Rod Stewart

Birth Name:

Roderick David Stewart

Birth Place:

Highgate, London, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Soundtrack, Music department

In 2006, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame
Was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1994
Became active in raising funds for The City of Hope Foundation after his own bout with cancer
Started busking with a harmonica in 1962 and the following year joined the Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist
His HO scale model railway layout modelled after the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads of the 1940s was featured in "Model Railroader" magazine in 2007, 2010 and 2014
Kept playing soccer in his free time after almost turning pro, and supports the Celtics
Reinvented himself as a crooner of pre-rock standards in the 1990s
A British rock star of the 1960s and 1970s with a distinctive raspy voice, his first three solo albums established him as one of the quintessential vocal interpreters of his time
An auto collector, he obtained one of the 400 Ferrari Enzos in existence
Came to prominence as the vocalist of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces

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