Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Rod Stewart
1977
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: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked | Recent carryover
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 1976 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.
Rod Stewart - original 1975 to 1978 album programs
Original years and full original tracklists for Atlantic Crossing, A Night on the Town, Footloose & Fancy Free and Blondes Have More Fun, separately from later outtakes. No chart-first claim is adopted.
About Rod Stewart
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Rod Stewart is a British singer whose rasping voice connects blues, folk, soul and popular ballads. His early performing work included the Jeff Beck Group and Faces, while a parallel solo career produced Gasoline Alley and Every Picture Tells a Story. Maggie May and You Wear It Well paired storytelling with acoustic textures and rock rhythms. Later recordings broadened his repertoire through interpretations of songs such as Sailing and Downtown Train. Guitarist Ronnie Wood was an important collaborator in Stewart's early solo work.
Artist background sources
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Rod Stewart, 1994 induction essay
Michael Hill essay supports vocal style, early groups versus parallel solo career, named solo repertoire and Ronnie Wood collaboration; anecdotal origin stories and group-credit mapping omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod Stewart appears at number 1 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1977. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1977 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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
Billboard year-end 1977 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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