Roger Taylor

Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician who performs as a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band 'Queen' (qv), but has also served as songwriter and occasional lead vocalist.As a songwriter, Taylor contributed songs to 'Queen' (qv)'s albums from the very beginning, composing at least one track on every album, and often singing lead vocals on his own compositions. He wrote or co-wrote three UK number 1s ("These Are the Days of Our Lives", "Innuendo" and "Under Pressure") and contributed a further major hits ("Radio Ga Ga", "A Kind of Magic","One Vision", "Heaven for Everyone", "Breakthru", and "The Invisible Man"). In addition to his drum work, Taylor routinely played keyboards, guitars and bass on his own songs. During the 1980s, in addition to his work with 'Queen' (qv), he formed a parallel band known as The Cross, in which he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. Taylor is also well-known for his falsetto vocal range.By the time 'Queen' (qv)'s album ''News' (qv) of the World' was released in 1977, Taylor had met his future girlfriend, 'Dominique Beyrand' (qv), who was working for 'Richard Branson' (qv) at the time, who was at the helm of 'Queen' (qv)'s free concert at Hyde Park. They lived together from 1980 to 1987, raising their two children: actor 'Felix Taylor' (qv) and doctor 'Rory Eleanor Taylor' (qv). They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interests in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, model/actress 'Deborah Leng' (qv), the Cadbury's Flake girl also seen in 'Queen' (qv)'s "Breakthru" video; he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Beyrand. Before 'Freddie Mercury' (qv)'s death, Taylor and Leng had their first child, drummer 'Rufus Taylor' (qv), who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Leng: models 'Tigerlily Taylor' (qv) (1994) and 'Lola Leng-Taylor' (qv) (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up.Taylor remarried on 26 August 2010, to 'Sarina Taylor' (qv). He resides in Guildford, Surrey, but also has a home in Helford, Cornwall. Her younger half-sister is fashion model 'Genevieve Potgieter' (qv).::Marie Christine Taylor