Maggie May
Rod Stewart
1971
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1971
Release: 1971Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original 1971 recording; year precision avoids assigning a later single campaign, concert, remaster or annual-list date as the first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1971.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Rod Stewart - original Mercury album history
Label history identifies the solo debut in the US in 1969 before its UK 1970 release, Gasoline Alley in 1970, Every Picture Tells a Story in 1971 and Never a Dull Moment in 1972, with the selected songs. Only release and album facts are used; songwriting attribution is not inferred.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
This folk-rock song became Rod Stewart's breakthrough hit as a solo artist, topping charts worldwide.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1971.html, song-list position 1
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification; Style term found in imported, unverified source annotation
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata. Rank shared by a double-sided single.
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