Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey at the Hyde Park Live 8 concert (2005)
Background information
Birth name	Roger Harry Daltrey
Born	March 1, 1944 (1944-03-01) (age 63)
Origin	Hammersmith, London, England
Genre(s)	Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter Musician Actor Film producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitar Harmonica
Years active	1959 - present
Label(s)	Various
Associated acts	The Who
Website	http://www.thewhotour.com

Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a successful musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of film, theatre and television roles and also producing films. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

Early years

Roger Harry Daltrey was born in the Hammersmith area of London, but was raised in Acton, the same working class suburban neighbourhood 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 gave birth to her son at the nearby Hammersmith Hospital, West London. At the age of three, the young Roger swallowed a rusty nail which had to be surgically removed, leaving a visible scar. At the age of five, the rust from the nail caused an ulcer in his stomach which required him to be hospitalized. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Acton is the name of several places, people and organizations: // Places England Acton, Cheshire Acton, Dorset Acton, Staffordshire Acton, Shropshire Acton, Worcestershire Acton, Suffolk Acton, London Of these, the London Acton is the largest. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for rock band The Who. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London. ...

Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and then Acton County Grammar School for boys along with Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. He showed academic promise in the English state school system, ranking at the top of his class on the "eleven plus examinations" that led to his enrollment at the Acton County Grammar School. His parents hoped he would eventually continue on to study at university, but Daltrey turned out to be a self-described "school rebel" and developed a dedicated interest in the emerging rock and roll music scene instead. For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ...

He made his first guitar from a block of wood and formed a skiffle band called The Detours. When his father bought him an Epiphone guitar in 1959, he became the lead guitarist for the band and soon afterward was expelled from school for smoking. Describing the post-war times, Pete Townshend wrote in his autobiography, "Until he was expelled, Roger had been a good pupil. Then he heard Elvis and transmogrified into a Teddy Boy with an electric guitar and a dress-sneer. Was it simply rock ‘n’ roll? It was obvious to a young man as intelligent as Roger that there was no future in conforming any more."^[1] For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Doghouse Skiffle Group Skiffle is a type of folk music with a jazz and blues influence, usually using homemade or improvised instruments such as the washboard, tea chest bass, kazoo, cigar-box fiddle, musical saw, comb and paper, and so forth, as well as more conventional instruments such as acoustic... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ... // The Teddy boy youth culture first emerged in Britain (starting in London, and rapidly spreading across the country) during the early 1950s, and soon after became strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period. ...

Daltrey became a sheet metal worker during the day, while practicing and performing nights with the band at weddings, pubs and men's clubs. He invited schoolmate John Entwistle to play bass in the band, and on the advice of Entwistle, invited Pete Townshend to play guitar. At that time, the band consisted of Daltrey on lead guitar, Pete Townshend on rhythm guitar, John Entwistle on bass, Doug Sandom on drums and Colin Dawson on lead vocals. After Colin Dawson left the band, Daltrey switched to vocals and Townshend to lead guitar. In 1964 drummer Doug Sandom left the band, and Keith Moon became The Who's drummer. Rhythm guitar is a guitar that is primarily used to provide rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment for a singer or for other instruments in an ensemble. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ...

Early on, Daltrey was the band's leader, earning a reputation for using his fists to exercise control when needed, despite his small stature (his height is reportedly 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m)). According to Townshend, Roger "ran things the way he wanted. If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives."^[2] He generally selected the music they performed, including songs by The Beatles, various Motown artists, James Brown, and other rock standards. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Motown Records, Inc. ... James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ...

In 1964 the group discovered another band working as The Detours and discussed changing their name. Pete Townshend suggested "The Hair" and Townshend's roommate Richard Barnes suggested "The Who." The next morning, Daltrey made the decision for the band, saying "It's The Who, innit?"^[3]

During 1964, band manager Peter Meaden renamed the band The High Numbers as part of a move to establish the band as Mod favorites. The name was a reference to the T-shirts with "numbers" that the mods used at the time. Pete Meaden composed Mod songs for them (in fact, the songs were almost copies of Mod hits at the time, with changed lyrics) and they released just one single, "I'm The Face/Zoot Suit", by Fontana records. After this single was unsuccessful, the band changed their name back to The Who. Peter Meaden was a 1960s Mod and short time manager of the band The Who during their early days. ...

The Who years

With the band's first hit single and record deal in early 1965, Townshend began writing original material and Daltrey's dominance of the band began to decline. In the midst of the band's success, Daltrey repeatedly found himself fighting to keep the other members of The Who away from the drug and alcohol dependence that he believed would destroy them. He once flushed drummer Keith Moon's pills down the lavatory and, when Moon protested, knocked him down with one punch. Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ...

