Icon's First 7 Songs FAILED…Then a DJ Randomly Played His B-Side…Hit #1 OVERNIGHT!-Professor of Rock

Coming up Rod Stewart was a gravedigger who wanted to be a rockstar. So in his spare time, he wrote music and played in a band hoping to make it. Rod wrote a song called Maggie May about the most embarrassing moment of his life. He thought the song rambled on, had no hook, and was crap. It was put onto the B-side of Reason to Believe, a song he didn’t even write. Well, it so happens that Reason to Believe sputtered on the radio and a DJ saved his career by playing the crappy B-side Maggie May… It made Rod Stewart a global sensation hitting #1 across the world. The story of how Rod's most embarrassing moment became his lifeline. Next on Professor of Rock.
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Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If you remember a time where we only had 3 or 4 channels on tv You are going to love this channel. Pure unadulterated Nostalgia We also have a patreon where we host all kinds of exclusive content including some up coming specials specifically a live event that I’m going to be doing on the history of Professor of Rock. Just Click on the link below. Also check out our latest merch just below.
It’s time for another episode from our series the new standards This show takes an in-depth look into songs that transcend genre, decade, and fads - songs that are monumental touchstones in our culture and society. On previous episodes we have covered Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin, Ordinary World by Duran Duran, and Somebody by Depeche Mode. Todays song inductee was a #1 hit in 1971. But it kind of started In the summer of ’61, where Roderick David Stewart (Rod for short), Rod Stewart, and a bunch of his buddies sneaked into the Beaulieu Jazz Festival in Hampshire, England, by stealthily crawling through a large runoff pipe that led into the festival grounds.
Once they were inside the festival, the lads made a bee-line to the beer tent, where 16 year old Rod was approached by a much older woman on the prowl, looking to entice a young man to satisfy her carnal urges. It didn’t take much to convince Rod to saunter off with his pursuer to a private patch of lawn.. where he lost his innocence….The whole experience lasted less than a minute, leaving Rod disappointed, and embarrassed by how quickly it all ended. Little did he know that his embarrassing moment would be the impetus to one of the grandest song to the 70s but the journey to get to that point was even more compelling.
Ten years later….he would reflect back on that experience, as the impetus to compose “Maggie May,” an unlikely hit that vaulted him from rock celebrity status in the UK... to global superstardom. Long before Rod Stewart was knighted Sir Rod, and a Hall of Fame performer selling more than a quarter billion records, he was a blue-collar teenager, working as a paperboy, and a gravedigger at the Highgate Cemetery in the London.
When he began to pursue music, he busked his way across Europe playing the harmonica. At perhaps his lowest point, Rod was sleeping under bridges in Barcelona, Spain, and was arrested for vagrancy...and then deported. Of course In the late 60’s Rod was recruited to be the lead vocalist for the Jeff Beck Group, and later followed his friend Ron Wood to join the Small Faces- eventually.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the greatest DEBUT Record of all time?

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

Rush

[@mournblade1066]

Van Halen: Van Halen The Cars: The Cars Duran Duran: Duran Duran Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures

[@stephenbrown4211]

Personal favourite- Market Square Hero Marillion Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits

[@adolfsson2705]

The cars

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@mournblade1066 Great list!

[@kittyplay9410]

The mandolin on "Maggie May" still gives me chills after all these years. I'm 61 now.

[@tomp996]

Luckily it doesn't leave us, at 65 I'm still getting those same chills. :-)

[@kittyplay9410]

@@tomp996 Good to know!

[@ViolettaD1485]

Mandolin on REM's unplugged "Love is All Around" is also gorgeous. Check it out.

[@NeilmacRory]

Me too! And I’m 65 and a mandolin player.

[@audreyjungels9536]

Madeline wind

[@davemiller3345]

When I first heard Maggie may, I was hooked by the mandolin part. Probably one of the reasons I learned mandolin.

[@RogerMazula]

"The morning sun when it hits your face really shows your age." - The best insult of the rock era.

[@IsmJism]

I'm Guilty and can relate (lol)

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

Rod also sang "With a face like that, you've got nothin' to laugh about" with Faces.

[@GrayRaceCat]

Not really, " ... but that don't worry me none, in my eyes your everything. I laughed at all of your jokes, my love ya didn't need ta coax... "

[@jhandle4196]

Not even close. Bob Dylan who wrote "You just sorta wasted my precious time." later wrote: "Idiot wind Blowing every time you move your mouth Blowing down the back roads headin' south Idiot wind Blowing every time you move your teeth You're an idiot, babe It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe." etcetera.

[@GrayRaceCat]

@@jhandle4196@jhandle4196 I disagree, the BEST insults are short and concise. Two lines at most.

[@jerryclay977]

Professor (Adam) I'm 64, my wife is 60, and I would just like to tell you how much we enjoy your channel. Even if it's a song or band we may not like, or isn't our particular "cup of tea", it's always enlightening, entertaining, and educating, three things that make it successful. I have turned many people on to your channel, and they all come back saying "Wow! Thank you so much for introducing me to the professor of rock!" You've certainly found your niche my friend! One music loving little boy from a small town can, and is, changing the world! Bravo!

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

Amen, amen! Love you, Professor!

[@pedroarellano4266]

Holy cow, I could have written your comment. Those are my sentiments. I actually don't love most of the songs he talks about, but, but, BUTT They make me feel nostalgic, memories abound!!

[@joe-uu5tn]

Thank you Adam. Really appreciate what you're doing.

[@pdmullgirl]

Yep. I’m 60 and my husband is 61. I couldn’t have said this better. ❤️💜💚

[@henrikcarmel374]

Yes - we like to hear about songs and artists from our time - the golden age of rock 🎶 The Professor rocks 😃

[@joecantello4022]

Adam, Thanks for helping keep alive the classic hits and stories. Casey Kasem would be happy to know you continue his tradition of telling the stories behind the hits.

[@susane9514]

American Top 40 was THE radio show to listen to on Sunday nights. Professor, your dad probably heard some of those back stories while listening to Casey.

