Rod Stewart

**Roderick David „Rod“ Stewart**, (* London, 10. siječnja 1945. - ) je britanski rock i pop pjevač. U svojoj dugoj karijeri imao je više #1 hitova poput; *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*.

## Historija

Školu je napustio sa 15 godina, i radio kod oca na sitotisku, tad je i silno želio postati nogometaš i igrao je u klubu Brentford F.C, zbog toga je cijeli život bio vatreni navijač Škotske nogometne reprezentacije i kluba Celtic.

Stewart se glazbom počeo baviti ranih 1960-ih nastupajući kao pjevač u brojnim tadašnjim rock sastavima; *Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions*, *The Hoochie Coochie Men* ( sastav Long John Baldry-a), *The Soul Agents*, *Shotgun Express*, *The Steampacket* i The Jeff Beck Group.

1967. godine otpjevao je demo-inačicu pjesme *In A Broken Dream* za australski sastav Python Lee Jackson. Nakon prvih Stewartovih uspjeha 1970-ih , objavili su australci ploču 1972. sa tim naslovom, ali nisu naveli Stewarta kao pjevača.

1969. godine postao je solo pjevač 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.

1969. godine izdao je Stewart svoj prvi solo album *An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down*, u Sjevernoj Americi se zvao *The Rod Stewart Album*. 1970. izdao je album *Gasoline Alley*. Tek nakon svojeg trećeg izdanog albuma *Every Picture Tells A Story* njegov status rock solista postao je neupitan. Status zvijezde potvrdio je i sa istovremeno izdanom singl pločom *Maggie May* koja se 
ubrzo popela na #1 Britaniji i Sjedinjenim Državama. Gitarist Ron Wood puno je pomogao Stewartu kod skladanja pjesama za njegov prvi solo album, a sastav Faces kod uglazbivanja.

1975. godine izdao je veliki hit *Sailing*, a 1978. *Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?* pa zatim 1983. godine *Baby Jane*. 1990. godine izdao je pjesmu Tom Waitsa *Downtown Train* koja je postigla osrednji uspjeh kod publike (#10 UK. 1991. godine albumom *Vagabond Heart* uspio se kvalitetom materijala vratiti u vrh. 1994. primljen je Rock kuću slavnih (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

2002. godine Stewart je izdao album sa odabranim jazz - standardima pod nazivom *It Had To Be You - The Great American Songbook*. Nakon velikog uspjeha albuma i više platinastih nagrada koje je dobio, Stewart je objavio tri nove inačice sa istim materijalom.

2007. godine za svoj doprinos u glazbi dobio je najviše britansko odličje Orden Britanskog carstva (Commander of the Order of the British *CBE*.

### Bolest

1999. godine obolio je od raka štitnjače, te je u lipnju 2000. operiran. Operacija je zaprijetila uništiti njegov slavni *hrapavi glas*, ali je Stewart i onako nakon postoperativne terapije morao napustiti pjevanje po koncertima, danas je angažiran u zakladi „City Of Hope Foundation“, koja se bavi podrškom u istraživanju raka.

### Lista sastava

Tijekom svoje karijere Rod Stewart je bio član brojnih britanskih grupa, dolje je lista:

* Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions (1963)
* The Hoochie Coochie Men (1964–1965)
* Soul Agents (1965-1966)
* Shotgun Express (1966)
* The Jeff Beck Group (1966–1969)
* Faces (1969–1975)

## Diskografija

### 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 (zajedno s Jeff Beckom)
* 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 (inačica iz 1989-ih)
* 1989: This Old Heart of mine (sa Ronald Isley)
* 1990: Downtown Train
* 1990: It Takes Two (Duett With Tina Turner)
* 1991: Rhythm of my heart
* 1991: The Motown song
* 1991: Broken Arrow
* 1992: Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)
* 1993: Ruby Tuesday
* 1993: Shotgun wedding
* 1993: Have I told you lately? (unplugged)
* 1993: Reason to believe (unplugged)
* 1993: People get ready (unplugged)
* 1994: All for love (s Bryan Adams i Sting)
* 1995: You’re the star
* 1995: Lady Luck
* 1996: Purple heather (zajedno sa škotskom nogometnom reprezentacijom)
* 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 (glazba za film „Patch Adams“)
* 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 (The Faces)
* 1971: Every Picture Tells A Story
* 1971: Long Player (The Faces)
* 1971: A Nod’s As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse (The Faces)
* 1972: Never A Dull Moment
* 1973: Sing It Again Rod (best of)
* 1973: Ooh La La (The Faces)
* 1974: Smiler
* 1974: Coast To Coast… Overtures And Beginners (The Faces live)
* 1975: Atlantic Crossing
* 1976: A Night On The Town
* 1976: Snakes And Ladders - The Best Of Faces (The 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
* 2010: Once in a Blue Moon: The Lost Album
* 2010: Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V
* 2012: Merry Christmas, Baby
* 2013: Time
* 2015: Another Country
* 2018: Blood Red Roses
* 2021: The Tears of Hercules
* 2024: Swing Fever with Jools Holland

## Literatura

* 2005: Rod Stewart. Live / Private / Backstage – Photos 1970–1980 (Wolfgang Heilemann & Sabine Thomas) 
* 1994: Forever Young (Tim Ewbank & Stafford Hildred) 
* 1985: Rod Stewart (George Tremlett) 

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