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October 1971: Rod Stewart and "Maggie May"

Saturday, October 26, 2019 1:34

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Back in the fall of 1971, Rod Stewart released one of the best selling singles of the decade. It was ‘Maggie May” on one side and “Reason to believe” on the other.

The record company released “Reason to believe” as the A-side because they thought that ‘Maggie May” was too long (over 5 minutes) to get air play on Top 40 radio. (Let’s remember that most hit songs back then were between 2-3 minutes long)

Eventually, the fans flipped the record and the rest is history:

“In October 1971 Stewart became the first artist in history to hold all four #1 positions in the British and American singles and albums charts.

While “Maggie May” topped the singles tally in both territories, “Every Picture Tells A Story” achieved the same feat on the album charts.” (Songfacts)

Before releasing this solo record, Rod Stewart was the lead vocalist with Faces, a great British band. I understand that he was a soccer player, too. In the late 1970′s, Rod Stewart’s career exploded and he’s been a great concert attraction ever since.

Here is the song that put Rod Stewart on top of the charts. It is # 131 of Rolling Stone’s Top 500 songs:

You can click to listen to “Maggie May.”………….and the B-side of “Reason to believe“………..

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— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) January 10, 2017

Source: http://cantotalk.blogspot.com/2019/10/october-1971-rod-stewart-and-maggie-may.html

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