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Absolutely Live (Rod Stewart Album)
''Absolutely Live'' is a live album by musician Rod Stewart. It was released as a double– LP in 1982. The subsequent CD version omitted the tracks "The Great Pretender" and "Guess I'll Always Love You" in order to fit the album onto a single disc. The liner notes state that there are no overdubs on this live album. Track listing Side A # "The Stripper" – 0:10 # "Tonight I'm Yours" – 4:10 # "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" – 4:25 # " Hot Legs" – 4:52 # " Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – 4:23 # "The Great Pretender" – 3:34 (not on the CD version) Side B # " Passion" – 5:04 # "She Won't Dance with Me / Little Queenie" – 4:34 # "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" – 4:34 # "Rock My Plimsoul" – 4:24 Side C # " Young Turks" – 5:28 # "Guess I'll Always Love You" – 4:51 (not on the CD version) # "Gasoline Alley" – 2:15 # "Maggie May" – 5:08 # "Tear It Up" – 3:26 Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among 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, six 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. Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramophone Record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. At first, the discs were commonly made from shellac, with earlier records having a fine abrasive filler mixed in. Starting in the 1940s polyvinyl chloride became common, hence the name vinyl. The phonograph record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. It had co-existed with the phonograph cylinder from the late 1880s and had effectively superseded it by around 1912. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the record left the mainstream in 1991. Since the 1990s, records con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay With Me (Faces Song)
"Stay with Me" is a song by English rock band Faces, written jointly by lead singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood. Released from the band's third studio album '' A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse'' (1971), it became their only major hit in the United States, although they racked up a further three Top 20 singles in the UK chart. The song has also appeared on various Faces compilations and on albums by both songwriters. The lyrics describe a woman named Rita, who has a face that she has "nothing to laugh about", and with whom the singer proposes a one-night stand, on the condition that she be gone when he wakes up. "Stay with Me" reached number 17 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number 10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. The song also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and number 4 in Canada. Re-recordings and cover versions In 1993 Stewart, reunited with Wood for ''MTV Unplugged'', recorded a live version of the song, which appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (Rod Stewart Song)
"Sailing" is a song composed by Gavin Sutherland of the Sutherland Brothers in 1972, best known as a 1975 international hit for Rod Stewart. Sutherland Brothers original recording "Sailing" was written and recorded by the Sutherland Brothers – a duo consisting of Gavin and Iain Sutherland – in a June 1972 session. The brothers provided their own backing with Gavin on bass drum and Iain on harmonium. They intended the song to have a "Celtic feel to it", and overdubbed their vocals. Gavin Sutherland said of the song, "Most people take the song to be about a young guy telling his girl that he's crossing the Atlantic to be with her." and with a grin, continued "In fact the song's got nothing to do with romance or ships; it's an account of mankind's spiritual odyssey through life on his way to freedom and fulfillment with the Supreme Being." Issued as a single, the song reached No. 54 in July 1972, and the single's sales were reportedly 40,000 units. The Sutherland Brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", also written "Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy", is a song by British singer Rod Stewart from his ninth studio album, ''Blondes Have More Fun'' (1978). It was written by Stewart, Carmine Appice and Duane Hitchings, though it incorporates the melody from the song "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben Jor and the string arrangement from the song "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" by Bobby Womack.Stewart, Rod. ''Rod: The Autobiography'' (2012)225-226/ref> The song was released as the first single from ''Blondes Have More Fun'' in November 1978. It spent one week atop the UK Singles Chart in December 1978 and four weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1979. ''Billboard'' ranked it number four on its Top Singles of 1979 year-end chart. It also topped the charts in Canada for four weeks and in Australia for two weeks. Royalties from the song were donated to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Stewart performed the song at the Music for UNIC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie May
"Maggie May" is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album ''Every Picture Tells a Story'', released in 1971. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song number 130 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Background "Maggie May" expresses the ambivalence and contradictory emotions of a boy involved in a relationship with an older woman and was written from Stewart's own experience. In the January 2007 issue of '' Q'' magazine, Stewart recalled: "Maggie May was more or less a true story, about the first woman I had sex with, at the 1961 Beaulieu Jazz Festival." The woman's name was not "Maggie May"; Stewart has stated that the name was taken from " an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute." The song was recorded in just two takes in one session. Drummer Micky Waller often arrived at recording sessions with the expectation that a drum kit would be provided and, for "Maggie May", it was – except that no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Turks (song)
