Sir Roderick David Stewart , (born January 10, 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English descent. Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, has sold over 100 million records worldwide. He has had six consecutive number-one albums in the UK and his tally of 62 British hit singles including 31 reached the top ten, six of which grabbed # 1. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching # 1 in Billboard Hot 100. He earned a 2016 honors degree for music and charity services.
With his distinctive singing voice, Stewart became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group, and later with Faces, although his musical career began in 1962 when he began to sing with harmonica. In October 1963, he joined Dimension as a harmonica and part-time vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and All Stars, and in August, Stewart signed a solo contract, releasing his first single, "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", in October. He maintained a solo career with his group career, releasing his debut solo album, An Old Raincoat Will not Ever You Down in 1969. Stewart's early album was a mix of rock music, folk music, soul music, and R & amp; B.
From the late 1970s to the 1990s, Stewart's music often picked up new waves or soft rock quality, and in the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums that interpreted the Great American Songbook. In 1994, Stewart performed the biggest free rock concert in history when he appeared in front of 3.5 million people in Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, Billboard magazine placed her as the 17th most successful artist on "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". Grammy Recipient and Brit Award, she was voted # 33 on the
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Roderick David Stewart was born in 507 Archway Road, Highgate, North London on January 10, 1945, the youngest of five brothers Robert Joseph Stewart (1904-1990) and Elsie Rebecca Gilbart (1906-1996). His father was Scottish and had been a major builder in Leith, Edinburgh, while Elsie was English and grew 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 came after a gap eight years after his younger brother; he was born at home during World War II. The family is neither prosperous nor poor; Stewart is spoiled as the youngest, and has called his childhood "very happy". He has a record that is no different in Highgate Elementary School and fails in eleven plus exams. He then attended William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School (later Fortismere School), Muswell Hill. His father retired from the building trade at the age of 65, bought a newspaper dealer shop on Archway Road when Stewart was an early teenager; the family lives above the shop. Stewart's main hobby is train modeling.
Families mostly focus on football; Stewart's father had played in local amateur teams and managed several teams as well, and one of Stewart's earliest memories was photographs of Scottish players like George Young and Gordon Smith whose brothers were on the wall. Stewart is the most talented footballer in the family and is a strong supporter of Arsenal F.C. at the time. Combining natural athletics with almost reckless aggression, he captained the school's football team and played for Middlesex Schoolboys as a half-center.
The family is also a big fan of singer Al Jolson and will sing and play his songs. Stewart collects his notes and watches his movies, reads books about himself, and is influenced by his style of performance and his attitude towards his audience. The introduction to rock and roll is to hear Little Richard's 1956 hit "The Girl Can not Help It", and see Bill Haley & His comet in concert. His father bought him a guitar in January 1959; the first song he learned was a folk song "It Brings People Worried to Sing a Worry Song"; The first record he bought was Eddie Cochran, "C'mon Everybody". In 1960, he joined a skiffle group with a schoolmate called Kool Kats, playing Lonnie Donegan and Chas McDevitt.
Stewart left school at the age of 15 and worked briefly as a silk screen printer. Encouraged by his father, his ambition is to become a professional footballer. In the summer of 1960, he went to court at Brentford F.C., the Third Division club at the time. Contrary to some old accounts, Stewart stated in his 2012 autobiography that he never signed a contract with the club and that the club never called him back after the trial. In any case, regarding the possibility of career choice, Stewart concluded, "Well, the life of a musician is much easier and I can also get drunk and make music, and I can not do that and play football.I patted the music... There are only two things I can do actually: play football and sing. "
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Music career
1961-1963: Initial work and Dimensions
Stewart works in a family shop and as a newspaper delivery boy. He then worked briefly as a worker for the Highgate Tomb, which became another part of his biographical story. He worked in North Finchley's cemetery and as a director of plots and authors. In 1961 he went to Denmark Street with The Raiders and got a singing audition with famous producer footage Joe Meek, but Meek stopped the session in a harsh voice. Stewart started listening to British and American folk artists such as Ewan MacColl, Alex Campbell, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin 'Jack Elliott, and especially Derroll Adams and Bob Dylan's debut album.
Stewart became interested in the left-wing beatnik and political stance, living briefly in the beatnik ship house at Shoreham-by-Sea. He is an active supporter of the current Nuclear Disarmament Campaign, joining the annual Marches Aldermaston from 1961 to 1963 and was arrested on three occasions when he participated in sit-ins in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall for the cause. He also used the parade as a way to meet and sleep the girls. In 1962 he had his first serious relationship, with London art student, Suzannah Boffey (a friend of future models and actress Chrissie Shrimpton); he moved to bed at Muswell Hill to be near him. She was pregnant, but Rod and her family did not want her to marry; the baby girl was given for adoption and the relationship between Rod and Suzannah ended.
