If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives '. According to Townshend, Daltrey 'ran things the way he wanted. Townshend wrote in his autobiography, 'until he was expelled Roger had been a good pupil.' Įarly on, Daltrey was the band's leader, earning a reputation for using his fists to exercise discipline, when needed. When his father bought him an Epiphone guitar in 1959, he became the lead guitarist for the band soon afterwards he was expelled from school for tobacco smoking. They told him that he had to bring a guitar, and within a few weeks he showed up with it. ĭaltrey made his first guitar from a block of wood in 1957, a cherry red Stratocaster replica, and joined a skiffle band called the Detours, who were in need of a lead singer. He showed academic promise in the English state school system, ranking at the top of his class on the eleven-plus examination that led to his enrollment at the Acton County Grammar School. ĭaltrey attended Victoria Primary School and then Acton County Grammar School along with Pete Townshend and John Entwistle.

Daltrey's father was an insurance clerk who was called up to fight in the Second World War, leaving three-month old Roger and his mother to be evacuated to a farm in Scotland. Roger Harry Daltrey was born on 1 March 1944, in Hammersmith Hospital, East Acton, west London, England, one of three children of Harry and Irene Daltrey. Planet Rock listeners voted him rock's fifth-greatest voice in 2009, and he was ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time in 2010. Daltrey has also been an actor and film producer, with roles in films, theatre, and television. He and Pete Townshend received Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 and The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. As a member of the band, Daltrey received a Lifetime achievement award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988, and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001. The Who are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. His solo hits include ' Giving It All Away', ' Walking the Dog', ' Written on the Wind', ' Free Me', ' Without Your Love' and ' Under a Raging Moon'. Since then he has released ten solo studio albums, five compilation albums, and one live album. He began his solo career in 1973, while still a member of the Who.

ĭaltrey's hit songs with the Who include ' My Generation', ' Pinball Wizard', ' Won't Get Fooled Again', ' Baba O'Riley' and ' You Better You Bet'.

He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band the Who. Roger Harry Daltrey CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and film producer.

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