album · October 14, 2003

As Time Goes By… The Great American Songbook, Volume II

Rod Stewart

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This 2003 release found Stewart applying his signature vocal style to jazz standards, continuing a late-career resurgence after his first volume of the Great American Songbook.

• The album reached number 10 on the US Billboard 200 and number 1 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
• It was produced by Richard Perry, who had previously worked with artists like Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross.
• The album was commercially successful, achieving platinum certification in the United States and Canada.

Rod Stewart is a British singer-songwriter with a career spanning decades, known for his raspy voice and a genre-blending discography that includes rock, folk, and pop. His early work with the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces laid the groundwork for a hugely successful solo career, particularly his string of 1970s albums. In the early 2000s, Stewart embarked on a series of albums dedicated to the Great American Songbook, a pivot that brought him significant adult contemporary success.