Person Open DS/UK/2965 Stewart; Sir; Rod (10 January 1945); CBE; British singer songwriter Stewart Rod Sir 10 January 1945 British singer songwriter Male Roderick David Stewart Rod the Mod Highgate, London, England (born)

British Musician; Singer Songwriter White Son of Robert Joseph Stewart (Scottish master builder) and Elsie Rebecca Gilbart (English). Former husband of Alana Stewart (actress). Former husband of Rachel Hunter (model). Husband of Penny Lancaster-Stewart (model). Former partner of Britt Ekland (Swedish actress) and Kelly Emberg (model) Heterosexual Sir Rod Stewart CBE is a British rock singer songwriter. He is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 120 million records worldwide. He has had nine number-one albums in the UK Albums Chart and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and the early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group, and then with Faces, though his music career had begun in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars, and in August, Stewart signed a solo contract, releasing his first single, "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl". He maintained a solo career alongside a group career, releasing his debut solo album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down in 1969. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. From the late 1970s through the 1990s, Stewart's music often took on a new wave or soft rock/middle-of-the-road quality, and in the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook. In 1994, Stewart staged the largest free rock concert in history when he performed in front of 3.5 million people in Rio de Janeiro. Interests and Hobbies: Stewart is a model railway enthusiast. His 23 ft × 124 ft HO scale layout in his Los Angeles home is modelled after the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroads during the 1940s. Called the Three Rivers City, the layout was featured in the cover story of various issues of Model Railroader magazine. Stewart has a second, smaller layout at his UK home, based on Britain's East Coast Main Line. In a sidebar to the 2014 Model Railroader article, Stewart confirmed (in an anecdote about his having unwittingly mixed red scenery texturing material into a "turf" mix he used around the bases of buildings) that he is colour-blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 11/12/2012 RAHAKirkbride 10/25/2023 8e141417-0081-45dd-801c-f1a148b50da6