Because of such incidents and also the shifting dynamics of control within the group, the other members of The Who expelled Daltrey from the band in late 1965, causing him to examine his methods of dealing with people. A couple of days later, Daltrey swallowed his pride and promised there would be no more violent outbursts or assaults. Daltrey recalled, "I thought if I lost the band I was dead. If I didn't stick with The Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life."^[4]

The band's second single, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" was the only song on which Daltrey and Townshend collaborated, and Daltrey only wrote two other songs for the band. As Townshend developed into one of rock's most accomplished composers, Daltrey's vocals became the vehicle through which Townshend's visions were expressed, and he gained an equally vaunted reputation as a powerful vocalist and riveting frontman. The Who's stage act was highly energetic, and Daltrey's habit of swinging the microphone around by its cord on stage became a signature move. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere was a single released by The Who in 1965. ...

Daltrey's stuttering expression of youthful anger, frustration and arrogance in the band's breakthrough single, "My Generation", captured the revolutionary feeling of the 1960s for many young people around the world and became the band's trademark. Later, his scream near the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again" became a defining moment in rock and roll. This article is about the song. ... Wont Get Fooled Again is a rock song by the British rock band The Who, composed by band member Pete Townshend. ...

In October 1973, Townshend was at a low point after struggling through the Lifehouse and Quadrophenia projects, and Daltrey was experiencing success with his solo projects and acting roles. Daltrey had quite a bit of free time while others of the band worked on recording the music for Quadrophenia, and he used some of this time to check The Who's books. He found they had fallen into disarray under the management of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. Kit Lambert was also Pete Townshend's artistic mentor and challenging him led to renewed tension within the band. During a filming session (in an incident that Daltrey claimed was overblown) Townshend and Daltrey argued over the schedule. Townshend whacked the singer over the head with his guitar and Daltrey responded by knocking Townshend unconscious, again with a single blow. ^[5] Lifehouse has two ambiguous entries: Lifehouse unreleased album by The Who Lifehouse the US band. ... Alternate cover Original soundtrack version Quadrophenia is a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973, one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ... Kit Lambert (May 11, 1935 – April 7, 1981) was a record producer and the manager for The Who. ... Chris Stamp, a former filmmaker, was the co-manager (with Kit Lambert) and executive producer of The Who until 1973, at which point tensions between Pete Townshend and Lambert caused the management team to be replaced by former assistant Bill Curbishley. ...

With each of The Who's milestone achievements, Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia, Daltrey was the face and voice of the band as they defined themselves as the ultimate rebels in a generation of change. When Ken Russell's adaptation of Tommy appeared as a feature film in 1975, Daltrey played the lead role and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture". Afterward, Daltrey worked with Russell again, starring as Franz Liszt in Lisztomania. He worked with Rick Wakeman on the soundtrack to this film, writing the lyrics to three songs and also performing these, as well as others. Alternate cover Deluxe edition cover Tommy is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... For the song by Tom Lehrer, see That Was the Year That Was. ... Alternate cover Original soundtrack version Quadrophenia is a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973, one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ... Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927), is an iconoclastic English film director, particularly well-known for his films about famous composers and his controversial, often outrageous pioneering work in film. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... “Liszt” redirects here. ... Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Who went on after the death of Keith Moon in 1978, but tension continued as Daltrey felt new drummer Kenney Jones was the wrong choice for The Who. In 1980 Daltrey completed a major project for The Who Films, Ltd., a dramatic film called McVicar about U.K. bank robber John McVicar. Daltrey produced and starred in the film, and completed a striking soundtrack with other members of the band. This success, along with other stresses, contributed to decay of relations with Townshend, and The Who retired from active touring in 1982 when Townshend felt he was no longer able to write for the band. The band continued to work together sporadically, reuniting for the Live Aid concert and recording songs for Daltrey's solo album Under a Raging Moon and Townshend's solo album Iron Man. Kenneth Thomas Kenney (or Kenny) Jones (born September 16, 1948 in Stepney, London) is a veteran English rock drummer best known for his work in the Small Faces, the Faces, and The Who. ... McVicar is a dramatic British film issued in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd. ... John McVicar (born 1940) is a British journalist. ... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... Under a Raging Moon is a Roger Daltrey solo album issued in 1985 which includes several drummers tributes to Keith Moon, former drummer of The Who that passed away in 1978. ... For the upcoming film and video game based on the superhero, see Iron Man (film) and Iron Man (video game). ...

Daltrey turned to working as an actor, completing such high profile projects as The Beggar's Opera and The Comedy of Errors for the BBC. He also appeared in several film, television and stage productions during this period, including Mike Batt's The Hunting of the Snark (1987), The Little Match Girl (1987), Buddy's Song (1990), which he also produced, and Mack the Knife (1990). In 1991 he received a Grammy Award with The Chieftains for An Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast. Painting based on The Beggars Opera, Scene V, William Hogarth, c. ... Poster for a performance The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeares early plays, written between 1592 and 1594. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Image:MikeBatt. ... The Bellman supporting the Banker by a finger entwined in his hair The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, when he was 42 years old. ... The Little Match Girl is a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young girl who sells matches during the cold winter. ... Buddys Song (1991) is a film starring Chesney Hawkes and Roger Daltrey about a young boy, Buddy Clark (Hawkes) who is determined to make it as a pop star, aided by his father Terry (Daltrey). ... For other uses, see Mack the Knife (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1963, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ...

