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Roger Daltrey

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Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also producing films. In 2008 he was ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Early life Roger Harry Daltrey was born in the Hammersmith area of London, but was brought up in Acton, the same working class suburban district that produced fellow Who members Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. He was one of three children born to parents Irene and Harry Daltrey, and grew up with two sisters, Gillian and Carol. Harry Daltrey worked for a water closet manufacturer, and Irene Daltrey was told she would be unable to have children because of losing a kidney in 1937. Nevertheless, she went into labour during a World War II air raid and...

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  • Can't Wait to See the Movie, 1987
  • Ride a Rock Horse, 2005
  • Under a Raging Moon
  • Rocks in the Head, 1992
  • One of the Boys, 2005
  • Parting Should Be Painless, 1984

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