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ROD STEWART – Scottish Icon Topped The UK & US Singles Chart With ‘MAGGIE MAY’ Today 55 Years Ago

Top singles from the past

9 October 2026

Scottish rock & pop icon ROD STEWART (aged 81 now) scored a No. 1 hit
in the UK and the US with MAGGIE MAY (more than 440 million streams
on Spotify) today 55 years ago, on 9 October 1971.

The song was co-written with his guitarist Martin Quittenton and
appeared on his 3rd dolo LP, titled Every Picture Tells A Story.

It also hit the top spot #1 in Canada and Australia.

Written from Stewart‘s personal experience, Maggie May expresses the ambivalence
and contradictory emotions of a boy involved in a relationship with an older woman.

The woman’s name was not Maggie May. Rod The Mod has stated that
the name was taken from “an old Liverpudlian song about a prostitute”.

“Wake up, Maggie, I think I got somethin’ to say to you.”

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3 Big Blasts From The Past – SMASHING PUMPKINS – AIR – ROD STEWART

Posted on May 28 by JL

28 May 2026

Band: AIR
1995-present

Album: 10 000 HZ LEGEND
The French synth duo’s 2nd LP was released
on 28 May 2001, today 25 years ago.

AllMusic said: “10,000 Hz Legend is a darker work, just as contemplative
and unhurried as its predecessor, but part of a gradual move from drifting,
almost pastoral melancholia to a downright post-modern helplessness in
league with Radiohead.”

It peaked at #7 in the UK, and #3 on the US Dance Album Charts.

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