''A Night on the Town'' is
Rod Stewart
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's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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's painting ''
Bal du moulin de la Galette'', with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. ''A Night on the Town'' was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until ''
Time
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'' in 2013.
The album is regarded as one of Stewart's finest. "
The Killing of Georgie" is one of Stewart's most hard hitting set of lyrics, a melancholic tale of a gay friend who is cast out by his family and becomes a sensation in the
New York
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nightlife, only to be murdered by a New Jersey gang during an attempted robbery. Controversial "
Tonight's the Night" was a No. 1 hit but was banned by some radio stations due to the very obvious lyrics about sex and loss of virginity. A cover of
Cat Stevens
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The First Cut Is the Deepest
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The song ...
" was also a success and has since become one of Stewart's signature songs.
Track listing
Original release
2009 re-release
Personnel
* Rod Stewart – vocals
*
Donald Dunn,
Bob Glaub
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David Hood
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Early life and education
Hood was born in Sheffield, Alabama and attend ...
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Willie Weeks
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Lee Sklar
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– bass guitar
*
Steve Cropper
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Joe Walsh
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Jesse Ed Davis
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David Lindley,
Fred Tackett
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Pete Carr – guitar
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John Barlow Jarvis
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David Foster
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Barry Beckett
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, J. Smith – keyboards
*
Roger Hawkins,
,
Al Jackson Jr.,
Rick Shlosser
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Discography 1970s
* Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...
– drums
*
Tommy Vig
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Joe Lala
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Life and career
Lala was born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, to parents from Contessa Entellina (an ...
– percussion
* Jimmy Horowitz, Mel Lewis,
Arif Mardin
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–
string arrangements
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Tower of Power
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horn section –
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Jerry Jumonville
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Plas Johnson
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– tenor saxophone
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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Rod Stewart albums
Riva Records albums
1976 albums
Albums produced by Tom Dowd
Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Warner Records albums