Rod Stewart was the lead singer of which band from 1969 to 1975?
"Jones is the sole surviving member of the Small Faces. In 2004 ""The Observer"" listed the Small Faces' 1968 release ""Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"" one of the ""top British albums of all time"". After the departure of lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott in 1969, the group recruited singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood to replace Marriott. Both were formerly from the Jeff Beck Group. The band changed its name to the Faces, as the original name was associated with the small stature of its members, and Stewart and Wood did not fit the description. Jones remained with the band until"
"appeared under their new name. The group regularly toured Britain, Europe and the United States from 1970 to 1975, and were among the top-grossing live acts in that period; in 1974 their touring also encompassed Australia, New Zealand and Japan. They toured the United States and Canada in 1975. Among their most successful songs were ""Had Me a Real Good Time"", their breakthrough UK hit ""Stay with Me"", ""Cindy Incidentally"" and ""Pool Hall Richard"". As Rod Stewart's solo career became more successful than that of the group, the band became overshadowed by their lead singer. A disillusioned Ronnie Lane left"
"of 1969, Stewart and Wood also set the template for what would become The Faces on ""An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down,"" Stewart's first solo album (known as ""The Rod Stewart Album"" in the US). The backing band on the album also included Ian McLagan, Keith Emerson, Micky Waller and guitarists Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer and later Armageddon and 7th Order), and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer). In the first half of the 1970s, Faces released four studio albums and were among the top-grossing live acts of the period. Besides his distinctive guitar work, Wood contributed harmonica, vocals"
"songwriting duties with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, composing, or co-composing, many of their best-loved pieces and taking a central role during the recording of their fourth and final album, ""Ooh La La"", particularly, as the band's front man Rod Stewart focused on his own solo career. Unhappy due to poor reviews of the album and Stewart's lack of commitment, Lane quit in 1973, making his last appearance at the Sundown Theatre in Edmonton, London, on 4 June. He was replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi but tellingly, the group made no further studio albums following Lane's departure and split in 1975."
"new band, The Steampacket: In April 1966, Rod Stewart left, and the other members remained as the nucleus of a new band, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity: Waller subsequently joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers for a few gigs in April 1967, while Mayall looked for a permanent drummer, and was soon replaced by Keef Hartley. In August 1967, Waller joined the Jeff Beck Group, with former bandmate Rod Stewart: The group produced two albums. ""Truth"" in 1968 saw the four piece play a mixture of blues with guitar riffs. The instrumental, ""Beck's Bolero"", with Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar,"
"Small Faces never disbanded; when Marriott left to form Humble Pie, the remaining three members recruited Ronnie Wood as guitarist, and Rod Stewart as their lead vocalist, both from The Jeff Beck Group, and carried on as Faces, except in North America, where this group's first album (and only their first album) was credited to Small Faces. This practice has continued on all subsequent North American reissues of the album to this day. A revived version of the original Small Faces existed from 1975 to 1978. Small Faces were one of the biggest musical influences on the Britpop movement of"
"Rod Stewart. After their initial commercial success and with constant touring, the group seemed destined to be nothing more than a party band until the release of ""Monkey Island"" (1977), followed by ""Sanctuary"" (1978), which charted at No. 49 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and spun off a sizable hit single in ""One Last Kiss"" (No. 35 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100). The group hit their commercial peak and achieved mainstream success in the early 1980s, first with the humorous ""Love Stinks"" which was released in January 1980 and yielded two Top 40 singles, the song ""Come Back"" which peaked at"
"The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as a touring member until his death in 1985. Brian Jones was the original leader of the group. The band's primary songwriters, Jagger and Richards, assumed leadership after Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager. Their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to"
