kimberly Alana Stewart (born 21 August 1979) On 21 August 2011, daughter Kimberly gave birth to her first child, a daughter, with actor Benicio Del Toro.[169][170]
Sean Roderick Stewart (born 1 September 1980)
1983–1990 Kelly Emberg Ruby Stewart
(born 17 June 1987)
Second marriage
1990–2006		 Rachel Hunter Renee Cecili Stewart[171][172]
(born 1 June 1992)		 Stewart and Hunter separated in 1999 and divorced in 2006. Son Liam played major junior ice hockey with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League, has played in the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Coventry Blaze and Guildford Flames, and plays professional hockey with the Milton Keynes Lightning of the United Kingdom's National League.[173][174]
Liam McAlister Stewart (born 5 September 1994)
Third marriage
2007–present		 Penny Lancaster-Stewart Alastair Wallace Stewart[175] (born 27 November 2005 in London) The couple began dating in 1999 and married in the cloistered medieval monastery La Cervara in Portofino on 16 June 2007 and honeymooned on board the yacht Lady Ann Magee moored in the Italian port of Portofino.[176]
Aiden Patrick Stewart[175] (born 16 February 2011)[177]

In reference to his divorces, Stewart was once quoted as saying, "Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."[178]

In January 2020, Stewart and his 39-year-old son, Sean, were arrested and Stewart was charged with alleged assault following an incident at a Florida hotel. He was due to appear in court on 5 February.[179] Stewart's defence lawyer Guy Fronstin, told Judge August Bonavita in October 2020 that he had been in contact with the prosecutors and the case is unlikely to reach the trial stage.[180] The case was resolved in 2021, with Stewart and son pleading guilty to simple battery in a plea agreement that included no jail time, no probation, and no fine.[181]

Awards and recognition

 
Stewart's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

List of bands

During his career, Rod Stewart has been a member of a number of groups including:

Discography

Main article: Rod Stewart discography

Studio albums

Tours

Residency show

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For many years it was said that Stewart had been born a half-hour after a German V-2 missile warhead fell on the local Highgate police station.[15] In his 2012 autobiography, Stewart said that was "just one of those legends, fables, and downright lies told in the name of publicity" and that the V-2 hit and his birth were separated by some weeks.[16] There was a deadly V-2 strike very near the southern end of the Archway Road on 5 November 1944,[17][18] some two miles from the Stewart domicile.
  2. ^ Over the years, considerable backstory has accumulated about Stewart's involvement with Brentford F.C. It was said that he joined on as an apprentice with them,[28][31][32] but disliked the early morning travel to West London and the daily assignment to clean the first team's boots. His playing effectiveness at centre-half was supposedly hindered by his slight build – 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) but only 9 stone (130 lb; 57 kg) (126 lbs.) – and he pushed himself so much that he occasionally vomited at the side of the pitch.[28] One biography claimed he was there for two months including pre-season fixtures, that he left the team to the great disappointment of his father, and that he later reflected, "I had the skill but not the enthusiasm."[28] Another biography gave an undated Stewart quote saying he was there for three weeks, paid £8 per seven-day week, but never played in any form.[22] In a 2004 Rolling Stone interview, Stewart said he went three or four times a week and did play.[25] In 1995, Brentford Deputy President Eric White was quoted as saying, "He trained with us for a week or two, and he may even have kicked a ball around with the juniors, but there is no record of Rod Stewart ever having signed to Brentford. Unfortunately, nobody at the club remembers his time here."[31] In his 2012 autobiography, Stewart attributes all of this to a tale that took on its own life, partly and deliberately helped by statements he made in interviews, such as to talk show host Michael Parkinson.[29]
  3. ^ For many years it was said that Stewart had been a gravedigger at Highgate, partly to face a childhood fear of death.[33] In his 2012 autobiography he said that was a tale he had gone along with, but that in fact he had only measured out plots with string during a couple of Saturdays.[34]
  4. ^ A much-written-about happenstance, some sources give the date of the Stewart–Baldry rail station meeting as 5 January,[31] some as 7 January (but that may be confusing it with the date of Cyril Davies' death), some imply that it is after 7 January,[53] while some sources give no specific date.
  5. ^ The demo recordings were later released in 1976, against Stewart's wishes.[57]
  6. ^ These later surfaced in 1971 as part of Gomelsky's Rock Generation releases on BYG Records; the poorly recorded material has been repackaged as Rod Stewart and Steampacket many times since.[62][64]

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stewart, roderick, stewart, redirects, here, politician, rory, stewart, roderick, david, stewart, born, january, 1945, british, rock, singer, songwriter, born, raised, london, scottish, english, ancestry, with, distinctive, raspy, singing, voice, stewart, amon. Roderick Stewart redirects here For the politician see Rory Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE born 10 January 1945 1 is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter Born and raised in London he is of Scottish and English ancestry With his distinctive raspy singing voice Stewart is among the best selling music artists of all time having sold over 250 million records worldwide 2 He has had 10 number one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK six of which reached number one 3 Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity 4 SirRod StewartCBEStewart performing in Saint Paul Minnesota in August 2014BornRoderick David Stewart 1945 01 10 10 January 1945 age 78 Highgate London EnglandOther namesRod the ModOccupationsSingersongwriterrecord producermusicianYears active1961 presentSpousesAlana Collins m 1979 div 1984 wbr Rachel Hunter m 1990 div 2006 wbr Penny Lancaster m 2007 wbr PartnersSusannah Boffey 1963 1964 Jennie Rylance 1965 1967 Dee Harrington 1971 1975 Britt Ekland 1975 1977 Kelly Emberg 1983 1990 Children8 including Kimberly Sean and RubyMusical careerGenresRock pop blue eyed soul blues rock folk rock soft rock discoLabelsMercury Warner Bros J Universal CapitolMember ofFacesFormerly ofThe Jeff Beck Group Shotgun Express SteampacketStewart s music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica In 1963 he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist In 1964 Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967 Joining Faces in 1969 he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year Stewart s early albums were a fusion of rock folk music soul music and R amp B 5 6 His third album 1971 s Every Picture Tells a Story was his breakthrough topping the charts in the UK US Canada and Australia as did its ballad Maggie May His 1972 follow up album Never a Dull Moment also reached number one in the UK and Australia while going top three in the US and Canada Its single You Wear It Well topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere After Stewart had a handful more UK top ten hits the Faces broke up in 1975 Stewart s next few hit singles were ballads with Sailing off the 1975 UK and Australian number one album Atlantic Crossing becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands number one Germany number four and other countries but barely charting in North America A Night on the Town 1976 his fifth straight chart topper in the UK began a three album run of going number one or top three in the US Canada the UK and Australia with each release That album s Tonight s the Night Gonna Be Alright spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada and made the top five in other countries Foot Loose amp Fancy Free 1977 contained the hit You re in My Heart The Final Acclaim as well as the rocker Hot Legs Blondes Have More Fun 1978 and its disco tinged Da Ya Think I m Sexy both went to number one in Canada Australia and the US with Da Ya Think I m Sexy also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries Stewart s albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s Stewart s music turned to a soft rock middle of the road style with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK Germany and Sweden but faring less well in the US The single Rhythm of My Heart was a top five hit in the UK US and other countries with its source album 1991 s Vagabond Heart becoming at number ten in the US and number two in the UK his highest charting album in a decade In 1993 he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad All for Love which went to number one in many countries In the early 2000s he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook In 2008 Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 All Time Top Artists 7 A Grammy and Brit Award recipient he was voted at No 33 in Q Magazine s list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time 8 As a solo artist Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces 9 10 Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 2 1 1961 1963 Early work and The Dimensions 2 2 1964 1967 Steampacket and Rod the Mod image 2 3 1967 1969 Jeff Beck Group period 2 4 1969 1975 Solo career established and Faces albums 2 5 1975 1988 Height of fame and critical reaction 2 6 1988 1994 Out of Order Tour Vagabond Heart and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2 7 1995 2001 New ventures and record labels 2 8 2002 2010 The Great American Songbook series and Soulbook 2 9 2011 2012 Christmas album and autobiography 2 10 2013 2015 Return to songwriting Time and Another Country 2 11 2016 present Continuing to record Blood Red Roses and The Tears of Hercules 3 Personal life 3 1 Relationships and family 4 Awards and recognition 5 List of bands 6 Discography 6 1 Studio albums 7 Tours 7 1 Residency show 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External linksEarly lifeRoderick David Stewart was born at 507 Archway Road Highgate North London on 10 January 1945 the youngest of five children of Robert Joseph Stewart 26 December 1904 11 1990 12 and Elsie Rebecca Gilbart 14 December 1905 11 1996 13 14 His father was Scottish and had been a master builder in Leith Edinburgh while Elsie was English and had grown up in Upper Holloway in North London Married