Rod Stewart: Top 100 Songs

First posted 1/2/2020; updated 1/5/2020.

Rod Stewart image from Billboard.com

Rock singer Roderick David Stewart was born on this day (January 10) in 1945 in Highgate, London, England. He worked with the Shotgun Express (1966), the Jeff Beck Group (1967-69), and The Faces (69-75) and has maintained a solo career since 1969. His song, “Maggie May,” is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999.

Awards:

Top 100 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Stewart’s work with the Jeff Beck Group and The Faces are includes as well as his solo material. Songs are solo hits unless noted otherwise. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.) DMDB Top 1%: 1. Maggie May (1971) #1 US, CB, HR, UK, CN, AU 2. Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) (1976) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, CN 3. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (1978) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, UK, CN, AU DMDB Top 5%: 4. All for Love (Bryan Adams with Sting & Rod Stewart, 1993) #1 US, CB, RR, CN, AU 5. Sailing (1975) #1 UK 6. You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) (1977) #1 RR, CN, AU 7. Have I Told You Lately (1991) #1 AC, CN 8. Stay with Me (The Faces, 1971) 9. The First Cut Is the Deepest (1976) 10. Downtown Train (1989) #1 CB, RR, AC, AR, CN DMDB Top 10%: 11. I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1975) #1 UK 12. You Wear It Well (1972) #1 UK 13. Reason to Believe (1971) 14. Young Turks (1981) 15. This Old Heart of Mine (Rod Stewart & Ron Isley, 1989) #1 AC 16. Rhythm of My Heart (1991) #1 CB, CN 17. Passion (1980) 18. Tonight I’m Yours (1981) 19. I Know I’m Losing You (The Faces, 1971) 20. Forever Young (1988) 21. Hot Legs (1977) DMDB Top 20%: 22. The Motown Song (Rod Stewart & the Temptations, 1991) #1 CN 23. Blue Moon (Rod Stewart & Eric Clapton, 2004) 24. Baby Jane (1983) #1 UK 25. People Get Ready (Rod Stewart & Jeff Beck, 1985) 26. Some Guys Have All the Luck (1984) 27. Handbags and Gladrags (1969) 28. The Killing of Georgie (1976) 29. Infatuation (1984) 30. Leave Virginia Alone (1995) #1 CN 31. I Was Only Joking (1977) 32. Twistin’ the Night Away (1972) 33. Love Touch (1986) 34. Get Back (1976) 35. They Can’t Take That Away from Me (2002) 36. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Rod Stewart & Cher, 2003) 37. What Am I Gonna Do? (1983) 38. Your Song (1992) 39. Broken Arrow (1991) 40. My Heart Can’t Tell You No (1988) 41. Someone to Watch Over Me (2003) 42. Ain’t Love a Bitch (1978) 43. Angel (The Faces, 1972) 44. Lost in You (1988) 45. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You (2002) 46. Oh No, Not My Baby (1973) 47. Having a Party (live with Ron Wood, 1993) 48. In a Broken Dream (Python Lee Jackson with Rod Stewart, 1969) 49. Cindy Incidentally (The Faces, 1973) 50. Every Picture Tells a Story (1971) 51. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Rod Stewart with Dave Koz, 2012) #1 AC Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 52. Reason to Believe (live with Ron Wood, 1993) 53. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2012) 54. It Takes Two (Rod Stewart & Tina Turner, 1990) 55. You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (The Faces, 1974) 56. Winter Wonderland (Rod Stewart & Michael Buble, 2012) 57. Another Heartache (1986) 58. This Old Heart of Mine (1975) 59. Ooh La La (1998) 60. Every Beat of My Heart (1986) 61. Gasoline Alley (1970) 62. Baby It’s Cold Outside (Rod Stewart & Dolly Parton, 2004) 63. If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to Be Right (1977) 64. If We Fall in Love Tonight (1996) 65. I’ve Got a Crush on You (Rod Stewart & Diana Ross, 2005) 66. Crazy About Her (1988) 67. I Can’t Deny It (2001) 68. How Long (1981) 69. So Far Away (1995) 70. What Made Milwaukee Famous (1972) 71. What a Wonderful World (Rod Stewart & Stevie Wonder, 2004) 72. Farewell/Bring It on Home to Me/You Send Me (1974) 73. Debris (The Faces, 1971) 74. I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1989) 75. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (2005) 76. Somebody Speical (1980) 77. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (2006) 78. Mandolin Wind (1971) 79. Ole Ola (Muhler Brasileia) (Rod Stewart & the Scottish World Cup Squad, 1978) 80. I’ve Been Drinking (Jeff Beck Group, 1968) 81. Twistin’ the Night Away (1987) 82. Time After Time (2003) 83. Faith of the Heart (1999) 84. Pool Hall Richard (The Faces, 1973) 85. Street Fighting Man (1969) 86. It’s All Over Now (1970) 87. Cut Across Shorty (Rod Stewart live Ron Wood, 1993) 88. All Right Now (1984) 89. Beck’s Bolero (Jeff Beck Group, 1968) 90. Tom Traubert’s Blues (Waltzing Matilda) (1992) 91. Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Blue) (Jeff Beck Group, 1968) 92. Blondes Have More Fun (1978) 93. Mine for Me (1974) 94. Gi’ Me Wings (1980) 95. My Girl (1980) 96. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (N-Trance with Rod Stewart, 1997) 97. Tora Tora Tora (Out with the Boys) (1981) 98. Jealous (1981) 99. Don’t Come Around Here (Rod Stewart with Helicopter Girl, 2001) 100. Guess I’ll Always Love You (live, 1998) Resources and Related Links: Rod Stewart’s DMDB Encyclopedia entry