The Who returned in 1989 with their 25th anniversary tour, which was also the 20th anniverary tour of the rock opera Tommy. The tour featured a large backing band and guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins and Elton John. Although Daltrey experienced life-threatening health problems, he managed to complete the tour. He continued to work on stage and screen during this period, completing projects such as The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) appearing as the Tin Woodman alongside Nathan Lane, Joel Gray, Natalie Cole, and Jewel Kilcher as Dorothy. During this time, he also began to appear in U.S. television shows. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in West-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an multi-grammy winning American R&B and soul singer and songwriter who fronted two groups, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles and Labelle, which changed and birthed a new era of womens music and... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actor of the stage and screen. ... Joel Grey (born 11 April 1932 as Joel Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American stage and screen actor. ... Natalie Maria Cole (born February 6, 1950), known professionally as Natalie Cole, is an American singer and songwriter. ... Jewel on the cover of her 2003 album 0304 Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is a singer-songwriter better known by her stage name, Jewel. ...

In 1994 Daltrey celebrated his fiftieth birthday by producing a two-night show at Carnegie Hall called A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, and popularly called Daltrey Sings Townshend. The Who's music was arranged for orchestra by Michael Kamen, who directed The Juilliard Orchestra for the event. Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Eddie Vedder, Sinéad O'Connor, Lou Reed, David Sanborn, Alice Cooper, Linda Perry, The Chieftains and others performed as special guests. The event was followed by a major tour financed by Daltrey and including John Entwistle on bass, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend on guitar. Although the tour was considered an artistic success, it failed make a profit and was concluded early. However, it did serve the purpose of attracting attention to songs from The Who's Quadrophenia, and gathered support for a staging and major tour of the rock opera in 1996-1997. Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and later album documenting a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall in 1994. ... Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III on December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. ... Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (IPA: [1]) (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. ... Lou Reed, born Lewis Allen Reed[1] March 2, 1942, is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... For other persons named David Sanborn, see David Sanborn (disambiguation). ... Alice Cooper (born February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents of Portuguese descent,[1] is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... Zak Starkey (born September 13, 1965 in London, England) is the drummer for English rock band Oasis. ... Simon Townshend is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. ...

In 1996 Pete Townshend was approached to produce Quadrophenia for The Prince's Trust concert at Hyde Park, London. He at first planned to perform the opera as a solo acoustic piece using parts of the film on the screens, but after receiving offers of financing decided on a full out production. When he first contacted Daltrey to request a collaboration, Daltrey refused, but after some discussion, he agreed to help produce a one-off performance. The opera was performed with a large backing band, including John Entwistle on bass, Pete Townshend on acoustic guitar and vocals, Zak Starkey on drums, Rabbit Bundrick and Jon Carin on keyboards, Simon Townshend on guitar and special guests including David Gilmour, Adrian Edmondson, Trevor McDonald and Gary Glitter. A horn section was added, and backing vocalists, along with other actors. On the night before the show, Daltrey was struck in the face by a microphone stand swung by Gary Glitter. The accident fractured his eye-socket and caused considerable concern that he might not be able to perform safely, but Daltrey donned an eye-patch to cover the bruises and completed the show as scheduled. Afterward, Townshend decided to take the production on tour in 1996-1997 as The Who. The Princes Trust is a UK based charity headed by HRH The Prince of Wales. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... John Rabbit Bundrick (born November 21, 1948) is a prominent American-born rock keyboardist, pianist, and organist, having played on albums by The Who, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters, Free, and Crawler, among several others. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Paul Francis Gadd aka Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1944) is a platinum selling English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits including Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2, I Love You Love Me Love, I...

After their tour to present the rock opus was successful, they returned as The Who in a stripped-down, five-piece lineup for tours in 1999-2000. The band continued to work together, making a major impact at The Concert for New York City. After Entwistle's death in June 2002, both Daltrey and Townshend decided to continue with an already planned tour as The Who. They also completed a brief tour in 2004. In 2006, they released their first studio album of new material in twenty-four years, Endless Wire, proving to fans and critics that the highly acclaimed artistic tension within The Who lay between these two principals. They completed a world tour in 2006-2007 to support this album. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Endless Wire is a studio album by The Who, and their first new studio album of original material in twenty-four years following the release of Its Hard in 1982. ...

Later career

After The Who retired from active work in 1982, Daltrey developed his career in film and took on a number of other projects, including a tour with the British Rock Symphony in 1998, and the Night of the Proms in 2005. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Daltrey also worked with the Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp, raising money for charities during the final concert. John Gaechter played lead guitar with Daltrey at the Bottom Line in New York City during a Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp in 2003. // Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp is a week long event, offered several times each year, that allows players of all levels together to share the stage with musicians such as Roger Daltrey, Jack Bruce, Slash, Vince Neil, Paul Stanley and others. ... // Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp is a week long event, offered several times each year, that allows players of all levels together to share the stage with musicians such as Roger Daltrey, Jack Bruce, Slash, Vince Neil, Paul Stanley and others. ...