[@TommyRibs]

Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.

[@culcune]

He almost sounds like Casey Kasem.

[@Barbzie-sw2gx]

​@@TommyRibs...... oh how I loved to hear Casey end his show every week. He was awesome!!! ❤

[@OneOfUsHere]

As i am now an older woman, I often think of that line from Maggie May "When the morning sun is in your face it really shows your age." Thanks Rod, haha. My dear friend played lead guitar with Rod for dozens of years. I was fortunate enough to go to every show that passed through Detroit. Rod still puts on a hell of a show even though his voice suffered from thyroid cancer. He recorded the great American classics during his recovery but seems to have almost reached the same level he would have been at if not for the surgery. Although I appreciate his talent and tenacity I still love him with Jeff Beck the most. Thanks P.O.R.

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

Don't mind those lines, love! We've earned every last one with our well-lived years! Like Jimmy Buffett said, "Wrinkles are just where smiles used to be!" ❤

[@flavellinator]

Amazing how much energy Rod Stewart had during his concerts back in the day. He would literally sprint from one end of the stage to the other repeatedly for 2 hours... You can see that soccer training in him for sure!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

He really was a whiz.

[@Brunzy1970]

Pure cocane will have that effect on ya folks.

[@yadaydada123]

Always wondered if, or how many times a bandmate or roadie got hit when he whipped that mic stand around!!!! lol

[@peetyw8851]

I agree with the other commenters. ‘will add that Rod was an avid soccer/football player growing up. He had the lungs for it. I read that Ginger Baker’s drumming was likely aided by his being a serious bike rider as a lad. He focused on riding perhaps to help in dealing with his dad’s dying in WWII.

[@judyharris7795]

I was in junior high when this song was a hit. In our music class, on Fridays, we could sing popular songs and the words were projected onto the movie screen to sing along. Every week, TC, the class clown, would ask if we could sing this song. And every week, our very strait laced Catholic music teacher would turn red and say, “ohhh, nooo!” We’d all sit there dying at her embarrassment. TC recently passed from cancer, but whenever I hear this song I say a little prayer for him. RIP, TC.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@user-mv5bu2kk8b]

Frea T memory to cherish

[@hildeschmid8400]

What a wonderful way to remember a friend. ❤

[@ChicaG-vg7pj]

What an awesome memory. I'm the same vintage, so I can relate.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

R.I.P. TC.

[@johnwest7993]

The mandolin work on Maggie May really did raise that song into the emotional stratosphere. It drew a melancholy from the tune that everyone felt.

[@MrHighlander26]

Lindisfarne harmonica + mandolin player, rod forgot to mention... that made that song!

[@beenaplumber8379]

Yeah, but not any more than the brilliant and unusually harmonic bass line by one of the best bassists ever, Ron Wood. The organ in this song is also musical perfection. Every instrument plays something unconventional or extraordinary through the whole song, except the mando, which just plays that bit at the end. It's the perfect punctuation mark for a perfectly arranged and recorded song, but Rod had assembled a crowded field of musical masters for that song. That plus the lyrics and Rod's sincere vocals are what made an otherwise bland and repetitive song into a legend that has at times moved me to tears. The melody and the chord pattern are really stock and unremarkable. All of the musicians made this song a masterpiece. The mandolin was just a voice in the crowd. I always heard the bass as a kid, not the mandolin in that part. They work together. They need each other.

[@c.e.anderson558]

Saw him in Vegas in 1988. Makeup for a canceled show He did 3 hours Played everything he ever recorded . Very engaged with the audience. Fabulous

[@Lam_3-22-23]

Prof, no one takes me back to my youth like you. Really enjoy the stories of songs and artists from the late 60's and 70's. Thanks for your hard work.

[@robertl.9039]

💯 % agree. Thanks Adam!

[@RBS_]

...ding-ding-DING!

[@Code.Name.V]

Well said Marcus!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Music just does that in general, Adam just helps us remember our great pass.

[@Lam_3-22-23]

​@@RBS_ For whom the bell tolls? Adam

[@anthonylewis1475]

Every time I hear this song I flash back to the first time I heard it: I was 15, in the backseat of a car with my girlfriend Linda and her friend Judy, along with Judy's boyfriend Eugene who was up in the front seat, as we were being driven back by Judy's mom from a day trip we took up some mountain in Northwest Oregon during the summer of 1971. The warm afternoon sun was shining through the car window, and as we drove down the mountainside Maggie May came on the radio and Judy's mom turned it up. It's one of the fondest memories of my teenage years :⁠-⁠)

[@dougemmett4261]

In 1971, I was 11. My dad passed in March of that year. I spent many hours listening to my AM only radio. Maggie was/is my favorite. I didn't know the meaning. It was Rod's voice that did it for me. My daughter calls him her "real" father. My husband really doesn't like Rod but he took me to a concert in 2007. Rod was AMAZING! Thanks Rod for keeping this lonely, sad youngster company through a very dark time!

[@yadaydada123]

❤❤

[@jamessharp9790]

Song is a light in a time when my parents divorced in early 1972. I was too young to understand but this song was a start in my musical interest as catharsis. I’m glad it’s meant something to you. I’m sorry but I can’t help but say that given the comment from your daughter, I feel bad for your husband. Different strokes for different folks for sure- but on one hand you speak of how selfless your husband is to take you to the concert and that’s commendable on your part and his part. I did cringe at the comment you attributed to your daughter and I just don’t think you can add any suffix as it were of just kidding to something like that. I hope you cherish him , because I have left situations where I’ve been willfully disrespected less than that .

[@scottboettcher]

AS a 10 year old in 1971, all this music just blows me away because I still love it and the memories attached to it are never-ending. What a time to grow up - especially as a music lover! And yes, I've made music an important part of raising our kids - my wife's father, in fact, was in the Wrecking Crew, so her life in LA vs me in PA, was very much surrounded by music and musicians!

