Paul Rodgers
Blues rock, Musical Artist
1949 –
Who is Paul Rodgers?
Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English-Canadian rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s as vocalist of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has more recently toured and recorded with another popular band, Queen. Rodgers has been dubbed "The Voice" by his fans. A poll in Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 55 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
Rodgers has been cited as a significant influence on a number of notable rock singers, including David Coverdale, John Waite, Steve Overland, Lou Gramm, Jimi Jamison, Eric Martin, Steve Walsh, Joe Lynn Turner, Paul Young, Robin McAuley, Jimmy Barnes, Richie Kotzen and Joe Bonamassa. In 1991, John Mellencamp called Rodgers "the best rock singer ever." Freddie Mercury, the original Queen vocalist, in particular liked Rodgers and his aggressive style.
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- Born
- Dec 17, 1949
Middlesbrough - Also known as
- Rodgers, Paul
- The Voice
- Paul Bernard Rodgers
- Spouses
- Machiko Shimizu
(1971 - 1996) - Cynthia Kereluk
(2007/09/26 - )
- Machiko Shimizu
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Canada
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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