"Young Turks" is a song by Rod Stewart that first appeared in 1981 on his album ''Tonight I'm Yours''. The track presented Stewart backed by a new synthpop and new wave sound, in part influenced by acts like Devo. The term ''young Turk'', which originates from the early 20th-century secular nationalist reform party of the same name, is slang for a rebellious youth who acts contrary to what is deemed normal by society. The actual phrase "young Turks" is in fact never heard in the song, the chorus instead centering on the phrase "young hearts, be free, tonight", leading to the song frequently being misidentified as "''Young Hearts''" or "''Young Hearts Be Free''". The music for the song was composed by Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, and Kevin Savigar, with lyrics written by Stewart. The song, which was released as the first US single (second in the UK) from ''Tonight I’m Yours'', was produced with synthesizers and a hi-hat played over a drum machine. ''Billboard'' said that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" is a song written and recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1977 album ''Foot Loose & Fancy Free''. The song become a hit, reaching the top ten of many countries, including the United States (number 4), Canada (number 2), and Australia, peaking at number 1 for one week. The lyrics mention two of Stewart's favourite football teams in the phrase "Celtic, United". The inner sleeve to the album ''Foot Loose & Fancy Free'' also pictures artwork with the names Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United drifting out of a car stereo. Reception ''Billboard'' declared that "You're in My Heart" should become "Stewart's biggest easy listening hit" and felt the vocal style was similar to that of "The Killing of Georgie". ''Record World'' said that "it's slow, introspective, the story of a relationship many should recognize." Personnel * Rod Stewart – vocals * Jim Cregan – guitars, backing vocals * Phil Chen – bass * Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Queenie
"Little Queenie" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry. Released in March 1959 as a double A-side single with " Almost Grown", it was included on ''Chuck Berry Is on Top'' (1959), Berry's first compilation album. He performed the song in the movies ''Go, Johnny Go!'' (1959) and ''Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll'' (1987). One year earlier, Berry had released "Run Rudolph Run", a Christmas song with the same melody. Background The song was recorded on November 19, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. Backing Berry on vocals and guitar were either Johnnie Johnson or Lafayette Leake on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums. In a song review for AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald calls it an "incredible rock & roll anthem" and "one of the greatest dance/sex ritualistic classics." It is included several of Berry's compilation albums, including ''The Great Twenty-Eight'' and '' Chuck Berry's Golden Decade''. Chart performance The song peaked at number 80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion (Rod Stewart Song)
"Passion" is a song by Rod Stewart that first appeared in 1980 on his album ''Foolish Behaviour''. It was the lead single and biggest hit from the album. The song was also released as a 12-inch promotional single with an extended running time of 7:30. Background "Passion" describes the ubiquity of the phenomenon, delineating its universality by listing many of the people, places, and situations in which it is found. Passion is described as a powerful but dangerous essential motivator, being so compelling that it is prone to sometimes break outside the boundaries of loving relationships. 'Hear it on the radio' and 'read it in the papers' speaks of the potentially disruptive power of unleashed desire. Reception ''Billboard'' said that ". This up-tempo number has strong pop orchestration effectively pitted against Stewart's throaty vocals" and that the song has a "catchy" hook. ''Record World'' said that the song has "menacing guitar runs, percussion fever & tewart'svocal parchm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" is a song written by Rod Stewart, and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama for his 1976 album '' A Night on the Town''. The song, controversial at the time of release, proved to be a massive commercial success and became his second US chart topper on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It made its debut at number 81 on 2 October 1976 and rose quickly, climbing from number eight to the top of the chart on 13 November 1976, and remained on top for eight consecutive weeks until 8 January 1977. It was the longest stay of any song during 1976, the longest run at the top for a single in the US in over eight years (since the Beatles’ "Hey Jude" in November 1968), and the longest stay at number one for Rod Stewart in his entire recording career, and the final number one of the US Bicentennial year. The song also peaked at No. 5 in the UK, No. 1 for six weeks in Canada, No. 3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