In 2005, Daltrey had a short weekly series on BBC Radio 2, presenting a personal choice of rock'n'roll favourites. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

Rock Persona

When Colin Dawson left The Detours and Roger Daltrey took over lead vocals, Daltrey struggled to find a voice to present the new music flooding into England. When Pete Townshend began to write hit songs for The Who, Daltrey struggled to find a voice for those, as well. His expression carried Townshend’s material well enough in recordings, and at the time his live persona suited the small club scene where The Who made their beginnings. However, this presentation lacked the confidence of later years, and was indeed still a singer seeking after a voice.

In 1967 The Who made their first tour of America, appearing at the Monterey Pop Festival, and Daltrey brought back new experiences in dealing with larger venues and stages. 1968 proved a transition year, and Daltrey’s performance in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus showed him with a new confidence in dealing with Townshend’s material. In 1969 The Who’s first major rock opera Tommy was released, and Daltrey found a voice for the lead character that carried The Who to world stardom at such music venues as Woodstock and Isle of Wight Festival in 1969 and 1970. Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... For the album of the same name, see The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (album) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is a film released in 1996 of a December 11, 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. ... Tommy is a given name that is the English diminutive of Thomas and could refer to: Tommy Atkins, nickname for a British soldier Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy Gun Tommy (rock opera), by The Who Tommy (film), based on the rock opera Tommy (comics) is a former... Woodstock may refer to: Woodstock Music and Art Festival, a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. ... The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight, England. ...

Daltrey has long been known as one of the most charismatic of rock’s front men. His stage persona embraces the audience and projects The Who’s repertoire as heroic anthems and touching ballads that have gripped the emotions and imagination of audiences for forty years. This persona has earned him a position as one of the “gods of rock and roll” and has influenced the development of many other bands since.

His appearance in the early seventies included striking, long blond curly hair and a sexually ambivalent look which became more masculine as the seventies progressed. He developed a trademark move of swinging and throwing his microphone through a complex sequence. His long hair, bare chest and athletic appearance during the seventies may well have provided the basis for such genres as Glam metal and “cock rock" in the eighties. Although Daltrey reduced the athleticism of his performance during later years, his presentation remains dynamic and gripping. According to a review of The Who's performance at the Quart Festival in 2007: Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... For the record label, see Cock Rock Disco Cock rock is a term, typically used derogatively, to describe a style of rock music that became popular in the late-1970s, remained popular throughout the 1980s, and declined in the early-1990s. ...

"Suddenly each and everyone stopped caring about the downpouring rain. When The Who took the stage we couldn't do anything but to reach for the sky and howl. Anyone who has ever thought of calling these gods old men and dinosaurs should be deeply ashamed. The reports we've heard from around the world were true, Live rock doesn't get any better."^[6]

Honours

In 2003, Roger Daltrey was honoured by Time Magazine as a European Hero for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust and other charities.^[7] In the New Year's Honours List published on 31 December 2004, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Music, the Entertainment Industry, and Charity. (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity that focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...

Charities

Roger Daltrey supports many charities both as a solo artist and jointly with other members of The Who. All The Who's Encore Series profits go to young peoples' charities. Daltrey was instrumental in starting the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series in 2000, with The Who actually playing in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007. Daltrey played benefits with the RD Crusaders in 2003, 2004, 2006; performed with The Who at Live 8 in 2005, for the Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef benefit in 2005, and for the Los Angeles area City of Hope benefit in 2001 and 2004. Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity that focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. ... Official Live8 DVD, released in November 2005 Live 8 was a series of concurrent benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... City of Hope refers to many things. ...

With The Who, he performed for the Robin Hood Foundation at the The Concert for New York City and other benefits in 2001; at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit in 1999; and in the Quadrophenia Concert for The Prince's Trust in Hyde Park, 1996. In addition, Daltrey performed at benefits in Vail Colorado in 1999, and attended a PETA benefit with Sarah McLaughlin and Chrissie Hynde in the same year. The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization which attempts to allieviate problems caused by poverty in New York City, New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the musician. ... The Bridge School Benefit is an annual non-profit charity concert held in Mountain View, California every October at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. ... Alternate cover Original soundtrack version Quadrophenia is a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973, one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ... The Princes Trust is a UK based charity headed by HRH The Prince of Wales. ... Peta can refer to: Peta (prefix), a prefix meaning times 1015 in the International System of Units People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-rights organization People Eating Tasty Animals, a parody of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta, Greece, a town in the prefecture... Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ... Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ...

