Above
photos show, the timeline of
Rod
Stewart as a youth and early days with
various artist. The montage features
various photo taken by Troy Cory during
his video performance at the Studio in
1978.
Feature
Story - October
- 2004, marks the month for
Rocker Rod Stewart,
as a crooner on NBC -- as well as
the 26th anniversary of his hit
music videos, "Do Ya Think I'm
Sexy" and "Blondes Have More Fun"
- produced at Video Music Hall,
in
Hollywood.
-----
From
October 17th through the 21st,
1978, some 26 years ago, Troy
Cory's Vine Street Video Center,
(seen in cover photo), not
only set the stage for Stewart's
first platinum single, and hit
music videos, "Do Ya Think I'm
Sexy" and "Blondes Have More
Fun", but set the stage for the
webcasting of vratv optical
disks, via the internet, and the
selection of this weeks,
Television International
Magazine's person of the
week.
-----
In a very
special way, the video shoot
marked a turning point, not only
in the careers of Rod Stewart and
his drummer/ co-writer of "Do Ya
Think I'm Sexy" Carmen Appice,
but in the lives of Josie and
Troy Cory, the founders and
operators of Vine Street Video
Center, particularly from a
critical historical perspective.
It was uring that same period,
the Cory's also formed Video
Record Albums of Amarica, VRA
TelePlay Pictures and VRA Laser
Disks.
-----
Ironically,
they are now the publishers of
Television International
Magazine, founded in 1956, by Sam
Donaldson and Al Preiss, and Rod
Stewart is this week's tviNews,
Person of the
Week.
Part
02 -
Rod
Stewart has Katie Couric, NBC,
the Today/Date Line
TV shows -- and "Do Ya Think I'm
Sexy" to thank for his "Person of
the Week" selection. -----
It
was the driving dance beat of
this music video being performed
by Rod Stewart in
October,
1978,
at
Troy's
Vine Street Video Center, over 26
years
ago --
that cinched the honor".
-----
Vine
Street TV studio's theme in 1978
was: "And it's all available to
you - our tv stage facilities,
television show, and a Fench
restaurant "The Au Petit
Cafe was a favorite hang
out for Connie Chung and other
CBS newscasters, as well as many
industry professionals in
Hollywood", says, TVI publisher,
Josie Cory.
-----
"Do Ya
Think I'm Sexy" is about a
couple, played by Rod and his
finance Alana, that meets at a
intimate cafe. Of course, the Au
Petit Cafe and its tv monitor,
sets the scenario for a great
music video, a foggy Hollywood
movie studio stage scene, and a
bedroom with all of the trinkets.
The video segments were produced
by Jon Roseman. Camera Director
was, J. D. Webster. Sound, video
and stage lighting were under the
direction of Richard Long and
Troy Cory of Canyon Sound and VRA
TelePlay. Rod and Alana were
married in April, 1979.
-----
The
October, 1978 video shoot, was
perceived by many, as a Hollywood
first. It was one of the first
big time Music Videos to use a
movie stage to produce a lip
synced video with a purpose; to
distribute and sell Rod Stewart
CD records throughout the world.
The video features Rod Stewart,
Alana Hamilton, drummer, Carmen
Appice, all of Rod's band
members, and a dozen of models
provided by the Bill Adrian Teen
Modeling Agency of Pasadena.
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The October -
15th - 22, 2004 NBC telecast -- pictures Rod Stewart
"live" in Rockefeller Plaza, New York City. singing
the classic song "Blue Moon" from his latest CD
"Stardust: The Great American songbook Volume III".
Quotes from the
televised - "conversation"
Katie
Couric: -----
You, I read in Vanity Fair
recently, you said, "The secret to staying forever
young is to play soccer as long as you
can."
Rod
Stewart: -----
Drink as much wine, and shag
as many women.
