Rod: The Autobiography

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The first single, a cover of the Sutherland Brothers song " Sailing", was a number-one hit in the UK, charted high in other European countries and in Australia, but only reached the Top 60 of the US and Canadian charts. His parents are buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery, on the main north–south path, opposite the grave of Malcolm McLaren. On 17 October 2009, Stewart released the studio album Soulbook which was composed of covers of soul and Motown songs. On 29 September 2009 a 4-CD, 65-track compilation entitled Rod Stewart Sessions 1971–1998 was released; it is composed of previously unreleased tracks and outtakes from the bulk of his career.

Rod: The Autobiography - Penguin Books UK

Quitting his day job at the age of nineteen, Stewart gradually overcame his shyness and nerves and became a visible enough part of the act that he was sometimes added to the billing as "Rod the Mod" Stewart, [41] [53] [54] the nickname coming from his dandyish style of grooming and dress. In Britain, it reached number one, and the single "Farewell" number seven, but only number 13 on the Billboard pop album charts and the single "Mine for Me" only number 91 on the Billboard pop singles charts. The best rock star memoirs steer clear of nonsense about personal journeys, formulaic expressions of regret over drug use and sexual highjinks, or emetic tributes to the love that saved their lives. He also did a lot of drugs, trashed a lot of hotel rooms, was completely unable to keep dashing off after young, leggy blondes, and had a lot of kids. They spent eight years together and she was the only woman to date he didn't betray: "I've put my last banana in the fruit bowl," he assured reporters.In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the " Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". The musical tells about a " Faustian pact between Detroit gas station mechanic Stu Clutterbuck and Satan. Photograph: CHRIS WEEKS/BEI/REX FEATURES Rod Stewart with his third wife, Penny Lancaster at an LA fundraising event in 2002.

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His father bought him a guitar in January 1959; the first song he learned was the folk tune "It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song"; the first record he bought was Eddie Cochran's " C'mon Everybody". These later surfaced in 1971 as part of Gomelsky's Rock Generation releases on BYG Records; the poorly recorded material has been repackaged as Rod Stewart and Steampacket many times since.One biography claimed he was there for two months including pre-season fixtures, that he left the team to the great disappointment of his father, and that he later reflected, "I had the skill but not the enthusiasm. Large, sturdy book, black covers with bright red facsimile signature across top front, a listing of songs as pattern with black background inside cover and adjacent end papers, 394 pages plus four glossy photo ections. Untrue stories of", by the way, refers to the old tale of his being admitted to a West Coast emergency room to have a pint and a half of semen pumped out of his stomach. Married in 1928, the couple had two sons and two daughters while living in Scotland, and then they moved to Highgate.