Rod Stewart

and moved to Atlantic Records another division of Warner Music Group. "
Stewart departed from Steampacket in March 1966 with Stewart saying he had been sacked and Auger saying he had quit. Stewart has also mentioned plans for a compilation of covers of soul classics the possible release of another edition of the Great American Songbook album and a country covers album.

His aggressive blues work with The Jeff Beck Group and Faces influenced heavy metal genres. Roderick David "Rod" Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer-songwriter and one of the best selling artists of all time having sold over 100 million records worldwide. In 2008 Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists".