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9 unusual facts about Rod Stewart


CHAS-FM

Current and recurrent CHR hits make up the bulk of the music the station plays; virtually all music from before 1995 has been dropped, and the station no longer plays such traditional AC artists as Celine Dion, Elton John or Rod Stewart.

Di Reed

Following the disbandment of Jade in 1995, Di continued her professional singing career by lending her vocal talents to numerous high-profile music projects, and continues to support music industry heavyweights including Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Christina Aguilera, Elton John, Barry White, and Gwen Stefani.

Edward Rafeedie

During his tenure on the Superior Court, Rafeedie presided over several high-profile civil cases, including the contested conservatorship of Groucho Marx, the Britt Ekland and Rod Stewart palimony trial and part of the Bob Dylan divorce case.

Estadio Corregidora

It is also used for concerts, hosting internationally known pop stars like Rod Stewart, Miguel Bosé and Shakira, among others.

Jimmy Cox

The song has been covered by a wide variety of artists, including Peter, Paul and Mary, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Dave Van Ronk, Otis Redding, Popa Chubby, The Allman Brothers Band, Rod Stewart, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Katie Melua and Steve Winwood with The Spencer Davis Group.

Model Railroader

The model train hobbyists the magazine has profiled over the years include a number of celebrities, including Michael Gross, Rod Johnston (husband of cartoonist Lynn Johnston), Gary Coleman, and Rod Stewart.

Nowlan Park

Nowlan Park also serves as a concert venue, with festivals featuring world famous performers such as Andrea Bocelli, Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton, and in July 2013 it played host to the European tour finale of Bruce Springsteen.

The Bayonets

Oliver Leiber is a songwriter/producer who has been on the radio for 30 years, writing with artists like Rod Stewart, Ke$ha, Paula Abdul and The Corrs.

Tupholme Abbey

However, Tupholme Abbey was to have one more moment of fame, for in 1972 one of the country's biggest pop festivals, starring Rod Stewart and the Beach Boys (among many others), was held there.


Arena Civica

Other notable artists who performed at the Arena include Chicago, Joe Cocker, Stewart Copeland, The Cure, Little Feat, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz, The Manhattan Transfer, Robert Plant, Public Image Limited, Radiohead, Patti Smith, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Sting and Andy Summers.

Ayshea

After being romantically linked with Steve Winwood, Chas Chandler and Rod Stewart, she married Cat Stevens' record producer, Chris Brough, who went on to manage her and produce her records.

Barry Mason

His songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, P. J. Proby, David Essex, The Drifters, Rod Stewart, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Fortunes, Charles Aznavour, Tony Christie, Mireille Mathieu, Barbra Streisand, and The Dave Clark Five.

Ben Mills

Mills' audition song for The X Factor was "Bring It On Home To Me" by Sam Cooke, which impressed the panel of judges; Simon Cowell thought he sounded like a young Joe Cocker, whom, incidentally, Ben names as one of his musical influences along with Tom Waits, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.

Billy Peek

Peek was Rod Stewart's lead guitarist for over five years and four albums, and he is featured on such hit songs as "Hot Legs" and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."

Centre 200

Aside from ice hockey, Centre 200 has also hosted performances by popular acts such as Rush, Metallica, Alice Cooper, The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Charlie Pride, Sum 41, Nickelback, Rita MacNeil, John Prine, The Rankin Family, World Wrestling Entertainment events, among many others.

Cher... Special

Other segments of Cher...Special include guests Dolly Parton and Rod Stewart, cast as neighbors in an apartment building, performing their hit songs "Two Doors Down" (Parton) and "Hot Legs" (Stewart); Cher and Dolly having a conversation by reciting lyrics from pop songs; and Cher working by day in a boring secretarial job but dancing at night in the discos.

Danny Whitten

Daniel Ray Whitten (May 8, 1943 – November 18, 1972) was an American musician and songwriter best known for his work with Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and for the song "I Don't Want To Talk About It", a hit for Rita Coolidge, Rod Stewart and Everything but the Girl.

Don Shinn

In the early-mid 1960’s he recorded and performed with British Beat groups The MeddyEVILS, The Echoes (backing Dusty Springfield), and The Soul Agents (featuring Rod Stewart).

Gary Moon

They are now working on a project called SnakS (pronounced 'snakes') with Tony Brock, drummer for Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck.

Herb Greene

Greene made portraits of other prominent musicians including Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, The Pointer Sisters, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Carlos Santana, Sly Stone, and Rod Stewart.

Hot Tuna

The two Sweetwater albums were predominantly acoustic sets with guests; Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead, singer Maria Muldaur, and ex-Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship keyboards player Pete Sears; the latter was to join the group on a permanent basis during the decade.

Howard Drossin

He has worked on albums and musical projects with a wide variety of artists such as Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, The Black Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Wiz Khalifa, and Paul Oakenfold.

John Capek

He formed a songwriting partnership with Jordan and moved to Los Angeles, placing songs with Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, Manhattan Transfer, Isaac Hayes and many others.

