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Francis Rossi
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British rock musician
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Forest Hill, London, England, UK
Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London. His father's side of the family were Italian ice cream merchants and had an ice cream business in South London, and his mother was a Northern Irish…
Known for
- Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World — Himself2024
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self2024
- Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport — Self2024
- The Kemps: All Gold — Self2023
- The Kemps: All True — Self2020
- Status Quo - Live at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019 — Self2019
- Status Quo – Down Down & Dirty at Wacken — Self2018
- Status Quo - The Last Night of the Electrics — Self2017
- Status Quo - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016 — Self2016
- Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse — Self2015
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1949
Discography
Member of
- Status Quosince 1962
- Status Quosince 1962
- Various Artists for Children’s Promise
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- 2,969
- Total plays
- 38,339
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Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London) is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. "Quo-lite", perhaps, but Francis Rossi is a truly great songwriter and his talents go far beyond the Quo sound. Expect highly melodic adult rock, laced with infectious boogie rock back-beats and some ballads. Not easy to put into a box - Francis doesn't really sou
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Family name
- Rossi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Forest Hill
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.francisrossi.com
- Image
- Francis-rossi-2007-07-18.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- member of
- Status Quo
- Commons category
- Francis Rossi
- date of birth
- 1949-05-29
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- name in native language
- Francis Rossi
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