Daltrey appeared in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True in 1995 for The Children's Defense Fund, and at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert to benefit AIDS research in 1992. He sang "Rock and Roll" on a charity single released as McEnroe & Cash with The Full Metal Rackets for Rock Aid Armenia in 1986, and performed with The Who at Live Aid in 1985 and Concert for Kampuchea in 1979. In 1976, he performed at the Celtic Football Ground in Glasgow, Scotland. An audience of 35,000 attended and a sum of over £100,000 was donated to charity. The Childrens Defense Fund is a child advocacy group. ... An open air concert on Easter Monday, April 20th 1992 at Londons Wembley Stadium, televised live to over one billion people. ... Front cover of The Earthquake Album Rock Aid Armenia was a joint humanitarian effort by an elite group of contemporary hard rock and heavy metal musicians who gathered at the historic Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London on July 8, 1989 for a project to raise money to help those affected... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... The Film Concert for Kampuchea is an musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. ... Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ...

Albums with The Who

For a full listing of Daltrey's albums with The Who, see The Who discography. The following is a discography of albums and singles released by the UK rock band The Who. ...

Who songs written by Daltrey

Although never a writing force in The Who and though greatly overshadowed by the songwriting talents of Townshend and Entwistle, Daltrey did contribute a small handful of songs to the band's catalogue during their career. The following are all of the known Daltrey songs recorded by The Who:

• "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (1965)-The Who's second single, co-written by Townshend.

• "See My Way" (1966)-Daltrey's sole contribution to A Quick One.

• "Here For More" (1970)-B-side to The Seeker.

Another Daltrey song, entitled "Certified Rose," was apparently rehearsed by The Who shortly before the death of John Entwistle. The band had planned on playing it (as well as Townshend's "Real Good Looking Boy") during their 2002 tour, but plans were halted after Entwistle's death. A studio version was supposedly recorded during the Endless Wire sessions (and may feature Entwistle's basslines from 2002). The song has not yet been released. A Quick One (1966) is the second album released by British rock band The Who. ... The Seeker is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. ... Endless Wire is an album by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot, released in 1978 on the Warner Brothers label (#3149). ...

"Early Morning Cold Taxi", a song recorded during The Who Sell Out sessions in 1967 and released in 1994 on the Thirty Years of Maximum R n'B boxset, is credited to Roger Daltrey and Who roadie Dave "Cy" Langston. The song was actually solely written by Langston. At the time Daltrey and Langston were planning to form a writing-partnership, where all songs written by either of them would be credited as Daltrey/Langston (similar to Lennon-McCartney). The partnership did not produce any other songs (besides an unreleased demo titled "Blue Caravan"). Langston went on to play guitar on John Entwistle's first solo album, Smash Your Head Against the Wall, in 1970. Back cover The back cover of The Who Sell Out The Who Sell Out is The Whos third album, released in 1967. ... 1971 solo album by John Entwistle of The Who, released on Track Records with a cover that strangely resembles an Egyptian sarcophagus - it is in fact Entwistle wearing a death mask whilst looking through the chest X-ray of a lung cancer patient. ...

Solo music career

Roger Daltrey's first solo album, Daltrey

Daltrey has released eight solo albums. The first was the self-titled Daltrey in 1973's, made during a hiatus in The Who's touring schedule. The top single off the album, "Giving It All Away", reached number five in the UK and the album, which introduced Leo Sayer as a songwriter, made the Top 50 in the United States. Roger Daltrey, album cover from first solo album, Daltrey (1973), used by permission from WhiteFang at [1]. This work is copyrighted, and used with permission. ... Roger Daltrey, album cover from first solo album, Daltrey (1973), used by permission from WhiteFang at [1]. This work is copyrighted, and used with permission. ... Daltrey was the first solo album by The Whos lead singer, Roger Daltrey. ... Daltrey was the first solo album by The Whos lead singer, Roger Daltrey. ... Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer on 21 May 1948 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex) is an English performing artist, now based in Australia, whose singing career has spanned four decades. ...

Daltrey's second album, Ride a Rock Horse, was released in 1975 and is his second most commercially successful solo album. When Sayer launched his own career as an artist, Daltrey called on a widening group of friends to write for and perform on his albums. Paul McCartney contributed the new song "Giddy" to One of the Boys, where the band included Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee and Mick Ronson. Ride a Rock Horse is the second solo album by The Whos lead singer, Roger Daltrey. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... One of the Boys is the third solo album by The Whos lead singer, Roger Daltrey. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Alvin Lee (born December 19, 1944 in Nottingham, England) is an English guitarist. ... Mick Ronson (May 26, 1946 – April 29, 1993) born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire was an English guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. ...

McVicar was billed as a soundtrack album for the film of the same name, in which Daltrey starred and also co-produced. It featured all the other members of The Who (Townshend, Entwistle and Kenney Jones). McVicar included two hit singles, "Free Me" and "Without Your Love", and is Daltrey's best-selling solo recording. McVicar is a dramatic British film issued in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd. ... Kenneth Thomas Kenney (or Kenny) Jones (born September 16, 1948 in Stepney, London) is a veteran English rock drummer best known for his work in the Small Faces, the Faces, and The Who. ... McVicar is Roger Daltreys fourth solo album, and also the soundtrack album of McVicar, the film of the same name. ...