JV's Restaurant

Many musicians, famous and not-yet-famous, have appeared over the years, including members of Patsy Cline's band, the Country Gentlemen, the Seldom Scene, Tony Rice, Roy Clark, Catfish Hodge, Billy Hancock, and various members of such bands as Molly Hatchet, Eric Clapton, Blackfoot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart, and Willie Nelson's Ungrateful Bastards.

Katelyn Tarver

Her debut "Wonderful Crazy" featured songs written and produced by Mattias Gustafsson (Backstreet Boys) and Kevin Savigar (Josh Gracin, Rod Stewart), as well as Christian recording artist Scott Krippayne who wrote the title track.

Micky Hazard

He played in the Celebrity Soccer Six charity tournament in 2001 as a member of Damon Albarn's team and was eliminated in the Quarter-finals by Rod Stewart's "Vagabonds".

Patty Smyth

It contained her version of the Tom Waits song "Downtown Train," which Rod Stewart would make a hit several years later, and the title track "Never Enough," which was co-written with members of the Hooters and based on a song of the same title that Hooters members Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman had written for their earlier band, Baby Grand.

Pretty Flamingo

The song has been covered by such notable artists as Gene Pitney, Tommy Roe,The Everly Brothers, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello with Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford and Nick Lowe, Rolf Harris, Bruce Springsteen, Elbow, Dave Gregory of XTC, Broken Dolls, The Queers, Les McCann and Paul Weller.

Ric Grech

Grech remained active in session work, playing with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane, Vivian Stanshall and Muddy Waters.

Ruby Stewart

Ruby Stewart (born June 17, 1987) is an American fashion model and singer, who is the daughter of rock singer Rod Stewart and former model Kelly Emberg.

Sjoerd Koppert

Recognized as one of the leading engineers in Europe at the time, he worked with many top acts, from The Who, Pink Floyd, ABBA, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Beach Boys to Elton John, Rod Stewart, the Faces, The Rolling Stones, the Doobie Brothers, J. Geils, Frank Zappa, and many more.

Star Fleet Project

The project was released as the work of "Brian May + Friends", consisting of May, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer (of REO Speedwagon), Phil Chen (session bassist who played with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart), and Fred Mandel (session keyboard player who also played as additional keyboard player on Queen's Hot Space World Tour and The Works).

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

Guests on the show have included celebrities demonstrating their enthusiasm for Strictly Come Dancing, including Ronni Ancona, Michael Ball, John Barrowman, Jason Donovan, Miranda Hart, Jamelia, Marian Keyes, Lulu, McFly, Lee Mead, Meat Loaf, Pauline Quirke, The Spice Girls, Rod Stewart, Westlife, Barbara Windsor, Billy Zane and Tom Ellis.

Tearing Us Apart

Turner and Clapton performed the track as part of the 1986 Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in London's Wembley Arena to celebrate the first 10 years of the Trust, then with a band including Phil Collins, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Paul McCartney to name but a few.

The Jeff Beck Group

The first Jeff Beck Group formed in London in early 1967 and included guitarist Jeff Beck, vocalist Rod Stewart, rhythm guitarist Ronnie Wood, with bass players and drummers changing regularly.

Twistin' the Night Away

In 1973, Rod Stewart released his version as a single from his album Never a Dull Moment.

Wollaston, Northamptonshire

Peel, renowned for his love of live music, attracted many artists, such as Rod Stewart, U2, Killing Joke, The Faces (Rod Stewart) and Led Zeppelin, to this village pub.

WRRM

In recent years, Warm 98 has dropped the soft 70s songs of The Carpenters and John Denver from its playlist, and is more contemporary playing soft rock songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Journey, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, and Rod Stewart.

WVBW

The last song on "WFOG" was the Beach Boys' "Catch a Wave", leading up to the launch of "92-9 The Wave", with an adult contemporary format, which started with "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart.

You Send Me

In the United Kingdom, Rod Stewart released "You Send Me" as part of a medley with "Bring It on Home to Me" and charted it on the UK Singles Chart at #7 as a double A-side with "Farewell".


see also

Micky Waller

The band included Ian Armitt on piano, and fellow Rod Stewart session men, Sam Mitchell on guitar, and Pete Sears on bass.

Shotgun Express

They were joined by singers Rod Stewart - previously of Steampacket - and Beryl Marsden - who had been the leading female singer on the Liverpool club scene - and took the name Shotgun Express.

Stevie Salas

He has worked with many artists including Mick Jagger, Justin Timberlake, Rod Stewart, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Terrence Trent Darby, Was ( Not Was) and many others as a studio musician, and producer He is also known for his collaborations with Koshi Inaba of B'z, and Hardware.

Susanne Manning

Pete Waterman, who was indifferent to her earlier performances, was reduced to tears after her rendition of Rod Stewart's "I Don't Wanna Talk About It".

The Motown Song

It paid tribute to Motown (featuring animated versions of The Temptations and The Supremes) and featured other charting stars of the time, including animated versions of Vanilla Ice, Sinéad O'Connor, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Elton John; along with both a live action and an animated Rod Stewart with his animated dog.