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The Faces
Band London United Kingdom Active 1969–1975 successor of “Small Faces”, members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood
The Faces formed in 1969 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1975. The Faces has 66 chart appearances on 64 radio countdowns from 25 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Stay With Me”, which appears on 54 lists with a best position of #88. The station that charted The Faces most often is 100.7 WZLX (Boston, MA), with 10 appearances.
The Faces rose out of the wreckage of the Small Faces in London in 1969. Steve Marriott had quit to start Humble Pie, so Ronnie Lane on bass, Kenney Jones on drums and Ian McLagan on keyboards went out and got themselves two refugees from the Jeff Beck Group: Rod Stewart, with that sandpaper-and-honey voice, and Ronnie Wood on guitar. They trimmed the name and got down to the serious business of having a good time.
First Step and Long Player were ragged, boozy and warm, and then A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse turned them into a worldwide hit, helped along by Stewart's solo career taking off at the same time. "Stay With Me" is the whole band in one go: Wood's guitar leering, McLagan's keys rolling, Stewart hollering like the pub is about to close. Ooh La La followed in 1973, and its wistful title song is one of the loveliest things they ever did.
Lane left after that record and Tetsu Yamauchi took over the bass, and the band finally came apart in 1975. Stewart carried on as a solo star and Wood went off to join the Rolling Stones. The Faces went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame together with the Small Faces in 2012.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Faces on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay With Me | 54 | #88 | – | – | |
| 2 | Ooh La La | 10 | #63 | – | – | |
| 3 | Cindy Incidentally | 1 | #1924 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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