Ranking Roger

English vocalist, songwriter and musician (drums).

Born: 21st February 1963, Birmingham, England

Died: 26th March 2019

Father of [a=Ranking Junior]

Frontman of [a=The Beat (2)] (1978-1983) and after their spilt he formed together with [a=Dave Wakeling] [a=General Public] (1984-1987, 1994-1997) as singer and toaster. 1988 he released a solo album. At the beginning of the 1990s he formed the band [a=Special Beat] together with ex-members of [a=The Beat (2)] and [a=The Specials] and joined [a=Big Audio Dynamite] for their final studio album [r=4757692] in 1997.

2013 he formed a new [a=The Beat (6)] and released until his sudden death 2019 with them two studio albums.