[@OneOfUsHere]

Wow, that's incredible. The wrecking crew were the unsung heroes of rock and roll. Would you be able to say who your wife's relative is? They were all tops so it doesn't matter I'm just curious.

[@TracyfromNC]

Me too, what a fab time to hear music, decades behind us and all the newest

[@paullatta]

I was 23. She was 38. Met her at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club watching Kenny Burell. Got her number. I called her and we hooked up. Best night of my young life. We ravished each other all night long. The next morning I was ready to propose marriage. She rushed me out the door and said she had a situation with someone else. And so it goes. For all I know I could have a kid in London. I'm 60 now, so she would be 75. But I am still in love with her. Ah memories.

[@1Drafter1]

Super story !

[@MsMamatube]

Write the song.

[@paullatta]

@@MsMamatube Rod already covered that ground. Just relating my Maggie May moment. Would, perhaps be an entire chapter in my memoir.

[@thebeautifulhobo1]

@@1Drafter1 Exactly my thought.

[@watchinglclowns9890]

Been there...

[@suellenpittman201]

I turned 14 in 1971. My older sister bought the Every Picture Tells a Story album. I played the heckout of it. Then when cassettes were the thing ,I bought the tape. And then a CD ... The best part of the album are the Mandolin solos. The drum solo in, I'm Loosing You. Is my favorite drum solo ever!

[@firstlastqaz]

I was in first grade when this was on the radio. My grandpa used to drive us to school. He hated anything to do with hippies and rock music, but he always sang along to Maggie May when we were in the car. He also made an exception for Neil Young's Heart of Gold.

[@rosegarden7256]

My name is Margaret "Maggie" (not May), and I cannot tell you how many times parts of this song have been sung to me. As a young woman boys would say the only part of the song that really fit me was the mandolin solo. Because I love the mandolin and the way it's played in Maggie May, I always took that as the sweetest possible compliment. I have watched one of Rod's rare interviews where he was asked if the woman who inspired the song was the only older woman he was ever with. Rod just smiled and said he could not answer that question.

[@floydparr8006]

Reason to Believe is a great song. Every Picture Tells A Story doesn't have a bad track, but Maggie May is clearly the best. I love playing this album in its entirety.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@earlgrey691]

Tim Hardin needs a dedicated video.Highly regarded music genius and revered by many of us Brits...'Red-Balloon' is beautiful, Shiloh Town' also.

[@mbrownie22]

What’s amazing about that album is it is mostly acoustic but it rocks as hard as anything

[@matthewashman1406]

Don't forget mandolin wind

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Me too. Such a storied album.

[@trinaq]

I never knew that this song was autobiographical. Rod was my dearly departed mother's favourite singer.

[@MauriceOrtiz-ut8yi]

My dearly departed Aunt would have gladly been his Maggie May. She would turn into a school girl when he appeared on the tele.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s such a fascinating story.

[@davidhinkson8856]

My mother loved Rod as well, especially his singing voice and the style of his songs, so she was also a fan of John Cougar Mellencamp and Bryan Adams as they reminded her of him.

[@billm6819]

My wife’s first husband programmed concert lighting and she rode the tour bus with him and the crew on Rod’s “Camouflage” tour (among many other top tours). She said Rod was the sweetest man she’d ever met. Although he once serenaded her with “You Are So Beautiful,” she says he was always a gentleman and never out of line.

[@melancholiac]

I think the "autobiographical" aspect has some poetic licence. It would have been impossible in those days for an Englishman to "make a living outa playing pool" 😊

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

Back when I was 17, my girlfriend (now wife) loved this song, So I bought the album for her! I still play it in my present solo act!

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

I guess it worked, we’ll be married 49 years next month!!!

[@ChuckHaney]

No one sounds like Rod. The most distinctive and unique sounding singing voice I've ever heard.

[@timmoser3526]

Except brother louis by stories!

[@irishgrl]

Peter Criss singing Beth sounds pretty dang close… 🤷‍♀️

[@BooksForever]

Stevie Nicks sometimes… Kim Carnes sometimes…

[@jamesheenan648]

Steve Marriott

[@KathyStrickland-nh9vx]

Bonnie Tyler.

[@bill8384]

"Every Picture Tells a Story" album is one of my favorite albums of all time! Mandolin Winds is incredible!

[@marktait2371]

yeh i bought the cd a thrift put in car one you have to listen all the way through

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Great song..

[@nedcassley5169]

"coldest winter in almost fourteen years" is ridiculous but I guess he thought it sounds better than "almost forty years".

[@hyacinth4368]

I love Handbags and Glad Rags; always makes me cry. Also love Country Comfort. Elton John also did a good version.

[@robertfrederick4714]

Agreed

[@sariahut1]

I love his music! Thanks so much for spotlighting him! No one talks about him any more. His music has a genuinely unique sound simply because his voice was so different than anyone else’s. Such a great talent!

[@BillGraper]

One of the songs I wish would make a comeback is "Passion." You never hear it on the radio.

[@katrinacollins892]

In 2019 I attended a live Rod Stewart concert at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Made a special trip to see him because I love his music and had never seen him live. I enjoyed the trip, and I'm glad I went. I have to say, though, that I was disappointed by the performance. He's old now and didn't give the high energy performance as in his younger years, but the real disappointment came with the realization that he was badly lip syncing at least some of the songs. Since his face was displayed in real time on huge screens in the arena, it was painfully obvious. I laughed when I realized that at 58 (then) I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Still love his music though.

[@sariahut1]

@@katrinacollins892 It’s a shame that his music isn’t really being passed on to the next generation. Even with the lip syncing it must have been fun to see him in person.

[@sariahut1]

@@BillGraper that’s a great one!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@LorettaMoore1234]

I was in high school when Maggie May was such a big hit. Our school bus driver would play rock on the radio. I think Maggie May was his favorite because every time that station played it the driver would turn the volume way up, with everyone on the bus singing loud with it. Thanks for jogging my memory.

