Rod Stewart

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and one of the best selling artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group and then Faces. He launched his solo career in 1969 with his debut album ‘An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down’, and his early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music and R&B … (read more at Wikipedia)

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Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1976 Festive Fifty: Maggie May #34

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1970: An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
 * Peelenium 1971: Maggie May

Sessions

 * No solo sessions. Stewart appeared on sessions with the Jeck Beck Group and the Faces, and was also part of the Carol Concert session broadcast 26 December 1970.

Live

 * 24 December 1976: concert from Olympia, introduced by Bob Harris
 * 1) Tonight’s The Night
 * 2) Wild Side Of Life
 * 3) This Old Heart Of Mine
 * 4) Sweet Little Rock And Roller
 * 5) I Don’t Want To Talk About It
 * 6) The Killing Of Georgie
 * 7) Maggie May
 * 8) Get Back
 * 9) Losing You
 * 10) Sailing

Other Shows Played
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site. Please add further information if known.)


 * 1969
 * 13 December 1969: An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (LP - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Vertigo


 * 1970
 * 07 March 1970: Blind Prayer (LP - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Vertigo
 * 18 July 1970: Country Comfort (LP - Gasoline Alley) Vertigo
 * 01 August 1970: It’s All Over Now (single) Vertigo
 * 03 October 1970: Cut Across Shorty (LP - Gasoline Alley) Vertigo
 * 12 September 1970: Gasoline Alley (LP – Gasoline Alley) Vertigo
 * 17 October 1970: Lady Day (LP - Gasoline Alley) Vertigo


 * 1972
 * 11 July 1972: ‘Never A Dull Moment’ LP played in full
 * 14 July 1972: Twistin’ The Night Away (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 14 July 1972: You Wear It Well (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 18 July 1972: Italian Girls (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 21 July 1972: True Blue (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 28 July 1972: Lost Paraguayos (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 01 August 1972: Angel (LP - Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 04 August 1972: You Wear It Well (single) Mercury
 * 11 August 1972: Twistin' The Night Away (LP - Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * 25 August 1972: Italian Girls (LP - Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 3: Gasoline Alley (LP) Vertigo
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 6: Twisting The Night Away (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 6: Angel (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 6: I’d Rather Go Blind (LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 6: You Wear It Well ((LP – Never A Dull Moment) Mercury


 * 1973
 * 24 April 1973: An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (LP – An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, 1969) Vertigo
 * 26 April 1973: Cindy's Lament (LP – An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Mercury
 * 03 May 1973: Blind Prayer (LP – An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Mercury
 * 10 May 1973: Man Of Constant Sorrow (LP – An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Vertigo
 * 26 June 1973: Mandolin Wind (LP: Every Picture Tells A Story) Mercury
 * 28 June 1973: Reason To Believe (LP: Every Picture Tells A Story) Mercury
 * 19 July 1973: (I Know) I’m Losing You (LP: Picture Tells A Story) Mercury
 * 24 July 1973: The Day Will Come (7" single) Columbia
 * 31 July 1973: Why Does It Go On (7"-B side of The Day Will Come) EMI


 * 1975
 * 19 December 1975: Rod Stewart, Sailing (7") Warner Bros (15 favourite singles of 1975)
 * D030: Still Love You (LP - Atlantic Crossing) Warner Bros
 * D030: I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (JP: "Well, not one of Rod's finer moments...")


 * 1976
 * 18 August 1976: Maggie May (7") Mercury (Faces band retrospective)
 * 18 August 1976: Sailing (7") Warner Bros. (Faces band retrospective)
 * 28 December 1976: Maggie May (7") Mercury (JP: 'Well, I'd dearly love to have a copy of the Top Of The Pops film that had me pretending to play mandolin on that.') (1976 Festive Fifty #34)


 * 1978
 * 23 October 1978: (Mentions that the Faces are still one of his all-time favourite bands. Even though Rod Stewart “acts like a berk a lot of the time,” he’s still the only tax exile Peel misses.)


 * 1990s
 * 10 November 1999: An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (LP-An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) Vertigo (Peelenium 1970)
 * 11 November 1999: Maggie May (7") Mercury (Peelenium 1971) (JP: "A demonstration once again that before he became a famous bloke, he was capable of writing genuinely sensitive and amusing and well-observed little songs, and that was one of them, and there were many more to follow too.")
 * 08 December 1999: Good King Wenceslas (part of Carol Concert Peel session)


 * Top Of The Pops
 * 05 May 1983 (TOTP): Maggie May (clip from 27 December 1971)
 * 08 June 1983 (TOTP): Baby Jane
 * 23 June 1983 (TOTP): Baby Jane
 * 07 July 1983 (TOTP): Baby Jane
 * 05 January 1984 (TOTP): Sweet Surrender
 * 09 August 1984 (TOTP): Some Guys Have All The Luck