Rod Stewart – Biografija
Rod Stewart – Roderick David „Rod“ Stewart, britanski je rock pop i blues pjevač, rođen 10. januara 1945. godine u Londonu (Engleska).
Neki od njegovih hitova u dugugodišnjoj karijeri su: ‘Maggie May’, ‘You Wear It Well’, ‘Sailing’, ‘Tonight’s the Night’ (Gonna Be Alright), ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’, ‘Hot Legs’, ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’, ‘Downtown Train’, ‘Some Guys Have All the Luck’, ‘Young Turks’, ‘This Old Heart of Mine’, ‘Forever Young’, ‘My Heart Can’t Tell You No’ i ‘Rhythm of My Heart’.
Školu je napustio sa 15 godina, i radio kod oca na sitotisku, tad je i silno želio postati fudbaler i igrao je u klubu Brentford F.C, zbog toga je cijeli život bio vatreni navijač Škotske nogometne reprezentacije i kluba Celtic.
Muzikom se počeo baviti ranih 1960-ih nastupajući kao pjevač u brojnim tadašnjim rock sastavima. Solo pjevač postao je 1969. godine u novom sastavu Faces koji je osnovan od tri člana Small Faces i dva bivša člana Jeff Beck Group Ronnie Wooda i samog Rod Stewarta.
Sastav se okrenuo više bluesu koji je odgovarao baršunasto hrapavom Stewartovu glasu i odmah privukao pažnju publike na sebe.
Prvi solo album izdao je 1969. godine ‘An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down’, a u Sjevernoj Americi se zvao ‘The Rod Stewart Album’. Stewart je tek nakon svog trećeg izdanog albuma ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ dobio status rock soliste. Status zvijezde potvrdio je i sa istovremeno izdanom singl pločom ‘Maggie May’ koja se ubrzo popela na #1 u Britaniji i Sjedinjenim Državama.
Gitarist Ron Wood puno je pomogao Stewartu kod komponovanja pjesama za njegov prvi solo album. Zbog raka štitne žlijezde 1999. godine u junu je 2000. operisan, pošto je operacija bila rizična za njegov slavni hrapavi glas nakon postoperativne terapije morao je napustiti pjevanje po koncertima, danas je angažiran u zakladi „City Of Hope Foundation“, koja se bavi podrškom u istraživanju raka.
Imena grupa čiji je bio član
U toku svoje karijere bio je član mnogih britanskih grupa:
1963. Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions
1966. Shotgun Express
1964. – 1965. The Hoochie Coochie Men
1965. – 1966 Soul Agents
1966. – 1969. The Jeff Beck Group
1969. – 1975. Faces
Singl ploče
1968. Little Miss Understood
1971. Maggie May
1972. You wear it well
1972. What made Milwaukee Famous
1973. Oh no, not my baby
1974. Farewell/Bring it on home to me/You send me
1975. Sailing
1976. Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
1976. This old heart of mine
1976. Get back
1977. I don’t want to talk about it / The first cut is the deepest
1977. You’re in my Heart
1978. Hot legs
1978. Ole Ola
1978. Da ya think I’m sexy?
1979. Ain’t love a bitch
1980. Passion
1981. Tonight I’m yours (don’t hurt me)
1981. Young Turks
1983. Baby Jane
1983. What am I gonna do
1983. Sweet Surrender
1984. Infatuation
1984. Some guys have all the luck
1985. People get ready
1986. Love touch
1986. Every beat of my heart
1986. Another Heartache
1987. Twistin the night away
1988. Lost in you
1988. Forever Young
1988. My Heart can tell you no
1989. Crazy about her
1989. I don’t want to talk about it
1989. This Old Heart of mine
1990. Downtown Train
1990. It Takes Two
1991. Rhythm of my heart
1991. The Motown song
1991. Broken Arrow
1992. Tom Traubert’s Blues
1993. Ruby Tuesday
1993. Shotgun wedding
1993. Have I told you lately?
1993. Reason to believe
1993. People get ready
1994. All for love
1995. You’re the star
1995. Lady Luck
1996. Purple heather
1996. So far away
1996. If we fall in love tonight
1996. When I need you
1998. Ooh La La
1998. When We Were The New Boys
1998. Rocks
1999. Faith of the heart
2000. Run back into your arms
2001. I can’t deny it
Albumi
1970. An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down aka The Rod Stewart Album
1970. Gasoline Alley
1970. First Step
1971. Every Picture Tells A Story
1971. Long Player
1971. A Nod’s As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse
1972. Never A Dull Moment
1973. Sing It Again Rod
1973. Ooh La La
1974. Smiler
1974. Coast To Coast… Overtures And Beginners
1975. Atlantic Crossing
1976. A Night On The Town
1976. Snakes And Ladders – The Best Of Faces
1977. Foot Loose & Fancy Free
1978. Blondes Have More Fun
1979. Greatest Hits
1980. Foolish Behaviour
1981. Tonight I’m Yours
1982. Absolutely Live
1983. Body Wishes
1984. Camouflage
1986. Every Beat Of My Heart
1988. Out Of Order
1989. The Best Of Rod Stewart
1990. Storyteller – The Complete Anthology
1991. Vagabond Heart
1993. Lead Vocalist
1993. Unplugged …And Seated (unplugged – with special guest Ronnie Wood)
1995. A Spanner In The Works
1996. If We Fall In Love Tonight
1998. When We Were The New Boys
2001. Human
2002. It Had To Be You… The Great American Songbook
2003. As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook Vol. II
2004. Stardust… The Great American Songbook Vol. III
2005. Thanks For The Memory… The Great American Songbook, Vol IV
2006. Still The Same… Great Rock Classics Of Our Time
2009. Some Guys Have All The Luck, The Very Best Of
Nagrade koje je dobio
1993. Golden Camera, Germany
1994. primljen u Rock kuću slavnih (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
2005. Walk of Fame
2007. godine za svoj doprinos u glazbi dobio je najviše britansko odličje Orden Britanskog carstva (Commander of the Order of the British CBE.
