Rod Stewart

Born in London, he was a moderately talented but largely unknown British folk rock singer during the 1960s. In 1967, he joined the original Jeff Beck Group with guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck on lead as well as bassist Ron Wood and drummer Aynsley Dunsbar[?].

In 1971, Stewart left the Jeff Beck Group after already having done some work with The Faces. Stewart's 1971 solo album Every Picture Tells a Story made him a household name, and when the B-side "Maggie May" started receiving radio play, it hit #1 in both the U.S. and the UK. The Faces (with Stewart) also got their only U.S. top ten hit with "Stay With Me".

In the late 1970s, Stewart began to enter more pop-oriented music and got another #1 hit with 1978's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" After a slump during the early 1980s, Stewart started spending less time recording music and playing the role of famous rock star[?]. In 1993, he recorded the hit song "All For Love" with Sting and Bryan Adams for the soundtrack to the movie The Three Musketeers[?].

Discography

• With the Jeff Beck Group:
  • Truth (1968)
  • Beck Ola (1970)
  • The best of Jeff Beck (1985)

• With The Faces:
  • First Step (1970)
  • Longplayer (1971)
  • A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse (1971)
  • Ooh la la (1973)
  • Coast to coast - Overtures & beginners (Live album 1974)
  • The best of The Faces - Snakes and ladders (1975)
  • The best of The Faces (1977)

• Solo albums:
  • An old raincoat won't ever let you down (The Rod Stewart Album) (1970)
  • 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 & Fancy free (1977)
  • Blondes have more fun (1978)
  • Foolish behaviour (1980)
  • Tonight I'm yours (1981)
  • Absolutely live (1982, live)
  • Body wishes (1983)
  • Camouflage (1984)
  • Every beat of my heart (1986)
  • Out of order (1988)
  • Vagabond heart (1991)
  • Lead vocalist (1993
  • Unplugged... and seated (1993, live)
  • A spanner in the works (1995)
  • If we fall in love tonight (1996)

• Compilations
  • Sing it again, Rod (1972)
  • The vintage years 69 - 70 (1976)
  • Best of Rod Stewart (1976)
  • Best of Rod Stewart, Volume II (1977)
  • Rod Stewart Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (1979)
  • Hot Rods (1980)
  • The best of Rod Stewart (1989)
  • The Rock Album (1989)
  • The Ballad album (1989)
  • Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964-1990 (1989)
  • Downtown train (1991)
  • Handbags & Gladrags (1995)