in 1928 the couple had two sons and two daughters while living in Scotland and then they moved to Highgate Stewart was born at home during World War II eight years after his nearest sibling 13 15 nb 1 The family was neither affluent nor poor Stewart was spoiled as the youngest and has called his childhood fantastically happy 13 15 He had an undistinguished record at Highgate Primary School and failed the eleven plus exam 19 He then attended the William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School later Fortismere School Muswell Hill 20 When his father retired from the building trade he bought a newsagent s shop on the Archway Road and the family lived over the shop 13 15 Stewart s main hobby was railway modelling 21 The family was mostly focused on football 22 Stewart s father had played in a local amateur team and managed some teams as well and one of Stewart s earliest memories was of the pictures of Scottish players such as George Young and Gordon Smith that his brothers had on the wall 23 24 Stewart was the most talented footballer in the family and was a supporter of Arsenal F C at the time 23 25 Combining natural athleticism with near reckless aggression he became captain of the school football team and played for Middlesex Schoolboys as centre half 23 Grave of Rod Stewart s parents in Highgate Cemetery The family were also great fans of the singer Al Jolson and would sing and play his hits 22 26 Stewart collected his records and saw his films read books about him and was influenced by his performing style and attitude towards his audience 22 24 27 His introduction to rock and roll was hearing Little Richard s 1956 hit The Girl Can t Help It and seeing Bill Haley amp His Comets in concert 26 His father bought him a guitar in January 1959 the first song he learned was the folk tune It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song the first record he bought was Eddie Cochran s C mon Everybody 21 In 1960 he joined a skiffle group with school friends called the Kool Kats playing Lonnie Donegan and Chas McDevitt hits 21 27 Stewart left school at age 15 28 and worked briefly as a silk screen printer 27 Spurred on by his father his ambition was to become a professional footballer 25 28 In summer 1960 he went for trials at Brentford F C 29 a Third Division club at the time 30 Contrary to some longstanding accounts Stewart states in his 2012 autobiography that he was never signed to the club and that the club never called him back after his trials nb 2 In any case regarding possible career options Stewart concluded Well a musician s life is a lot easier and I can also get drunk and make music and I can t do that and play football I plumped for music They re the only two things I can do actually play football and sing 22 28 His parents are buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery on the main north south path opposite the grave of Malcolm McLaren Music career1961 1963 Early work and The Dimensions Stewart worked in the family shop and as a newspaper delivery boy 33 He then worked briefly as a labourer for Highgate Cemetery which became another part of his biographical lore nb 3 He worked in a North Finchley funeral parlour 33 and as a fence erector and sign writer 27 In 1961 he went to Denmark Street with The Raiders and got a singing audition with well known record producer Joe Meek but Meek stopped the session with a rude sound 35 Stewart began listening to British and American topical folk artists such as Ewan MacColl Alex Campbell Woody Guthrie Ramblin Jack Elliott and especially Derroll Adams and the debut album of Bob Dylan 35 36 Stewart became attracted to beatnik attitudes and left wing politics living for a while in a beatnik houseboat at Shoreham by Sea 35 He was an active supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at this time joining the annual Aldermaston Marches from 1961 to 1963 and being arrested on three occasions when he took part in sit ins at Trafalgar Square and Whitehall for the cause 27 35 He also used the marches as a way to meet and bed girls 35 37 In 1962 he had his first serious relationship with London art student Suzannah Boffey a friend of future model and actress Chrissie Shrimpton he moved to a bed sit in Muswell Hill to be near her 38 She became pregnant but neither Rod nor his family wanted him to enter marriage the baby girl was given up for adoption and Rod and Suzannah s relationship ended 38 In 1962 Stewart began hanging around folk singer Wizz Jones busking at Leicester Square and other London spots 39 Stewart took up playing the then fashionable harmonica 40 On several trips over the next 18 months Jones and Stewart took their act to Brighton and then to Paris sleeping under bridges over the River Seine and then finally to Barcelona 39 Eventually this resulted in Stewart being rounded up and deported from Spain for vagrancy in 1963 32 39 41 At this time Stewart who had been at William Grimshaw School with three of their members was briefly considered as singer for the embryonic Kinks 19 36 42 43 44 In 1963 Stewart adopted the Mod lifestyle and look and began fashioning the spiky rooster hairstyle that would become his trademark 45 It was made possible with sugar water or large amounts of his sisters hair lacquer backcombing and his hands holding it in place to protect it from the winds of the Highgate Underground station 45 46 47 Disillusioned by rock and roll he saw Otis Redding perform in concert and began listening to Sam Cooke records he became fascinated by rhythm and blues and soul music 45 After returning to London Stewart joined a rhythm and blues group the Dimensions in October 1963 as a harmonica player and part time vocalist 31 48 It was his first professional job as a musician although Stewart was still living at home and working in his brother s painting and picture frame shop 49 50 A somewhat more established singer from Birmingham Jimmy Powell then hired the group a few weeks later and it became known as Jimmy Powell amp the Five Dimensions with Stewart being relegated to harmonica player 31 48 The group performed weekly at the famed Studio 51 club on Great Newport Street in London where The Rolling Stones often headlined 48 this was Stewart s entree into the thriving London R amp B scene 51 and his harmonica playing improved in part from watching Mick Jagger on stage 40 Relations soon broke down between Powell and Stewart over roles within the group 49 and Stewart departed Contrary to popular legend during this time Stewart likely did not play harmonica on Millie Small s 1964 hit My Boy Lollipop That was probably Peter Hogman of the Dimensions although Powell has also claimed credit 31 52 Powell did record and release a single during this period though Stewart did not appear on it 48 1964 1967 Steampacket and Rod the Mod image In January 1964 nb 4 while Stewart was waiting at Twickenham railway station after having seen Long John Baldry and the All Stars at Eel Pie Island 31 52 54 Baldry heard him playing Smokestack Lightnin on his harmonica and invited him to sit in with the group when Baldry discovered Stewart was a singer as well he offered him a job for 35 a week after securing the approval of Stewart s mother 52 Quitting his day job at the age of nineteen Stewart gradually overcame his shyness and nerves and became a visible enough part of the act that he was sometimes added to the billing as Rod the Mod Stewart 40 52 53 the nickname coming from his dandyish style of grooming and dress 36 Baldry touted Stewart s abilities to Melody Maker magazine and the group enjoyed a weekly residence at London s fabled Marquee Club 53 In June 1964 Stewart made his recording debut without label credit on Up Above My Head the B side to a Baldry and Hoochie Coochie Men single 55 While still with Baldry Stewart embarked on a simultaneous solo career 56 He made some demo recordings nb 5 was scouted by Decca Records at the Marquee Club and signed to a solo contract in August 1964 57 He appeared on several regional television shows around the country and recorded his first single in September 1964 56 57 Turning down Decca s recommended material as too commercial Stewart insisted that the experienced session musicians he was given including John Paul Jones learn a couple of Sonny Boy Williamson songs he had just heard 58 The resulting single Good Morning Little Schoolgirl was recorded and released in October 1964 despite Stewart performing it on the popular television show Ready Steady Go it failed to enter the charts Also in October Stewart left the Hoochie Coochie Men after having a row with Baldry 57 Stewart played some dates on his own in late 1964 and early 1965 sometimes backed by the Southampton R amp B outfit The Soul Agents 59 The Hoochie Coochie Men broke up Baldry and Stewart patched up their differences and indeed became lifelong friends 60 and legendary impresario Giorgio Gomelsky put together Steampacket which featured Baldry Stewart Brian Auger Julie Driscoll Micky Waller Vic Briggs and Ricky Fenson their first appearance was in support of The Rolling Stones in July 1965 61 The group was conceived as a white soul revue analogous to the Ike amp Tina Turner Revue with multiple vocalists and styles ranging from jazz to R amp B to blues 62 Steampacket toured with the Stones and The Walker Brothers that summer ending in the London Palladium 62 seeing the audience react to the Stones gave Stewart his first exposure to crowd hysteria 63 Stewart who had been included in the group upon Baldry s insistence ended up with most of the male vocal parts 62 Steampacket was unable to enter the studio to record any material because its members all belonged to different labels and managers 62 64 although Gomelsky did record one of their Marquee Club rehearsals nb 6 Stewart s Rod the Mod image gained wider visibility in November 1965 when he was the subject of a 30 minute Rediffusion London television documentary titled An Easter with Rod that portrayed the Mod scene 32 65 His parallel solo career attempts continued on EMI s Columbia label with the November 1965 release of The Day Will Come a more heavily arranged pop attempt and the April 1966 release of his take on Sam Cooke s Shake with the Brian Auger Trinity 65 Both failed commercially and neither gained positive notices 66 Stewart had spent the better part of two years listening mostly to Cooke he later said I didn t sound like anybody at all but I knew I sounded a bit like Sam Cooke so I listened to Sam Cooke 50 This recording solidified that singer s position as Stewart s idol and most enduring influence he called it a crossing of the water 36 50 62 Stewart left Steampacket in March 1966 65 with Stewart saying he had been sacked and Auger