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Also known as Roger Charlery

British singer (1963–2019)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1936-03-22
Active to
2023-09-13
britishcontemporary folkfolk rockpopsinger-songwriter

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3,029
Total plays
22,324

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Ranking Roger (Roger Charlery, Birmingham, England, 21 February 1961 - 25 March 2019) was an English musician. He was a singer in the 1980s two-tone band, The Beat (known in the U.S. as The English Beat) and one of its successor bands, General Public. He lead a re-formed Beat line-up. Roger became a punk rock fan as a teenager and joined ska revival pioneers the Beat in the late 1970s. He had appeared on stage toasting and singing with them many times before officially joining the band. <a href

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Part of
The Beat
Given name
Roger
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Birmingham
Place of death
West Midlands
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
ska
Record label
I.R.S. Records
Image
Ranking Roger - Godiva Festival 2015.JPG
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date of birth
1963-02-21
pseudonym
Ranking Roger
date of death
2019-03-26
birth name
Roger Charlery
Commons category
Ranking Roger
start of work period
1978-00-00
social media followers
9381
manner of death
natural causes
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