In 1962, Stewart began wandering around folk singer Wizz Jones, singing in Leicester Square and other London venues. Stewart started playing a modern harmonica. On several trips over the next 18 months Jones and Stewart took their action to Brighton and then to Paris, sleeping under a bridge over the Seine River, and finally to Barcelona. Eventually this resulted in Stewart being rounded off and deported from Spain for vagrancy during 1963. At this time, Stewart, who had been at William Grimshaw School with three of their members, was briefly considered a singer for embryo kinks.
In 1963, Stewart adopted Mod's lifestyle and looks, and began to create a spiky hairstyle that would be his trademark. (This is possible with sugar water or large amounts of her sister's hair lacquer, backcombing, and her hands holding her in place to protect her from the winds at the Highgate Underground station.) Disappointed by rock and roll, she sees Otis Redding performing a concert and starts listening to Sam Cooke's notes ; he becomes fascinated by rhythm and blues and soul music.
After returning to London, Stewart joined the rhythm and blues group, Dimensions, in October 1963 as a part-time harmonica and vocalist. It was his first professional job as a musician, though Stewart still lives at home and works in his painting shop and framed photographs of his brother. A rather more established singer from Birmingham, Jimmy Powell, then hired the group a few weeks later, and came to be known as Jimmy Powell & Five Dimensions, with Stewart downgraded to a harmonica player. The group performs weekly at the famous Studio 51 club on Great Newport Street in London, where The Rolling Stones are often titled; this is Stewart's entrÃÆ' Â © e to London R & amp; Scenes B, and his harmonic game is increased in part by watching Mick Jagger on stage. The relationship soon broke out between Powell and Stewart over the roles in the group and Stewart departed. Contrary to popular legend, Stewart probably did not play the harmonica in 1964 hit Millie Small "My Boy Lollipop". That's probably Peter Hogman of Dimension, although Powell also claims credit. Powell recorded and released singles during this period, although Stewart did not appear there.
1964-67: Steampacket and "Mod Trunk "image
In January 1964, when Stewart was waiting at Twickenham railway station after seeing Long John Baldry and the All Stars on Eel Pie Island, Baldry heard him play "Smokestack Lightnin '" in the harmonica, and invited him to sit with the group (which passed into his hands and renamed Hoochie Coochie Men when Cyril Davies died of endocarditis on 7 January); when Baldry finds Stewart also a singer, he offers him a £ 35 a week job, after getting approval from Stewart's mother. Withdrawing from his job at the age of nineteen, Stewart gradually overcame his embarrassment and annoyance and became a visible part of the act that he sometimes added to the bill as Stewart "Rod the Mod", a nickname derived from his dandice style graceful and dress. Baldry praised Stewart's ability for the Melody Maker magazine and the group enjoyed a weekly residence at the famous Marquee Club London. In June 1964, Stewart made a recording of dà © Å but (without credit label) on "Up Above My Head", B-sides to Baldry singles and Hoochie Coochie Men. While still with Baldry, Stewart started his solo solo career. He made several demo tapes, scouted by Decca Records at Marquee Club, and signed solo contracts in August 1964. He appeared on several regional television shows across the country and recorded his first single in September 1964.
Refusing Decca's recommended material as being too commercial, Stewart insisted that experienced seasoned musicians who were given, including John Paul Jones, learned some of Sonny Boy Williamson's songs he had just heard. The resulting single, "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", was recorded released in October 1964; Although Stewart appeared on the popular television show Ready Steady Go! , failed to enter the charts. Also in October Stewart left Hoochie Coochie Men after a fight with Baldry.
Stewart played some of his own dates in late 1964 and early 1965, sometimes supported by Southampton R & amp; B outfit The Soul Agents. The Hoochie Coochie Men broke up, Baldry and Stewart patching up their differences (and indeed becoming lifelong friends), and the legendary impresario Giorgio Gomelsky brings together Steampacket, featuring Baldry, Stewart, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, Micky Waller, Vic Briggs and Ricky Fenson ; Their first appearance was to support The Rolling Stones in July 1965. The group was conceived as a whitewashed soul, analogous to The Ike & amp; Tina Turner Revue, with many vocalists and styles ranging from jazz to R & amp; B to blues. Steampacket toured with the Stones and The Walker Brothers that summer, ending at London Palladium; watching the audience react to the Stones gave Stewart his first exposure to audience hysteria. Stewart, who had been included in the group at Baldry's insistence, ended up with most of the male vocal parts. Steampacket can not enter the studio to record any material because all its members have different labels and managers, although Gomelsky recorded one of their Marquee Club exercises.
