Editing Rod Stewart (section)

===2002–2010: ''The Great American Songbook'' series and ''Soulbook''===
In June 2002, Stewart performed "[[Handbags and Gladrags]]" at the [[Party at the Palace]] held at [[Buckingham Palace Garden]], a concert which celebrated the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] and featured stars from five decades of music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2024042.stm|title=Partying at the palace|work=BBC News|date=4 June 2002|access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref>

By 2002, Stewart had sold over 100 million records during his career.<ref name="total-sales">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/dec/30/uk.monarchy2|title=Five decades of rocking and 62 hits|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 December 2006|location=London, UK|first=Matthew|last=Taylor|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> While growing up, he heard in his home classic songs written by songwriters such as [[Cole Porter]], [[Gus Kahn]] and [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]. Stewart joined others who had recorded the classic songs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=853792|title=Rod Stewart's Set of Standards|work=[[NPR]]|date=23 November 2002|access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref> He concentrated on singing 1930s and 1940s pop standards from the [[Great American Songbook]] with great popular success. These albums have been released on [[Clive Davis]]'s [[J Records]] label and have seen Stewart enjoy album sales equal to the 1970s.

The first album from the songbook series, ''[[It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook]]'', reached number four on the US album chart, number eight in the UK and number ten in Canada when released in late 2002. The track "[[These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)|These Foolish Things]]" (which is actually a British, not American, song) reached number 13 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Billboard adult contemporary chart]], and "[[They Can't Take That Away From Me]]" went Top 20.<ref name="Adult">{{cite magazine|title=Adult Contemporary Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/367145/rod-stewart/chart?f=341|magazine=Billboard|date=17 June 2016}}</ref>

The second series album, ''[[As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2]]'', reached number two in the US, number four in the UK and number one in Canada. "[[Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]]", a duet with [[Cher]], went Top 20 on the US adult contemporary charts. "[[Time After Time (1947 song)|Time After Time]]" was another Top 30 track on the US adult contemporary charts.<ref name="Adult"/> A musical called ''[[Tonight's The Night (2003 musical)|Tonight's The Night]]'', featuring many of Stewart's songs, opened 7 November 2003 at London's [[Victoria Palace Theatre]]. It is written and directed by [[Ben Elton]], who previously created a similar production, ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]'', with music by [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref>''We Will Rock You The Musical by Queen and Ben Elton: The Official Book''. pp. 10–27</ref> The musical tells about a "[[Goethe's Faust|Faustian]] pact between Detroit gas station mechanic Stu Clutterbuck and [[Satan]]."<ref>{{cite web|first1=Alan|last1=Bird|author-link1=Alan Bird|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/tonights-the-night|title=Tonight's The Night|date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171102092622/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/tonights-the-night|archive-date=2 November 2017|url-status=live|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>

In 2004, Stewart reunited with Ronnie Wood for concerts of [[Faces (band)|Faces]] material. A Rod Stewart and the Faces best of album, ''Changing Faces'', reached the Top 20 of the UK album charts. ''[[Five Guys Walk into a Bar...]]'', a Faces box set compilation, was released. In late 2004, ''[[Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3]]'', the third album in Stewart's songbook series, was released. It was his first US number one album in 25 years, selling over 200,000 albums in its first week. It also debuted at number one in Canada, number three in the UK and Top 10 in Australia. His version of [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[What a Wonderful World]]", featuring [[Stevie Wonder]], made the Top 20 of the world adult charts. He also recorded a duet with [[Dolly Parton]] for the album – "[[Baby, It's Cold Outside]]". Stewart won his first ever [[Grammy Award]] for this album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22Rod+Stewart%22&title=&year=All&genre=All |title=Past Winners Search |work=[[Grammy Award|Grammy.com]] |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Recording Academy]] |access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref>

2005 saw the release of the fourth songbook album, ''[[Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4]]''; it included duets with [[Diana Ross]] and [[Elton John]]. Within weeks of its release, the CD made it to number two on the Top 200 list. In late 2006, Stewart made his return to rock music and his new approach to country music with the release of ''[[Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time]]'', a new album featuring rock and southern rock milestones from the last four decades, including a cover of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "[[Have You Ever Seen the Rain?]]", which was released as the first single. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with 184,000 copies in its first week. The number one debut was helped by a concert in New York City that was on [[MSN Music]] and an appearance on ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. He performed tracks from his new album live from the Nokia Theater on 9 October. Control Room broadcast the event Live on MSN and in 117 cinemas across the country via National CineMedia. In November 2006, Stewart was inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]].<ref name="UKinduction">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5338196.stm|title=Led Zeppelin make UK Hall of Fame|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>
[[File:657105w.jpg|thumb|right|Performing in [[Zaragoza]], Spain, November 2006]]
On 1 July 2007, Stewart performed at the [[Concert for Diana]] held at [[Wembley Stadium]], London, an event which celebrated the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] almost 10 years after her death.<ref>{{cite news|title=What is the Concert for Diana?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/features/about.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=13 August 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6257986.stm Diana concert a 'perfect tribute'] BBC News. Retrieved 12 April 2012</ref> He performed "[[Sailing (Sutherland Brothers song)|Sailing]]", "[[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]" and "[[Maggie May]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6259822.stm|title=Old and new stars celebrate Diana|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> On 12 December, he performed for the first time at the ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' at the [[Coliseum Theatre|London Coliseum]] in front of HRH [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] and The Duchess of Cornwall, singing another Cat Stevens number, "Father and Son", and [[Bonnie Tyler]]'s song "[[It's a Heartache (song)|It's a Heartache]]". On 22 December 2006, Stewart hosted the 8th Annual ''A Home for the Holidays'' special on CBS at 8:00 pm (PST).

On 20 May 2009, Stewart performed "Maggie May" on the grand finale of ''[[American Idol]]'' season 8. On 2, July 2009 Stewart performed his only UK date that year at [[Home Park]], [[Plymouth]]. On 29 September 2009 a 4-CD, 65-track compilation entitled ''Rod Stewart Sessions 1971–1998'' was released; it is composed of previously unreleased tracks and outtakes from the bulk of his career. Stewart has also mentioned plans for a compilation of covers of soul classics, the possible release of another edition of the ''Great American Songbook'' album and a country covers album.<ref name="Rod Stewart living the good life">{{cite web|title=Rod Stewart living the good life |work=The Vancouver Sun |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Stewart+living+good+life/1872044/story.html |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811130450/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Stewart%2Bliving%2Bgood%2Blife/1872044/story.html |archive-date=11 August 2009 }}</ref>

On 17 October 2009, Stewart released the studio album ''[[Soulbook]]'' which was composed of covers of soul and Motown songs. On 14 November 2009, Stewart recorded a TV program in the UK for ITV that was screened on 5 December 2009.  The music in the programme featured tracks from his new album and some old favourites. On 14 January 2010, Rhino records released Stewart's ''Once in a Blue Moon'', a "lost album" originally recorded in 1992, featuring ten cover songs including the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday", Bob Dylan's "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar" and Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back", as well as Tom Waits' "Tom Traubert's Blues". On 19 October 2010, Stewart released another edition of his [[Great American Songbook]] series titled ''[[Fly Me to the Moon...The Great American Songbook Volume V]]'' on [[J Records]].