-----
Couric:
Yeah. (Laughter) So,
rate these in order of importance. -----
Stewart:
Well, if one could do
all three together &endash; and I've tried, believe
me &endash; soccer, absolutely. I mean, I would put
that top of the list for me. I absolutely
adore soccer. -----
Couric:
Ahead of music, sex and
wine? -----
Stewart:
I … love a glass of
wine in the evening, especially after a soccer
match. And I usually have sex before a soccer
match. And while I'm having sex, we play
music. So, that's one way of combining
everything.
Rod Stewart sings his classic
hit "Maggie May" during the "Toyota Concert Series
on Today." -----
Today Show: Rod Stewart
sings 'Blue Moon 'Oct 15: Rod Stewart sings the
classic song "Blue Moon" from his latest CD
"Stardust: The Great American songbook Volume III"
live in Rockefeller Plaza. -----
Today Show: Stewart: 'What a
Wonderful World 'Oct 15: Rod Stewart performs "What
a Wonderful World," from latest CD release,
"Stardust: The Great American Songbook: Volume
III." -----
Today Show: Viewer's Choice:
'Tonight's the Night' Oct 15: Rod Stewart talks to
Katie Couric about his newest collection of
American song standards, then performs the viewer's
song choice, "Tonight's the Night."
Hear are some of
the quotes from the televised -
"conversation" from
Stewart's 28,000 square foot English-style estate
in Los Angeles. It is just one of his four homes
&endash; a lavish lifestyle of rock 'n roll
aristocracy, thanks to a career that spans four
decades and multiple incarnations.
-----
Couric:
When you went through
that period, and did kind of more of a disco
thing. And I guess you were wearing false
eyelashes, and spandex. -----
Stewart:
Yeah. Everybody was.
Wasn't just me. -----
Couric:
Yeah.
(Laughter) -----
Couric:
Everybody was wearing
that stuff. -----
Couric:
And you were jumping
around too -----
Stewart:
"Do You Think I'm
Sexy?" -----
Couric:
Yeah, "Do You Think I'm
Sexy?" -----
Stewart:
But you danced to "Do
You Think I'm Sexy?" Didn't you? -----
Couric:
I think I did,
actually. -----
Stewart:
Yeah. I bet you
were wearing spandex as well. -----
Couric:
Yeah.
(Laughter)
-----
Couric:
But you all didn't
actually record together. You were in two different
places? -----
Stewart:
Yeah, that's the way it
is nowadays. -----
Couric:
Isn't that weird though?
Don't you wish you could have been face to face
with Dolly? -----
Stewart:
I would have loved to
have been face to face with Dolly.
(Laughter) -----
Couric:
That's a loaded …
(Laughter) -----
Stewart:
Oh, oh, oh
-----
Katie and Rod Stewart
(Singing): "You made a first class fool out of me,
but I was blind as a fool can be. You stole
my heart, and that's pain I can do
without."
-----
Stewart:
Brilliant! That's
it! (To Camera) Did you get that? Did
you get it? That's fantastic. (Laughter) You can
… carry a tune! -----
Couric:
I can, a little
bit. -----
Stewart:
Well, let's go through,
and play the piano -----
Couric:
Let's, shall
we?
-----
But his success with the
standards notwithstanding, Rod Stewart will forever
be associated with a rock classic he wrote himself
in 1971. -----
Now that Rod has traded in
all of those skin tight trousers for a tuxedo and
tails, his career is enjoying a renaissance, thanks
to two consecutive CDs he calls "The Great American
Songbook." Volumes I and II have sold over
ten million copies worldwide combined. And next
Tuesday, Rod rolls out "Stardust ... The Great
American Songbook Volume III" &endash; 13 more
classics the crooner has recorded, including duets
with Bette Middler and Dolly Parton. -----
And though the songs he's
singing now are perhaps more age-appropriate, Rod
Stewart's prolific career has had one constant:
that unmistakable voice &endash; which was once
called "a unique blend of sandpaper and soul."
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