Rod Stewart's "Rod the Mod" gained wider visibility in November 1965, when he became the subject of a 30-minute Rediffusion, a London television documentary entitled "An Easter with Rod" depicting the Mod scene. His solo solo career continued at the Columbia EMI label with the November 1965 release of "The Day Will Come", a more populous pop effort, and the April 1966 release of Sam Cooke's "Shake", with Brian Auger Trinity. Both failed commercially and received no positive notice. Stewart spent more than two years listening to Cooke; he then said, "I do not sound like anyone else... but I know I sound a bit like Sam Cooke, so I listen to Sam Cooke." This recording established the singer's position as Stewart's idol and the most enduring influence; he called it "across the water."
Stewart left Steampacket in March 1966, with Stewart saying he was fired and Auger said he had quit. Stewart then joined a rather similar dress, Shotgun Express, in May 1966 as co-lead vocalist with Beryl Marsden. Other members include Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green (who later formed Fleetwood Mac), and Peter Bardens. Shotgun Express released a single that failed in October 1966, the orchestra-heavy "I Could Feel the Whole World Turn Round", before disbanding. Stewart then underestimated the Shotgun Express as a poor Steampacket replica, and said, "I still feel terrible feelings in other people's music, I think you can only begin to find yourself when you write your own material." Today, Stewart has risen without achieving much success, with little to distinguish himself among other London singers apart from the hoarse that appear in his voice.
1967-69: The Jeff Beck Group Period
Guitarist Jeff Beck recruited Stewart for his new post-Yardbirds venture, and in February 1967, Stewart joined the Jeff Beck Group as a vocalist and sometimes a songwriter. This will be a major breakthrough from the beginning of his career. There he first played with Ronnie Wood the first time he met in a pub in London in 1964; both soon became close friends. During the first year, the group often experienced drum and conflict changes involving manager Mickie Most who wanted to reduce Stewart's role; they toured in England, and released several singles featuring Stewart on their B-sides. Stewart's sputtering solo career also continued, with the release of the March 1968 non-hit "Little Miss Understood" on Immediate Recording.
Jeff Beck Group toured Western Europe in the spring of 1968, recorded, and almost destitute; then assistant manager Peter Grant booked them on a six-week tour of the United States beginning in June 1968 with Fillmore East in New York. Stewart, on his first trip to America, had a terrible stage fright during the opening ceremony and hid behind a bank booster while singing; just a glimpse of brandy bringing it forward. Nevertheless, the show and the tour were a huge success, with Robert Shelton from The New York Times calling the group interesting and praising Mr. Beck's "wild guitar and visionary interplay" against a hoarse and continuous shout. Stewart, "and New Musical Express reported that the group received standing ovations and drew the same receipt as Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
In August 1968, their first album Truth was released; in October has risen to number 15 on the US album chart but failed to chart in the UK. The album features Beckly's master guitar techniques and manipulated sounds as Stewart's dramatic vocalizations that handle the repertoire of diverse blues, folk, rock, and proto-heavy metal groups. Stewart also co-wrote three songs, and praised the record for helping develop his vocal abilities and the quality of the sandpaper in his voice. The group toured the States again at the end of the year to a very strong reception, then suffered more personnel upheavals (something that will continue throughout Beck's career). In July 1969, Stewart left, following the departure of his friend Wood. Stewart then recalled: "It was a great band to sing, but I can not take all the aggravation and growing discomfort.... In my two and a half years with Beck, I never once looked into his eyes - I always see his shirt or something like that. "
The group's second album, Beck-Ola , was released in June 1969 in the United States and September 1969 in England, grouping the group's time late; it also made number 15 on the US album chart and was placed to number 39 on the UK album charts. During his time with the group, Stewart initially felt deeply conquered by Beck's presence, and his style was still evolving; but then Stewart feels that the two developed strong musical relationships, if not personal. Most of Stewart's thoughts evolved during his time with Jeff Beck Group. Beck attempted to form a new supergroup with Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert (from Vanilla Fudge who had just joined him and Stewart, but Stewart had other plans.
1969-75: Solo career set and Face album
Mercury Records A & amp; R man Lou Reizner had seen Stewart perform with Beck, and on October 8, 1968 signed his solo contract; but contractual contractuals delayed Stewart's recording for him until July 1969. Meanwhile, in May 1969, guitarist and singer Steve Marriott left the British band The Small Faces. Ron Wood was announced as a replacement guitarist in June and on October 18, 1969, Stewart followed his friend and was announced as their new singer. The two joined members of Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones, who immediately decided to call new Faces.
Old Rainbows Will Never Let You Go became Stewart's first solo album in 1969 (known as Rod Stewart's Album in the US). This sets the template for his solo sound: a genuine mix of folk, rock, and country blues, including British working class sensibilities, with original material ("Cindy's Lament" and title track) and cover version (Ewan MacColl's "Gross Old Town" and " Handbags and Gladrags "by Mike d'Abo). Supporting bands on the album include Wood, Waller and McLagan, plus Keith Emerson and guitarist Martin Pugh (from Steamhammer, and then Armageddon and Order 7) and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer).
The faces released their dà ©  © but the album First Step in the early 1970s in a rock and roll style similar to the Rolling Stones. Although the album is better in the UK than in the US, Face quickly gained strong direct followers. Stewart released his second album, Gasoline Alley that fall. Stewart's approach is similar to his first album and mandolin was introduced into the sound. He then launched the US tour with Face. Stewart sang guest vocals for Australian group Python Lee Jackson on "In a Broken Dream", recorded in April 1969 but not released until 1970. The payout is a set of upholstery for his car. It was re-released in 1972 to become a worldwide hit.
1971 Stewart's solo album Each Picture Tells a Story makes it a household name when the B-side of its small hit "Reason to Believe", "Maggie May", (written with Martin Quittenton) begins receiving radio play. Albums and singles were number one in the US and UK simultaneously, the first chart, in September. Set off by a striking mandolin section (by Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne), "Maggie May" is also named in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs Shaped Rock and Roll , one of three songs by him appears on that list. The rest of the album was equally strong, with "Mandolin Wind" again displaying the instrument; "(I Know) I Lost You" adds a hard soul into the mix; and "Tomorrow Is A Long Time", a cover of Bob Dylan's song. But the main manifestation of Stewart-solo's early style is Stewart-Wood-writing "Every Picture Tells a Story": supported by Mick Waller drums, Pete Sears pianos and Wood's guitars work in large acoustic settings; it is a song associated with the singer's picaresque adventure.
The second Faces album, Long Player , was released in early 1971 and enjoyed a bigger chart success than First Step . The faces also got their only US Top 40 hit with "Stay With Me" from their third album A To Nod Is and Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse released in late 1971. The album reached Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic behind the success of Each Picture Tells A Story . Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols thinks Face is very high and calls them a major influence on the British punk rock movement.
The Faces toured extensively in 1972 with increasing tension in the band over Stewart's solo career that enjoyed more success than the band. Stewart released Never a Dull Moment in the same year. Repeating the formulas Each Picture , for the most part, it reached number two on the US album charts and number one in the UK, and enjoys better good notices from reviewers. "You Wear It Well" was a hit single that reached number 13 in the US and became number one in the UK, while "Twisting the Night Away" made Stewart's debt explicit to Sam Cooke. For his initial solo work body, Stewart got a great deal of critical acclaim. Rolling Stone ' s 1980 Illustration History of Rock & amp; Roll includes this in its Stewart entry:
Rarely a singer has a full and unique talent like Rod Stewart; rarely anyone betrays his talent so completely. After the most compassionate presence in music, he has become a self-indulgent parody - and sells more notes than ever before [...] a writer who offers profound lyrics and self-deprecating humor, tells tall tales and honest heart, he has an unparalleled eye for the small details in which life changes, destroys, and reforms [...] and sounds to make the details indelible. [... His solo album] is defined by two special qualities: warmth, redemption, and decency, which liberates. If there are rockers who choose the roles of ordinary people and live for it, it's Rod Stewart.
The Faces released their last album Ooh La La, reaching number one in the UK and number 21 in the US in 1973. During the recording of the album, the rift between Stewart and others from Face grew further, such as ( according to Ian McLagan), Stewart did not participate until two weeks in the session, "and then complained that some of the songs were in the wrong key for him so we recorded them again and waited a week for him to return, we cut the path for 'Ooh La La' three times before he finally passes it, letting Woody sing it. [...] Sunday when the album came out he did everything he could to fight him and told anyone who would listen to how useless it is. " The band toured Australasia, Japan, Europe and the UK in 1974 to support the album and the single "Pool Hall Richard".
In late 1974, Stewart released his album Smiler . In the UK, it reached number one, and the single "Farewell" was number seven, but only number 13 on the Billboard pop album chart and the single "Mine for Me" was number 91 on Billboards. pop singles charts. It was his last original album for Mercury Records. After releasing the double compilation album The Best of Rod Stewart he switched to Warner Bros.. Records and remained with them in most of his career (Face signed to Warner Bros, and Stewart's solo releases in the United Kingdom appeared on the label Riva until 1981). In 1975, Faces toured the US twice (with Ronnie Wood joining the US tour of the Rolling Stones in between) before Stewart announced his breakup of Face at the end of the year.