The title track to Under a Raging Moon was a tribute to Who drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978. Each of the album's tracks, including "Let Me Down Easy" by Bryan Adams, expresses the frustration of growing older as only a man who sang "Hope I die before I get old" can. Daltrey is credited as co-writer on "Don't Talk to Strangers," "The Pride You Hide," "Move Better in the Night" and "It Don't Satisfy Me." Under a Raging Moon is a Roger Daltrey solo album issued in 1985 which includes several drummers tributes to Keith Moon, former drummer of The Who that passed away in 1978. ... Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... For other persons of the same name, see Brian Adams. ...

On Can't Wait to See the Movie, Daltrey is credited as co-writer on the tracks "Balance on Wires" and "Take Me Home." On Rocks in the Head, Daltrey is credited (along with Gerard McMahon) for co-writing seven of the eleven tracks, including: "Times Changed," "You Can't Call It Love," "Love Is," "Blues Man's Road," "Days of Light," "Everything A Heart Could Ever Want" and "Unforgettable Opera." This was his first major effort as a song-writer for his own solo albums. Cant Wait to See the Movie is Roger Daltreys seventh solo album released in the U.S. in June, 1987. ... Rocks in the Head is a Roger Daltrey solo album released in 1992. ...

Daltrey celebrated his fiftieth birthday in 1994 by performing at Carnegie Hall in two shows (February 23 and 24) later issued on CD and video called A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, sometimes called Daltrey Sings Townshend, accompanied by The Juilliard Orchestra, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Irish dancers and other special guests. The success of these two shows led to a U.S. tour by the same name, featuring Pete Townshend's brother Simon on lead guitar with Phil Spalding taking bass duties for the first half of each show and John Entwistle playing for the second half. An Australian leg was considered but eventually scrapped. Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... The Juilliard School is one of the worlds premiere performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ...

Besides the songs Daltrey co-wrote for his solo albums, he is credited for co-writing others, including: "Child O Mine" with Gerald McMahon, used on the soundtrack for The Banger Sisters and on the TV show Witchblade; and "A Second Out" with Steve McEwan, issued on his compilation album Moonlighting. On the soundtrack for Lisztomania, Daltrey is credited with "Love's Dream", "Orpheus Song" and "Peace at Last." The Banger Sisters (2002) is an American comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox about the reunion of two middle-aged women who used to be friends and groupies when they were young. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Moonlighting: The Anthology is a compilation album released by Roger Daltrey on 7 February 2005. ... Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. ...

In 2006, he wrote and performed a specially commissioned song "Highbury Highs" for the 7 May Highbury Farewell ceremony following the final football match at Arsenal Stadium between Arsenal and Wigan in which Arsenal celebrated the previous 93 years at Highbury, preparing for their move to Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove the following season. Soccer redirects here. ... Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in North London, the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. ... The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium located on Ashburton Grove in Holloway, north London, and the home of Arsenal Football Club since it opened in July 2006. ... The Emirates Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium, being built for Arsenal F.C. in Ashburton Grove, Islington, north London, England. ...

Solo discography

• Daltrey, 1973, US #45
• Ride a Rock Horse, 1975, US #28
• Lisztomania, 1975 (soundtrack)
• One of the Boys, 1977, US #46
• McVicar, 1980, US #22
• Best Bits, 1982 (compilation album)
• Parting Should Be Painless, 1984, US #102
• Under a Raging Moon, 1985, US #42
• Can't Wait to See the Movie, 1987
• Rocks in the Head, 1992
• Martyrs & Madmen, 1997 (compilation album)
• Moonlighting, 2005 (compilation album)

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Solo hit singles

• "Giving It All Away" (#5 UK), 1973
• "I'm Free" (#13 UK), 1973
• "Without Your Love" (#20 US), 1980
• "Free Me" (#39 UK), 1980

Solo Film Soundtrack Albums

• The Banger Sisters (2002)- Daltrey wrote the lyrics for and performed "Child of Mine."
• Best (2000) - Performed "House of the Rising Sun."
• Mack the Knife (1990) - Performed as the Street Singer.
• The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)- Performed "The Price of Love."
• The Lost Boys (1987) - Performed "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me."
• Quicksilver (1986)- Performed "Quicksilver Lightning."
• McVicar (John McVicar), 1980 - Performed the entire soundtrack, including "Bitter and Twisted", "Just a Dream Away", "White City Lights", "Free Me', "My Time Is Gonna Come", "Waiting for a Friend", "Without Your Love", "McVicar".
• Lisztomania (1975)- Daltrey worked with Rick Wakeman and others on the soundtrack for Lisztomania. He wrote the lyrics for "Love's Dream", "Orpheus Song", "Peace at Last", and performed "Love's Dream", "Orpheus Song", "Funerailles" and "Peace at Last."^[8]

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Collaborations

In 1984, Daltrey appeared on "Bad Attitude", the title track of an album by Meat Loaf, sharing the lead vocal. In 1992, he appeared on the Chieftains' Grammy Award-winning album, An Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House. He taught a thirteen-year-old, called Jared Drake Bell, how to play the guitar in 1999. Drake later starred in Drake and Josh and has released two albums. This article is about the singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (From the Left) Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell. ...

