Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop… Read Full Bio ↴Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its ballad "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere.

After Stewart had a handful more UK top ten hits, the Faces broke up in 1975. Stewart's next few hit singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) contained the hit "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun (1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US, with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward.

After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart's music turned to a soft rock/middle-of-the-road style, with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK, Germany and Sweden, but faring less well in the US. The single "Rhythm of My Heart" was a top five hit in the UK, US and other countries, with its source album, 1991's Vagabond Heart, becoming, at number ten in the US and number two in the UK, his highest-charting album in a decade. In 1993, he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad "All for Love", which went to number one in many countries. In the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". A Grammy and Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time. As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.

Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart

Studio albums
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)
Gasoline Alley (1970)
Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Smiler (1974)
Atlantic Crossing (1975)
A Night on the Town (1976)
Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
Blondes Have More Fun (1978)
Foolish Behaviour (1980)
Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Body Wishes (1983)
Camouflage (1984)
Every Beat of My Heart (1986)
Out of Order (1988)
Vagabond Heart (1991)
A Spanner in the Works (1995)
When We Were the New Boys (1998)
Human (2001)
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (2002)
As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II (2003)
Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III (2004)
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV (2005)
Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time (2006)
Soulbook (2009)
Once in a Blue Moon: The Lost Album (2010)
Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010)
Merry Christmas, Baby (2012)
Time (2013)
Another Country (2015)
Blood Red Roses (2018)
The Tears of Hercules (2021)

The Dock Of The Bay
Rod Stewart Lyrics

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Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay

Wastin' time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had nothing to live for
And look like nothin's gonna come my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, yes

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away

Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Overall Meaning

Rod Stewart's "The Dock of the Bay" is an ode to the simple pleasures in life, particularly the enjoyment of watching life go by. The singer of the song is sitting on a dock, watching ships roll in and out of the bay. He sings about his disillusionment with life and his decision to uproot and head for San Francisco, where he seems to have found solace in his new locale. Despite his newfound happiness, however, he still feels a sense of loneliness and aimlessness, which can be seen as he repeats the lines "looks like nothing's gonna change / everything still remains the same."

The song's lyrics are largely autobiographical, having been written by Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash before the song was completed. The lyrics were later finished by Steve Cropper, who also produced the track. The song has been interpreted in different ways, with some listeners seeing it as a critique of the hard-living rockstar lifestyle, while others view it as a poignant reflection on the human experience.

Line by Line Meaning

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'm sitting outside in the morning sun.

I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
I'll still be sitting here when the evening comes.

Watching the ships roll in
I'm watching the ships come into the harbor.

And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah
And then I watch them leave again.

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
I'm sitting on a dock by the ocean.

Watching the tide roll away
I'm watching the waves come in and go out.

Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
I'm just sitting here by myself at the dock.

Wastin' time
I'm not doing anything productive.

I left my home in Georgia
I left my home in the state of Georgia.

Headed for the 'Frisco bay
I'm traveling to San Francisco bay.

'Cause I've had nothing to live for
I don't feel like I have anything worth living for.

And look like nothin's gonna come my way
It doesn't seem like anything good is going to happen to me.

So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
So, I'm just going to sit here at the dock.

Lookin' at the tide roll away
Watching the waves come in and go out.

Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
I'm just sitting on this lonely dock by myself.

Wastin' time
I'm not using my time productively.

Look like nothing's gonna change
It seems like nothing is going to get better or change.

Everything still remains the same
Everything is still exactly the same as before.

I can't do what ten people tell me to do
I'm not going to listen to other people tell me what to do.

So I guess I'll remain the same, yes
So, I'll just stay the same as I am, I suppose.

Sittin' here resting my bones
I'm just sitting here, relaxing my body.

And this loneliness won't leave me alone
But I still feel lonely and isolated.

It's two thousand miles I roamed
I traveled two thousand miles to get here.

Just to make this dock my home
Just to make this lonely dock my new home.

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Now, I'm just going to stay here at the dock.

Watching the tide roll away
Watching the waves come in and go out.

Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Oh, I'm just sitting here at the dock all alone.

Wastin' time
I'm just wasting my time, doing nothing else.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Steve Cropper, Otis Redding

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Comments from YouTube:

jan delong

6y↑4

Rod knows he can sing, wow this one is great.

Ty Turner

11y↑8

A dream come true for Rod He and Woody went straight to the Apollo in late 60s as soon as their feet landed on American ground for the first time...@ 15 years later he's on stage KILLING it...what a soul man!!!

klg1956

12y↑8

I was glued to my television for two hours watching this special "Motown Returns to the Apollo"....genius! I taped it on my VHS and I still enjoy it today.....