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🔘 Passion – Single: Oct. 1980
Label: Riva Records Catalogue Number: RIVA 26 Format: 7" Vinyl Single Released: October 31, 1980 (UK) A pulsing, Latin‑tinged dance‑rock groove — backed with the sharp, swaggering Better Off Dead. Issued on Riva, the single launched Stewart’s Foolish Behaviour era with a bold, rhythmic shift into early ’80s pop. 🔘 Overview Passion was released on October 31, 1980 as a UK 7" single on Riva Records (RIVA 26). Serving as the lead single from Rod Stewart’s album Foolish Behaviou

Rod Stewart
Oct 31, 19802 min read


🎼 Blondes (Have More Fun) – Single: Apr. 1979
Rod Stewart returned in spring 1979 with the title track from his album Blondes Have More Fun, a slick, upbeat rocker that continued his successful late-70s pop direction. Issued in the UK on 27 April 1979 on Riva Records (catalogue RIVA 19), the single was backed with “The Best Days Of My Life”. 🔘 The Story “Blondes (Have More Fun)” was written by Rod Stewart and Jim Cregan and produced by Tom Dowd. It was released as the third single from the album of the same name, follow

Rod Stewart
Apr 27, 19792 min read


🔘The Best Of The Faces – Album: Apr. 1977
In the spring of 1977, with The Faces long disbanded and Rod Stewart riding high as a solo superstar, a double-album compilation arrived to celebrate one of the greatest British rock ’n’ roll bands of the early 1970s. Released on 29 April 1977 exclusively in the UK and Ireland on the Riva label, The Best Of The Faces gathered 20 essential tracks from the band’s classic period. Full-page Sounds magazine advert, April 30, 1977 🔘 Release Details Label: Riva Catalogue Number: RV

Faces
Apr 29, 19773 min read
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