[@DC8091]

one of the greatest songs ever! “All ya did was wreck my bed,& in the morning kick me head. . .You stole my heart, but I love ya anyway” rock n roll gold! Bobbie Ritchie ROCKED this when he opened The LCA in Detroit in 2018, about the best live cover I saw!

[@BillGraper]

Years ago, I came up with my own lyric. It combines "You stole my heart" and ".....pain I could do without." They are different lines in the song, but I think it's just too funny to be picky. The line is, "You blew a fart, that's a smell I could do without." 😎

[@earlgrey691]

Especially with that delightful classical intro on the album version.

[@user-pf7jm9go6o]

Only to be outdone by Rod and The Faces' "Stay With Me" a couple of years later. That song, of course, was a lot more tongue-in-cheek, but hilarious.

[@luissallard9761]

Professor you might wanna do a show about Top B sides, that were the hits the A side wasn't

[@CarlGorn]

@@luissallard9761 "B A Hit" wouldn't be a bad title for it.

[@Mic-cb6xz]

That tune is the story of my life. She was 24 i was 16. She was a beauty...she is 71 now im 64. Hope she had a good life

[@markiefufu]

I had a similar experience, but I was 20 and she was 29. I met her online in 1986. If that sounds like bs, look up BBS (Bulletin Board Service). I ran one for a few years on a Tandy 1000 with a 9600 baud modem.

[@diGritz1]

Wait a sec ..........Your the one who nailed my mom? Do you have any idea how long I've been looking for you, Dad? Can you loan me some money and your car keys? "0_o"

[@Mic-cb6xz]

Hahaha.thats a good one

[@floyd6545]

Yep, similar life lesson. I was 17, and she was 31. Fun, while it lasted. I'm 61 now and haven't thought about her for many years until watching this. Brought back both good and bad memories. Life's lessons can be hard sometimes.

[@Mic-cb6xz]

@@floyd6545 unlike me I still think of her all the time... It's been almost 50 years

[@alanhill3677]

Don't forget Steve Winwood used the mandolin for 'Back in the Highlife'

[@YAWN....]

Terrible song

[@victoriakidd-cromis1124]

I was born in 1966 so the songs from the late 60s and early70s got imrpinted in my brain. i recognize most of them almost instantly when I hear them. My mom also loved Rod and would sing his songs whenever they come on the radio. I bought her the big box set of Rod singing classic songs for Christmas the year it came out. Listening to your program just now brought back somee GOOD memories which I need since she passed away on April 5th. Music has such power!

[@darleneschneck]

I remember when this song came out in 1971. It was instantly likable and refreshingly original! Such a feel good song, it takes me back!

[@reprintranch]

Yeah, I heard this song a ton when I was a lad of 9 or 10, and really liked the energy and the sounds of the instruments and Rod’s vocal. No backing vocals on this, now that I think about it. Still love “Maggie May” and the entire _Every Picture Tells a Story_ album.

[@thomaswhite7783]

Adam, I'm 63yrs old and have to say your channel is the best one around. Hands down.

[@CarlosJGonzalez-cq4ie]

He was proof you could be both an underdog and an icon with longevity!

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

In the years of the 1970s, including when this song was big, my mom, my younger sister and I (along with many other families) spent a lot of time camping, picnicking and swimming at a very large spring-fed swimming hole in central Florida. It had a great sound system consisting of big speakers wired directly to the jukebox and hung from every tree, almost. The music poured out of those speakers like a baptismal font, ringing out over acres of water and literally drenching our souls in great rock and roll music, old and new. Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" was a big favorite and all us kids (think hundreds) sang along with the risque' song, much to our parents' offended sensibilities. It was teenage nirvana! Thanks for all the memories of those years you bring to me. Maggie May is going right on my playlist of Hart's Springs Songs!

[@susans654]

Wow, I think I was at that same exact place the next summer when "Joy to the World" was the big summer hit.

[@winterwolf354]

