Mod Rod had two songs in the Top Ten sexy songs

Olivia's 'Physical' is the No. 1 sexy song

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity — and, sorry Barry White, but Palm Beach County’s own Olivia Newton-John and Rod Stewart are at the top of the list.

Newton-John’s “Physical” is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright).” Newton-John moved last year to Jupiter Inlet Colony, and recently appeared at the Race for the Cure in West Palm Beach. Stewart has long had a mansion on the island of Palm Beach.

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men’s ballad “I’ll Make Love to You,” Next’s “Too Close” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.” (Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” is No. 35)

Stewart made the top 10 twice — his “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” is No. 10. It’s also the only song in the top 10 that mentions sex in the title. Read the full story

The artist: Rod Stewart

The album: Soulbook (J Records)

The spin: Rod Stewart reinvented himself in the new millennium by exercising his distinctly soulful pipes on classic standards with his “Great American Songbook” collection. Now he returns to his soul roots on “Soulbook,” a thirteen-song collection that represents the soul sounds of Philadelphia, Memphis, and Motown.

Stewart kicks things off with a dramatic rendition of the Four Tops classic, “It’s the Same Old Song” and between that and the last song, he honors soul music’s greats, including The O’Jays, the Temptations, and Sam Cooke. And while it’s a pretty good record, it does have a few minor bumps.

Whenever an artist covers somebody else’s material, it’s important that they offer something fresh in return, and for the most part Stewart delivers. But some of the arrangements are too close to the originals. No one will ever confuse Stewart with Jimmy Ruffin on “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,” or Brook Benton on “Rainy Night in Georgia,” but he breaks no new ground on either song.
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