Talk:Rod Stewart

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Rod Stewart article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Rod Stewart was nominated as a Music good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (May 11, 2013). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Musicians

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (assessed as Top-importance).

Pop music High‑importance

	Pop music portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pop music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to pop music on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Pop musicWikipedia:WikiProject Pop musicTemplate:WikiProject Pop musicPop music
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Rock music High‑importance

	Rock music portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rock music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Rock music on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Rock musicWikipedia:WikiProject Rock musicTemplate:WikiProject Rock musicRock music
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

London Low‑importance

	London portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject London, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of London on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LondonWikipedia:WikiProject LondonTemplate:WikiProject LondonLondon-related
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Model Railroading -- and Model Railroader articles

In the future, please bring all questions about new references to Mr. Stewart's ferroequinological activities, and in particular to articles in Model Railroader, to me, rather than blindly expunging such references as if they were common vandalism. I can be reached at jamesl@hbquik.com. Hbquikcomjamesl (talk) 17:03, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, given that he's a Brit, I suppose "colour-blind" is more appropriate. Hbquikcomjamesl (talk) 01:32, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect source?

in the article it states:

" and his harmonica playing improved in part from watching Mick Jagger on stage.[40]"

Mick Jagger wasn't playing harmonica on stage in 1963 in fact, he didn't start playing harmonica live until Rock and Roll Circus which was recorded in 1968, and subsequently on the 1969 tour of the USA. If Rod Stewart improved his harmonica playing by watching the Rolling Stones, it could only have been Brian Jones who influenced Rod, not Mick Jagger. I believe the source is incorrect.

32.216.151.89 (talk) 02:53, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. This is October-November 1963 it's talking about, around the time of the "I Wanna Be Your Man" second single, and the Stones residency at the Studio 51 jazz cellar. What source describes what instruments the different Stones were playing during that residency? Per this book on harmonica players, both Mick and Brian were harmonica students of Cyril Davies back circa 1962. Maybe the source used here – Nelson and Bangs, Rod Stewart, p. 58 – has got it wrong but maybe it hasn't. I don't see enough yet to overturn it. Wasted Time R (talk) 10:39, 24 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 8 external links on Rod Stewart. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers. —^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 11:21, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

House and soccer pitch on the grounds?

No mention of Rod Stewart's house and it's full size soccer pitch out the back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.188.200 (talk) 05:07, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on Rod Stewart. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 23:54, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Children

Rod Stewart has 8 children — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.155.29.2 (talk) 14:18, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Rod Stewart. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://archive.is/20080220043655/http://www.classicrockcentral.com/classic_rock_gimme5-Display.cfm?week=23 to http://www.classicrockcentral.com/classic_rock_gimme5-Display.cfm?week=23

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 12:38, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Rod Stewart. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 02:54, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Rod Stewart. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 04:44, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

British/Scottish

I just declined an edit regarding this, a change from British to Scottish with the comment - Stewart identifies himself very stronly as Scottish. I have amended accordingly. If this change is acceptable or not clearly needs discussion/consensus first. Govindaharihari (talk) 10:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If there was a source that made clear Stewart's personal preference for being identified as Scottish, over British or indeed English, then there would be something to discuss. Until then, there's not getting away from his Scottish/English parentage and birth in London. So "British" has always seemed the most apt. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 20:41, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with that position. Govindaharihari (talk) 18:37, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can we add his religious beliefs?

https://www.premier.org.uk/News/UK/Sir-Rod-Stewart-s-new-home-blessed-by-priest-to-rid-spirits — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.122.244 (talk) 03:21, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The linked article says nothing about his religious beliefs, just what Penny Lancaster wanted. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:50, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chart First?

Was it a chart first when the album and 'Maggie May' single topped both the singles and albums chart simultaneously in the United States and the United Kingdom? Simon & Garfunkel did the exact same thing the previous year and The Beatles pulled off a very similar feat with Rubber Soul except We Can Work It Out was a non-album single. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phil6875 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Song "Come together": charge of plagiarism

In an interview to The Guardian, dated back to 2016, Stewart replied to the charge of plagiarism that Lennon moved to him in the 1960s. The original interview seems not to be available on the web. So it has been sourced by three secondary sources to which it could be also added rockol.it. Possibly, Stewart had a role in a song with the same title and played by the group Blues Doctors (cf. p. 34).Regards, Theologian81sp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.223.69.174 (talk) 14:32, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for parents

The Geni sources cited for Stewart's parents are deprecated per http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources by virtue of being user-generated (the "user" in this instance evidently being a "Carlos F. Bunge") and making no reference to any reliable source; most pedigrees on there are based on contributors' own- by no means guaranteed to be accurate- research in BMD records. Are there no better published biographical sources on Stewart that give their dates- even just years- of birth and death? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.217.62 (talk) 02:51, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2022

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Rod Stewart has sold 250m records . Not 120m. This should be updated and sourced with the below.