Maggie May is fraught with a range of emotions, grief, anger, fear, disappointment, self doubt, sorrow and sadness so deep. 1971 was a tumultuous year. I graduated from 8th grade in June & my mom died in August. I had been in a foster home separated from my brothers and sisters since 1963. My dad had passed in 1969 and the devastation and desolation and depression permeated my bones. My heart was completely broken and at age 12, I learned what loss really meant. His loss colored my entire life. Songs in 1969 that I always remember are Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, by Edison Lighthouse, Don't Cry Daddy, by Elvis Presley & a myriad of others. I would hide an old tube radio under my pillow and listen to WLS & WCFL & WVON. The Jackson 5, The Temptations, Dianna Ross & the Supremes, James Brown & Bobby Sherman! Lol! Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, CCR, The Guess Who, The Grass Roots, There was In My Midnight Confession, Neil Diamond's Hot August Night, Sweet Caroline, Cracklin' Rosie, Spirit in the Sky, Build Me Up, Buttercup! Patches, and of course...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and so many others. FM radio wasn't a thing back then, at least not yet. It was about to be. Eight Tracks but I was a kid, I didn't have a car. A transistor radio was considered cool & we would all gather in a friends bedroom to listen to the latest 45 we had saved up our milk money to buy at the Jewel Foodstore at 86th & Pulaski on the Southwest Side of Chicago. A year later and boys entered our lives and stayed. We moved to the garage or backyard and the guys started following us instead of the other way around. The day after Christmas of 1969, I got the call that my dad had passed the night before. Whatever my life had been to that point, the hope of one day reuniting with my mom and dad and brothers and sisters, that dream shattered. I slowly realized that life was not ever going to work out the way I'd hoped. Not long after, my mom's death in 1971 was the final nail in the coffin of my very brief and painful childhood. Music was my only solace. It is odd that the Summer of 1970, I fell in love for the very first time. I'll never forget those blue eyes meeting mine over a basketball in the alley. We both grabbed it at the same time and it was electrifying. Both of us knew at the very same time. Tommy James & the Shondells..."I Think We're Alone Now" will forever be the song I fell in love to. It was Maggie Mae that was playing when I made the decision to leave my friends and life in Chicago behind me to try & get to know my family or what was left of it at an orphanage in the suburbs. It was another mistake in a life full of them. They did't know me, I didn't know them. I wanted to know them, but they couldn't have cared less. I kept trying, but honestly, you can fool yourself for a lifetime when you want something as badly as I wanted a family. The entire atmosphere that fall as I tried to settle in to a new life at the orphanage will forever play in my mind with Maggie Mae and Carol King's Tapestry playing as the backdrop. There was also James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, Carly Simon's You're So Vain, BJ Thomas, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head. A little later and The Chi-Lites were added to the lineup...Oh Girl...There was Everybody Plays the Fool Sometimes.... and of course, Bread's Guitar Man (awesome), The Long & Winding Road, Jackson Brown, Doctor My Eyes, Linda Ronstadt and not too much later, The Eagles. There was a few strange ones, "McArthur Park." What was it about anyway? I Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates (You got a Brand New Key) Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot, Dobie Gray, Drift Away, Lean on Me, Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, Those Were the Days, Leaving on a Jet Plane, John Denver or was it the Mamas and the Papas? The Loving Spoonful, The Hollys, The Turtles! Imagine Me & You (So Happy Together). Geez, you openef the floodgates Professor. Sorry for the rant. I absolutely loved Rod Stuart back in the day. Not just Maggie Mae though. Reason to Believe hit my heart really hard. It was difficult to find it on the radio though. When I was at the orphanage, I was amazed to discover (and delighted) that kids were allowed to have their own stereos! Not just the record players we gathered around in the garage, but PIONEER Speakers and Albums, not just 45s! It was a fantastic time to come of age lisltening to all of these bands, some which were already legends and on their way out, like The Beatles, and then their was The Who, and the Rock Opera Tommy and Quadraphenia. Cream and Deep Purple, Santana, Black Sabbath. Wow, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, The Bee Gees, Elton John, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix! Double tragedy there. I could go on and on. All of this great music got me through my childhood. While I cried to so many of these songs, I also go high to a lot of them. Now I look back and feel nostalgic. A burning wish to go back there, turn back time and just be a spectator to my own life as I was forced to live it for a time. Sorry for the rant. I'm sure there won''t be many who read this whole dessertation, but hey, anybody who did, thanks and I hope Maggie Mae brought you some of the comfort it eventually brought to me. I always knew the song was about sex, even as a naive 14 year old. I didn't know it was about THAT part of it though! I just thought that this older woman was getting it on with a young kid who didn't mind at all, but knew it was time to be moving on. Musical awakening was amazing, but sexual awakenings were still years away. There's a soundtrack for that too...

[@EricPement]

Cool story. I read the whole thing. I lived through the same year, listened to WLS and WCFL also, and I also remember where I was, what I was doing, and who I was with the first time I heard "Maggie May." Thanks for the memories.

[@onecooldude1644]

Wow you poured your heart out on that. So sorry for all the trials you faced so early on.

[@irishgrl]

I don’t know about anyone else but I loved your listing of songs! I could hear the songs in my head as I read the titles… My memories also are tied up with music but they blur now…so reading your list allowed a focus I hadn’t had in years! So thx for that ❤

[@bradknopp6502]

I read it, too. And my heart hurt for that little girl. It's easy to not realize everybody's childhood wasn't like your own. But, we Really Did all share a common cultural thread of music (& TV at the time, too), So Very unlike today, when everything is So fragmented, and there are Sooooo many micro-sub-genres.[I just made that up, and I LIKE it - LoLL] ) Sending hugs & prayers for your life now & going forward. Meanwhile - we all have ...... "Three chords and the truth." 😁👍🎶👍

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Dude, if we wanted War and Peace, we would read Dostoyevsky! Your life is not interesting. Sheesh!

[@TheJackie2007]

This was touching and beautiful my friend. Teared up. Maggie May has teared me up in the past as well. Great memories….

[@tomp996]

Maggie May feels so timeless. Another Great job Professor!

[@gregorymoore2877]

She's not really timeless. The morning sun, when it's in her face, really shows her age. 😉

[@kat021171]

"Maggie May" was the song that was number 1 when I was born, to be replaced the following weekend by "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves". Rod Stewart songs were favorite sing-along songs for my fellow Student Senators and me when we would go to the pub after our meetings on Wednesday evenings in the early 1990s, including "Maggie May" and "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)". Such good times...

[@kayleenkrolikowski7442]

I got divorced in 86. Before I met my now husband...I dated younger men for a time. I often thought of this song (morning light really showing my age). When I was 56 I think, a 21 year old was soooo persistent with the whole flirtation and come-ons...I said (after trying many other ways to say no) I actually yelled, I'M NOT GOING TO BE YOUR MAGGIE MAY! He had no clue whatsoever. I just had to SMH and walk away. Wry laugh escaping as I walk. Yup I'm friggen old. 😊😅😂

[@kathyjaissle6791]

I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was in the 10th grade and everyone was singing it! That was the autumn of 1971. Very nostalgic ☺️

[@false-flagburner4184]

I bought two tickets to the very first concert for me and my high school girlfriend in 1976. It was at the War Memorial in Rochester NY. Blue Oyster Cult opened up for Rod Stewart and Faces with the great Ron Wood playing lead guitar. The whole show was awesome, and I still can hear a lot of it in my timeless soul almost 48 years ago.

[@tb6791]

Rod 😮 Maggie May was such a Staple in the early 70's 😮

[@ProfessorofRock]

IT's one of those songs that takes you back!

[@earlgrey691]

An a-hole now (get the shot) but a consumate rocker of his 70's prime.

[@billhorstkamp98]

Wow

[@billhorstkamp98]

@@earlgrey691 so old people who want to abuse their immune system so they don’t die from Covid are a- holes ? That’s a pretty narrow outlook, my friend.

