"The gap between the first break for Rod Stewart, when Long John Baldry heard him playing harmonica on Twickenham railway station and the singer’s first British chart-topper, was just three months shy of eight years. Rod’s rocky road to No.1 was completed, when the chart for 9 October 1971 showed 'Maggie May' climbing to the top. Not bad for what was originally a B-side. Stewart’s long apprenticeship included his days with Baldry in the Hoochie Coochie Men and then Steampacket, Shotgun Express and then as lead vocalist with the Jeff Beck Group. ..."
2016 November: Gasoline Alley (1970), 2017 May: Every Picture Tells a Story (1971), 2019 July: Never A Dull Moment (1972)
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