1975-88: Fame height and critical reaction
In 1975, Stewart moved to Los Angeles. He released the album Atlantic Crossing for his new record company, using producer Tom Dowd and different sounds based on Rhythm Muscle Shoals Section. The Atlantic Crossing tags both the return to form and back to the Top 10 of the Billboard album chart . The first single, cover of the Sutherland Brothers song "Sailing", was number one hit in the UK, but only reached the top 60 of the US charts. The single returned to the UK Top 10 a year later when it was used as the theme music for the BBC documentary series on HMS Ark Royal . After being twice more hit, "Sailing" became, and remains, Stewart's biggest single in the UK. His Holland-Dozier-Holland Cover "This Old Heart of Mine" was also a top 100 hit in 1976. In 1976 Stewart covered The Beatles' Get Back for musical documentary All This and World War II me.
Then in 1976, Stewart topped US 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. It came from the album A Night on the Town, which went to number two on the Billboard album charts and was Stewart's first album to reach platinum. By explicitly marking the album as having "fast sides" and "slow sides", Stewart continues the trend started by Atlantic Crossing . "The First Cut Is the Deepest", a cover of the Cat Stevens song, became number one in the UK in 1977, and the top 30 in the US. "The murder of Georgie (Part 1 and 2)", about the murder of a gay man, was also a Top 40 hit for Stewart during 1977.
Foot Loose & amp; Fancy Free (1977) featured Stewart's own band, the original Rod Stewart Group featuring Carmine Appice, Phil Chen, Jim Cregan, Billy Peek, Gary Grainger and John Jarvis. This continued the success of Stewart's chart, reaching number two. "You're in my Heart" is a hit single, reaching number four in the US.
"Hot Legs" achieved a lot of radio broadcasts as did the recognition "I Was Only Joking". In appearance, Stewart's appearance has evolved to include glam elements, including make-up and spandex clothing. Stewart scored another British number one and the US number one with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", Which is a crossover hit number five on the black Billboard black ladder because of his discount vote. This is the main single from 1978's Blondes Have More Fun... or are they ?, that went to number one on the Billboard album charts and sold 4 million albums.
A critical point of criticism about this period was his greatest disco hit in 1978 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", Which was unusual with his initial results, and belittled by critics. In his interview, Stewart, admitting his accompanying performance has become "tarty," has defended the lyrics by pointing out that the song is a portrayal of a third person narrative form, unlike in his earlier work, and that it is not about him. The repetition of the song was identical to the previous "Taj Mahal" from Brazilian Jorge Ben Jor and the lawsuit ensued. Stewart donated his royalty from "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" to UNICEF, and he did so with his band at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the UN General Assembly in 1979.
Stewart moved to a newer wave in 1980 with the release of the album Foolish Behavior . The album produced a hit single, "Passion", which proved very popular in South Africa (reaching # 1 on Springbok Top 20 Charts and Radio 5 Charts in early 1981). It also reached No. 5 on US Billboard Charts. In August 1981, MTV was launched in the US with some Stewart videos in heavy rotation. Then in 1981, Stewart added further elements of the new wave and synthpop to his voice for the album Tonight I Respect . The title of the song reached No. 20 in the US, while "Young Turks" reached the top 5 with the album to be platinum. On December 18, 1981, Stewart played the Los Angeles Forum, along with Kim Carnes and Tina Turner, in a concert that was broadcast all over the world via satellite.
Stewart was criticized for violating the much-observed cultural boycotts of South African apartheid by performing at the Sun City resort complex in Bophuthatswana as part of a tour of Body Wishes (1983) and Camouflage (1984).
Stewart had four Top 10 US singles between 1982 and 1988, "Young Turks" (No. 5, carrying over 1981 to 1982), "Some People Have All Luck" (No. 10, 1984), "Infatuation" (No. 6, 1984) and "Love Touch" (No. 6, 1986, Holly Knight/Mike Chapman collaboration), although "Baby Jane" became Britain's sixth and final number one in 1983. 14 in the US.. Camouflage albums that became gold in the UK, and the single "Infatuation" (featuring his old friend Jeff Beck on guitar) received quite a lot of games on MTV. The second single "Some Guys Have All The Luck" reached No. 15 in the UK and No. 10 in the US.
A reunion with Jeff Beck resulted in a successful take on Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", but attempts to tour together fell apart after several dates. In England, "Every Beat of My Heart" reached number two in 1986. In January 1985, Stewart appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro.
