Roger performing at the Godiva Festival in Coventry, 2015
Background information
Birth name
Roger Charlery
Born
(1963-02-22)22 February 1963 Birmingham, England
Died
26 March 2019(2019-03-26) (aged 56) Birmingham, England
Genres
New wave
ska
two-tone
post-punk
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instruments
Vocals
toasting
Years active
1978–2019
Labels
IRS
Paras
Musical artist
Roger Charlery (22 February 1963 – 26 March 2019), known professionally as Ranking Roger,[1][2][3][4] was an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s ska band the Beat (known in North America as the English Beat) and later new wave band General Public. He subsequently was the frontman for a reformed Beat lineup.
The "Ranking" moniker is short for "top-ranking" or "high-ranking", and was a titular boast common amongst reggae music MCs.[5]
^Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, 6th Edition, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-312-1, p. 72
^Huey, Steve "Ranking Roger Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 17 February 2010
^Jon Pareles, Patricia Romanowski, Holly George-Warren (1997) The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll, Pocket Books, ISBN 978-0-684-81044-7
^Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 246
^"Dave Wakeling of The English Beat : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts.com.
Roger Charlery (22 February 1963 – 26 March 2019), known professionally as RankingRoger, was an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s ska band...
US and Canada) and its subsequent incarnations as the Beat featuring RankingRoger based in the UK, and the English Beat starring Dave Wakeling based in...
band, formed in Birmingham in 1983, by vocalists Dave Wakeling and RankingRoger of the Beat, and which also included former members of Dexys Midnight...
Ride. The line-up contained MC vocals by Joe Attard of Punks Jump Up, RankingRoger of the Beat and General Public and drummer Bob Wond of Under Two Flags...
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Special Beat Service (1982). Wakeling then formed General Public with RankingRoger in 1983, and they released their debut studio album All the Rage the...
with his own group, the Neville Staple Band. He also performed with RankingRoger in the supergroup Special Beat. Staple was born in Manchester, Jamaica...
joined former Beat singer RankingRoger and his band General Public, which later toured the US under the guise of 'RankingRoger'. Local indie band Pop Will...
1980s when he worked with The Beat. He recorded "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" with RankingRoger, included on the 1982 album Special Beat Service. He went...
Credits are adapted from the Special Beat Service liner notes. The Beat RankingRoger – toasting; vocals; percussion Dave Wakeling – vocals; guitar David...
Panter went on to play with General Public with Dave Wakeling and RankingRoger from the original Beat, and then with the reformed Specials in the 1990s...
Golding Terry Hall Madness Everett Morton Horace Panter Roddy Radiation RankingRoger The Selecter Chas Smash The Specials Neville Staple Suggs Lee Thompson...
2021. Retrieved 18 April 2012. "Ordinary Boys team up with Ranking Junior for RankingRoger tribute". 18 March 2021. "Ordinary Boys full Official Chart...
album All the Rage (1984). Billingham went on to play in the Beat with RankingRoger and Everett Morton, who have both since died. As well as being in the...
The PIF ATP Rankings (Previously known as the Pepperstone ATP Rankings) are the merit-based method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)...
Blanchard album) or the title song, 2003 Bounce, by The Beat featuring RankingRoger, 2016 Bounce, an EP by JJ Project, or the title song, 2012 "Bounce"...
Tribute remake, released in 1988, featured Elvis Costello, Dave Wakeling, RankingRoger and Lynval Golding on backing vocals.[citation needed] At the Nelson...
of 7" copies. Its B-side is "Too Nice to Talk To".[citation needed] RankingRoger's album Pop Off the Head Top includes a new remix version of "Mirror...
"Louder Than War Interview: RankingRoger From The Beat". Louder Than War. Retrieved 14 January 2018. "Interview – RankingRoger of The Beat". Fred Perry...
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