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Roderick David Stewart is a Scottish rock singer who was a member of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before embarking on a solo career.
Stewart in proud to be achiever of numerous hit singles worldwide in a long career spanning five decades. In UK alone, his tally of 62 hit singles includes 24 that went Top 10, of which six went all the way to number one.Stewart is undoubtedly on the list of best-selling music artists with the sales of more than 250 million of his albums and singles.
Rod Stewart was born in Highgate, North London. His partents owned a newsagents shop there. He is the youngest of five children.His father, Robert Joseph Stewart, and his two brothers and two sisters were all born in Scotland while Rod and his mother, Elsie, are the only family members born in England.
He started his career in music by joining folk singer Wizz Jones in the early 1960s. Rod joined him as a street singer traveling around Europe.
Stewart was able to found The Ray Davies Quartet as their lead singer in the spring of 1962. This band was later known as the successful British band The Kinks. He was able to perform with the group on at least one occasion. He could not continue with this group for a longer period due to some personal differences with the band.
Rod Stewart's also joined Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions in 1964 as a vocalist and blues harp player on his return to London. He and the band recorded a single for Pye Records. He was then discovered by Long John Baldry who invited him to join The Hoochie Coochie Men which recorded a single, "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", that failed to chart. The Hoochie Coochie Men evolved into Steampacket featuring Stewart, Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, Mickey Waller and Rick Brown. Steampacket supported the Rolling Stones and the Walker Brothers on tour in the summer of 1965.
As a result of his appearance in a 1965 BBC documentary on the mod subculture, Stewart also earned the nickname "Rod the Mod" during that period. Stewart also availed the opportunities of singing guest vocals for the Australian group Python Lee Jackson on "In a Broken Dream" in 1970. It was re-released in 1972 to become a worldwide success.
Pop singer Rod Stewart has been successful in making hit records since the 1970s. His hit records include "Maggie May," "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)," "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "All For Love."
Before his connections with ace guitarist Jeff Beck in 1968, Rod Stewart and his characteristically throaty, impressively expressive, and surprisingly versatile voice had been knocking around the London club scene with groups like Steampacket and Long John Baldry's band. Their collaborations in the Jeff Beck Group brought Stewart to the spotlight on the blazing Truth and Beck-Ola albums.
Stewart's career saw great boost when he joined with the greatest party band in rock history, the magnificent Faces. From brash pub-rocker to sophisticated balladeer, from soul man to folk troubadour to rock & roll shouter, Rod Stewart has been able to change sound and style over and over again.
His fourth and final songbook album was released on October 18, 2005. It included duets with Diana Ross and Elton John. The CD made it to #2 on the Top 200 list within weeks of its release
Rod Stewart made his return to the rock music in late 2006. He released his new album, Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time. It was featuring 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 was released on October 10. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts with 184,000 copies in its first week. The number 1 debut was helped by a concert in NYC that was on MSN music and an appearance on Dancing With The Stars.
Rod Stewart also has the honor of performing for the first time at The Royal Variety Performance at The London Coliseum on 12th December. He performed in front of HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, singing another Cat Stevens number, "Father and Son", and the Bonnie Tyler song, "It's A Heartache".
Stewart has never changed the power of his singing. It is truly the same even after four decades later.
From beloved rocker of the first order to disco dilettante to pop crooner, Stewart's career has presented challenges to fans who may have been charmed by the rollickingly randy "Maggie May" and bemused by the alarmingly narcissistic "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
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