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Rod Stewart shares the musical milestones that have helped shape his life and career. First broadcast in 2013.

Rod Stewart shares the musical milestones that have helped shape his life and career.

Rod talks to Matt Everitt about his early musical passions - witnessing the earliest years of rock n roll. his obsessions with folk, soul, R&B and the emerging London blues boom that gave him his first job as a singer.

He also remembers his time with the Jeff Beck Group, and of course his memories of the Faces, which he describes as "A love affair between all of us".

First broadcast in 2013.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 7 May 2020 01:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Rod Stewart

    I know I?m losing you

  • Al Jolson

    After You?ve Gone

  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene (live)

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rip It Up

  • Otis Redding

    Respect (Live)

  • Long John Baldry

    Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air

  • Jeff Beck Group

    I've Been Drinking

  • Rod Stewart

    Maggie May

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Faces

    Three Button Hand Me Down

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Rod Stewart

    Sailing

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tom Waits

    Downtown Train

    • Island.

  • Rod Stewart

    Pure Love

  • Naturalites

    Jah Holy Hills (Radio 1 Session, 4 Jun 1983)

  • The Strokes

    Is This It - University Of London 2005

  • Rage Against the Machine

    Bombtrack (Radio 1 Session, 29 May 1993)

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Block Rockin' Beats (Glastonbury 1997)

  • Rod Stewart

    (I Know) I'm Losing You

    • Mercury.

  • Al Jolson

    After You've Gone

    • Swingers (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.
    • 3.

  • Herbie Hancock

    Rockit

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart

    I've Been Drinking

    • When Saturday Comes (Original S/Trac.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Rod Stewart

    Maggie May

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Polygram TV.

  • Rod Stewart

    Sailing

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tom Waits

    Downtown Train

    • Smoke O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Average White Band

    Atlantic Avenue

    • The Hit Label LTD.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jun 2013 12:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 9 Jun 2013 02:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 7 Jul 2013 02:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Tue 24 Nov 2015 01:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Fri 5 Jan 2018 01:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 7 May 2020 01:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

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The first record I ever bought… by Noel Gallagher, Janelle Monae, Florence Welch, Thom Yorke, Elton John and many more

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