Rod Stewart Born: Rock's Raspy Storyteller
He failed a trial with Brentford FC as a teenager, then spent time as a gravedigger before music took hold. Rod Stewart busked across Europe with folk singer Wizz Jones in his early twenties. He joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967, then the Faces in 1969, while simultaneously releasing solo records. "Maggie May" in 1971 hit number one on both sides of the Atlantic — the same week as "Every Picture Tells a Story." He has sold over 250 million records. He also built a model railway at 1:87 scale that took 26 years to construct.
January 10, 1945
81 years ago
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