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"Maggie May" is a song cowritten by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, performed by Stewart for his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it number 130 in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [3] In 2017, the Mercury Records single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [4]
"Maggie May" (or "Maggie Mae") (Roud No. 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder", a sailor coming home from a round trip. John Manifold , in his Penguin Australian Song Book , described it as "A foc'sle song of Liverpool origin apparently, but immensely popular among seamen all over the ...
The album features Rod Stewart's "classic vocal tracks" overdubbed with new arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. [3] Also features 1971 chart toppers in both the UK and US " Maggie May " and " Reason to Believe ".
"You Wear It Well" is a song written by Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, performed by Stewart. It uses an arrangement markedly similar to "Maggie May", one of Stewart's hits from the previous year. [1] Stewart recorded "You Wear It Well" for the 1972 album Never a Dull Moment, and released it as a single on 12
Rod Stewart celebrated his 80th ... including 11 No 1 albums and hits from “Maggie May” and “Sailing” to “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” and a cover of “The First Cut is the Deepest ...
In the Rolling Stone Album Guide, critic Paul Evans described "Every Picture Tells a Story" and "Maggie May", another song off the Every Picture Tells a Story album, as Rod Stewart's and Ron Wood's "finest hour—happy lads wearing their hearts on their sleeves." [9] Music critic Greil Marcus regards the song as "Rod Stewart's greatest ...