saying he had quit 62 Stewart then joined a somewhat similar outfit Shotgun Express in May 1966 as co lead vocalist with Beryl Marsden 62 65 The other members included Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green who would go on to form Fleetwood Mac and Peter Bardens 65 Shotgun Express released one unsuccessful single in October 1966 the orchestra heavy I Could Feel The Whole World Turn Round before disbanding 62 65 Stewart later disparaged Shotgun Express as a poor imitation of Steampacket and said I was still getting this terrible feeling of doing other people s music I think you can only start finding yourself when you write your own material 65 By now Stewart had bounced around without achieving much success with little to distinguish himself among other aspiring London singers other than the emerging rasp in his voice 51 1967 1969 Jeff Beck Group period Guitarist Jeff Beck recruited Stewart for his new post Yardbirds venture 67 and in February 1967 Stewart joined the Jeff Beck Group as vocalist and sometime songwriter 68 This would become the big break of his early career 36 There he first played with Ronnie Wood 62 whom he had first met in a London pub in 1964 57 the two soon became fast friends 67 During its first year the group experienced frequent changes of drummers and conflicts involving manager Mickie Most wanting to reduce Stewart s role They toured the UK and released a couple of singles that featured Stewart on their B sides 68 69 Stewart s sputtering solo career also continued with the March 1968 release of non hit Little Miss Understood on Immediate Records 68 The Jeff Beck Group toured Western Europe in spring 1968 recorded and were nearly destitute Then assistant manager Peter Grant booked them on a six week tour of the United States starting in June 1968 with the Fillmore East in New York 68 70 71 Stewart on his first trip to America suffered terrible stage fright during the opening show and hid behind the amplifier banks while singing Only a quick shot of brandy brought him out front 68 Nevertheless the show and the tour were a big success 36 71 with Robert Shelton of The New York Times calling the group exciting and praising the interaction of Mr Beck s wild and visionary guitar against the hoarse and insistent shouting of Rod Stewart 70 and New Musical Express reporting that the group was receiving standing ovations and pulling receipts equal to those of Jimi Hendrix and The Doors 68 In August 1968 their first album Truth was released and by October it had risen to number 15 on the US albums chart but failed to chart in the UK 68 The album featured Beck s masterly guitar technique and manipulated sounds as Stewart s dramatic vocalising tackled the group s varied repertoire of blues folk rock and proto heavy metal 51 69 72 Stewart also co wrote three of the songs 72 and credited the record for helping to develop his vocal abilities and the sandpaper quality in his voice 50 The group toured America again at the end of the year to a strong reception then suffered from more personnel upheaval 68 73 something that would continue throughout Beck s career In July 1969 Stewart left following his friend Wood s departure 50 74 Stewart later recalled It was a great band to sing with but I couldn t take all the aggravation and unfriendliness that developed In the two and a half years I was with Beck I never once looked him in the eye I always looked at his shirt or something like that 68 The group s second album Beck Ola was released in June 1969 in the US and in September 1969 in the UK bracketing the time the group was dissolving it also made number 15 in the US albums chart and reached number 39 in the UK albums chart 36 74 75 During his time with the group Stewart initially felt overmatched by Beck s presence and his style was still developing but later Stewart felt the two developed a strong musical if not personal rapport 68 76 Much of Stewart s sense of phrasing was developed during his time with the Jeff Beck Group 50 Beck sought to form a new supergroup with Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert of the similarly just breaking up Vanilla Fudge joining him and Stewart but Stewart had other plans 77 1969 1975 Solo career established and Faces albums Mercury Records A amp R man Lou Reizner had seen Stewart perform with Beck and on 8 October 1968 signed him to a solo contract 68 but contractual complexities delayed Stewart s recording for him until July 1969 74 78 Meanwhile in May 1969 guitarist and singer Steve Marriott left English band The Small Faces 74 Ron Wood replaced him as guitarist in June and on 18 October 1969 Stewart followed his friend and became the band s new singer 74 The two joined existing members Ronnie Lane Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones who soon decided to call the new line up Faces 79 An Old Raincoat Won t Ever Let You Down became Stewart s first solo album in 1969 it was known as The Rod Stewart Album in the US It established the template for his solo sound a heartfelt mixture of folk rock and country blues inclusive of a British working class sensibility with both original material Cindy s Lament and the title song and cover versions Ewan MacColl s Dirty Old Town and Mike d Abo s Handbags and Gladrags The backing band on the album included Wood Waller and McLagan plus Keith Emerson and guitarists Martin Pugh of Steamhammer and later Armageddon and 7th Order and Martin Quittenton also from Steamhammer 80 Stewart in a trade advert for his 1971 album Every Picture Tells A Story Faces released their debut album First Step in early 1970 with a rock and roll style similar to the Rolling Stones While the album did better in the UK than in the US the Faces quickly earned a strong live following Stewart released his second album Gasoline Alley that autumn Stewart s approach was similar to his first album and mandolin was introduced into the sound He then launched a US tour with the Faces Stewart sang guest vocals for the Australian group Python Lee Jackson on In a Broken Dream recorded in April 1969 but not released until 1970 His payment was a set of seat covers for his car It was re released in 1972 to become a worldwide hit Stewart s 1971 solo album Every Picture Tells a Story made him a household name when the B side of his minor hit Reason to Believe Maggie May co written with Martin Quittenton started to receive radio play The album and the single occupied the number one chart position simultaneously in the UK US Canada and Australia a chart first in September 81 Maggie May topped the single chart for five weeks in the US and the UK and four weeks in Australia Set off by a striking mandolin part by Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne Maggie May was also named in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll The rest of the album was equally strong with Mandolin Wind again showcasing that instrument I Know I m Losing You adding hard edged soul to the mix and Tomorrow Is a Long Time a cover of a Bob Dylan song But the ultimate manifestation of the early Stewart solo style was the Stewart Wood penned Every Picture Tells a Story itself powered by Mick Waller s drumming Pete Sears s piano and Wood s guitar work in a largely acoustic arrangement it is a song relating to the picaresque adventures of the singer citation needed The second Faces album Long Player was released in early 1971 and enjoyed greater chart success than First Step Faces also got their only US Top 40 hit with Stay With Me from their third album A Nod Is as Good as a Wink To a Blind Horse released in late 1971 82 This album reached the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic on the back of the success of Every Picture Tells A Story 82 83 Steve Jones from The Sex Pistols regarded the Faces highly and named them as a main influence on the British punk rock movement 84 The Faces toured extensively in 1972 with growing tension in the band over Stewart s solo career enjoying more success than the band s Stewart released Never a Dull Moment in the same year Repeating the Every Picture formula for the most part it reached number two on the US album charts and number one in the UK 85 and enjoyed further good notices from reviewers You Wear It Well was a hit single that reached number 13 in the US and went to number one in the UK while Twisting the Night Away made explicit Stewart s debt to Sam Cooke For the body of his early solo work Stewart earned tremendous critical praise Rolling Stone s 1980 Illustrated History of Rock amp Roll includes this in its Stewart entry 51 Rarely has a singer had as full and unique a talent as Rod Stewart rarely has anyone betrayed his talent so completely Once the most compassionate presence in music he has become a bilious self parody and sells more records than ever A writer who offered profound lyricism and fabulous self deprecating humour teller of tall tales and honest heartbreaker he had an unmatched eye for the tiny details around which lives turn shatter and reform and a voice to make those details indelible His solo albums were defined by two special qualities warmth which was redemptive and modesty which was liberating If ever any rocker chose the role of everyman and lived up to it it was Rod Stewart Stewart right whilst in Faces with Ronnie Wood left The Faces released their final album Ooh La La which reached number one in the UK and number 21 in the US in 1973 82 83 During the recording of the album the rift between Stewart and the rest of the Faces grew further as according to Ian McLagan Stewart did not participate until two weeks into the sessions and then complained that some songs were in the wrong key for him So we recorded them again and waited a week for him to come back We cut the track for Ooh La La three times before he eventually passed on it leaving it for Woody to sing The week the album came out he did all he could to scuttle it and told anyone who would listen how useless it was 86 The band toured Australasia Japan Europe and the UK in 1974 87 to support the album and the single Pool Hall Richard In late 1974 Stewart released his Smiler album In Britain it reached number one and the single Farewell number seven but only number 13 on the Billboard pop album charts and the single Mine for Me only number 91 on the Billboard pop singles charts It was his last original album for Mercury Records After the release of the double album compilation The Best of Rod Stewart he switched to Warner Bros Records and remained with them throughout the vast majority of his career Faces were signed to Warner Bros and Stewart s solo releases in the UK appeared on the Riva label until 1981 In 1975 Faces toured the US twice with Ronnie Wood joining