If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life."ĭaltrey and Townshend collaborated on the band's second hit, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere." As Townshend rose to prominence as one of rock's most skilled composers, Daltrey established himself as a singer and frontman. "I believed if I lost the band, I was dead," Daltrey recounted. He pledged that no more violent outbursts or attacks would occur. Daltrey was welcomed back into the band a week later, although he was put on probation. Townshend began creating original songs after the band's first breakthrough single ("I Can't Explain") and record deal in early 1965, and Daltrey's influence over the band began to wane.ĭaltrey was sacked from the Who by the other members in late 1965 after he beat up their drummer Keith Moon for selling illicit narcotics to Townshend and Entwistle, prompting him to reconsider his methods of dealing with people. Daltrey has also been an actor and film producer, with roles in films, theatre, and television.Planet Rock listeners voted him rock's fifth-greatest voice in 2009, and he was ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time in 2010. He and Pete Townshend received Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 and The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. As a member of the band, Daltrey earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988 and a Grammy Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989. The Who are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the twentieth century, with over 100 million recordings sold worldwide.
"Giving It All Away," "Walking the Dog," "Written on the Wind," "Free Me," "Without Your Love," and "Under a Raging Moon" are among his solo singles. He has released 10 solo studio albums, five compilation albums, and one live album since then. While still a member of the Who, he launched his solo career in 1973. "My Generation," "Pinball Wizard," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Baba O'Riley," and "You Better You Bet" are among Daltrey's successful songs with the Who. In addition to the Who's 1989 reunion tour, Daltrey continued to perform in television and film roles, and in 1992, he released his solo album Rocks in the Head. Following the dissolution of the Who in 1983, Daltrey's solo albums were dependably hard-rocking affairs, the most noteworthy of which being 1985's Under a Raging Moon.
During the Who's post-Keith Moon era, Daltrey co-produced and starred in McVicar, a biopic of train robber John McVicar members of the Who appeared on the soundtrack, which essentially served as a full-fledged Daltrey album and found him bridging the gap between hard rock and the pop songs of his earlier solo work. During the Who's sabbatical, Daltrey published One of the Boys in 1977 and featured in the 1978 film The Legacy. The Who reformed in 1975 for The Who by Numbers, the same year Daltrey released his second solo album, Ride a Rock Horse, and appeared in Ken Russell's films Lisztomania (playing composer Franz Liszt) and Tommy (in the title role). Daltrey grew became one of rock's most powerful lead vocalists, a position he staked his claim to on the Who's 1971 masterwork Who's Next his on-stage presence was one of masculine swagger, complemented by stunts such as twisting his microphone like a lasso.ĭaltrey debuted as a solo artist in 1973 with an album named simply Daltrey, which included largely songs written by a then-unknown Leo Sayer and marked a change from the Who's characteristic hard rock sound. Daltrey was born in London on March 1, 1944, and grew up in the same Shepherd's Bush area as future Who colleagues Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, performing with them as the Detours as early as his late adolescence.
When the Who began to disband in the aftermath of Quadrophenia in 1973, lead vocalist Roger Daltrey launched a parallel solo career.
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