Who is Rod Stewart?

Sir Rod Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry.

With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide.

He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, 6 of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

Sir Rod Stewart and son Sean plead guilty to battery over altercation with security guard in Florida

Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case following an altercation with a security guard at a hotel in Florida in 2019.

The rock singer and his son Sean Stewart entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of simple battery, court records released on Friday show.

Sir Rod’s lawyer Guy Fronstin said this means neither will go to court nor will they go to jail, pay a fine or go on probation, BBC News reports.

Sean Stewart, 41, allegedly pushed the security guard, and Rod Stewart, 74, then allegedly punched the guard in the ribs, the Palm Beach Police Department said in its report.

The episode was recorded by surveillance cameras, the report said.

The judge withheld adjudication, meaning the pair have not been formally convicted.

“No one was injured in the incident and a jury did not find Sir Rod Stewart guilty of the accusation,” his lawyer said in a statement.

“Instead, Sir Rod Stewart decided to enter a plea to avoid the inconvenience and unnecessary burden on the court and the public that a high profile proceeding would cause.”

The incident with the guard, Jessie Dixon, happened at the luxury Breakers Palm Beach Hotel on 31 December 2019.

According to the court file, Sir Rod told police that the family was denied access and Mr. Dixon became combative with them, causing his family to become “agitated”.

Rod Stewart Biography, Wiki

Born Roderick David Stewart in Highgate, London, on January 10, 1945, Rod was the youngest of Scottish-born Robert and Elsie Stewart’s five children. He taught himself to play the guitar aged 12, and, inspired by the music of Lonnie Donegan, began playing in local skiffle groups as a teen.

In the early 1960s after giving up an apprenticeship with the Brentford Football Club he became a full-time musician. His first big break came in 1964 when British blues legend Long John Baldry heard the then 19-year-old singing outside Twickenham railway station and asked him to join his band.

The following year saw the first in a series of band changes for the aspiring rock star. Rod and Long John formed the outfit Steampacket but, after touring as the Rolling Stones’ supporting act, they split and Rod joined the Jeff Beck Group. In 1969, he and the band’s bass player, a pre-Rolling Stones Ron Wood, joined The Faces.

The same year, Rod released his first solo album, marking the beginning of a two-pronged career that would last until The Faces the last rock group with which he would be associated split in 1975.

In the meantime, Rod became a popular soloist in the US where his first album broke into the top 100 and a stateside tour boosted his profile. In 1971, while topping the charts with The Faces, he shot to international stardom with the number one hit Maggie May. Four years later he relocated permanently to the US and left band life behind for good.

The Seventies were good to Rod, who notched up number one singles with Tonight’s The Night and the disco-influenced Do Ya Think I’m Sexy. The following decade saw the Young Turks singer progress from skin-tight leopard-skin trousers into suits and a more mature vocal style which delivered his first Grammy, for Downtown Train.

Birth name	Roderick David Stewart
Also known as	“Rod the Mod”
Born	10 January 1945 (age 76) Highgate, London, England
Genres	Pop rockblue-eyed soulblues rockfolk rocksoft rockdisco
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active	1961–present
Labels	Mercury, Warner Bros., JUniversal, Capitol
Associated acts	Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, Shotgun Express, Ronnie Wood, Steampacket

Rod Stewart Career

Starting in 1961, he worked with different bands, namely, Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions, Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket, and Shotgun Express, and had his share of flop releases.

He joined Jeff Back Group in 1967 as a vocalist and got his first dose of success. In 1968, the heavy blues-rock group rose to popularity with their first album ‘Truth’, which reached No. 15 on the US albums chart.

The group disbanded after the release of its second album ‘Beck-Ola’ in 1969. Soon after, he joined the English band, Faces, and released its debut album ‘First Step’ in 1970. He launched his solo career with his debut album ‘An Old Raincoat Won’t Let You Down’ in 1969, followed by ‘Gasoline Alley’ in 1970.

The band got its first Top 40 hit with the single ‘Stay with Me’ from ‘A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse’ in 1971. His thriving solo career aroused tensions within the band which continued while touring in 1972. The release of his chart-topping 1973 album ‘Never a Dull Moment’, added to the fury.

In 1973, the band recorded their final album ‘Ooh La La’, after which they embarked on a world tour and broke up in 1975. In 1975, he shifted base to Los Angeles and recorded hit albums – ‘A Night on the Town’ (1976) and ‘Foot Loose & Fancy Free’ (1977), with singles ‘Tonight’s the Night’ and ‘You’re in my Heart’ topping the music charts.

His 1981 platinum album ‘Tonight I’m Yours’ included elements of a new wave and synthpop, after which his career started slowing down.

He bounced back with his 1988 album ‘Out of Order’ with its entire singles hitting the Billboard Hot 100, while his single ‘Downtown Train’ from ‘Storyteller’ (1989) reached No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100.

He recorded an MTV Unplugged concert, with Ronnie Wood, in 1993, which resulted in the top-selling album ‘Unplugged… and Seated’, featuring the hit single ‘Have I Told You Lately’.

His other albums included ‘A Spanner in the Works’ (1995), ‘If We Fall in Love Tonight’ (1996), ‘When We Were the New Boys’ (1998), and ‘The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart’ (2001).

He recorded four volumes of ‘The Great American Songbook’ series – ‘It Had To Be You’ (2002), ‘As Time Goes By’ (2003), ‘Stardust’ (2004), and ‘Thanks for the Memory’ (2005), with remakes of the classic songs of the 1930s and 1940s.In 2010, he recorded a fifth edition of the Great American Songbook series – ‘Fly Me to the Moon’.

He published his autobiography ‘Rod: The Autobiography’ in 2012, following which he released his Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart topper ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!’

Rod Stewart Awards

• In 1971, his single ‘Maggie May’ was included in the ‘500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll’ at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• He won the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ award at the Brit Awards in 1993.In 1994, he was inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ and made a Guinness Book of World Record for performing the largest free rock concert attracting 4.2 million people at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.
• He won the Grammy Award for ‘Stardust… The Great American Songbook Volume III’ in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category in 2005.He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 and was inducted into the ‘UK Music Hall of Fame’ in 2006.
• In 2007, he received his Order of the British Empire medal towards his contribution to music.

• He was voted #17 on the list of ‘Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Pop Artists’ by Billboard magazine in 2008.
• He was ranked #33 and #59 in the ‘Top 100 Greatest Singers of all Time’ by Q Magazine and Rolling Stone respectively.

Rod Stewart Net Worth

Rod Stewart has a net worth of about $235 million.

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