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The following is the complete discography of British singer Rod Stewart. Throughout his career, Stewart has sold 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists in history. [1] According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), he has sold 46.6 million albums and singles in the US. [2]
Early Recordings by Rod Stewart released in 2002. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for 16 Early Hits by Rod Stewart. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) [2] is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, [3] Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. [4] . His music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica.
Feb 4, 2005 · This latest gathers all his early solo recordings for Mercury, though if you have 1995's Handbags & Gladrags collection, you'll own about half the material already.
- An Old Raincoat Won’T Ever Let You Down
- Gasoline Alley
- Every Picture Tells A Story
- Never A Dull Moment
- Smiler
Stewart was already a seasoned recording artist of some five years by the time he released An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down in the US in late 1969, and early 1970 in the UK. At the time, he was in the unusual situation of trying to launch solo and band careers at the same time, since he was also now confirmed as the singer in the Faces, the ...
Gasoline Alley, released in 1970, again featured many of Rod’s mates in the line-up, including all of his fellow Faces. This one included an early Elton Johncover, of “Country Comfort,” as well as displaying Stewart’s love of soul music, and Bobby Womack in particular, on a rendition of “It’s All Over Now.” Buy or stream Gasoline Alley.
1971’s Every Picture Tells A Story was, of course, the breakthrough, thanks in large part to the chart-topping “Maggie May,” which helped the album hit No.1 in the UK, US and Australia. Stewart, co-writer of “Maggie” with Martin Quittenton, also contributed two more co-writes, of the elegant “Mandolin Wind” and the title song, with Ronnie Wood. Buy...
Never A Dull Moment, a year later, was also blessed with a No.1 single, the splendid “You Wear It Well.” Rod covered another of his heroes, Sam Cooke, with a rocking “Twisting The Night Away,” created a more gentle mood on versions of Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel” and the Billy Foster/Ellington Jordon song most closely associated with Etta James, “I’d Rat...
That album was another big international success and again topped the UK chart, as did Stewart’s final Mercury album Smiler,in 1974. This was a million-seller worldwide, even if the critical tide was turning against Rod and he was also coming towards the end of his days with the Faces. But he still contributed three co-writes to Smiler, and deliver...
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Sep 11, 2022 · From busking in Paris to performing in bands such as Steampacket and Shotgun Express, Rod covered a lot of blues and R&B songs from his heroes. You can hear in his early recordings a young man desperately trying to sound like Sam Cooke. And while the music during this blossoming period is fun, it doesn’t really catch on.