1988-94: Out of Order Tour, Vagabond Heart and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In 1988, he 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 not Tell You No" from the album are the top 15 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and mainstream rock chart , with the last even reaching the Big Five. "Forever Young" is an unconscious revision of Bob Dylan's song of the same name; the artists reached agreement on the distribution of royalties. The song reached No. 12 in the US. In September 1988, Stewart performed "Forever Young" at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, and in 1989 he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Vocal Appearance for the song.
In January 1989, Stewart left for the South American leg of the Out of Order Tour which plays to sell audiences across America. There are 80,000 people on his show at Corregidora Stadium, Querà ©  © taro, MÃÆ'  © xico (April 9), and 50,000 at Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara, Jalisco (12 April). In Buenos Aires, spectators at the River Plate Stadium, which has more than 70,000 seats, are in more than 90,000, with several thousand outside the stadium. Firehoses are sprayed into the crowd to avoid hot prostration.
Stewart's version of the Tom Waits song "Downtown Train" became number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The song was taken from a collection of four-CD compilations called Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964- 1990 .
Released in 1991, Vagabond Heart album continues to update and inspire Stewart. The lead single "It Takes Two" with Tina Turner, was released in 1990 before the release of the full album, and reached number five on the UK charts, but did not chart in the US. The follow-up songs from Vagabond Heart both reached Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, with "Rhythm of My Heart" peaking at No. 1. 5 and "The Motown Song" peaked at No. 10.
At the 1993 Brit Awards in London, Stewart took the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Stewart brought back Face on stage for a spontaneous reunion. In 1993, Stewart recorded "All For Love" with Sting and Bryan Adams for the soundtrack of The Three Musketeers movie; the single reached number one in the US and number two in the UK. Also in 1993, he reunited with Ronnie Wood to record MTV Unplugged specifically including "Handbags and Gladrags", "Cut Across Shorty", and four choices from Each Picture Tells a Story me. The show features an acoustic version of Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately", which occupies Billboard the adult contemporary chart and No. 5 on Billboard Hot 100. A rendition of "Reason to Believe" also got a lot of shows. The resulting album Unplugged... and Seated reached number two on the Billboard album chart 200.
Stewart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, presented by Jeff Beck. On December 31, 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 presence of the largest free rock concert in history.
1995-2001: New company and record label
In the early 1990s, Stewart largely abandoned the making of his own material, saying that he was not a natural songwriter and that a warm response to his last efforts was useless. 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 contemporary adult charts. The last half of the 1990s was not commercially successful even though the 1996 album If We Fall in Love Tonight became gold and reached No. 1. 19 on the Billboard album chart .
When We Were the New Boys , his latest album on the Warner Bros label released in 1998, contains versions of songs by Britpop acting like 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 movie Patch Adams . In 2000, Stewart left Warner Bros and moved to Atlantic Records, another division of Warner Music Group. In 2001, he released Human . The single "I Can not Deny It" became Top 40 in the UK and Top 20 in contemporary adult. Stewart then signed a contract with Clive Davis's new J Records label. The Story of So Far: The Best of Rod Stewart , a greatest hit album collected from his time at Warner Bros., went into the Top 10 in the UK and reached number one in 2001 in, among other places, Belgium and French.
2002-10: Great American Song Book and < i> Soulbook
In June 2002, Stewart performed "Bags and Gladrags" at a Party at the Palace held at Buckingham Palace Garden, a concert celebrating Jubilee Gold Elizabeth II and featuring stars from five decades of music.
In 2002, Stewart had sold over 100 million records during his career. He concentrated on singing pop songs of the 1930s and 1940s from the Great American Songbook, written by songwriters like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George and Ira Gershwin, with great popular success. These albums have been released on Clive Davis J's label and have seen Stewart enjoy selling albums similar to the 1970s.
The first album of the book series, It Had Be 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 song "This Foolish Things" which is actually an English song, not an American,) reached number 13 on the adult Billboard adult chart, and "They Can not Take That From Me" into the Top 20.
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, became Top 20 on the US adult contemporary ladder. "Time After Time" is another Top 30 song on the US contemporary adult charts. Musical named Tonight's The Night, featuring many of Stewart's songs, opened Nov. 7, 2003 at London's Victoria Palace Theater. It was written and directed by Ben Elton, who previously created a similar production, We Will Rock You , with music by the Queen.
In 2004, Stewart reunited with Ronnie Wood for a Faces material concert. The best Rod Stewart and the Faces album, Changing Faces , reached the top 20 UK album charts. Five People Walk to Bar... , Face box compilation, broadcast. In late 2004, Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3 , the third album in the Stewart book series, was released. This is the 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, became the top 20 of the adult world charts. She also recorded a duet with Dolly Parton for the album - "Baby, It's Cold Outside". Stewart won his first Grammy Award for this album.
