It’s not the only Sam Cooke song he’s tackled, but it is the one that feels the most like a Rod Stewart song. He even re-recorded this one in the ’80s for the soundtrack … See more

A homesick young man dreams of going back to “where I started from,” which in this case is Gasoline Alley. “When the weather’s better and the rails unfreeze and the wind do… See more

Stewart wrote this acoustic-guitar ballad himself, and it’s one of his best. And the vulnerability of the vocals helps, whether sighing his way through the scene-setting “I didn’t kno… See more

Stewart’s soulful rasp sounds right at home on this wistful acoustic-guitar-driven ballad by Cat Stevens, telling a new girl his heart’s still too broken to give her all his love but “if you want, I’… See more