In 2001 Daltrey provided backing vocals for the title track of the Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros album Global a Go-Go. In 2003, he provided backing vocals for thrash-metal band Anthrax on the song, "Taking the Music Back" from their album, We've Come for You All. The collaboration came about through Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian's girlfriend,(Pearl Aday) whose mother is a friend of Daltrey and his wife. Aday is also the daughter of Meat Loaf. For other persons named John Mellor, see John Mellor (disambiguation). ... Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. ... Global a Go-Go is the second album by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, displaying trademark genre-melding folk-rock and Joe Strummers unique lyrical style. ... Weve Come for You All is Anthraxs ninth full-length album. ... Scott Ian Rosenfeld (born December 31, 1963) is the rhythm guitarist for the metal band Anthrax who uses the stage name Scott Ian. ...

In 2005, he sang on boy band McFly's cover of the Who song "My Generation" as part of an ad campaign for HMV Digital. He also released an album with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1998 with selections from A Christmas Carol. McFly are an English pop rock band who were successfully launched into the music scene in early 2004 with their number one single, 5 Colours in Her Hair. The band was founded by Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985) and also consists of Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986), Dougie... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... This article is about the song. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Boys Choir of Harlem (also known as the Harlem Boys Choir) is a choir located in Harlem, New York City, United States. ... A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol ) is what Charles Dickens described as his little Christmas Book and was first published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. ...

Film and Stage Career

Film roles

Roger Daltrey guest starring as Mickey Dunn on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Daltrey's appearances in over 30 feature films include early starring roles in Tommy, as "deaf, dumb and blind kid" Tommy Walker in 1975; Lisztomania, as Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in 1975, and McVicar, as British armed robber turned journalist John McVicar in 1980. Image File history File linksMetadata Csi_livinglegend. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Csi_livinglegend. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Roger Daltrey as Tommy Tommy was a 1975 musical film, based on The Whos 1969 rock opera concept album Tommy. ... Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell, drawn from a biography of Franz Liszt. ... “Liszt” redirects here. ... McVicar is a dramatic British film issued in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd. ... John McVicar (born 1940) is a British journalist. ...

Filmography

Roger Daltrey has an extensive filmography. A sampling of his films is as follows:

• Tommy (Tommy Walker), 1975
• Lisztomania (Franz Liszt), 1975
• The Legacy (Clive), 1978
• McVicar (John McVicar), also Producer, 1980
• The Beggar's Opera (Macheath), 1983
• Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce, 1985
• The Little Match Girl (Jeb Macklin), 1987
• Mack the Knife (Street Singer), 1990
• Cold Justice (Keith Gibson), 1989
• Buddy's Song (Terry Clark); also Music Score Composer, Producer, 1991
• If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent (Blade), 1991
• The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ,1992
• Lightning Jack (John T. Coles), 1994
• A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, 1994
• The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True 1995
• Vampirella (Vlad), 1996
• Like It Is (Kelvin), 1998
• The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (King Boric), 1999
• Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (King Janos), 2000
• Best (Rodney Marsh), 2000
• The Young Messiah - Messiah XXI [1] (2000) (DVD)
• Chasing Destiny (Nehemiah Peoples), 2001
• .com for Murder (Ben), 2002
• Johnny Was (Jimmy Nolan), 2006^[9]

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Television roles

Daltrey has played a number of television roles, including BBC Television Shakespeare, the police drama series The Bill, the science fiction series Sliders as Col. Angus Rickman, the VH1 series Strange Frequency 2, Witchblade as Father Del Toro, and was a recurring guest star in Highlander: The Series as Immortal Hugh Fitzcairn, one of the closest friends of lead character Duncan MacLeod. The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which tries to demonstrate accurately the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Sliders is a science fiction television series that ran for five seasons from 1995 to 2000. ... A number of characters reoccured on Sliders, the science fiction show. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Hugh Fitzcairn is a fictional character from the Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Roger Daltrey. ... Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a fictional character from the Highlander (series) universe. ...

Daltrey appeared as a villain in a 1994 episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. In 1986 he acted in the TV series Buddy. He guest-starred (along with Steve Buscemi) in an episode of Tales From The Crypt entitled "Forever Ambergris". Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was a live-action television series based on the Superman comic books. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... Tales from the Crypt is an American horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and was produced by The Geffen Film Company in association with Warner Bros. ...

Daltrey appeared in an episode of the The Simpsons, A Tale of Two Springfields, as himself along with John Entwistle (Pete Townshend was replaced by his brother Paul for the episode). The Who helped Homer break down a wall he had built down the center of the city. Simpsons redirects here. ... A Tale of Two Springfields is an episode from season twelve of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ... John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for rock band The Who. ...