[@laurieswindow]

I'm 63 yrs old who loved Rod Stewart as a youngster and never lost my appreciation for his style, voice and his music. I have a beautiful black Labrador who is named.... you guessed it, Maggie Mae. I sing the song to her all the time. Thank you Sir Rod for so many memories over the years and thank you Professor for sharing this with us. 💜💜💜

[@jomamackdaddy]

Nobody here mentioning "the first cut is the deepest" among their favorite Rod Stewart songs. 😢

[@LaManteca76]

Oooh that's my current favorite Rod Stewart song! I always thought Sheryl Crow wrote it until last year when I heard Rod sing it on American Top 40. I went to listen to it over & over again. I love Rod's voice! ❤

[@jacobus57]

It gets my vote💔

[@bobrichards4811]

@@LaManteca76 Has been recorded by many artists, but try the Cat Stevens version.....he wrote it 🙂

[@LaManteca76]

@@bobrichards4811 Awesome! I'll go check it out, thanx. 😄

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I like Rod’s version.

[@tumaprints]

You are an amazing living encyclopedia of rock music and history!! Keep them coming!! Peace bro!

[@joefunsmith]

"Do ya Think I'm Sexy" was my introduction to Rod Stewart right around the time I was going through my version thereof. Maggie May was one that had to grow on me, and it certainly has.

[@surlechapeau]

One of the first songs I remember hearing when I got my first transistor radio!!

[@marinebean420]

What an incredible and unique voice. What a library of great songs he has. Rockin' Rod.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@claytonb9685]

Maggie May was the very first song I heard from Rod the Mod and this was back when I was in elementary school. Been a big fan ever since. Such a marvelous song🤘😎🤙

[@peteraliota9587]

Maggie May is my favorite all time song from one of my favorite artists! I was 14 years old when this fantastic song came out and still love it to this day. Have seen Rod perform in concert many times here in Milwaukee and have followed his career since his time with Faces. Professor you covered the story behind the song so very well. Your knowledge of the rock era and your delivery is beyond compare. Thank you for your efforts! Also, I appreciate your dedication to your parents.

[@johnhagan582]

Im 58 and was like Adam's father just emerged with Rock music in the as a kid in the 70s .its just astonishing how Adam i is also so emerged in 70s rock considering he is quite a few years younger than all us kids that grew up in the 70s instead of the 80s .this channel is without a doubt taylor made for 70s young teens .Adam is just as much a 70s music junkie even though he was actually to young to remember most of it first hand .that speaks volumes to Adams father for inspiring his young son to be the nostalgic rock musical junkie he is now .just love this channel and is by far the best rock channel on KZbin

[@jazzandbluesculturalherita2547]

"Prof. Of Rock", WOW, this is by far the most amazing turnabout story regarding a legitimate "Rock Star" that you have chronicled so far. Hard to believe that the stratospheric rise of such a truly talented star began at such a low nadir. Truly Amazing! Thanks.

[@BuffaloRobby]

Adam, I want to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. I'm 69 years old and the early 70's was "my era". So many great songs and I love your story telling and back stories. I especially love your personal stories about your father. I am the father in my scenerio. My son and I have a similar music relationship. He was raised on all that music. I used to quiz him when I played a song. I would ask him who the artist was and he would guess. Eventually he learned all about the great artists. Like you and your Dad had, my son and I have a special bond relating to all that great music. Thanks for the memories and keep up the great work. Best of luck

[@lockedonlaw]

Rod's material has always been outstanding. I like his Small Faces / Faces material as well.

[@hgodvilla00]

Rod never sang or played in The Small Faces. You're thinking of Steve Marriott.

[@lockedonlaw]

@@hgodvilla00 Like I said previously, it's the same group. They renamed themselves the Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie.

[@lsmith992]

I was 18 that year and working in a pub here (UK) cslled the Alex, short for Alexandra. This was on the juke box along with all the wonderful magical music of that year, but Rod Stewart was my total hero. A girl has to have her heroes and he was mine.

[@howardheno1628]

Summer of 71 soundtrack was this song among many other great ones. Summer of my 1st love.What a year in music!

[@brianhaase9612]

I graduated high school in 71. Rock music has never been as great as it was back then!

[@TomWagemaker]

That was my favorite album in ‘71!🎶🤙🏼

[@KaiPonte]

This pre-dated me. HOWEVER, my wife, our son, his girlfriend, and I saw Rod at the Hollywood Bowl last year. He was brilliant.

[@peterd.9978]

Nice tribute to your parents! You're a good son! 👍🏼

[@josephdryden2256]

One of my all time favorite tunes. I have always envisioned Rod playing his guitar at the end of Maggie's bed while Maggie sleeps, with the morning sun streaming in the windows. Only in my version, Maggie doesn't wake up until the song is over, completely missing Rod finally standing up for himself. Then, once finally awake and probably hungover, she says something snide to him and he takes it silently like he always has, knowing he is forever in love with her even though she treats him badly.

[@LaManteca76]

That's such an awesome interpretation of the song. Makes me feel more for the poor love sick guy. 😀

[@leddygee1896]

Sounds about right...

[@Willie_McBride]

Amazing how many artists/ label execs misjudge a great song from a flop & vice versa. Thank God for the DJ who played Maggie May, & brought literally one of the best all time R&R SONGS IN HISTORY. Also love the mandolin. You can hear it in a bunch of different songs (Mandolin Wind, Mandolin Rain), it’s such a distinct sound, but it’s perfect in Maggie May. You’re So Vain is 100% about Warren Beatty.

[@mathewfullerton8577]

It's the loss of independent radio stations and DJs that has made today's music so bland and cookie-cutter drivel.

[@jessehayes486]

That mandolin makes this song.

[@nancydamone8995]

Yes and it's truly sad that Ray Jackson the mandolin player was paid a whopping $30 for it after Rod Stewart made millions and millions of dollars in his lifetime and never compensated the man.

[@nascargas]

Wake up Professor, I think I got something To say to you Oh fer blips sakes. Eff Off Prof. I had no intention of getting emotional....now here I am snorting tears into my dinner bowl. Seriously. I love your tales about you and your pops and music.

