Francis Rossi

Francis Rossi (Francis Dominic Michael Nicholas Rossi) was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is co-founder of the British rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. He is also known as 'Mike Rossi', 'Frame' and more recently, 'The GOMORR' (Grand Old Man of Rock 'n' Roll). He wrote the first Status Quo hit single, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as well as many other hit songs like "Paper Plane", "Caroline", and "Down Down", often with the group's roadie and harmonica player Bob Young, and another writing partner Bernie Frost. He attended Sedgehill Secondary School. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x800, 199 KB) Summary Francis Rossi on stage with Quo at the Colston Hall in Bristol Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x800, 199 KB) Summary Francis Rossi on stage with Quo at the Colston Hall in Bristol Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Forest Hill is the name of several neighbourhoods: Forest Hill, London in London, England Forest Hill, Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Forest Hill, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, United States Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, United States It is also the name of a number... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... Status Quo is a UK rock band founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962. ... Bob Young Robert Bob Young was born in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto. ...

A highly rated guitarist (within the music hierarchy) he has been with Status Quo for his entire musical career, although he has worked on albums by other artists, including Demis Roussos and Graham Bonnet, and released occasional solo work, including the album "King Of The Doghouse" (1996), which was not a commercial success though it produced a Top 50 hit "Give Myself To Love". He also recorded two singles with Frost in 1985, "Modern Romance" being a minor hit. Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. ... Rock vocalist Graham Bonnet was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire England on 23 December 1947, and went on to sing for many different rock bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Impellitteri and Alcatrazz. ...

His talent as an onstage frontman and his perfectionism mean that Status Quo remain a major live attraction after over 40 years on the road. Unlike other rock stars with equal sucess he remains very much a "down to earth" character and is very modest about his achievements.

Having toured almost every year, Status Quo remain as one Britain's most active live bands.

See also

• Status Quo