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Maggie May: The B-Side Nobody Wanted That Became Rod Stewart’s Biggest Hit
Maggie May: The B-Side Nobody Wanted That Became Rod Stewart’s Biggest Hit In the summer of 1971, Rod Stewart released a single. The A-side was “Reason to Believe” — a Tim Hardin song, carefully chosen, professionally produced, the obvious hit. The kind of song record companies love: tasteful, radio-friendly, safe. The B-side was “Maggie May”…
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Rod Stewart: The Rascal’s Heart — Eight Kids, Two Cancers, and One Enormous Model Railway
The tabloids always got Rod Stewart half right. Yes, the spiky hair and the supermodels, the football terraces and the champagne. But behind the rascal’s grin stands one of the most devoted fathers in rock, a two-time cancer survivor who turned his scares into a crusade, and a man whose greatest passion — the one…
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How Rod Stewart Created “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”: The Disco Detour That Became a Charity Anthem
In 1978, Rod Stewart committed what rock purists considered an unforgivable sin: he went disco. The gravel-voiced veteran of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces — the man who had sung “Maggie May” — squeezed into spandex, slicked back the rooster hair, and released the most shamelessly danceable record of his career. “Da Ya…
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The Untold Story of Rod Stewart: The Raspy-Voiced Survivor Who Reinvented Himself Again and Again
Few careers in rock and roll have been as long, as winding, and as flat-out fun as Rod Stewart’s. He started out busking with a harmonica on the streets of London, fronted two legendary bands, became one of the biggest solo stars on the planet, survived disco backlash and changing fashions, and then — just…