Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart is a Scottish/English singer whose full name is Roderick David Stewart. He was born in London on January 10, 1945. Rod Stewart belonged to several English bands before he launched his solo career ñ which has been immensely successful. A Rod Stewart concert is a momentous event at any time and place. Rod Stewart features on the list of the world’s highest selling artists, with album and single sales that exceed a staggering 250 million. In the U.K. alone, he has 62 hit singles to his credit. There are various ’Best of Rod Stewart’ and ’Rod Stewart Greatest Hits’ compilations available, and each is a sellout.

Rod Stewart’s husky singing voice has made him a rock and roll icon and he has a huge fan following. Apart from singing, his other passion is football. Rod Stewart developed thyroid cancer in 1999, and his fans feared that the surgery this required would mark the end of his famous singing voice. Though he had to reinvent his vocal style after surgery, Rod Stewart released a new album on October 10, 2006. Entitled ’Still the Same - Great Rock Classics of Our Time’, this album features famous rock songs from the last forty years.

Rod Stewart has released twelve albums till date, including ’Still the Same - Great Rock Classics of Our Time’. The first was ’Every Picture Tells a Story’ in 1971. The Best of Rod Stewart’s singles are ’Maggie May’, ’You Wear It Well’, ’Sailing’, ’I Don't Want to Talk About It’ (The First Cut Is the Deepest), ’Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, ’Baby Jane’ and ’All for Love’. These singles are mainstays in most Rod Stewart concerts. With his career far from over, we are still to see the best of Rod Stewart.