His career saw the release of 6 consecutive number one albums in the UK. With the selling of over 100 million records worldwide, Rod Stewart is one of the best British selling music artists of all time.
Bringing earth shattering hits like ‘Maggie May’ and album’s such as ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’, the both singer and song would go on to be named in ‘The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 song’s that shaped rock and roll’. With his rasping vocals, wild hair, crazy mod-rocker personality and his cheeky grin, enter one of the most prominent soul and RnB vocalists during the seventies and early eighties.
To learn more about Rod Stewart and other influential artists such as James Brown, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Little Richard and Peter Townshend, you can purchase FIB’s book Masters of Music vol 24 “Legends” on Amazon, here.
Written by Jasmine Cottan
Edited by Rebecka Davidsson