In 1964, he also helped decide on a new name for the group that had been suggested by Townshend's roommate, Richard Barnes - 'The Who.' If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives.' He generally selected the music they performed, including songs by The Beatles, various Motown artists, James Brown, and other rock standards. According to Townshend, Roger 'ran things the way he wanted. After Colin Dawson left the band, Daltrey switched to vocals and Townshend to lead guitar.Д®arly on, Daltrey was the band's leader, earning a reputation for using his fists to exercise control when needed, despite his small stature. At the time, the band included Daltrey on lead guitar, Pete Townshend on rhythm guitar, John Entwistle on bass, Doug Sandom on drums and Colin Dawson on lead vocals. He became a sheet metal worker during the day, while practising and performing nights with the band at weddings, pubs and men's clubs. Soon after, interested in nothing but rock and roll, he was expelled from school. He made his first guitar from a block of wood and formed a band called, 'The Detours.' When his father bought him an Epiphone guitar in 1959, he became the lead guitarist for the band. His parents, Harry and Irene, hoped he would eventually continue on to study at a university, but obeying the rules and learning from his teachers were not in the plans of the self-described 'school rebel.' He showed academic promise as a child in the English state school system, ranking at the top of his class on examinations that led to his enrollment at the Acton County Grammar School for boys. Daltry has dated Ann Margaret, Regina Russell and Geraldine Edwards.Дaltrey was born in the Chiswick area of London, the same working class suburban neighbourhood that produced fellow Who members Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. Daltry also had a son from his relationship with model Elizabeth Aronssen named Mathias, born in 1967.

He had a son, Simon, with his first wife Jacqueline Rickman, who he married in 1964. They have four grandchildren, Lily, Lola, Ramona and Scarlett. Daltrey and his second wife, former model Heather Taylor, have two daughters, Rosie and Willow, and a son, Jamie.

He has enjoyed a less successful solo music career, and has acted in a large number of film, theatre and television roles. iGoing Back Home (2014) and his first solo album since 1992, Now That I Have You (2018), proved there was still much to offer.Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born in Hammersmith, London, England on 1 March 1944) is a popular music artist, best known as the founder and lead singer of the English rock band, The Who. Still astonishingly fit and firm of voice into his sixth decade, Roger Daltrey's enduring strength and charisma made him one of rock's most memorable frontmen, with a pair of late-career milestones, an R&B set with guitarist Wilko Johnson. He rejoined Townshend and Entwhistle in 1989 to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary, which led to a string of subsequent reunion tours and a well-received album, Endless Wire (2006). Daltrey began releasing solo records in 1973. His seemingly innocent appearance belied his incredible vocal range, which reached from a blues-driven growl to an ear-shattering scream, as evidenced by his cathartic exclamation at the end of 1971's 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' His singing talents and undeniably masculine stage presence led to a string of acting roles, most notably as the titular hero in Ken Russell's adaptation of 'Tommy' (1975) and as a determined bank robber in 'McVicar' (1980). Arguably one of the most commanding singers in rock-n-roll history, Roger Daltrey delivered maximum power as frontman for Britain's legendary the Who, from their inception in the early 1960s through their rise to international fame with the albums Tommy (1962), Who's Next (1971) and Who Are You (1978) and subsequent reunions over a period of nearly five decades.

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