"on Top of the Pops and appeared again on the show and played ""East Side Story"" plus ""Things get better"" and ""Don't worry girl"" on 1 November 1966. The same year they supported Otis Reddding at the Manchester Apollo on 15 September and they also played ""English Tea"" and ""I Got my Pride"" in the film ""The Ghost Goes Gear"". The band split up in 1967. Guitarist Keith Millar (born 15 April 1947, Manchester) subsequently joined the Rod Stewart's band, but died on 17 May 2005. Singer Tony Cassidy (born 22 July 1947, Manchester) also died around the same time"
"An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the debut solo album by Rod Stewart, released in the United Kingdom in February 1970. In the United States, the album was released in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album and peaked at No. 139 on the US ""Billboard"" 200 album chart. Several other members of Faces also appear on the album, as well as Keith Emerson, Jeff Beck Group drummer Micky Waller and guitarists Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer, and later Armageddon and 7th Order) and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer). The"
"have occasionally covered this song during their ""The Circle Tour"". Since the original recording/video, the lyrics in the last verse have been changed. The lead guitar that is prominent throughout the song was performed by Billy Peek, a Saint Louis, Missouri native who was in Rod Stewart’s band in the mid-seventies. Hot Legs ""Hot Legs"" is a single by Rod Stewart. Stewart included the song on his 1977 album ""Foot Loose & Fancy Free"". The 1977 single performed moderately well on the United States Hot 100 (#28), and well on the UK Singles Chart (#5). In the UK, ""Hot Legs"""
"success. When British folk singer-songwriter Al Stewart suggested that Home back him on his first American tour in March 1974, Mick Stubbs left the group. The rest of the members became the Al Stewart Band, but split up after the tour. Williams briefly played with the American band Stars before forming Bandit in 1974. Bandit's line-up included vocalist Jim Diamond and drummer Graham Broad (later in Bucks Fizz and Roger Waters's band). The group signed with Arista Records and released a self-titled album in 1977. Bandit also performed as Alexis Korner's backing band on 1977's ""The Lost Album"" before disbanding"
"next; they were recorded “unofficially” on the latter gig in November 1966 . The Nice who gave birth to Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) were regulars in 1967 and 1968, as was Family with Roger Chapman on vocals and Ric Grech, later of Blind Faith on bass, violin and cello in 1969 following the release of their debut album ""Music in a Doll's House"". Rod Stewart appeared with three different bands – his own Soul Agents backed Buddy Guy, he was a member of Shotgun Express with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood, and appeared with the Steam Packet with Long"
"""Truth"" and ""Beck-Ola"", which became moderate successes. The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces. The group found great success in the UK and mainland Europe, though were relegated to cult status in the United States. Faces released its debut album, ""First Step"", in 1970. The group went on to release ""Long Player"" and ""A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse"" in 1971. Their last LP, titled ""Ooh La La"","
"Every Picture Tells a Story Every Picture Tells a Story, released May 1971, is the third album by Rod Stewart. It incorporates hard rock, folk, and blues styles. It went to number one on both the UK and US charts and finished third in the Jazz & Pop critics' poll for best album of 1971. It has been an enduring critical success, including a number 172 ranking on ""Rolling Stone""s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is a mixture of rock, country, blues, soul, and folk, and includes Stewart's breakthrough hit, ""Maggie May"", as"
"Vicious Rumors in American rock & roll band, 7th Order on their debut CD, ""The Lake of Memory"" - released on the Big Island Sounds label in 2007. Armageddon (Armageddon album) Armageddon was the only album released by British/American Progressive Rock group Armageddon in 1975. It features vocalist Keith Relf of The Yardbirds and Renaissance; Martin Pugh, lead guitarist for Rod Stewart's ""An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down"" and Steamhammer; Bobby Caldwell, drummer for Captain Beyond and Johnny Winter; and Louis Cennamo who was the bass player and bandmate of Relf's in Renaissance and Pugh in Steamhammer. Armageddon"
"The David Lee Roth Band The David Lee Roth Band was an American rock and roll band, formed in Pasadena, California in 1985 by Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. Originally featuring a supergroup line-up of guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Gregg Bissonette, the band released numerous popular songs and albums from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. Other well-known musicians in the David Lee Roth Band have included guitarist Jason Becker, guitarist Steve Hunter, guitarist John Lowery, bassist Matt Bissonette, drummer Ray Luzier, and keyboardist Brett Tuggle. The band's well-known songs include ""Yankee Rose"", ""Goin' Crazy!"","
