Roger Taylor Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Age, Biography and Wiki

Roger Taylor is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the rock band Queen. He is also known for his solo career, which has included the hit singles "Radio Ga Ga" and "A Kind of Magic". Taylor has also worked as a producer and songwriter for other artists. Taylor was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, and began playing drums at the age of 12. He joined Queen in 1971, and became a full-time member in 1974. He has been a part of the band ever since, and has contributed to the writing and recording of many of their hit songs. Taylor has also released several solo albums, including Fun in Space (1981), Strange Frontier (1984), Happiness? (1994), Electric Fire (1998), and Fun on Earth (2013). He has also collaborated with other artists, including Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, and has written and produced music for films, including Highlander (1986) and Flash Gordon (1980). Taylor is also an active philanthropist, and has been involved in a number of charitable causes. He is a patron of the British Red Cross, and has also supported the Prince's Trust, the Teenage Cancer Trust, and the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

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Roger Taylor Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, Roger Taylor height is 5' 10½" (1.79 m) .

Who Is Roger Taylor's Wife?

His wife is Sarina Taylor (3 October 2010 - present), Dominique Beyrand (3 January 1988 - ?) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

Roger Taylor Net Worth

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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Music in Greater London W1U, England.

Put Surrey home up for sale for estimated £6 million (2003).

In late 2002, they decided to break up.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a member of Queen).

He ended up having two more children with Leng: models Tigerlily Taylor (1994) and Lola Leng-Taylor (2000).

Before Freddie Mercury's death, Taylor and Leng had their first child, drummer Rufus Taylor, who was born in March 1991.

Released four solo albums over the years. In 1981, there was "Fun in Space", following 1984's "Strange Frontier", containing covers from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Ten years later, after Freddie Mercury's death, he made "Happiness", a very strong album. His most recent album, "Electric Fire", was released in 1998.

During the 1980s, in addition to his work with Queen, he formed a parallel band known as The Cross, in which he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. Taylor is also well-known for his falsetto vocal range.

They lived together from 1980 to 1987, raising their two children: actor Felix Taylor and doctor Rory Eleanor Taylor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interests in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, model/actress Deborah Leng, the Cadbury's Flake girl also seen in Queen's "Breakthru" video; he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Beyrand.

By the time Queen's album 'News of the World' was released in 1977, Taylor had met his future girlfriend, Dominique Beyrand, who was working for Richard Branson at the time, who was at the helm of Queen's free concert at Hyde Park.

Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician who performs as a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Queen, but has also served as songwriter and occasional lead vocalist. As a songwriter, Taylor contributed songs to Queen's albums from the very beginning, composing at least one track on every album, and often singing lead vocals on his own compositions. He wrote or co-wrote three UK number 1s ("These Are the Days of Our Lives", "Innuendo" and "Under Pressure") and contributed a further major hits ("Radio Ga Ga", "A Kind of Magic","One Vision", "Heaven for Everyone", "Breakthru", and "The Invisible Man"). In addition to his drum work, Taylor routinely played keyboards, guitars and bass on his own songs.

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