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Married in , the couple had two sons and two daughters while living in Scotland , and then they moved to Highgate. Stewart came after an eight-year gap following his youngest sibling; he was born at home during World War II. The family was mostly focused on football ; [23] Stewart's father had played in a local amateur team and managed some teams as well, and one of Stewart's earliest memories was of the pictures of Scottish players such as George Young and Gordon Smith that his brothers had on the wall.

The family were also great fans of the singer Al Jolson and would sing and play his hits. Stewart left school at age 15 [29] and worked briefly as a silk screen printer. Contrary to some longstanding accounts, Stewart states in his autobiography that he was never signed to the club and that the club never called him back after his trials. I plumped for music They're the only two things I can do actually: play football and sing. Stewart worked in the family shop and as a newspaper delivery boy. Stewart became attracted to beatnik attitudes and left-wing politics , living for a while in a beatnik houseboat at Shoreham-by-Sea.

In , Stewart adopted the Mod lifestyle and look , and began fashioning the spiky rooster hairstyle that would become his trademark. After returning to London, Stewart joined a rhythm and blues group, the Dimensions, in October as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist. Contrary to popular legend, during this time Stewart likely did not play harmonica on Millie Small 's hit " My Boy Lollipop ".

That was probably Peter Hogman of the Dimensions, although Powell has also claimed credit. Turning down Decca's recommended material as too commercial, Stewart insisted that the experienced session musicians he was given, including John Paul Jones , learn a couple of Sonny Boy Williamson songs he had just heard.

Stewart's "Rod the Mod" image gained wider visibility in November , when he was the subject of a minute Rediffusion, London television documentary titled "An Easter with Rod" that portrayed the Mod scene. Stewart departed from Steampacket in March , [66] with Stewart saying he had been sacked and Auger saying he had quit. I think you can only start finding yourself when you write your own material. Guitarist Jeff Beck recruited Stewart for his new post- Yardbirds venture, [68] and in February , Stewart joined the Jeff Beck Group as vocalist and sometime songwriter.

Beck's wild and visionary guitar against the hoarse and insistent shouting of Rod Stewart," [71] and New Musical Express reporting that the group was receiving standing ovations and pulling receipts equal to those of Jimi Hendrix and The Doors. In August , their first album Truth was released; by October it had risen to number 15 on the US albums chart but failed to chart in the UK.

In July , Stewart left, following his friend Wood's departure. In the two and a half years I was with Beck I never once looked him in the eye — I always looked at his shirt or something like that. The group's second album, Beck-Ola , was released in June in the US and September in the UK, bracketing the time the group was dissolving; it also made number 15 in the US albums chart and placed to number 39 in the UK albums chart.

It established the template for his solo sound: a heartfelt mixture of folk , rock, and country blues , inclusive of a British working-class sensibility, with both original material "Cindy's Lament" and the title song and cover versions Ewan MacColl 's " Dirty Old Town " and Mike d'Abo 's " Handbags and Gladrags ". While the album did better in the UK than in the US, the Faces quickly earned a strong live following. Stewart released his second album, Gasoline Alley that autumn.

Stewart's approach was similar to his first album and mandolin was introduced into the sound. He then launched a US tour with the Faces. His payment was a set of seat covers for his car. It was re-released in to become a worldwide hit. Stewart's solo album Every Picture Tells a Story made him a household name when the B-side of his minor hit " Reason to Believe ", " Maggie May ", co-written with Martin Quittenton started receiving radio play.

The album and the single occupied the number one chart position simultaneously in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, a chart first, in September. But the ultimate manifestation of the early Stewart solo style was the Stewart-Wood-penned "Every Picture Tells a Story" itself: powered by Mick Waller's drumming, Pete Sears 's piano and Wood's guitar work in a largely acoustic arrangement; it is a song relating to the picaresque adventures of the singer.

The second Faces album, Long Player , was released in early and enjoyed greater chart success than First Step. To a Blind Horse released in late The Faces toured extensively in with growing tension in the band over Stewart's solo career enjoying more success than the band's. Stewart released Never a Dull Moment in the same year. Repeating the Every Picture formula, for the most part, it reached number two on the US album charts and number one in the UK, [86] and enjoyed further good notices from reviewers.

For the body of his early solo work Stewart earned tremendous critical praise. Rarely has a singer had as full and unique a talent as Rod Stewart; rarely has anyone betrayed his talent so completely. Once the most compassionate presence in music, he has become a bilious self-parody — and sells more records than ever [ A] writer who offered profound lyricism and fabulous self-deprecating humour, teller of tall tales and honest heartbreaker, he had an unmatched eye for the tiny details around which lives turn, shatter, and reform [ His solo albums] were defined by two special qualities: warmth, which was redemptive, and modesty, which was liberating.

If ever any rocker chose the role of everyman and lived up to it, it was Rod Stewart. So we recorded them again and waited a week for him to come back. We cut the track for 'Ooh La La' three times before he eventually passed on it, leaving it for Woody to sing. In late , Stewart released his Smiler album. In Britain, it reached number one, and the single "Farewell" number seven, but only number 13 on the Billboard pop album charts and the single "Mine for Me" only number 91 on the Billboard pop singles charts.