   

50 years ago: Carousel opened on Broadway

Carousel Richard Rodgers (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)

Cast Album

Stage Debut: April 19, 1945 Recorded: May 11-21, 1945 Charted: July 21, 1945 Peak: 16 US Sales (in millions): -- Genre: show tunes

Soundtrack

Charted: February 25, 1956 Peak: 2 US, 16 UK Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: show tunes

Songs on Cast Album: Song Title (Performers) Waltz Suite: Carousel (CAROUSEL ORCHESTRA) You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan/ Mister Snow (JEAN DARLING/ JAN CLAYTON) If I Loved You (JAN CLAYTON/ JOHN RAITT) June Is Bustin’ Out All Over When the Children Are Asleep Blow High, Blow Low (MURVYN VYE) Soliloquy A Real Nice Clambake There’s Nothin’ So Bad for a Woman c What’s the Use of Won’rin’ (MURVYN VYE/ CONNIE BAXTER/ JAN CLAYTON) The Highest Judge of All c/ You’ll Never Walk Alone Songs only on cast album. Songs on Soundtrack: Song Title (Performers) Carousel Waltz (ORCHESTRA) You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan (BARBARA RUICK/ SHIRLEY JONES) Mister Snow (BARBARA RUICK) If I Loved You (SHIRLEY JONES/ GORDON MacRAE) June Is Bustin’ Out All Over (CLARAMAE TURNER/ BARBARA RUICK/ MIXED CHORUS) Soliloquy (GORDON MacRAE) Blow High, Blow Low (CAMERON MITCHELL/ MEN’S CHORUS) When the Children Are Asleep (ROBERT ROUNSEVILLE/ BARBARA RUICK) A Real Nice Clambake (BARBARA RUICK/ CLARAMAE TURNER/ MIXED CHORUS) Stonecutters Cut It on Stone (CAMERON MITCHELL/ MIXED CHORUS) s What’s the Use of Won’rin’ (SHIRLEY JONES/ MIXED CHORUS) You’ll Never Walk Alone (CLARAMAE TURNER) If I Loved You (Reprise) (GORDON MacRAE) s You’ll Never Walk Alone (Finale) (SHIRLEY JONES/ MIXED CHORUS) s s Songs only on soundtrack. Singles/Hit Songs: As was common in the pre-rock era, songs from musicals were often recorded by artists not associated with the musical and released as singles. Here are some of the most notable hit singles resulting from the show: ”If I Loved You” – Perry Como (#3, 1945), Frank Sinatra (#7, 1945), Bing Crosby (#8, 1945), Harry James (#8, 1945), Roy Hamilton (#26, 1954) ”You’ll Never Walk Alone” – Frank Sinatra (#9, 1945), Judy Garland (#21, 1946), Roy Hamilton (#21, 1954) ”June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” – Hildegarde with Guy Lombardo (#11, 1945)

Rating: 4.503 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings for cast album and soundtrack combined) Awards (Cast Album and Soundtrack): (Click on award to learn more).

About the Show: “Decca Records scored a significant commercial success with its album of songs from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s first musical, Oklahoma!, performed by members of the original cast. So, the label was interested in releasing a similar recording of the songwriters’ next musical, Carousel.” WR “The new show was a darker effort than Oklahoma!, based on the tragic play Liliom, even though Hammerstein had the two leads marry and considerably softened the ending. One element he did retain was the story’s lustiness, especially evident in one of the score’s hit songs, June Is Bustin’ out All Over.” WR “Rodgers’ music was characteristically tuneful, and the cast, led by John Raitt in his Broadway debut, was excellent. The score produced standards in the hits If I Loved You and You’ll Never Walk Alone, as well as the epic Soliloquy, a revolutionary recitative in which Raitt, as Billy Bigelow, undergoes a character transformation as he anticipates the birth of his child.” WR “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s stature, and the show’s outstanding music, helped it to a Broadway run of 890 performances after it opened in New York in 1945. The cast recording shared in this success; it topped the recently instituted album charts, and Decca (later succeeded by MCA) kept it in print through a series of reissues over the years.” WR The soundtrack “benefits from Gordon MacRae’s powerful performance in the lead role of Billy Bigelow. MacRae was cast in the role when director Henry King’s first choice, Frank Sinatra, fell through, and is clearly the highlight of the recording.” EC “Not every cast member is as reliable. Shirley Jones as Bigelow’s wife has a tendency to overact her songs in a way that is more grating on record than in the film. The same mugging plagues the performance of the chorus on the classic song ‘June Is Bustin’ out All Over.’” EC “The other major chorus numbers don’t require overacting to be grating. Some critics complained that the film was missing some of the best songs from the Broadway version of Carousel. The problem may not have been that songs were cut, but that they cut the wrong songs. The tedious ‘Soliloquy’ is probably necessary to advance the action, but it’s certainly not as tuneful as the absent Blow High, Blow Low. And surely the show would hold up without the dopey A Real Nice Clambake. No doubt most fans would happily exchange it for a few more reprises of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone.’” EC Notes: A reissue of the cast album added alternate versions of “You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan/ Mister Snow,” “There’s Nothin’ So Bad for a Woman/ What’s the Use of Won’rin’,” and “Waltz Suite: Carousel.”

Resources and Related Links: EC Evan Cater, All Music Guide s WR William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide c Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 12/1/2009; last updated 12/21/2021.