Rod Stewart (Roderick David Stewart) was born on January 10 1945, is a Scottish singer and songwriter born and raised in London.

With a distinctive, husky voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with The Jeff Beck Group and then the Faces and began a solo career in 1969, with his debut album "The Rod Stewart Album".

With his career in its fifth decade, Stewart has achieved numerous hit singles worldwide, most notably in the UK, where he has achieved six consecutive #1 albums and his tally of 62 hit singles includes 24 that went Top 10, of which six went to number one.It has been estimated that Stewart's album and single sales total more than 250 million, easily earning him a place on the list of best-selling music artists.

His biggest-selling song was the 1978 disco hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", which was atypical of his output, and which actually damaged his credibility amongst many critics and longtime fans.

On 12th December he performed for the first time at The Royal Variety Performance at The London Coliseum in front of HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, singing another Cat Stevens number, "Father and Son", and the Bonnie Tyler song, It's a Heartache.

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