Sunday, November 5, 2017

200 Favourite Music Acts. Today: #94: ROD STEWART. Continues later this week.
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200
FAVOURITE
MUSIC ACTS
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#94
ROD STEWART
Rod Stewart was born in London in 1945. He first came to attention as a member of The Jeff Beck Group and, later, The Faces. By 1969, Stewart was launching his solo career. He has endured 5 decades of sales and popularity.
His fortunes turned in 1971 with the issue of 3rd solo album 'Every Picture Tells A Story'. The LP topped the charts in America, Britain, Canada and Australia. Its lead single "Maggie May" b/w "Reason To Believe" did the same in those countries. 
Stewart's next 4 albums all reached #1 in the UK. "You Wear It Well" returned him to the top of the chart there in 1972. He was back at #1 in 1975 with "Sailing". The following year, "Tonight's The Night" became his 2nd US #1 hit. He also had a 1973 compilation LP reach #1 in the UK.
In 1977, Stewart scored another double A-sided UK #1 with "I Don't Want To Talk About It" and "The First Cut Is The Deepest". He embraced the booming disco trend on "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" which gave the singer a #1 in Britain, America, Canada and Australia. The track was lifted off his next #1 album, 'Blondes Have More Fun' in 1978. A compilation album made the top the following year on the British chart.
Stewart had to wait until 1983 for another #1. "Baby Jane" ruled the UK chart. It was another 10 years before he occupied the summit again, doing so with "All For Love", a collaboration with Sting and Bryan Adams from 'The Three Musketeers' film soundtrack. The hit reached #1 in America, Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia. It peaked at #2 in Britain.
In 2002, Stewart released the first in a series of albums celebrating American standards. The 3rd volume reached #1 in the US in 2004. 
Stewart helped write every track on 'Time'. Released in 2013, this album proved the rocker could still reach #1 with original material. 'Another Country' followed 2 years later and peaked at #2 in Britain. This remains Stewart's most recent album. He still tours regularly. In 2016, he received a knighthood.

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95 MARY J. BLIGE    96 SANTANA    97 CARLY SIMON      98 EMINEM    
99 TAMMI TERRELL    100 FRANK SINATRA    101 JENNIFER HUDSON    
102 BEACH BOYS    103 CHAKA KHAN    104 JOE JACKSON       105 MIKA                              
106 CHRISTINA AGUILERA      107 DAVID GUETTA      108 DESTINY’S CHILD
109 JAMIROQUAI      110 ALISON MOYET      111 LED ZEPPELIN      112 STEVE WINWOOD
113 COMMODORES      114 COLDPLAY      115 SIMPLY RED      116 ONE DIRECTION
117 CAROLE KING      118 R. KELLY      119 EMELI SANDE`      120 QUINCY JONES
121 LADY GAGA      122 ELVIS COSTELLO      123 RAY CHARLES      124 ED SHEERAN
125 NATALIE COLE     126 SMOKEY ROBINSON     127 KANYE WEST     128 ELVIS PRESLEY
129 ERIC BENET      130 SAM SMITH      131 JAMES TAYLOR      132 STEELY DAN
133 IKE & TINA TURNER      134 DES’REE      135 ACE OF BASE      136 VAN MORRISON
137 SAM COOKE      138 THE DOORS      139 AMY WINEHOUSE      140 PHARRELL
141 GEORGE BENSON      142 MINNIE RIPERTON       143 VILLAGE PEOPLE
144 CURTIS MAYFIELD      145 FOREIGNER      146 EURYTHMICS      147 TOTO
148 BARRY WHITE      149 CARL RISELEY      150 TONI BRAXTON     151 NEIL DIAMOND
152 HALL & OATES     153 LUTHER VANDROSS     154 ERIC CLAPTON     155 THE O’JAYS
156 RUMER      157 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE      158 LITTLE RICHARD
159 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES      160 CHRIS ISAAK
161 MICHAEL McDONALD      162 GLORIA GAYNOR      163 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
164 BEN E. KING     165 MEAT LOAF     166 JAMES REYNE     167 JOAN ARMATRADING
168 SADE    169 A-HA    170 GLEN CAMPBELL    171 DIRE STRAITS    172 COLD CHISEL
173 LINDA RONSTADT      174 ANTHONY CALLEA      175 LISA STANSFIELD
176 EN VOGUE      177 MICHAEL BUBLE`      178 TRACY CHAPMAN      179 DRAGON
180 OLETA ADAMS      181 LITTLE RIVER BAND      182 SOPHIE ELLIS – BEXTOR
183 THE RONETTES      184 CERRONE      185 MODELS      186 SCISSOR SISTERS
187 DARREN HAYES      188 PETULA CLARK      189 MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
190 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY      191 ART GARFUNKEL      192 THE REELS
193 JANIS IAN      194 JOHN PAUL YOUNG      195 S CLUB 7      196 CHARLIE PUTH
197 THE MARVELETTES      198 ICEHOUSE      199 LEO SAYER      200 LIZA MINNELLI

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