“Rod Stewart Was born and raised in London”
“He’s ranked No. 8 in the Rolling Stone’s 5th-annual list of Biggest Moneymakers. By 2008, Rod had sold in excess of 250 million albums and singles worldwide.”
“He was proud to receive the CBE in 2007 from HM Queen Elizabeth II”
“Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100”
“His father bought him a guitar in January 1959”
“Stewart has said that, as a child, he and his family spent a lot of time listening to Al Jolson. He counts Little Richard, Bill Haley and Eddie Cochran among other early influences”
“He listed #59 on Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of all time”
“Rod Stewart once worked as a gravedigger at High Gate Cemetery, which is designated on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Garden of Special Historic Interest.”
“He Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 11, 2005.”
“He was the youngest of five children of Robert Stewart and Elsie Gilbart.”
“In 2007, he received a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music”
“His full name is Roderick David “”Rod”” Stewart, CBE”
“He got the nickname “”Rod the Mod”” after appearing on a 1965 BBC documentary on the Mod movement”
“Stewart’s main hobby was railway modelling.”
“Stewart left school at age 15 and worked briefly as a silk screen printer.
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“Rod Stewart is famous for his love of tall, leggy blondes”
“He had his sixth child in 2005 at age 60. His fiancee, Penny Lancaster, was 34.”
“A German V-2 rocket blew up a nearby police station moments before his birth.”
“He Wrote One of the First Songs That Supports Gay Rights”
“He was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine’s list of the top 100 Greatest Singers of all time.”
“Rod also loves fast cars: he owns one of only 400 Enzo Ferraris. In 1982, he was car-jacked in in Hollywood while standing next to his $50,000 Porsche which was parked on Sunset Boulevard.”
“In 1994 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”
“He Spent three weeks as an apprentice with the Brentford Football Club before deciding on a music career. ”
“Though born in England, his father and the rest of his siblings were all born in Scotland, and he likes to think of himself as a Scotsman.”
“He is of Scottish and English ancestry.”
“Rod Stewart suffered a health scare in 2000 when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.”
“In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the “”Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists”
“Attended high school with Ray and Dave Davies and Pete Quaife, the founding members of the Kinks.”
“At the 9th Annual GQ Men of the Year Awards, Rod was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2006”