2005 saw the release of the fourth album album, Thanks to Memory: Great American Songbook 4 ; it includes a duet with Diana Ross and Elton John. Within a few weeks of the release, the CD reached number two on the Top 200 list. In late 2006, Stewart returned 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 south rock. milestone of the past four decades, including the 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. Number one but assisted by a New York City concert on MSN Music and an appearance at Dancing with the Stars . He tracks his new album live from the Nokia Theater on October 9th. The Control Room broadcast live events on MSN and in 117 theaters across the country via National CineMedia. In November 2006, Stewart was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
On July 1, 2007, Stewart performed at a concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium, London, an event that celebrates Princess Diana's life almost 10 years after her death. He performed "Sailing", "Baby Jane" and "Maggie May". On December 12, she 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, "Dad and Child", and Bonnie's song Tyler, "It's Heart Sick". On December 22, 2006, Stewart held the 8th Annual Home A Home for the Holidays event on CBS at 8:00 pm (PST).
On May 20, 2009, Stewart performed "Maggie May" in the grand final of American Idol season 8. On July 2, 2009, Stewart performed the only day in the UK that year at Home Park, Plymouth. On September 29, 2009, a 4-CD, 65-track compilation titled Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 was released; it consists of unreleased and censored songs from most of his career. Stewart has also mentioned plans for a classic soul cover compilation, possibly the release of another edition of the Great American album and the country cover album.
On October 17, 2009, Stewart released a studio album Soulbook consisting of cover of soul and Motown songs. On November 14, 2009, Stewart recorded a TV program in the UK for ITV which aired on December 5, 2009. The music in the program featured songs from his new album and some old favorites. On January 14, 2010, Rhino records released Stewart's Once in a Blue Moon, a "lost album" originally recorded in 1992, featuring ten cover songs including 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 October 19, 2010, Stewart released another edition of the Great American Songbook series titled Fly Me to the Moon... Great American Volume V Songs on J Records.
2011-2012: Christmas album and autobiography
In 2011, Stewart performed with Stevie Nicks at Heart & amp; Soul Tour. Starting March 20th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a tour of North American arena concerts - with performances in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa and Montreal, among others.
Stewart named the Sunday event at the Hard Rock Calls Festival 2011 on June 26 at Hyde Park London. Stewart signed a contract with a two-year residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, which begins on August 24. Her biggest hits show, the residency also saw her perform a selected track from her upcoming blues album.
On June 7, 2012, it was announced that Stewart had signed a recording deal with Universal Music Group. On September 4, 2012, it was announced that Stewart will be releasing his first Christmas album, titled Merry Christmas, Baby on the label of Verve Music Group (division of Universal Music Group) on October 30, 2012. The album was produced by David Foster and featuring several duets, as well as original songs written by Stewart, Foster and Amy Foster called "Red-Suited Super Man". According to IFPI, Merry Christmas, Baby is the seventh best-selling album worldwide in 2012.
In October 2012, Stewart's autobiography titled Rod: The Autobiography was released (dates definitely vary around the world).
In November 2012, Stewart performed "Auld Lang Syne" from the Christmas album and hit "Sailing" at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Later that month, Stewart returned to the Royal Albert Hall in front of the Queen for 100 Variety Variety, singing "When You Wish Upon a Star".
On November 26th, 2012, Stewart's recording of "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" reached the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. Stewart has had the number one song on this chart three times before, the last one in 1993 with "Have I Told You Lately", giving him the second largest hiatus between the numbers in the graphics history. The song stays in No. position. 1 for a total of five weeks, tying it to the longest holiday title in 51-year history.
On December 10th, 2012, Stewart was a guest singer on television Michael Bublà ©  © \ i> Home for the Holidays Special Christmas.
Stewart is the tenth best-selling artist in Canada in 2012 according to year-end sales data from Nielsen Soundscan Canada. In February of 2013, Stewart was nominated for the Canadian Juno Award in the International Album of the Year category for his album Merry Christmas, Baby.
2013-present: Back to writing songs - Time and Other Countries
In May 2013, Stewart released Time , a rock album from the original material. It marks back to songwriting after what Stewart called "the twenty-year dark period"; he said that writing his autobiography gave him the urge to write music again. The album entered the UK Albums Charts at number 1, setting a new British record for the longest gap between chart-topping albums by an artist. Stewart's last number 1 on the chart has been Greatest Hits Volume 1 in 1979 and his last studio album to the top of the chart was 1976 A Night on the Town .
