Rod has had an illustrious career, spanning several decades and it all started in October 1963, he joined the Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time vocalist.
Then a year later he joined Long John Baldrry and the All Stars, but by the August he had signed a solo control and released his first single ‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’.
Rod went onto maintain a solo career alongside a group career releasing his debut solo album, An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down in 1969.
And his early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B.
From the late 1970s through the 1990s, Rod’s music often took on a new wave or soft rock/middle-of-the-road quality, and in the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook.