AP - Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song — and even gets a chance to sing with one of them on the CD.

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Rod Stewart will be releasing Soulbook a day earlier than its scheduled release day on October 26th

Reuters - Rod Stewart brings a splash of color to the staid surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel. He's wearing a blue striped shirt, a white business suit jacket with thick red trim and blue Converse slip-ons -- a look that combines nautical and vaudeville, which seems perfectly fitting for Stewart, the perpetual showman.

Rod Stewart will be releasing SOULBOOK on October 27th