Roger Taylor (Queen)

Roger Meddows Taylor OBE (King's Lynn 26 july 1949) is in Ingelsk drummer. Hy is bekend as de oprjochter en drummer fan Queen. Taylor en syn mei-bandleden fan Queen waarden yn 2001 opnaam yn de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Roger Taylor is de heit fan drummer Rufus Taylor

Roger Taylor (Queen)
sjonger en/of muzikant
Roger Taylor yn 2017
persoanlike bysûnderheden
echte namme	Roger Meddows Taylor
nasjonaliteit	Britsk
berne	26 july 1949
berteplak	King's Lynn
etnisiteit	Ingelsk
wurkpaad
sjenre	Rock, Hardrock
sjongtaal	Ingelsk
ynstrumint	drums
grutste hit(s)	Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to Love, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Under Pressure, Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free
jierren aktyf	1968 – No

Karriêre

Yn 1968 kaam drummer Roger Taylor by de troch Brian May en Tim Staffell oprjochte band Smile. Dizze band bestie mar twa jier, fan 1968 oant 1970. Neidat Smile ophâlden wie sette Roger Taylor mei gitarist Brian May in nije band op, in sjonger waard fûn yn de persoan fan Farrokh Bulsara dy't himsels letter Freddie Mercury neamde en ek de betinker is fan de bandnamme Queen. In bassist wie dreger te finen mar yn 1971 waard John Deacon de bassist fan Queen. Yn 1977 gie Taylor al solo as projekt neist Queen. Taylor syn earste solo-album Fun in Space kaam yn 1981 út.

Priveelibben

Roger Taylor waard berne yn King's Lynn, Norfolk, Ingelân, as jongste yn in gesin fan twa. Taylor is twa kear boaske en hat fiif bern út trije relaasjes.

Diskografy

Albums

Album	Utbrocht op	Band	Single(s)
Queen	13 july 1973	Queen	Keep Yourself Alive, Liar
Queen II	8 maart 1974		Seven Seas of Rhye
Sheer Heart Attack	8 novimber 1974		Killer Queen, Now I'm Here
A Night at the Opera	21 novimber 1975		Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend
A Day at the Races	10 desimber 1976		Somebody to Love, Tie Your Mother Down, Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together), Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Long Away
News of the World	28 oktober 1977		We Are the Champions, Spread Your Wings, It's Late
Jazz	10 novimber 1978		Bicycle Race, Don't Stop Me Now, Mustapha, Jealousy
The Game	30 juny 1980		Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Save Me, Play the Game, Another One Bites the Dust, Need Your Loving Tonight
Flash Gordon	8 desimber 1980		Flash
Fun in Space	6 april 1981	Roger Taylor	Future Management, Let's Get Crazy, My Country
Hot Space	21 maaie 1982	Queen	Under Pressure, Body Language, Las Palabras de Amor, Calling All Girls, Staying Power, Back Chat
The Works	27 febrewaris 1984		Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free, It's a Hard Life, Hammer to Fall
Strange Frontier	25 juny 1984	Roger Taylor	Man on Fire, Strange Frontier, Beautiful Dreams
A Kind of Magic	2 juny 1986	Queen	One Vision, Princes of the Universe, A Kind of Magic, One Year of Love, Friends Will Be Friends, Pain Is So Close to Pleasure, Who Wants to Live Forever
Shove It	13 april 1988	The Cross
The Miracle	22 maaie 1989	Queen	I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, Scandal, The Miracle
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know	26 maart 1990	The Cross
Innuendo	4 febrewaris 1991	Queen	Innuendo, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Headlong, These Are the Days of Our Lives, The Show Must Go On
Blue Rock	9 septimber 1991	The Cross
Happiness?	5 septimber 1994	Roger Taylor	Nazis 1994, Foreign Sand, Happiness?
Made in Heaven	6 novimber 1995	Queen	Heaven for Everyone, A Winter's Tale, Too Much Love Will Kill You, I Was Born to Love You, Let Me Live, You Don't Fool Me
Electric Fire	28 septimber 1998	Roger Taylor	Pressure On, Surrender
Fun on Earth	11 novimber 2013		The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken), Sunny Day, Up, Be with You
Outsider	1 oktober 2021		Gangsters Are Running This World, Isolation, We're All Just Trying to Get By