In September 2013, Stewart presented his close friend Elton John with the first British Icon award in a special show at the London Palladium, which recognizes a "lasting impact" on British culture. Stewart said that John is "the second best rock performer ever", before the duets perform on stage.
On June 23, 2015, Stewart announced the release of a new studio album titled Other Countries . It was made available for pre-order and was released on October 23, 2015. The video for the first single "Love Is" is available on his Vevo account.
Stewart recorded vocals with Joe Walsh on Frankie Miller's album Franklin Miller, Double Take , released on September 30, 2016.
Personal life
In May 2000, Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, where he underwent surgery in the same month. Previously reported he suffered benign vocal cords nodules. In addition to being a major health problem, the resulting operation also threatened his voice, and he had to learn again how to sing. Since then he has been active in fundraising for the charity of The City of Hope Foundation to find a cure for all forms of cancer, especially those affecting children.
Before returning to England, Stewart played for his LA Exiles team of mostly British expatriates plus some celebrities, including Billy Duffy from The Cult, in the senior soccer league at Palos Verdes, California.
Although his father became a Hibernian supporter, Stewart was a Celtic supporter, whom he called "You're in My Heart". He supports the Scottish national team and follows Manchester United as his English team, and he explains his affair with Celtic and Manchester United in Frank Worrall's book, Celtic United. Stewart explains this more in his book of 2012 (pp 163-64), Rod: The Autobiography, mentions he "only had an attachment to Manchester United in the 1970s, but that's because they have so many Players Scotland in the 1970s, including Denis Law... When I finally clicked on with the team, it was Celtic ". He presents Celtic with the trophy after they win the 2015 Scottish League Cup Final.
Stewart is a model train enthusiast. His 23 ÃÆ'â € "124 feet (? 7 ÃÆ'â €" 37Ã, m) HO layout scale in his Los Angeles home was modeled after New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads during the 1940s. Called Three Rivers City, the layout is featured in cover stories of December 2007, December 2010, February 2014, and June 2017 editions of the Model Railroader magazine. In a 2007 article, Stewart said that it meant more to him to be in a model train magazine than a music magazine. On its Los Angeles train, Rod uses the Flextrack 70 code and the Command Control (DCC) system created by Digitrax. The layout has a mainline of 900 feet. He has a smaller second layout in his English home, based on the East Coast Main Line of Great Britain. In the sidebar to the Model Railroader article 2014, Stewart admits (in an anecdote about himself unconsciously mixing red texture texture into a "grass" mixture he uses around building bases) that he's color-rich.
A car collector, Stewart has one of the 400 Ferrari Enzos. In 1982, Stewart was driven on Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, when he parked the Porsche for $ 50,000. The car was later rediscovered.
In September 2002, Stewart's son Sean was sentenced to three months in jail for attacking a man outside a Los Angeles restaurant. Sean Stewart is also required to pay compensation and attend anger management courses, drugs and alcohol.
Rod Stewart was appointed Commander of the Royal Order of the United Kingdom (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Award for music service. Gathering him in July 2007 at Buckingham Palace, Stewart commented: "This is a great opportunity, we are the only country in the world to respect ordinary people." He earned a 2016 honors degree for "music and charity services".
Stewart is estimated to have a wealth of £ 170 million in the 2017 Rich Day List 2017, making it one of the 20 richest people in the UK music industry.
Relationships and family
Stewart is known for his relationship with women and has eight children, by five different mothers:
In connection with her divorce, Stewart was quoted as saying, "Instead of marrying again, I will look for a woman I do not like and just give her home."
Awards and acknowledgments
- Brit Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Music, 1993.
- Being switched to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1994 (as a solo artist.)
- Received the first World Music Awards Diamond Award for more than 100 million records sold worldwide, 2001.
- Receive Legend Awards from the World Music Awards.
- Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, 2005, Stardust... Great American Volume III Songbook .
- On October 11, 2005, Stewart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the music industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.
- Being inducted into UK Music Hall of Fame, 2006.
- According to Stewart, soul singer James Brown called him the best "white soul singer" in September 2006.
- Received the CBE award in the 2007 New Year Honors.
- Lifting a Knight's Chief at the 2016 Anniversary Awards.
- Received the ASCAP Founders Award in 2011.
- Being switched to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2012 (as a Face member).
- Until now, Stewart has received seven Canadian Juno Award nominations.
List of bands
During his career, Rod Stewart has been a member of a number of groups including:
- Jimmy Powell and Five Dimensions (1963)
- The Hoochie Coochie Men (1964-1965)
- Steampacket (1965-1966)
- Soul Agent (1965-1966)
- Shotgun Express (1966)
- The Jeff Beck Group (1967-1969)
- Face (1969-1975) Discussion
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