The Rolling Stones US tour in between 87 With Ronnie Wood having released his second solo album in 1975 and also having joined the Rolling Stones first as a temporary replacement for the departing Mick Taylor and later as a permanent member as well as Stewart s own burgeoning solo career it became impossible to maintain the Faces as a viable band so the Faces broke up at the end of the year 88 1975 1988 Height of fame and critical reaction On stage in Dublin 1981 In 1975 Stewart moved to Los Angeles He released the Atlantic Crossing album for his new record company using producer Tom Dowd and a different sound based on the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section Atlantic Crossing marked both a return to form and a return to the Top 10 of the Billboard album charts The first single a cover of the Sutherland Brothers song Sailing was a number one hit in the UK charted high in other European countries and in Australia but only reached the Top 60 of the US and Canadian charts The single returned to the UK Top 10 a year later when used as the theme music for a BBC documentary series about HMS Ark Royal Having been a hit twice over Sailing became and remains Stewart s biggest selling single in the UK His Holland Dozier Holland cover This Old Heart of Mine was also a Top 100 hit in 1976 82 In 1976 Stewart covered The Beatles song Get Back for the musical documentary All This and World War II 89 Later in 1976 Stewart topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and the Australian ARIA chart with the ballad Tonight s the Night with an accompanying music video featuring actress Britt Ekland 82 It came from the A Night on the Town album which went to number two on the Billboard album charts and was Stewart s first album to go platinum By explicitly marking the album as having a fast side and a slow side Stewart continued the trend started by Atlantic Crossing The First Cut Is the Deepest a cover of a Cat Stevens song went number one in the UK in 1977 and top 30 in the US 82 85 The Killing of Georgie Part 1 and 2 about the murder of a gay man was also a Top 40 hit for Stewart during 1977 82 Foot Loose amp Fancy Free 1977 featured Stewart s own band the original Rod Stewart Group that featured Carmine Appice Phil Chen Jim Cregan Billy Peek Gary Grainger and John Jarvis It continued Stewart s run of chart success reaching number two You re in My Heart was the hit single reaching number four in the US 82 Hot Legs achieved a lot of radio airplay as did the confessional I Was Only Joking In appearance Stewart s look had evolved to include a glam element including make up and spandex clothes Stewart scored another UK number one and US number one single with Da Ya Think I m Sexy which was a crossover hit reaching number five on the Billboard black charts due to its disco sound 82 This was the lead single from 1978 s Blondes Have More Fun which went to number one on the Billboard album charts and sold three million albums 90 A focal point of criticisms about this period was his biggest selling 1978 disco hit Da Ya Think I m Sexy which was atypical of his earlier output and disparaged by critics 91 In interviews Stewart while admitting his accompanying look had become tarty has defended the lyrics by pointing out that the song is a third person narrative slice of life portrayal not unlike those in his earlier work and that it is not about him The song s refrain was identical to Brazilian Jorge Ben Jor s earlier Taj Mahal and a lawsuit ensued Stewart donated his royalties from Da Ya Think I m Sexy to UNICEF and he performed it with his band at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in 1979 citation needed Stewart moved to a more new wave direction in 1980 by releasing the album Foolish Behaviour The album produced one hit single Passion which reached No 5 on the US Billboard Charts In August 1981 MTV was launched in the US with several of Stewart s videos in heavy rotation Later in 1981 Stewart added further elements of new wave and synthpop to his sound for the Tonight I m Yours album The title song reached No 20 in the US while Young Turks reached the Top 5 with the album going platinum 82 On 18 December 1981 Stewart played the Los Angeles Forum along with Kim Carnes and Tina Turner in a concert broadcast worldwide via satellite 92 Stewart performing in Paris 1986 Stewart was criticised by the anti apartheid movement for breaking a widely observed cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa by performing at the Sun City resort complex in Bophuthatswana as part of his Body Wishes 1983 and Camouflage 1984 tours 93 Stewart had four US Top 10 singles between 1982 and 1988 Young Turks No 5 carrying over from 1981 into 1982 Some Guys Have All the Luck No 10 1984 Infatuation No 6 1984 and Love Touch No 6 1986 a Holly Knight Mike Chapman collaboration Baby Jane reached No 14 in 1983 but went to No 1 in the UK his final chart topping single there to date 82 The corresponding Camouflage album went gold in the UK and the single Infatuation which featured his old friend Jeff Beck on the guitar received considerable play on MTV The second single Some Guys Have All The Luck reached No 15 in the UK and No 10 in the US 82 A reunion with Jeff Beck produced a successful take on Curtis Mayfield s People Get Ready but an attempt to tour together fell apart after a few dates In the UK Every Beat of My Heart reached number two in 1986 In January 1985 Stewart performed to a large audience at the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro 94 1988 1994 Out of Order Tour Vagabond Heart and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In 1988 Stewart returned with Out of Order produced by Duran Duran s Andy Taylor and by Bernard Edwards of Chic Lost in You Forever Young Crazy About Her and My Heart Can t Tell You No from that album were all top 15 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and mainstream rock charts with the latter even reaching the Top Five Forever Young was an unconscious revision of Bob Dylan s song of the same name the artists reached an agreement about sharing royalties The song reached No 12 in the US 82 In September 1988 Stewart performed Forever Young at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and in 1989 he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song 95 In January 1989 Stewart set out on the South American leg of the Out of Order Tour playing to sell out audiences throughout Americas There were 80 000 people at his show at Corregidora Stadium Queretaro Mexico 9 April and 50 000 at Jalisco Stadium Guadalajara Jalisco 12 April In Buenos Aires the audience at the River Plate Stadium which seats 70 000 was at over 90 000 with several thousand outside the stadium Firehoses were sprayed on the crowd to avoid heat prostration Stewart s version of the Tom Waits song Downtown Train went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990 82 This song was taken from a four CD compilation set called Storyteller The Complete Anthology 1964 1990 Released in 1991 the Vagabond Heart album continued Stewart s renewal and inspiration 96 The lead single It Takes Two with Tina Turner was released in 1990 in advance of the full album s release and reached number five on the UK charts but did not chart in the US The follow up songs from Vagabond Heart both reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991 with Rhythm of My Heart peaking at No 5 and The Motown Song peaking at No 10 82 Concert ticket 1993 At the 1993 Brit Awards in London Stewart picked up the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Music 97 Stewart brought back the Faces on stage for an impromptu reunion 97 In 1993 Stewart recorded All For Love with Sting and Bryan Adams for the soundtrack to the movie The Three Musketeers the single reached number one in the US and number two in the UK 83 Also in 1993 he reunited with Ronnie Wood to record an MTV Unplugged special that included Handbags and Gladrags Cut Across Shorty and four selections from Every Picture Tells a Story The show featured an acoustic version of Van Morrison s Have I Told You Lately which topped the Billboard adult contemporary chart and No 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 82 A rendition of Reason to Believe also garnered considerable airplay The resulting Unplugged and Seated album reached number two on the Billboard 200 album charts 82 Stewart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 presented by Jeff Beck 85 On 31 December 1994 Stewart played in front of 3 5 million people on Copacabana beach in Rio and made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for staging the largest free rock concert attendance in history 1995 2001 New ventures and record labels Stewart in Paris 1995 By the early 1990s Stewart had mostly abandoned creating his own material saying that he was not a natural songwriter and that the tepid response to his recent efforts was not rewarding 98 In 1995 Stewart released A Spanner in the Works containing a single written by Tom Petty Leave Virginia Alone which reached the Top 10 of the adult contemporary charts The latter half of the 1990s was not as commercially successful though the 1996 album If We Fall in Love Tonight reached number 8 in the UK and went gold and hit No 19 on the Billboard album chart 82 When We Were the New Boys his final album on the Warner Bros label released in 1998 contained versions of songs by Britpop acts such as Oasis and Primal Scream and reached number two on the UK album charts That same year he recorded the song Faith of the Heart written by Diane Warren for the film Patch Adams In 2000 Stewart left Warner Bros and moved to Atlantic Records another division of Warner Music Group citation needed In 2001 he released Human The single I Can t Deny It went Top 40 in the UK and Top 20 in the adult contemporary Stewart then signed to Clive Davis new J Records label The Story So Far The Very Best of Rod Stewart a greatest hits album compiled from his time at Warner Bros is certified four times platinum in the UK with over 1 2 million copies sold and reached number one in 2001 in Belgium and France 99 2002 2010 The Great American Songbook series and Soulbook In June 2002 Stewart performed Handbags and Gladrags at the Party at the Palace held at Buckingham Palace Garden a concert which celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and featured stars from five decades of music 100 By 2002 Stewart had sold over 100 million records during his career 101 While growing up he heard in his home classic songs written by songwriters such as Cole Porter Gus Kahn and George and Ira Gershwin Stewart joined others who had recorded the classic songs 102 He concentrated on singing 