It was his last original album for Mercury Records. Records and remained with them throughout the vast majority of his career Faces were signed to Warner Bros. In , Stewart moved to Los Angeles. He released the Atlantic Crossing album for his new record company, using producer Tom Dowd and a different sound based on the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

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Atlantic Crossing marked both a return to form and a return to the Top 10 of the Billboard album charts. The first single, a cover of the Sutherland Brothers song " Sailing ", was a number-one hit in the UK, charted high in other European countries and in Australia, but only reached the Top 60 of the US and Canadian charts. Having been a hit twice over, "Sailing" became, and remains, Stewart's biggest-selling single in the UK.

By explicitly marking the album as having a "fast side" and a "slow side", Stewart continued the trend started by Atlantic Crossing. It continued Stewart's run of chart success, reaching number two.

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In appearance, Stewart's look had evolved to include a glam element, including make-up and spandex clothes. A focal point of criticisms about this period was his biggest-selling disco hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Stewart moved to a more new wave direction in by releasing the album Foolish Behaviour. The album produced one hit single, " Passion ", which reached No.

Later in , Stewart added further elements of new wave and synthpop to his sound for the Tonight I'm Yours album. The title song reached No. Stewart was criticised [ by whom? It reached No. A reunion with Jeff Beck produced a successful take on Curtis Mayfield 's " People Get Ready ", but an attempt to tour together fell apart after a few dates. The song reached No. Firehoses were sprayed on the crowd to avoid heat prostration.

Released in , the Vagabond Heart album continued Stewart's renewal and inspiration. The resulting Unplugged By the early s, Stewart had mostly abandoned creating his own material, saying that he was not a natural songwriter and that the tepid response to his recent efforts was not rewarding. The latter half of the s was not as commercially successful though the album If We Fall in Love Tonight reached number 8 in the UK, and went gold and hit No.

In , Stewart left Warner Bros. Stewart then signed to Clive Davis ' new J Records label. Stewart joined others who had recorded the classic songs. These albums have been released on Clive Davis 's J Records label and have seen Stewart enjoy album sales equal to the s. In , Stewart reunited with Ronnie Wood for concerts of Faces material. Five Guys Walk into a Bar In late , Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3 , the third album in Stewart's songbook series, was released. It was his first US number one album in 25 years, selling over , albums in its first week.

Stewart won his first ever Grammy Award for this album. Within weeks of its release, the CD made it to number two on the Top list. In late , Stewart made his return to rock music and his new approach to country music with the release of Still the Same The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with , copies in its first week. He performed tracks from his new album live from the Nokia Theater on 9 October. On 1 July , Stewart performed at the Concert for Diana held at Wembley Stadium , London, an event which celebrated the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death.

On 29 September a 4-CD, track compilation entitled Rod Stewart Sessions — was released; it is composed of previously-unreleased tracks and outtakes from the bulk of his career. Stewart has also mentioned plans for a compilation of covers of soul classics, the possible release of another edition of the Great American Songbook album and a country covers album. On 17 October , Stewart released the studio album Soulbook which was composed of covers of soul and Motown songs.

The music in the programme featured tracks from his new album and some old favourites. On 7 June , it was announced that Stewart had signed a recording agreement with Universal Music Group. Let It Snow! Stewart has had the number one song on this chart three times previously, the last being in with " Have I Told You Lately ", giving him the second-largest hiatus between number ones in the history of the chart.

In May , Stewart released Time , a rock album of his own original material. It marked a return to songwriting after what Stewart termed "a dark period of twenty years"; he said that writing his autobiography gave him the impetus to write music again. Stewart quipped that John was "the second-best rock singer ever", before the two performed a duet on stage. On 23 June , Stewart announced the release of a new studio album, Another Country.

It was made available for pre-order and was released on 23 October The video for the first single "Love Is" is available on his Vevo account. Pepper for Beat Bugs episode 17b, which debuted 18 November on Netflix. In May , Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer , for which he underwent surgery in the same month. It had been previously reported he suffered from a benign vocal cord nodule. Despite his father being a supporter of Hibernian , [] Stewart is a supporter of Celtic , which he mentions in " You're in My Heart ".

When I did eventually click with a team, it was Celtic". Stewart is a model railway enthusiast. Called the Three Rivers City, the layout was featured in the cover story of the December , December , February , and June issues of Model Railroader magazine. In the article, Stewart said that it meant more to him to be in a model railroad magazine than a music magazine. In a sidebar [] to the Model Railroader article, Stewart confirmed in an anecdote about his having unwittingly mixed red scenery texturing material into a "turf" mix he used around the bases of buildings that he is colour-blind.

A car collector, Stewart owns one of the Ferrari Enzos. In September , Stewart's son, Sean, was sentenced to three months in jail for attacking a man outside a restaurant in Los Angeles. Sean Stewart was also required to pay compensation and to attend anger management, drug and alcohol treatment courses. At his investiture in July , at Buckingham Palace , Stewart commented: "It's a marvellous occasion.

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