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Rod Stewart

Maggie May

1971 · via Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart’s 1971 recording of “Maggie May” is the earliest release on file. Rod Stewart shares the writing credit with Mike Peters and Martin Quittenton. Also recorded by Melissa Etheridge (released 1993), The Pogues (released 1989) and Counting Crows (released 2009), among 144 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Every Picture Tells a Story (1971).

Rod Stewart – Maggie May
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Rod built this one with Martin Quittenton and Mike Peters, and Counting Crows were still carrying it in 2009. Play them side by side and you can hear how well it travels.

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Credited writers: Mike Peters, Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1971.

On the album Every Picture Tells a Story (1971).

Other recordings on file · first release year

144 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Rod Stewart co-wrote Maggie May and cut it first. Which of these artists later put their own recording of it on tape?Counting Crows
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