1930s and 1940s pop standards from the Great American Songbook with great popular success These albums have been released on Clive Davis s J Records label and have seen Stewart enjoy album sales equal to the 1970s The first album from the songbook series It Had to Be You the Great American Songbook reached number four on the US album chart number eight in the UK and number ten in Canada when released in late 2002 The track These Foolish Things which is actually a British not American song reached number 13 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and They Can t Take That Away From Me went Top 20 103 The second series album As Time Goes By the Great American Songbook 2 reached number two in the US number four in the UK and number one in Canada Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered a duet with Cher went Top 20 on the US adult contemporary charts Time After Time was another Top 30 track on the US adult contemporary charts 103 A musical called Tonight s The Night featuring many of Stewart s songs opened 7 November 2003 at London s Victoria Palace Theatre It is written and directed by Ben Elton who previously created a similar production We Will Rock You with music by Queen 104 The musical tells about a Faustian pact between Detroit gas station mechanic Stu Clutterbuck and Satan 105 In 2004 Stewart reunited with Ronnie Wood for concerts of Faces material A Rod Stewart and the Faces best of album Changing Faces reached the Top 20 of the UK album charts Five Guys Walk into a Bar a Faces box set compilation was released In late 2004 Stardust the Great American Songbook 3 the third album in Stewart s songbook series was released It was his first US number one album in 25 years selling over 200 000 albums in its first week It also debuted at number one in Canada number three in the UK and Top 10 in Australia His version of Louis Armstrong s What a Wonderful World featuring Stevie Wonder made the Top 20 of the world adult charts He also recorded a duet with Dolly Parton for the album Baby It s Cold Outside Stewart won his first ever Grammy Award for this album 106 2005 saw the release of the fourth songbook album Thanks for the Memory The Great American Songbook 4 it included duets with Diana Ross and Elton John Within weeks of its release the CD made it to number two on the Top 200 list In late 2006 Stewart made his return to rock music and his new approach to country music with the release of Still the Same Great Rock Classics of Our Time a new album featuring rock and southern rock milestones from the last four decades including a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival s Have You Ever Seen the Rain which was released as the first single The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with 184 000 copies in its first week The number one debut was helped by a concert in New York City that was on MSN Music and an appearance on Dancing with the Stars He performed tracks from his new album live from the Nokia Theater on 9 October Control Room broadcast the event Live on MSN and in 117 cinemas across the country via National CineMedia In November 2006 Stewart was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame 107 Performing in Zaragoza Spain November 2006 On 1 July 2007 Stewart performed at the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium London an event which celebrated the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death 108 109 He performed Sailing Baby Jane and Maggie May 110 On 12 December he performed for the first time at the Royal Variety Performance at the London Coliseum in front of HRH Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall singing another Cat Stevens number Father and Son and Bonnie Tyler s song It s a Heartache On 22 December 2006 Stewart hosted the 8th Annual A Home for the Holidays special on CBS at 8 00 pm PST On 20 May 2009 Stewart performed Maggie May on the grand finale of American Idol season 8 On 2 July 2009 Stewart performed his only UK date that year at Home Park Plymouth On 29 September 2009 a 4 CD 65 track compilation entitled Rod Stewart Sessions 1971 1998 was released it is composed of previously unreleased tracks and outtakes from the bulk of his career Stewart has also mentioned plans for a compilation of covers of soul classics the possible release of another edition of the Great American Songbook album and a country covers album 111 On 17 October 2009 Stewart released the studio album Soulbook which was composed of covers of soul and Motown songs On 14 November 2009 Stewart recorded a TV program in the UK for ITV that was screened on 5 December 2009 The music in the programme featured tracks from his new album and some old favourites On 14 January 2010 Rhino records released Stewart s Once in a Blue Moon a lost album originally recorded in 1992 featuring ten cover songs including the Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday Bob Dylan s The Groom s Still Waiting at the Altar and Stevie Nicks Stand Back as well as Tom Waits Tom Traubert s Blues On 19 October 2010 Stewart released another edition of his Great American Songbook series titled Fly Me to the Moon The Great American Songbook Volume V on J Records 2011 2012 Christmas album and autobiography In 2011 Stewart performed with Stevie Nicks on their Heart amp Soul Tour Starting on 20 March in Fort Lauderdale Florida the tour visited arena concerts in North America with performances in New York Toronto Los Angeles Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Tampa and Montreal among others 112 Stewart headlined the Sunday show at the 2011 Hard Rock Calling Festival on 26 June in London s Hyde Park 113 Stewart signed on to a two year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas commencing on 24 August 114 115 Performing his greatest hits the residency also saw him perform selected tracks from his upcoming untitled blues album 115 On 7 June 2012 Stewart signed a recording agreement with Universal Music Group 116 Stewart released his first Christmas album titled Merry Christmas Baby on the Verve Music Group label a division of Universal Music Group on 30 October 2012 The album was produced by David Foster and contained several duets as well as an original song written by Stewart Foster and Amy Foster called Red Suited Super Man 117 According to IFPI Merry Christmas Baby was the seventh best selling album worldwide in 2012 118 In October 2012 Stewart s autobiography titled Rod The Autobiography was released exact dates vary worldwide 119 In November 2012 Stewart performed Auld Lang Syne from his Christmas album and his hit Sailing at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II 120 Later that month Stewart again performed at the Royal Albert Hall in front of the Queen during the 100th Royal Variety Performance singing When You Wish upon a Star 121 On 26 November Stewart s recording of Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow reached the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart Stewart had the number one song on this chart three times previously the last being in 1993 with Have I Told You Lately giving him the second largest hiatus between number ones in the history of the chart 122 The song remained in the No 1 spot for five weeks tying it for the longest leading holiday title in the chart s 51 year history 123 On 10 December 2012 Stewart was a guest singer on Michael Buble s television Home for the Holidays Christmas special 124 Stewart was the tenth best selling artist in Canada in the year 2012 according to year end sales data from Nielsen Soundscan Canada 125 In February 2013 Stewart was nominated for a Canadian Juno Award in the International Album of the Year category for his album Merry Christmas Baby 126 2013 2015 Return to songwriting Time and Another Country Performing in Hamburg in September 2013 In May 2013 Stewart released Time a rock album of his own original material It marked a return to songwriting after what Stewart termed a dark period of twenty years he said that writing his autobiography gave him the impetus to write music again 44 The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart topping albums by an artist 127 Stewart s last No 1 on the chart had been Greatest Hits Volume 1 in 1979 and his last studio album to top the chart was 1976 s A Night on the Town 128 In September 2013 Stewart presented his friend Elton John with the first Brits Icon award in a special show at the London Palladium recognising John s lasting impact on UK culture Stewart quipped that John was the second best rock singer ever before the two performed a duet on stage 129 A new studio album Another Country was released on 23 October 2015 The video for the first single Love Is is available on his Vevo account 130 2016 present Continuing to record Blood Red Roses and The Tears of Hercules Stewart recorded vocals with Joe Walsh on the Frankie Miller album Frankie Miller s Double Take which was released on 30 September 2016 131 better source needed He sang his cover of the Beatles Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band as Sgt Pepper for Beat Bugs episode 17b which debuted 18 November 2016 on Netflix 132 At the same Stewart was quoted responding to John Lennon s 1980 assertion that Stewart s hit The Killing of Georgie Part 1 and 2 plagiarised his song Don t Let Me Down declaring to The Guardian It does sound like it Nothing wrong with a good steal 133 134 135 On 28 September 2018 Stewart released his 30th studio album Blood Red Roses on Republic Records 136 He duets with Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler on the track Battle of the Sexes from her 2019 studio album Between the Earth and the Stars 137 Stewart collaborated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the release of You re in My Heart in November 2019 The album contains new versions of the hit songs Maggie May and It Takes Two with Robbie Williams 138 On 22 November 2019 Stewart released You re in My Heart Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra produced by Trevor Horn The album contains vocal tracks from UK number one hits Sailing I Don t Want To Talk About It and The First Cut is the Deepest with new arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 139 as well as 1971 chart toppers in both the UK and US Maggie May and Reasons to Believe The release of You re In My Heart coincided with Stewart s biggest ever UK stadium tour throughout November and December 2019 a continuation of his successful summer stadium tour You re In My Heart also included Stop Loving Her Today a new song as well as a new recording of It Takes Two featuring Robbie Williams 140 You re in My Heart topped the UK Albums Chart staying in the 1 position for