[@RichardAkin-qj6xt]

My older sister was a huge Rod Stewart fan and loved this song! Kinda got me listening to his songs as a kid, RS has a ton of classic hits and what a great singer! Great video as always...

[@johnajda]

I was a sophomore in high school in 1971, when this absolutely wonderful song, Maggie May, first began to be played frequently on the radio in the US. I ran cross country for my high school in the fall of 1971, and I’ll always associate this song (happily) with my cross country running that year. My other favorite songs of that year were Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) and “No Matter What”, “Day After Day” and “Baby Blue” by the superb Welsh rock group Badfinger. And yes, the mandolin solo for the outro of Maggie May is fantastic, and Rod should have duly credited and paid Ray Jackson more than the 15 pounds he paid him for his brilliant mandolin solo on this song.

[@lorihallenbeck8781]

Awesome. It's not every day you find another Badfinger fan.

[@charangoguy]

Great episode. I am in my 70's and like your dad, passed on my love of music from the 60's and 70's to my kids. I recently saw a little pearl of wisdom on the internet the other day that sums up a lot of my life and those of my contemporaries..."My life has been a series of bad decisions with awesome music playing in the background."

[@mkjohnson7826]

Ditto!!!!!!

[@mikekloepfer7424]

This song has always had a special place in my heart, I've loved it since I first heard it decades ago. Coincidentally - at my birthday party a couple weeks ago, a friend caught a video clip of myself and my fellow musicians playing an acoustic rendition of - you guessed it - 'Maggie May.' Playing on the song were musical mates from my first band all the way to my current band, spanning over 50 years of my own musical career, all making beautiful music together. It was awesome. What a great song, great memories.

[@duromusabc]

3 or 4 channels on tv ? Yeah I remember that in my childhood! And that’s why HBO was so popular in the 80s decade !

[@ryanmccauslin7578]

Because one could easily descramble it back then 😆

[@user-og1rv6sr8e]

This is such a special song for my family. My mom was a few years older than my dad and he teasingly called her Maggie May. My daughters name is Maggie.

[@LazyIRanch]

That is so sweet! My mom was a few years older than Dad, but what he teased her about was her first name. She _hated_ her first name, and refused to use it or tell anyone. Daddy was delighted that her first name rhymed with his last name, so he told her that he LOVED her name, and it took him years to find a good woman named "Myrtle" to marry. His last name's "Hertel", and yes, it rhymes with "Myrtle".😂

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s a common name!

[@billhorstkamp98]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 most Maggie I know are named Margaret

[@rickstevens1479]

I was a sophomore in HS . You heard Rod Stewart heard his music everywhere. He had a strong run in the early 70s ..and beyond.

[@elizabethholmann3853]

I fell in love with that song the first time I heard it! As a young girl from Aooppalahia, I was dumb as a rock and didn't know what Maggie had done, except I thought she had broken Rod's heart.!!

[@elizabethholmann3853]

Appalachia. Cant see very well, sorry!

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Thank you for keeping the music of our youth alive! I was born in 71 and didn't get into Rod Stewart until high school (85-89). He has a great catalog! JJ -South Alabama

[@richstrobel]

Not only the mandolin but some great bass guitar. Hard to believe they thought it was a filler song that wouldn't be very popular.

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

The mandolin is an instrument I always liked. Maggie May and Young Turks are my favorites from Rod. You covered this before.

[@michaeltinney2080]

One the best shows that I have ever seen was any the Rod Stewart concerts that I went to.

[@Lam_3-22-23]

So much energy

[@ProfessorofRock]

I don't doubt it!

[@dianaengelbart1535]

Maggie May was SO overplayed that I just got sick of it.

[@GaryBlake-ij1zt]

Corporate music

[@brucestarr4438]

As I have gotten older, I have come to enjoy "Reason to Believe" more than I did when this album & single came out.

[@georgeford6439]

My sister in law gave me this album for xmas when i was around 9 yrs old, early 70's. I still ❤ this album, every song is great.

[@danpanderson]

I worked in a youth center (imaginatively called “The Youth Center”) in my junior and senior years of high school. I could not begin to guess the number of times I heard that song played on the juke box! I never tired of it; the song seemed like it belonged there as much as the paint on the walls!

[@noizeemama3697]

This came out when I was young and I didn't know this story. Thank you for telling it to us. This is my favorite era of Rod Stewart. My daughter got me back into these albums because she found a triple CD set and bought it for me some years ago. So glad she did because I super enjoy it.

[@robertcronin6603]

Def one of the best opening lines *EVER* - fabulous tune - always loved when it came on radio as a kid.

[@cowboyupdrummer]

This was my introduction to Rod. I remember having this album back in the 70’s and it was due to this song. I also loved the stuff he did with Faces. “Stay with me” has always been a favorite song of mine.

[@bartbluemusic]

"Maggie May" and "Hotel California" - the two most overplayed songs on classic rock radio stations. LOL - but I still love 'em. I didn't really discover Rod Stewart until his 80's hits. It was then that I started noticing his older hits - this song included, and I found that I really liked them. So many great tunes!

[@Boblobblaw88]

yeah I had to quit listening to classic rock radio because they had such tight, overplayed songlists. Still love those 2 songs though.

[@bartbluemusic]

@@Boblobblaw88 - for sure!

[@vonniedemers5683]

Hotel California... I listen to it almost every day. It came out in 77 and we moved later that yr out of California so it's very sentimal to me. As for Rod Stewart my mom loved him "Tonight's the Night" was her favorite.

[@jeremychorney8921]

this song was recorded before I was even born... not by much. Growing up listening to my parents music, musically, my heart resides in the70's. In my 30's learned to play the guitar and all the hits that touched my soul. Maggie May, was the one that pushed me to go buy a Mandolin. Love the sound and the feel it gives to songs. Maggie May sets the bar for mandolin iconic solo's. My father in law passed on to me, an early turn of the century Gibson Mandolin. Sounds like no other. This song will always hold a special place in me. ............... Thanks Rod.

