Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 7 1982-1984

Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 7 1982-1984

Part 7: In Which Our Hero is Part of the Sex Police, a Cruel But Fair and Thankless Job The 1980’s had just gotten under way and Rod Stewart had in two years had two platinum albums. Stewart dominated the airwaves for over a decade now, and Hollywood came calling. The...
Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 6 1978-1981

Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 6 1978-1981

Part 6: In Which Our Hero Sells His Rock ‘N’ Roll Soul to the Disco Devil and Laughs All the Way to Hell and a Number One Smash Hit Rod Stewart continued his chart topping success during his Mercury days to his new home at Warner Brothers Records. His first three...
Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 5 1975-1978

Rod Stewart: Year by Year, Track by Track Part 5 1975-1978

Part 5: In Which Our Hero Polishes HIs Sound, Falls in Love with a Bond Girl and Other Musings of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Superstar It wasn’t official, but The Faces were for the most part broken up. With Ron Wood being on “loan” to The Rolling Stones the writing was on the...