three weeks and making it his tenth Number 1 album 141 Stewart released his 31st studio album The Tears of Hercules in November 2021 142 Stewart is only the fifth British act in UK chart history with 10 or more number one albums and BPI Certified Gold 143 144 In 2022 he revealed that he had refused to perform in Qatar the year before despite an offer of over 1m citing the country s human rights record 145 Personal lifeIn May 2000 Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer for which he underwent surgery the same month It had been previously reported he suffered from a benign vocal cord nodule 146 Besides being a major health scare the resulting surgery also threatened his voice and he had to re learn how to sing 147 Since then he has been active in raising funds for The City of Hope Foundation charity to find cures for all forms of cancer especially those affecting children 146 In September 2019 Stewart revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and has been given the all clear after treatment 148 Before returning to the UK Stewart played for his LA Exiles team made up of mostly English expatriates plus a few celebrities including Billy Duffy of The Cult in a senior soccer league in Palos Verdes California 149 Despite his father having been a supporter of Hibernian 150 Stewart is a supporter of Celtic which he mentions in You re in My Heart He supports the Scotland national team and follows Manchester United as his English side and he explains his love affair with both Celtic and Manchester United in Frank Worrall s book Celtic United 151 Stewart clarifies this more in his 2012 book pp 163 64 Rod The Autobiography mentioning he only had an attachment to Manchester United in the 1970s but that was because they had so many great Scottish players in the 1970s including Denis Law When I did eventually click with a team it was Celtic He presented Celtic with the trophy after they won the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final 152 Stewart is a model railway enthusiast His 23 ft 124 ft 7 0 m 37 8 m HO scale layout in his Los Angeles home is modelled after the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads during the 1940s Called the Three Rivers City the layout was featured in the cover story of the December 2007 December 2010 February 2014 and June 2017 issues of Model Railroader magazine In the 2007 article Stewart said that it meant more to him to be in a model railroad magazine than a music magazine The layout which has a mainline run of 900 ft 270 m uses code 70 flextrack and a Digital Command Control DCC system made by Digitrax 153 154 Stewart has a second smaller layout at his UK home based on Britain s East Coast Main Line In a sidebar 155 to the 2014 Model Railroader article Stewart confirmed in an anecdote about his having unwittingly mixed red scenery texturing material into a turf mix he used around the bases of buildings that he is colour blind 156 157 In a 2019 interview with Railway Modeller magazine he said the hobby is addictive for him the singer has admitted to taking cocaine in the past 158 A car collector Stewart owns one of the 400 Ferrari Enzos In 1982 Stewart was car jacked on Los Angeles Sunset Boulevard while he was parking his 50 000 Porsche 159 The car subsequently was recovered In March 2022 Stewart and others personally filled in some potholes on the country lane near his Essex residence claiming an ambulance had burst a tyre and his Ferrari couldn t get through Dominic Zaria one of Stewart s neighbours praised the singer s action and said the lane had massive crack and can be dangerous when it s dark and wet In response the county council cautioned that potholes should be reported and repaired by professionals adding residents making their own repairs could become liable for any problems or accidents 160 In September 2002 Stewart s son Sean was sentenced to three months in jail for attacking a man outside a restaurant in Los Angeles Sean Stewart was also required to pay compensation and to attend anger management drug and alcohol treatment courses 161 Rod Stewart was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours for services to music At his investiture in July 2007 at Buckingham Palace Stewart commented It s a marvellous occasion We re the only country in the world to honour the common man 162 He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity 4 Stewart was estimated to have a fortune of 215 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2021 making him the 12th wealthiest person in the British music industry 163 He lives with his wife in the Grade II listed Durrington House a 4 65 million property in Essex 163 During February 2023 it was announced that Stewart paid for a day s worth of MRI scans for patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in order to aid in reducing waiting lists 164 Relationships and family Stewart has eight children by five mothers Duration Partner Child ren Note1963 1964 Susannah Boffey 165 Sarah Streeter born 6 November 1963 London 166 Daughter Sarah was raised by her adoptive parents Gerald and Evelyn Thubron 167 1965 1967 Jennie Rylance1971 1975 Dee Harrington1975 1977 Britt Ekland Ekland stated in 1981 that she ended her relationship with Stewart because he was unfaithful 168 First marriage1979 1984 Alana Stewart Kimberly Alana Stewart born 21 August 1979 On 21 August 2011 daughter Kimberly gave birth to her first child a daughter with actor Benicio Del Toro 169 170 Sean Roderick Stewart born 1 September 1980 1983 1990 Kelly Emberg Ruby Stewart born 17 June 1987 Second marriage 1990 2006 Rachel Hunter Renee Cecili Stewart 171 172 born 1 June 1992 Stewart and Hunter separated in 1999 and divorced in 2006 Son Liam played major junior ice hockey with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League has played in the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Coventry Blaze and Guildford Flames and plays professional hockey with the Milton Keynes Lightning of the United Kingdom s National League 173 174 Liam McAlister Stewart born 5 September 1994 Third marriage2007 present Penny Lancaster Stewart Alastair Wallace Stewart 175 born 27 November 2005 in London The couple began dating in 1999 and married in the cloistered medieval monastery La Cervara in Portofino on 16 June 2007 and honeymooned on board the yacht Lady Ann Magee moored in the Italian port of Portofino 176 Aiden Patrick Stewart 175 born 16 February 2011 177 In reference to his divorces Stewart was once quoted as saying Instead of getting married again I m going to find a woman I don t like and just give her a house 178 In January 2020 Stewart and his 39 year old son Sean were arrested and Stewart was charged with alleged assault following an incident at a Florida hotel He was due to appear in court on 5 February 179 Stewart s defence lawyer Guy Fronstin told Judge August Bonavita in October 2020 that he had been in contact with the prosecutors and the case is unlikely to reach the trial stage 180 The case was resolved in 2021 with Stewart and son pleading guilty to simple battery in a plea agreement that included no jail time no probation and no fine 181 Awards and recognition Stewart s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music 1993 97 Received a Legend Award from the World Music Awards 1993 182 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1994 as a solo artist 9 Received the first ever Diamond Award from the World Music Awards for over 100 million records sold worldwide 2001 183 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album 2005 Stardust The Great American Songbook Volume III On 11 October 2005 Stewart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the music industry located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard 184 Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame 2006 107 According to Stewart soul singer James Brown called him music s best white soul singer in September 2006 185 Awarded CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours 162 Appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2016 Birthday Honours 4 Received the ASCAP Founders Award in 2011 186 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 as a member of Faces 10 To date Stewart has received seven various Canadian Juno Award nominations 187 Goldene Europa 1991 Best International Singer 188 Ivor Novello Awards 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award 189 List of bandsDuring his career Rod Stewart has been a member of a number of groups including Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions 1963 The Hoochie Coochie Men 1964 1965 Steampacket 1965 1966 Soul Agents 1965 1966 Shotgun Express 1966 1967 The Jeff Beck Group 1967 1969 Faces 1969 1975 1986 1993 2015 2019 2020 2021 present DiscographyMain article Rod Stewart discography Studio albums An Old Raincoat Won t Ever Let You Down 1969 Gasoline Alley 1970 Every Picture Tells a Story 1971 Never a Dull Moment 1972 Smiler 1974 Atlantic Crossing 1975 A Night on the Town 1976 Foot Loose amp Fancy Free 1977 Blondes Have More Fun 1978 Foolish Behaviour 1980 Tonight I m Yours 1981 Body Wishes 1983 Camouflage 1984 Every Beat of My Heart 1986 Out of Order 1988 Vagabond Heart 1991 A Spanner in the Works 1995 When We Were the New Boys 1998 Human 2001 It Had to Be You The Great American Songbook 2002 As Time Goes By The Great American Songbook Volume II 2003 Stardust The Great American Songbook Volume III 2004 Thanks for the Memory The Great American Songbook Volume IV 2005 Still the Same Great Rock Classics of Our Time 2006 Soulbook 2009 Once in a Blue Moon The Lost Album 2010 Fly Me to the Moon The Great American Songbook Volume V 2010 Merry Christmas Baby 2012 Time 2013 Another Country 2015 Blood Red Roses 2018 The Tears of Hercules 2021 ToursFoot Loose amp Fancy Free Tour 1977 Blondes Ave More Fun Tour 1978 1979 Foolish Behaviour Tour 1980 1981 Worth Leavin Home For Tour 1981 1982 Body Wishes Tour 1983 Camouflage Tour 1984 1985 Every Beat of My Heart Tour 1986 Out of Order Tour 1988 1989 Vagabond Heart Tour 1991 1992 A Night to Remember Tour 1993 1994 A Spanner in the Works Tour 1995 1996 All Rod All Night All the Hits Tour 1998 1999 Human Tour 2001 Live in Concert Tour 2002 From Maggie May to the Great American Songbook Tour 2004 Tour 2005 Rockin in the Round Tour 2007 Rocks His Greatest Hits Tour 2008 2009 One Rockin Night Tour 2009 Soulbook Tour 2010 Heart amp Soul Tour 2011 2012 with Stevie Nicks Live the Life Tour 2013 The Voice The Guitar The Songs Tour 2014 with Santana The Hits Tour 2014 2015 Hits Tour 2015 2015 Hits Tour 2016 2016 From Gasoline Alley to Another Country Hits 2016 2016 Summer Tour 2017 with Cyndi Lauper 2017 Summer