[@RichardGodson-ys6id]

I'm so glad you have at last featured this seminal song of my early teenage years. I didn't start buying Rod's material until the second half of the seventies, by which time I had left school, got a job and was earning (not very much but) enough to buy the odd record. As soon as I could afford it, his by then back catalogue was a must. As others have already written, there wasn't a bad track on every Picture Tells a Story, but my personal favourite is Mandolin Wind, such a moving tale of someone finding it hard to express his devotion to his loved one. "Oh, I never was good with romantic words, so the next few lines come really hard" and finally, as the song fades, calling out "I love you" over and over again.

[@BillGraper]

I remember in the late 70's in the car with my family, this song played on the radio. I was so little, I got the wrong impression. I thought the guy singing was mad at the world. I remember thinking this is a mean guy, just complaining about everything. That combined with his raspy voice was a bit scary for a young kid. 😂

[@RBS_]

"...I remember thinking this is a mean guy, just complaining about everything..." ...ya sure MY name isn't, "Maggie"! ?? ...ha-HAAA!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Bill!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Haha he does sound like he’s whining.

[@threeballedtomcat9380]

"Maggie May" brings back a very fond memory of my 16 year old youth....Avery similar situation to the one Rod sings about, LOL.... Ah, the 1970s....I don't think there was a better time in my life...

[@martineldritch]

Late 60s early 70s, great time for the mandolin in popular music !

[@brookswade5774]

Maggie May dominated the air waves in 71. You couldn’t go an hour without hearing it on one station or another. Simpler times.

[@russelllangworthy8855]

Times weren’t simpler. You were just a kid with no responsibilities.

[@brookswade5774]

@@russelllangworthy8855 Sure, that is true. The world is definitely more upside down today though.

[@russelllangworthy8855]

@@brookswade5774 I would dispute you on that, too. In ‘71 we were still mired in Viet Nam, civil rights were practically non existent, college kids were getting killed during protests, etc.

[@brookswade5774]

@@russelllangworthy8855 All of that is true as well. I’m referring mainly to things like constant mass shootings, woke idiots, pride acceptance, sickening entitlement, and police and politicians that are way out of control. Come to think of it, maybe it is just like then.

[@russelllangworthy8855]

@@brookswade5774 Lol. The more things change, the more they stay the same. 👍

[@christineml1476]

The song tells an interesting and curious story. It doesn't need catchy hooks or a booming chorus to be memorable.

[@DC8091]

Stay With Me, Hand Bags & Glad Rags, & Maggie, a holy trinity of rock n roll saloon songs! Rod fing rules!! Been waitin for this one Prof!!!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Stay with Me rocks!

[@DC8091]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 🤘In the morning, don’t say ya love me, cause I’ll only. . . 🤘🤘🤘

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

@@DC8091 kick you out of the door!

[@DC8091]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 🤘🤘🤘 😇

[@marktait2371]

yeh dc i found the vinly a few years back but havent listeneed to in a long time

[@robbies8101]

My girlfriend and I went by ourselves to see Rod the bod in San Diego... about 1979. Floor seats..he was amazing

[@deactb59]

Professor of rock man I can sit and talk music with you all day long. I am an auto detailer but I’ve been a musician since I was 12 years old and I’m now 64 and your topics and your knowledge of music is beyond awesome fantastic subjects and conversations, you have it all well done my friend. Well, done.

[@Bill-Rocker]

Some really great music from a very talented guy. There was a time when Rod was my favorite singer, good front man too. His voice had the perfect mix of musical, gruff and soft. His early stuff was mostly all good. He had the advantage of great bands and GREAT guitar players. Maggie really is a truly great song but he has many. When I was a teenager and heard Angel, You Wear it Well and the like it played all summer. Too bad there will never be artist like this again in my lifetime. Someday...when it's mostly forgotten, some bunch will rediscover and bring it all back in their way....Not the way that just rerecords it, but the way Blues turned into Rock and changed the World. Just had to add, the appreciation of Adams Parents is impressive. It takes a GREAT Parent to help make a GREAT KID.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Indeed. Such a distinctive voice.

[@pugil1st]

If it was just a 30-second roll in the hay with a stranger, Rod probably didn't know Maggie May's real name

[@johnnyduplantis]

I remember it well. *_”Rod Stewart with Faces”_* was the first major concert I attended, ever. My freshman year 1971 at Auburn University. A fellow student and I were the only ones in attendance to manage to sneak back to the concourse, where the guys were exiting to a waiting white limo. We respectfully greeted them with high praise for their performance. Rod and Ron immediately took over the conversation, praising us for being such a great audience, both reaching out to shake our hands! It turned out my stealthy companion was the university president's daughter. I can't recall her name and never saw her again. But we shared an incredible experience that I will never forget. We did spend an hour or so after the event discussing the concert and college life. Unfortunately for this innocent college freshman, it was not a “Maggie May” moment. 😳😊

[@912Airguns]

I love the back stories behind the songs. There are a lot of songs I never enjoy hearing till you share the reason the come to be. Thank you

[@MyName-pl7zn]

That mandolin part was created on the spot? Wow, maybe the best known mandolin part done in 2 minutes, you never know. I believe we all know a Maggie Mae and luckily Rod didn't steal his daddy's cue and become a Hustler so many fantastic songs. My favorite has always been I was Only Joking. Fantastic episode truth is stranger than fiction once again

[@jimgsewell]

Instead, he found a rock & roll band, that needed a helping hand.

[@user-eg7os1ql8c]

I was a senior in high school when this came out. I remember listening to it on the way to school in my '63 pontiac catalina In Fairfax, Virginia... Volume all the way up and singing at the top of my lungs. I was working in a restaurant at night and was hopelessly in love With one of the waitresses who had just recently graduated college. She knew how I felt about her and she was always so sweet to me! This song always to this day brings back my memories of her. She was my "coming of age" girl.

[@josephgrosso8731]

Great session, professor! Was 13 in 1971 and absolutely loved that song and album! I had a tee shirt with that cover and I thought I was it!!! Thanks for great research and wonderful memories!!!