Early Life
Taylor was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. they moved to Turo, in south east England with his mother, father and little sister, Clare.
Roger formed his first band in which he played the ukulele at age seven with some friends called the Bubblingover Boys. at the age of 13, he joined Truro School as a day boy. At the age of 15, Taylor became a member of The Reaction, a very busy semi-pro rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. In 1967, he went to London to study dentistry at the London Hospital Medical College.
Taylor soon changed to Biology and received a B.Sc
Taylor was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. they moved to Turo, in south east England with his mother, father and little sister, Clare.
Roger formed his first band in which he played the ukulele at age seven with some friends called the Bubblingover Boys. at the age of 13, he joined Truro School as a day boy. At the age of 15, Taylor became a member of The Reaction, a very busy semi-pro rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. In 1967, he went to London to study dentistry at the London Hospital Medical College.
Taylor soon changed to Biology and received a B.Sc
Personal Life
Around the time news of the world was released in October 1977 Taylor met his future girlfriend Dominique Beyrand. They lived together from 1980–1987, raising their two children; Felix Luther and Rory Eleanor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interest in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, Debbie Leng (also seen in the "Breakthru" video); he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Dominique.
Roger and Debbie had their first child, Rufus Tiger, who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Debbie; Tiger Lily (1994) and Lola Daisy May (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up. Taylor remarried on 26 August 2010, to Sarina Potgieter.
to the right is a picture of Roger, Debbie, Rufus Tiger, and Rory Eleanor.
Around the time news of the world was released in October 1977 Taylor met his future girlfriend Dominique Beyrand. They lived together from 1980–1987, raising their two children; Felix Luther and Rory Eleanor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interest in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, Debbie Leng (also seen in the "Breakthru" video); he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Dominique.
Roger and Debbie had their first child, Rufus Tiger, who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Debbie; Tiger Lily (1994) and Lola Daisy May (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up. Taylor remarried on 26 August 2010, to Sarina Potgieter.
to the right is a picture of Roger, Debbie, Rufus Tiger, and Rory Eleanor.
Queen
Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after seeing an advert on a noticeboard at Imperial College for a drummer. the ad was for the band smile, the band only lasted for two years before breaking up.
After Freddie joined the band in 1970 and changed the name to Queen, the found bassist john deacon in 1917 and Taylor was promoted to song writer and usually contributed around one or two tracks per record.
Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after seeing an advert on a noticeboard at Imperial College for a drummer. the ad was for the band smile, the band only lasted for two years before breaking up.
After Freddie joined the band in 1970 and changed the name to Queen, the found bassist john deacon in 1917 and Taylor was promoted to song writer and usually contributed around one or two tracks per record.
His compositions for Queen include:
- "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"
- "The Loser in the End"
- "Tenement Funster"
- "Stone Cold Crazy" (Co-written with John Deacon, Brian May and Freddie Mercury (Sheer Heart Attack)
- "I'm in Love with My Car"
- "Drowse"
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
- "Fight From the Inside"
- "Fun It"
- "More of That Jazz"
- "A Human Body" (Non-album B-side of "Play the Game") (Single)
- "Rock It (Prime Jive)"
- "Coming Soon"
- "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)"
- "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)"
- "Escape From the Swamp"
- "Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)" (Co-written with May) (Flash Gordon)
- "Action This Day"
- "Calling All Girls" (Hot Space) and (Single)
- "Under Pressure" (Co-written with Deacon, May, Mercury and David Bowie) (Hot Space) and (Single)
- "Soul Brother" (Co-written with Deacon, May and Mercury) (Non-album B-side of "Under Pressure") (Single)
- "Radio Ga Ga" (The Works) and (Single)
- "Machines (or Back to Humans)" (Co-written with May) (The Works)
- "Thank God It's Christmas" (Co-written with May) (Non-album single)
- "One Vision" (Main songwriter, co-written with Deacon, May and Mercury)
- "A Kind of Magic" (A Kind of Magic) and (Single)
- "Don't Lose Your Head"
- "Heaven for Everyone (Made in Heaven) and (Single)
After Queen and Later Life
His first single was his 1977 "I Wanna Testify". taylor has had a productive solo career, His first solo album, Fun in Space, was released in 1981. Taylor performed all vocals and played all instruments aside of about half of the keyboards, which were done by engineer David Richards. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, Taylor was unable to promote the album to its fullest extent, so he appeared on some European TV shows to promote the single, "Future Management", including Top of the Pops. The only other single to come from the album was "My Country". The only US single released from the album was "Let's Get Crazy". He then released another singles and albums. He formed a new band called The Cross in 1988.
His first single was his 1977 "I Wanna Testify". taylor has had a productive solo career, His first solo album, Fun in Space, was released in 1981. Taylor performed all vocals and played all instruments aside of about half of the keyboards, which were done by engineer David Richards. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, Taylor was unable to promote the album to its fullest extent, so he appeared on some European TV shows to promote the single, "Future Management", including Top of the Pops. The only other single to come from the album was "My Country". The only US single released from the album was "Let's Get Crazy". He then released another singles and albums. He formed a new band called The Cross in 1988.