A self-described history buff, he hosted the History Channel's Extreme History with Roger Daltrey in 2003. He also appeared in "That '70s Musical", the 100th episode of That 70's show as Fez's musical director. The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... That 70s Musical is the 100th episode of the FOX sitcom That 70s Show. ... That 70s Show logo That 70s Show is a Fox Network television sitcom centered around the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional suburb of Point Place, near Green Bay, during the late 1970s. ...

Daltrey guest starred in a November 2006 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation {7/9-"Living Legend"} as Mickey Dunn, a prominent Las Vegas 1970s mob boss who returns to Las Vegas to avenge his attempted murder. The Who's music, and Daltrey's singing, provide the theme for CSI every week. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Mobster is a slang term for a person who participates in organized crime, which is known as belonging to the Mob. In western stories and movies, cowboys as mobsters are known as outlaws. ...

In 2005, Daltrey had a cameo appearance as himself in the episode The Priest and the Beast in Series 2 of The Mighty Boosh. He is found by the main characters vacuuming a desert, presumably as a ' 'karmic' ' consequence of leaving Woodstock early and not helping to clean up. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... The Priest and the Beast is the second episode of the second series of The Mighty Boosh. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British cult comedy about two friends who go on magical adventures. ... Karmic is Nada Surfs demo EP. All the demos recorded in early 1995 and released in the same year. ...

Daltrey has also performed on the soundtrack of a number of films and television shows, most notably CSI. He also appeared in the music video for "Emotion" by Barbra Streisand, although neither he nor The Who were the featured act. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ...

Stage roles

Daltrey has appeared in stage in productions including Mike Batt's The Hunting of the Snark in 1987 as The Barrister, and also in Batt's Philharmania with the Royal Philharmonic in 1998. He also appeared in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True in 1995 as the Tin Man, a BBC Radio 2 production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1996 as Judas, and A Christmas Carol in 1998 as Scrooge. Image:MikeBatt. ... The Tin Woodman or Tin Woodsman, also known in films as Tin Man, is a character in L. Frank Baums Oz books. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is by far the most popular station in the UK, reaching some 27% of the available audience in 2006[1]. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in... This article is about the rock opera. ... Judas (Greek: Ιούδας) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה), also rendered in English as Judah. ... A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol ) is what Charles Dickens described as his little Christmas Book and was first published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. ...

Produced

In addition to his career as an actor, Daltrey has acted as producer on several films, including: Buddy's Song (1990), McVicar (1980), Quadrophenia (1979) and See Me Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked for Your Pleasure projected for release in 2009. ^[10] Buddys Song (1991) is a film starring Chesney Hawkes and Roger Daltrey about a young boy, Buddy Clark (Hawkes) who is determined to make it as a pop star, aided by his father Terry (Daltrey). ... McVicar is a dramatic British film issued in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd. ... Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film based on the 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who. ...

Trivia

His surname is misspelled as "Daltry" on the cover of the single "Zoot Suit" (not credited as The Who, but as The High Numbers).

He is mentioned in Frank Zappa´s and Captain Beefheart´s song "Carolina Hardcore" (from their album Bongo Fury). The line goes: "I had a Roger Daltrey cape on...". Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, California, USA) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... Cover of Bongo Fury (1975) Bongo Fury is a mostly live album released by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in 1975. ...

He designed and built Lakedown trout fishery near Burwash, in Sussex, England. He is reputed to have a house nearby overlooking the fishery lakes. In addition, he owns a trout farm in Dorset where trout are raised for purchase by fishery managers and as food. For the Canadian churchman see Nathaniel Burwash, for the University of Toronto building see Burwash Hall. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Biwa trout (or Biwa salmon), Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.petetownshendwhohe.blogspot.com
2. ^ Giuliano, p. 26
3. ^ http://www.thewho.net/roger/Index.htm
4. ^ http://www.thewho.net/roger/Index.htm
5. ^ Giuliano, p. 103
6. ^ http://www.quart.no/-/image_album/show/1270_the-who-4-juli-2007
7. ^ http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/daltrey.html/ Time Magazine
8. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002032/ Internet Movie Database
9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002032 Internet Movie Database
10. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002032/ Internet Movie Database

Additional References

• Geoffrey Giuliano (1996). Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend. Penguin Books, Ltd. ISBN 0-8154-1070-0
• Steve Huey, Roger Daltrey - Biography, AllMusic.com
• David M. Barling, Biography of Roger Daltrey, TheWho.net
• Extreme History with Roger Daltrey, The History Channel
• Matt Kent, "Roger Appears on My Generation Cover", Pete Townshend/The Who

External links

• Roger Daltrey on the April 10, 1975 cover of Rolling Stone magazine
• The Who Forum: Roger Daltrey and Who discussion community.
• The Who Location Guide
• Roger Daltrey at the Internet Movie Database
• Roger Daltrey as a European Hero in Time magazine
• Roger Daltrey audio interview segments from 1982