"Jimmy Powell (singer) Jimmy Powell (13 October 1942–13 May 2016) was a British soul and rhythm and blues singer who recorded and performed throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and is best remembered as the lead singer of Jimmy Powell & the 5 Dimensions, a group that briefly included Rod Stewart. Powell was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham, and attended Turves Green School in the city. He began singing in his teens with a local skiffle group, and then a beat group, the Jumping Jacks, before forming his own band, the Detours, around 1959. In 1961, he became a professional"
"lived proto-supergroup Steampacket in 1965. Baldry moved on to front Bluesology, which had originally been formed as an R&B band in 1962 by teenage keyboardist Reggie Dwight, later better known as Elton John. Baldry enjoyed his greatest success with pop ballads, beginning with ""Let the Heartaches Begin"" (1967), which reached number one in Britain, but, despite supporting the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, he remained virtually unknown outside of the UK. After Steampacket dissolved in 1966, Rod Stewart joined blues-rock combo Shotgun Express and then The Jeff Beck Group, and when that broke up in 1969 he moved on to"
"is unclear. The liner notes state that ""the mandolin was played by the mandolin player in Lindisfarne"" but that Rod Stewart had forgotten his name. In 2003, Ray Jackson claimed to be the mandolin player on the album, at least for the song ""Maggie May."" Jackson is the mandolin player from English folk-rock band Lindisfarne. Mason attributes the mandolin playing to Martin Quittenton. The liner notes to ""Every Picture Tells a Story"" list Quittenton only as the acoustic guitar player. Mandolin Wind ""Mandolin Wind"" is a song written by Rod Stewart. It was first released on Stewart's 1971 album ""Every"
"Behavior (1980) The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998 (2009) Rod Stewart LIVE 1976-1998 (2014) CHUCK BERRY: Concerto in B Goode (1969) ERIC CARMEN: Tonight You're Mine (1980) Billy Peek Billy Peek (born in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American rock and roll and blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, producer. Billy Peek has recorded, toured and played as lead guitarist for rock icon Rod Stewart for five years. Billy Peek has recorded, toured and performed with rock legend Chuck Berry and was the backing band for Chuck Berry's European tour. Peek continuously performs with his own band throughout the U.S. Peek was"
"in 2007. Powell died in 2016 at his home in Blisworth, Northamptonshire. Jimmy Powell (singer) Jimmy Powell (13 October 1942–13 May 2016) was a British soul and rhythm and blues singer who recorded and performed throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and is best remembered as the lead singer of Jimmy Powell & the 5 Dimensions, a group that briefly included Rod Stewart. Powell was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham, and attended Turves Green School in the city. He began singing in his teens with a local skiffle group, and then a beat group, the Jumping Jacks, before forming his"
"hit record when he shot to fame with The Small Faces, who were at the heart of the Mod revolution which swept Britain at the time, and a band who have been cited as a major influence on musicians during the 50 years which have followed. When The Small Faces split Jones was instrumental in forming The Faces and inviting Rod Stewart to feature as lead singer in a line-up which also included Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, and Ronnie Lane. The Faces took the rock world by storm in the early 1970s on both sides of the Atlantic and became"
"group auditioned new singers, and replaced him with the 16-year-old Rod Stewart. They then won an audition with record producer Joe Meek, who liked the group but not their singer. Stewart left, and Meek persuaded the group to add keyboard player Peter Knight, and to change their name to The Moontrekkers. They recorded Leport's instrumental tune, ""Night of the Vampire"", at Meek's home studio in Islington, with Leport on lead guitar, Knight on clavioline, and Meek himself providing the eerie screams at the end of the record. The record was banned by the BBC as being ""unsuitable for people of"