Tour 2018 with Cyndi Lauper 2018 Blood Red Roses Tour 2019 Rod Stewart The Hits 2020 2020 Rod Stewart The Hits 2021 Residency show Rod Stewart The Hits 2011 See alsoCrooner Coronet Apartments List of artists who reached number one in the United States List of artists who reached number one on the US dance chart List of number one dance hits United States List of number one hits United States Notes For many years it was said that Stewart had been born a half hour after a German V 2 missile warhead fell on the local Highgate police station 15 In his 2012 autobiography Stewart said that was just one of those legends fables and downright lies told in the name of publicity and that the V 2 hit and his birth were separated by some weeks 16 There was a deadly V 2 strike very near the southern end of the Archway Road on 5 November 1944 17 18 some two miles from the Stewart domicile Over the years considerable backstory has accumulated about Stewart s involvement with Brentford F C It was said that he joined on as an apprentice with them 28 31 32 but disliked the early morning travel to West London and the daily assignment to clean the first team s boots His playing effectiveness at centre half was supposedly hindered by his slight build 5 feet 11 inches 1 80 m but only 9 stone 130 lb 57 kg 126 lbs and he pushed himself so much that he occasionally vomited at the side of the pitch 28 One biography claimed he was there for two months including pre season fixtures that he left the team to the great disappointment of his father and that he later reflected I had the skill but not the enthusiasm 28 Another biography gave an undated Stewart quote saying he was there for three weeks paid 8 per seven day week but never played in any form 22 In a 2004 Rolling Stone interview Stewart said he went three or four times a week and did play 25 In 1995 Brentford Deputy President Eric White was quoted as saying He trained with us for a week or two and he may even have kicked a ball around with the juniors but there is no record of Rod Stewart ever having signed to Brentford Unfortunately nobody at the club remembers his time here 31 In his 2012 autobiography Stewart attributes all of this to a tale that took on its own life partly and deliberately helped by statements he made in interviews such as to talk show host Michael Parkinson 29 For many years it was said that Stewart had been a gravedigger at Highgate partly to face a childhood fear of death 33 In his 2012 autobiography he said that was a tale he had gone along with but that in fact he had only measured out plots with string during a couple of Saturdays 34 A much written about happenstance some sources give the date of the Stewart Baldry rail station meeting as 5 January 31 some as 7 January but that may be confusing it with the date of Cyril Davies death some imply that it is after 7 January 53 while some sources give no specific date The demo recordings were later released in 1976 against Stewart s wishes 57 These later surfaced in 1971 as part of Gomelsky s Rock Generation releases on BYG Records the poorly recorded material has been repackaged as Rod Stewart and Steampacket many times since 62 64 References Walsh John 23 October 2011 The Saturday Profile Rod Stewart Rock Star Do ya still think I m sexy The Independent London UK Archived from the original on 23 May 2019 Retrieved 26 November 2015 Sir Rod Stewart is closing the show Brit Awards Retrieved 29 May 2022 UK Top 40 Hit Database Rod Stewart Everyhit com Archived from the original on 12 October 2008 Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b c No 61608 The London Gazette Supplement 11 June 2016 p B2 Eder Bruce Truth Review AllMusic Retrieved 1 May 2009 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Faces Biography AllMusic Retrieved 1 May 2009 Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary Billboard Archived from the original on 29 September 2010 Retrieved 1 October 2010 The Music That Changed The World Q Magazine 3 Special Editions Jan Feb March 2004 Rocklistmusic co uk Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b Rod Stewart Inducted in 1994 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rockhall com Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b Rod Stewart I ll Definitely Make Myself Available for a Faces Reunion Rolling Stone 7 December 2011 Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b 1939 England and Wales Register Robert Joseph Stewart Geni a b c d Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart p 53 Elsie Rebecca Stewart Geni a b c d Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography pp 2 3 Stewart Rod The Autobiography p 6 London V2 Rocket Site Mapped Londonist 12 January 2009 Retrieved 10 December 2012 Expand map click on target icon near Highgate read entry Archway 5 November 1944 BBC WW2 People s War V2 Rockets BBC Retrieved 11 December 2012 a b Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography p 7 Rees 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21 23 Stewart Rod The Autobiography p 33 Wooldridge Rock n Roll London p 109 a b c d Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 7 a b Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography pp 29 32 a b c d e f Herbst Peter 1989 The Rolling Stone Interviews 1967 1980 reissued ed Macmillan Publishing pp 118 26 ISBN 0 312 03486 5 a b c d Marcus Rod Stewart in Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock amp Roll p 377 a b c d Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography pp 33 39 a b c Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 8 Wooldridge Rock n Roll London pp 65 66 Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 9 a b Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart p 59 a b c d e Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary pp 10 12 Tremlett The Rod Stewart Story as quoted extensively in Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart pp 60 61 Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 13 Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography p 41 Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 14 a b c d e f g h i j Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart p 61 Pidgeon Rod Stewart and the Changing Faces as quoted in Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart p 61 a b Unterberger Richie The Steampacket Biography AllMusic Retrieved 13 February 2010 a b c d e f g Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary pp 15 17 Ewbank and Hildred Rod Stewart The New Biography p 56 a b Carson Jeff Beck pp 71 72 a b c d e f g h i j k Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary pp 18 21 a b Carson Jeff Beck pp 75 78 83 86 a b Shelton Robert 15 June 1968 Jeff Beck Group Cheered in Debut fee required The New York Times p 38 a b Carson Jeff Beck pp 81 82 a b Eder Bruce Truth Review AllMusic Retrieved 14 February 2010 Carson Jeff Beck p 89 a b c d e Gray Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary p 22 Ruhlmann William Beck Ola Review AllMusic Retrieved 14 February 2010 The New Rolling Stone Record Guide p 34 Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart pp 74 76 Nelson and Bangs Rod Stewart pp 96 97 100 Jon Pareles 1997 Ronnie Lane the Founder Of Small Faces a British Band NY Times Archive JohnQ 1 October 2010 Rod Stewart Album by Umvd Special Markets Rod Stewart 731455805826 CD Barnes amp Noble Barnes amp Noble Marcus Greil The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll Second edition Jim Miller editor New York Random House 1980 ISBN 0 394 51322 3 p 379 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Rod Stewart Album amp Song Chart HistoryBillboard 23 August 2011 a b c Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums London Guinness World Records Limited The Sex Pistols Steve Jones I lost everything hit bottom and had to work my way back up Gibson com Archived from the original on 24 March 2012 Retrieved 11 December 2012 a b c Rod Stewart The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rockhall com Retrieved 28 September 2014 McLagan Ian All The Rage 2011 p 206 a b Zentgraf Nico Woodworks 1957 1975 Retrieved 14 June 2008 McPherson Ian The Rolling Stones Chronicle 1975 Retrieved 14 June 2008 All This and World War II AllMusic Retrieved 4 December 2011 Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Mason Stewart Da Ya Think I m Sexy AllMusic 1981 Rod Stewart s concert at the Los Angeles Forum is beamed thisdayinrock com Retrieved 17 June 2017 Elton John South Africa tour jogs memories of Sun City gigs The Nation 11 January 2008 Archived from the original on 19 December 2013 Retrieved 6 August 2019 Hundreds of thousands turn out for Rock in Rio festival france24 com 24 September 2011 Retrieved 17 June 2017 Grammy Awards Best Rock Vocal Performance Male Rock on the Net Retrieved 26 April 2010 Don McLeese 16 May 1991 Vagabond Heart Album Reviews Rolling Stone Retrieved 23 April 2014 a b c Brit Awards 1993 Brit Awards Retrieved 28 September 2014 Young Kevin 23 December 2006 Stewart goes beneath the covers BBC News Retrieved 1 January 2007 British album certifications Rod Stewart The Story So Far British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 6 August 2019 Select albums in the Format field Select Platinum in the Certification field Type The Story So Far in the Search BPI Awards field and then press Enter Partying at the palace BBC News 4 June 2002 Retrieved 28 August 2014 Taylor Matthew 30 December 2006 Five decades of rocking and 62 hits The Guardian London UK Retrieved 22 May 2010 Rod Stewart s Set of Standards NPR 23 November 2002 Retrieved 3 September 2019 a b Adult Contemporary Charts Billboard 17 June 2016 We Will Rock You The Musical by Queen and Ben Elton The Official Book pp 10 27 Bird Alan 8 June 2016 Tonight s The Night Archived from the original on 2 November 2017 Past Winners Search Grammy com The Recording Academy Retrieved 17 June 2016 a b Led Zeppelin make UK Hall of Fame BBC Retrieved 28 September 2014 What is the Concert for Diana BBC 13 August 2015 Diana concert a perfect tribute BBC News Retrieved 12 April 2012 Old and new stars celebrate Diana BBC Retrieved 28 September 2014 Rod Stewart living the good life The Vancouver Sun Archived from the original on 11 August 2009 Retrieved 9 August 2009 Rod Stewart amp Stevie Nicks Announce The Heart amp Soul 2011 North American Tour Archived from the original on 9 July 2012 Hard Rock Calling Glamourmagazine co uk Archived from the original on 23 August 2014 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Rod Stewart Announces Two Year Las Vegas Residency Rolling Stone 10 May 2011 Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b Rod Stewart To Begin Two Year Las