^[1]

^[2]

^[3]

^[4]2A00:23C8:6685:3901:2CFC:D03A:B42E:4473 (talk) 12:33, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done ;; Maddy ♥︎(they/she)♥︎ :: talk 10:35, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Up to date infobox image

Surprised there's not a modern day photo of Rod used here. Is this because of copyright issues? 88.108.44.36 (talk) 11:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see plenty of photos on commons, I propose using this one. 80s Sam (talk) 09:35, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photo.

He actually performed at the Xcel energy center in St. Paul MN in August 2014 not Minneapolis 2600:6C46:6800:21F8:A9CD:A4E4:29F7:4B50 (talk) 21:00, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

noted, sorry for the inaccuracy. I saw the user on commons was from Minneapolis and I don't know much about American states and venues. 80s Sam (talk) 10:56, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2022

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Footnote 179 is linked incorrectly. It should go to https://news.sky.com/story/sir-rod-stewart-assault-case-over-alleged-florida-hotel-incident-unlikely-to-go-to-trial-12112305 203.118.134.210 (talk) 04:02, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Mvqr (talk) 13:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Raise or rise?

About this change, read a grammar article from the Cambridge Dictionary website. Morbius (talk) 17:33, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Morbius, "born and raised in..." is a common English idiom, using the definition of "raise" = "to take care of a person until they are completely grown". There is no definition of the verb "to rise" that equates. Schazjmd (talk) 18:42, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Record Sales

For some reason Rod's record sales have reverted to 120 rather than 250, as per previous discuss.

This should be re corrected.

As it was in may 21 May 2022. Various sources quote 250m. 185.13.50.214 (talk) 13:10, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This still hasn’t been updated

https://www.brits.co.uk/news/sir-rod-stewart-is-closing-the-show

Rod has sold 250m records 2A00:23C8:6685:3901:58D4:F316:3B3B:E259 (talk) 15:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chartmasters says he sold the equivalent of 187.8 million albums. That is about halfway between 120 and 250. We would never add 250 million based on this kind of expert source. Binksternet (talk) 20:36, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2023

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Suggesting Rod Stewart's Wolfie's Whiskey be added to this page:

In 2023, Sir Rod Stewart introduced his own Scotch brand, Wolfie's Whisky, in partnership with Loch Lomond Distillery. It's a 40% ABV blended Scotch, presently available in Europe and soon to be launched in the USA. ^[1] 74.143.1.14 (talk) 01:31, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "LRod Stewart's Wolfie's Blended Scotch Whisky: In Europe Now and Launches in USA in August". BourbonBlog. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

Not done: This is pure advertisement of no encyclopedic value. Xan747 (talk) 22:19, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Change age

Is someone able to do this as he's now 79? Lew 283 (talk) 06:47, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The infobox parameter in question contains {{Birth date and age}}, so it's done automagically. If it didn't appear at a particular point in time, either you're too impatient and/or aren't considering time zone differences, or you need to purge your cache. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Impatient?? I don't know how it works I don't edit stuff I'm just waiting for someone to tell me how it's done, you don't need to be rude about something so simple. Lew 283 (talk) 14:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lew 283 actually they actually meant that this template automatically changes the age in birth date automatically. TheGreatestLuvofAll ( chat with me ) 01:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rod Stewart had 9 kids. Not 8...

Rob stewart has a child that is not named in the article. The child was born out of wedlock and lives in duluth currently. This is the reason that one of his wives left him for being unfaithful. Happy hunting! Kiki12228 (talk) 06:55, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A reference to a reliable source is needed to add that to the article. Cullen328 (talk) 07:01, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 August 2024

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

82.40.153.60 (talk) 03:17, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To add instruments he plays

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Left guide (talk) 04:44, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Rod Stewart facts: Singer's age, wife, children, net worth and more revealed".

[2] "BBC Radio 2 - Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All the Luck, Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All the Luck".

[3] "Sir Rod Stewart is closing the show!".

[4] "Rod Stewart albums and songs sales". 23 November 2019.

[5] "LRod Stewart's Wolfie's Blended Scotch Whisky: In Europe Now and Launches in USA in August". BourbonBlog. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[1]