"(also known as ""Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)"" and simply ""Barabajagal"") and ""Trudi"" (originally ""Bed with Me"") resulted from these sessions. There were other songs recorded by Donovan and the Jeff Beck Group, but they remained unreleased until they appeared as bonus tracks on the 2005 UK reissue of the album. Rod Stewart was in the band at this time, but he does not sing lead on any of the songs that were released. Tony Newman is featured as drummer. ""Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)"" / ""Trudi"" was released as a single in June 1969 in the UK and in"
"solo artist for Mercury Records in the early 1970s, British singer Rod Stewart signed with Warner Bros. in 1974, applied for American citizenship and moved to the US. Launching a sustained run of success, his Warner debut album ""Atlantic Crossing"" (1975) was a major international hit, reaching #9 on the Billboard album chart and #1 in Australia, with the single ""I Don't Want to Talk About It"" going to #1 in the UK. His second WBR album ""A Night on the Town"" (1976) went to #2 in the US and #1 in Australia and produced three US Top 40 singles,"
"material released with David Lee Roth as frontman and lead vocalist in 24 years. The David Lee Roth Band The David Lee Roth Band was an American rock and roll band, formed in Pasadena, California in 1985 by Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. Originally featuring a supergroup line-up of guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Gregg Bissonette, the band released numerous popular songs and albums from the mid-1980s until the late 1990s. Other well-known musicians in the David Lee Roth Band have included guitarist Jason Becker, guitarist Steve Hunter, guitarist John Lowery, bassist Matt Bissonette, drummer Ray"
"former Levi Smith Clefs' bass player, John Helman (also ex-Jeff St John and the Id). They played at the Vesuvio club on Tottenham Court Road. In early 1969 they performed at the Arts Lab on Drury Lane for several months where they were spotted by DJ, John Peel. In April 1969 Bentley, Liber and Montgomery were joined by Jamie Byrne from the Groove, and recorded three tracks in the studio with Rod Stewart as a guest vocalist. Stewart was paid a set of car seat covers for his recording session. Stewart had been brought in to sing three tracks, after"
"The Rods The Rods are an American hard rock band formed in 1980 by David ""Rock"" Feinstein (guitar and vocals), Steven Starmer (bass guitar and vocals), who was later replaced by Garry Bordonaro (bass and vocals) after the first two albums, and Carl Canedy (drums and vocals). Feinstein had first come to mainstream attention after playing in Elf, with his cousin Ronnie James Dio. The Rods sound differed considerably from Elf, adopting a more traditional heavy metal sound compared with the blues-rock sound that Elf preferred. Their first album was originally released independently as ""Rock Hard"" in 1980 and the"
"Start (Although they would also be known as the Pete Quaife Quartet, if the bass player landed a gig for them instead). Their debut at a school dance was well received, which encouraged the group to play at local pubs and bars. The band went through a series of lead vocalists, including Rod Stewart, another student at William Grimshaw, who performed with the group at least once in early 1962. He then formed his own group, Rod Stewart and the Moonrakers, which became a local rival to the Ray Davies Quartet. In late 1962, Ray Davies left home to study"
"he died of colon cancer, in June 1977. Lou Reizner Lou Reizner (born Chicago 1934, died London 26 June 1977) was a record producer, A&R executive and head of Mercury Records European operations. As a producer, he is perhaps best known for Rod Stewart's first two solo albums, for the orchestral version of The Who's rock opera Tommy, and Rick Wakeman's ""Journey to the Centre of the Earth"". As an A&R executive, he signed Van der Graaf Generator and arranged a US deal for David Bowie. He had one child, Claudia Collingbourne. Born in Chicago, Reizner started off as a"
"entitled ""Train Ride To Hollywood"" (1975). Founding members Willis Draffen died on February 8, 2002 at the age of 56, and Charles Love on March 6, 2014 at the age of 68. Love died from complications of pneumonia and had been battling emphysema for several years. Bloodstone (band) Bloodstone is an American R&B, soul, and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984. Formed in 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was a high school doo-wop group called The Sinceres. In 1967-68 they were backed by and toured"
"hits with material from the previous three LPs. Fenn, Tosh, Burgess and keyboardist Duncan Mackay (who in 1977 made a solo album entitled ""Score"") were now full members of the band and performed on 1978's ""Bloody Tourists"", which provided the band with their third UK No. 1 single, the reggae-styled ""Dreadlock Holiday"". It was their last hit, with the second single ""Reds in My Bed"", featuring lead vocals by Stuart Tosh, failing to chart. The band suffered a major setback in January 1979 when Stewart was seriously injured in a car crash. He told the BBC: Gouldman, too, considered the"