Vegas Residency in August Billboard 10 May 2011 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Rod Stewart signs recording agreement with UMG UMG Retrieved 10 October 2012 Rod Stewart to release Christmas album Retrieved 10 October 2012 Best Sellers IFPI Retrieved 15 February 2014 Random House announces global release of Rod Stewart s autobiography Retrieved 21 October 2012 Festival of Remembrance 2012 Archived from the original on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 10 November 2012 Press releases Itv com Archived from the original on 1 December 2012 Retrieved 11 December 2012 Trust Gary 26 November 2012 Rod Stewart Scores First AC No 1 Since 1993 With Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow Billboard Retrieved 26 November 2012 Trust Gary Chart Moves 2012 s Twelve Hot 100 No 1s Taylor Swift Back in Country Airplay Top 10 Dropkick Murphys Xmas Song Charts Billboard Michael Buble Welcomes Rod Stewart Carly Rae Jepsen amp Blake Shelton to Christmas Special ABC News Radio online Archived from the original on 1 August 2013 Retrieved 11 December 2012 Bliss Karen Adele Gotye Top SoundScan Year End Charts in Canada Billboard Retrieved 10 January 2013 2013 Juno Award Nominees CARAS Archived from the original on 21 February 2013 Retrieved 20 February 2013 Rod Stewart enjoys first Number 1 album in nearly 40 years www officialcharts com Retrieved 7 March 2019 Kreisler Lauren Rod Stewart enjoys first Number 1 album in nearly 40 years Official Charts Company Retrieved 19 May 2013 Sir Elton John wins first Brits Icon award BBC News 2 September 2013 Retrieved 18 September 2013 Rod Stewart official website Retrieved 7 November 2015 Dingwall John 21 August 2016 Music greats unite to help stricken singer Frankie Miller storm charts with lost album Daily Record Retrieved 18 September 2016 Rod Stewart Jennifer Hudson amp More Added to Beat Bugs Beatles Kids Series Billboard Retrieved 7 March 2019 Schaal Eric 21 October 2019 The Beatles Song John Lennon Accused Rod Stewart of Plagiarizing Archived from the original on 4 January 2020 Desborough Jenny 6 November 2020 John Lennon and Rod Stewart feud What happened between Beatles star and Sir Rod Archived from the original on 4 November 2020 Pezzella Claudio 13 April 2020 Beatles quella volta che John Lennon accuso Rod Stewart di plagio Beatles when John Lennon charged Rod Stewart of plagiarism in Italian Archived from the original on 18 July 2021 Blistein Jon 19 July 2018 Hear Rod Stewart Preview New Album With Stirring Didn t I Rolling Stone Retrieved 4 August 2018 Sandford Elis 10 November 2018 Bonnie Tyler speaks out ahead of very first Coventry gig Coventry Telegraph Retrieved 18 January 2019 Rod Stewart Preps New Orchestral LP You re in My Heart Rolling Stone Retrieved 21 November 2019 Rod Stewart full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Retrieved 19 May 2021 Reed Ryan 19 September 2019 Rod Stewart Preps New Orchestral LP You re in My Heart Rolling Stone Retrieved 19 May 2021 You re in My Heart Full Official Chart History www officialcharts com Retrieved 19 May 2021 Sir Rod Stewart album news The Tears of Hercules MarkMeets 16 September 2021 Retrieved 16 September 2021 Rod Stewart sees off Stormzy and Harry Styles to score Christmas Number 1 album www officialcharts com Retrieved 19 May 2021 Rod Stewart claims tenth Number 1 album www officialcharts com Retrieved 19 May 2021 Dua Lipa Singer denies she is performing at Qatar World Cup BBC News 14 November 2022 Retrieved 14 November 2022 a b Falcon Mike 22 February 2001 Rod Stewart faces thyroid cancer USA Today Archived from the original on 16 September 2018 Retrieved 22 May 2010 Rod Stewart s cancer battle CNN 3 February 2001 Archived from the original on 6 June 2019 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Beaumont Thomas Ben 16 September 2019 Rod Stewart given all clear following secret cancer treatment The Guardian Retrieved 16 September 2019 Palos Verdes Football ground palosverdesrealty net accessed 14 June 2016 Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine Rod Stewart Loose Women YouTube 5 November 2012 Archived from the original on 28 October 2021 Retrieved 9 July 2016 Worrall Frank 2008 Celtic United Mainstream Publishing 2008 Wilson Richard 14 March 2015 Dundee Utd 0 2 Celtic BBC Sport Retrieved 15 March 2015 Reynolds Nigel 24 October 2007 Rod Stewart is a model railway enthusiast The Daily Telegraph London UK Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2010 Swanson Carl February 2014 Rod Stewart Reaches a Milestone Model Railroader Waukesha WI US Kalmbach Publishing 52 59 Swanson February 2014 Rod Stewart sidebar Model Railroader 56 Smallwood Karl 13 April 2016 How Rod Stewart Accidentally Revealed he was Color Blind factfiend com Singer Rod Stewart is colour blind skynews com au Dean Jonathan 8 May 2022 Rod Stewart pint puller HRT campaigner pothole filler The Times ABOUT ROD Rodstewartfanclub com Retrieved 2 January 2012 Gair Kieran 14 March 2022 Rod Stewart fills in potholes to stop his Ferrari getting stuck The Times Poole Oliver 14 September 2002 Rod Stewart s son given jail sentence for kicking stranger The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 Retrieved 17 June 2017 a b Stewart rocks up to collect CBE BBC News Retrieved 28 September 2014 a b Sir Rod Stewart net worth Sunday Times Rich List 2021 thetimes co uk 21 May 2021 Retrieved 22 May 2021 Rod Stewart pays for scans at NHS hospital to cut waiting lists BBC News 24 February 2023 Retrieved 24 February 2023 Gannon Louise Rod Stewart I burst into tears when Penny said she was pregnant Daily Mirror London 1 November 2010 Rod Stewart Reunites with His Oldest Child ABC News Retrieved 6 October 2020 Rod Stewart fathers eighth child BBC News Retrieved 28 September 2014 True Britt is Ekland tell all The Gadsden Times 29 May 1981 Retrieved 26 November 2019 Garvey Marianne 19 September 2011 Benicio Del Toro amp Kim Stewart Newborn s Future Secured E News Retrieved 19 September 2011 Kimberly Stewart Gives Birth to Baby Girl Us Weekly 21 August 2011 Retrieved 21 August 2011 Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart s daughter Renee on rejecting fame Stuff 7 May 2019 Retrieved 30 April 2020 Rod Stewart Has One Big Family Meet the Legendary Singer s 8 Kids Closer Weekly 4 January 2020 Retrieved 30 April 2020 Anderson Craig 5 October 2011 Young players key for Scottish ice hockey BBC Sport Retrieved 5 October 2011 Liam Stewart hockey stats Internet Hockey Database Retrieved 11 November 2019 a b Rod Stewart rings in the New Year with wife Penny Lancaster and six of his children www msn com Retrieved 30 April 2020 Sansoni Silvia Rod Stewart Marries Penny Lancaster in Italy Weddings Rod Stewart People Retrieved 6 May 2013 It s a Boy for Rod Stewart People Retrieved 28 September 2014 Smithies Grant 28 October 2007 Rod Stewart Sunday Star Times Archived from the original on 13 May 2012 Retrieved 24 June 2008 Thorpe Vanessa 4 January 2020 Rod Stewart charged over alleged altercation at Florida resort The Guardian Retrieved 5 December 2020 Minelle Bethany 23 October 2020 Sir Rod Stewart assault case over alleged Florida hotel incident unlikely to go to trial Sky News Retrieved 5 December 2020 Rock Icon Sir Rod Stewart Son Resolve Florida Hotel Assault Case CBS 17 September 2021 Sandler Adam 3 June 1993 1993 World Music Awards Variety Retrieved 16 December 2020 Gallo Phil 21 May 2011 Rod Stewart no magicians or midgets in Vegas show Reuters Retrieved 16 December 2020 Rod Stewart Hollywood Walk of Fame www walkoffame com Retrieved 21 September 2016 Brown Names Stewart best White Soul Singer Femalefirst co uk Retrieved 11 December 2012 ASCAP Founders Award recipients Retrieved 10 October 2012 Artist Summary Rod Stewart CARAS Archived from the original on 17 July 2014 Retrieved 25 February 2013 Goldene Europa Award recipients Retrieved 9 July 2019 Ivor Novello Award recipients Retrieved 14 June 2021 BibliographyBradley Lloyd 1999 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story The Illustrated Biography London Aurum Press ISBN 1 85410 657 0 Burton Peter 1977 Rod Stewart A Life on the Town New English Library ISBN 0 450 03429 1 Carson Annette 2001 Jeff Beck Crazy Fingers Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0 87930 632 7 Coleman Ray 1994 Rod Stewart The Biography Pavilion Books ISBN 1 85793 586 1 Cromelin Richard 1976 Rod Stewart A Biography in Words amp Pictures Sire Books Ewbank Tim Hildred Stafford 2005 Rod Stewart The New Biography Citadel Press ISBN 0 8065 2644 0 Giuliano Geoffrey 1993 Rod Stewart Vagabond Heart Carroll amp Graf Publishers Gray John 1992 Rod Stewart The Visual Documentary London Omnibus Press ISBN 0 7119 2906 8 Heilemann Wolfgang Thomas Sabine 2005 Rod Stewart Live Private Backstage Photos 1970 1980 Schwarzkopf amp Schwarzkopf ISBN 3 89602 647 X Hinman Doug 2004 The Kinks All Day and All of the Night Day By Day Concerts Recordings and Broadcasts 1961 1996 Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0 87930 765 X Jasper Tony 1977 Rod Stewart Octopus Books ISBN 0 7064 0666 4 Kitts Thomas M 2008 Ray Davies Not Like Everybody Else New York Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 97768 5 Marcus Greil 1980 Rod Stewart In Miller Jim ed The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock amp Roll paperback Revised and Updated ed Random House Rolling Stone Press pp 377 380 ISBN 0 394 73938 8 Retrieved 7 March 2016 Marsh Dave Swenson John eds 1983 The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Random House Rolling Stone Press ISBN 0 394 72107 1 Melly Jim 2003 Last orders please Rod Stewart the Faces and the Britain we forgot Ebury Press ISBN 0 09 188618 X Moritz Charles ed 1980 Current Biography Yearbook 1979 New York H W Wilson Company Nelson Paul Bangs Lester 1981 Rod Stewart New York Delilah Books ISBN 0 933328 08 7 Pidgeon John 1976 Rod Stewart and the Changing Faces Panther Books ISBN 0 586 04650 X Stewart Rod 2012 Rod The Autobiography London Century ISBN 978 1 78089 052 4 Tremlett George 1976 The Rod Stewart Story Futura Publications ISBN 0 86007 351 3 Wooldridge Max 2002 Rock n Roll London Macmillan Publishers ISBN 0 312 30442 0 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rod Stewart Official website Rod Stewart on the Internet Archive Rod Stewart at IMDb BBC Derby profile BBC Sir Rod Stewart reveals his epic model railway city Rod Stewart at Curlie Five audio interview clips from 1981 Q magazine s 100 Greatest Singers list Portals Biography Rock music United Kingdom Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rod Stewart amp oldid 1145462745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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