Rod Stewart

In 1962, he had a brief affair with London art student, Suzannah Boffey, which ended after the birth of their daughter, Sarah Streeter, in 1963, who was put up for adoption.

He had two children from his first marriage to Alana Hamilton in 1979 – daughter Kimberley Alana Stewart (1979) and son Sean Roderick Stewart (1980). The couple divorced in 1984.

He fathered a daughter, Ruby Stewart (1987), from his model girlfriend Kelly Emberg, whom he romanced during 1983-1990.

Roderick David Stewart was born on January 10, 1945, in Highgate, North London, to Scottish father Robert Stewart and English mother Elsie Gilbart.

After failing to clear his eleven-plus exam at Highgate Primary School, he was enrolled at William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School, Hornsey.

He learnt playing the guitar at the age of 14 and started performing on hit songs of Lonnie Donegan and Chas McDevitt with his school friends in a skiffle group, Kool Kats.

After quitting school at 15, he took up odd jobs to support his family, working as a silk screen printer, newspaper delivery boy, grave digger, and fence erector.

Starting 1961, he worked with different bands, namely, Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions, Hoochie Coochie Men, Steampacket, and Shotgun Express, and had his share of flop releases.

He joined Jeff Back Group in 1967 as a vocalist and got his first dose of success. In 1968, the heavy blues-rock group rose to popularity with their first album ‘Truth’, which reached No. 15 on the US albums chart.

The group disbanded after the release of its second album ‘Beck-Ola’ in 1969. Soon after, he joined the English band, Faces, and released its debut album ‘First Step’ in 1970.

He launched his solo career with his debut album ‘An Old Raincoat Won’t Let You Down’ in 1969, followed by ‘Gasoline Alley’ in 1970.

The band got its first Top 40 hit with the single ‘Stay with Me’ from ‘A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse’ in 1971.

In 1971, his third solo album ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’, featuring the single ‘Maggie May’, made him a superstar overnight with both the album and single topping the charts in the US and the UK.

His 1978 album ‘Blondes Have More Fun’ blended disco with his music formula, evident from his smash hit single ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?, which sold over 4 million albums and topped the Billboard album charts.

In 1975, he released his chartbuster album ‘Atlantic Crossing’, featuring the top UK hit single ‘Sailing’, which remains his best-selling single in the UK till date.