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ROD STEWART IN 250 WORDS (ish)

Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Gold all squeezed into 250 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count).

So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Rod Stewart. But don't get too comfy, it is only 250 words (ish).
Rod Stewart in 250 words (ish)

Rod Stewart (Sir Roderick David Stewart) was born in 1945 in Highgate. As a child, Stewart was inspired by singer Al Jolson and Little Richard. At the age of 15 his father bought him a guitar and in 1962 he took up the harmonica and was busking with Wizz Jones around London. 

Stewart has released 30 studio albums, 4 live albums and 147 singles. In the UK he's had 6 No.1 singles including ‘Sailing’ in 1976, ‘Maggie May’ in 1971 and ‘Do YA Think I’m Sexy?’ In 1987. He's also had 10 No.1 albums, Stewart's second album ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ released in 1971 stayed at No.1 in the UK for 6 weeks. His last 2 albums ‘Blood Red Roses’ (2018) and ‘You’re In My Heart’ (2019) both reached No.1 in the UK album charts. 

Stewart has sold over 120 million records making him one of the best selling artists of all time. In 1977 Stewart reached No.1 with two covers ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About it’ and ‘The First Cut Is the Deepest’, both have reached silver status in the UK.

In 1969 Stewart joined the band Faces and released 4 studio albums including their No.1 ‘Ooh La La’ in 1973 and featured singles like ‘Cindy Incidentally’. The band broke up in 1975.

In 2001 Stewart received the first Diamond Award from the World Music Awards, awarded CBE in 2007, Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1993 and was put into the UK Hall Of Fame in 2006. He is a model railway enthusiast and has a 23 x 124ft layout in his LA home. 

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