Roger Taylor discography
Encyclopedia
This is a discography of works by Roger Taylor
outside of Queen. For information about recordings made by Queen
see Queen discography
.
Both songs are also part of the box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection
(2000) and the compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
(2006).
Roger Meddows-Taylor
Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...
outside of Queen. For information about recordings made by Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
see Queen discography
Queen discography
Queen are an English rock group, which consisted of vocalist Freddie Mercury , guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. Their discography consists of fifteen studio albums , five live albums, ten compilation albums, 48 singles and a number of other appearances...
.
Albums
- Fun in SpaceFun in SpaceFun in Space is the debut album by English musician Roger Taylor. Released in May 1981 in the UK and US, the album was recorded in between legs of Queen's tours for The Game and Flash Gordon albums. Taylor wrote, produced, sang and performed all of the songs himself. While the album did fairly in...
(1981) #18 UK - Strange FrontierStrange FrontierStrange Frontier is the second album by English musician Roger Taylor. This album includes two covers as well as a heavier sound than the previous album...
(1984) #30 UK - Happiness?Happiness?Happiness? is the third album by the English musician Roger Taylor. It was his first album since Queen's 1991 album Innuendo, and his first solo album since 1984's Strange Frontier-Track listing:...
(1994) #22 UK - Electric FireElectric FireElectric Fire is the fourth solo album by Roger Taylor, from the band Queen. It features a cover of John Lennon's song "Working Class Hero".-Track listing:All tracks by Roger Taylor, except were noted.#"Pressure On" – 4:56...
(1998) #53 UK
Singles
- 1977: I Wanna Testify (B-side: "Turn on the TV")
- 1981: Future Management #49 UK
- 1981: My Country
- 1981: Let's Get Crazy (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, USA)
- 1984: Man on Fire #66 UK
- 1984: Strange Frontier #98 UK
- 1984: Beautiful Dreams (Portugal)
- 1994: Nazis 1994 #22 UK
- 1994: Foreign Sand - with Yoshiki #26 UK
- 1994: Happiness #32 UK
- 1998: Pressure On #45 UK
- 1999: Surrender #38 UK
- 2009: The Unblinking Eye (Everything is Broken)
- 2011: Dear Mr Murdoch 2011
Albums
- 1988: Shove itShove itShove It is the first album released by The Cross, founded by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. This album contains a mix of rock with dance influences.-History:...
- 1990: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
- 1991: Blue RockBlue Rock (album)Blue Rock is the third and last album released by The Cross. Like Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, Blue Rock is a straight rock album which is currently out of print and has become a hard-to-find item...
Singles
- 1987: Cowboys and Indians
- 1988: Shove It
- 1988: Heaven for Everyone
- 1988: Manipulator
- 1990: Power to Love
- 1990: Liar
- 1990: Final Destination
- 1990: New Dark Ages
- 1991: Life Changes
The Reaction
| Year of release | Record | Songs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Johnny Quale and the Reaction | Buona Sera (single) | "Buona Sera", "Just a Little Bit", "What's on Your Mind", "I'll Go Crazy" |
| 1966 | The Reaction | In the Midnight Hour (single) | "In the Midnight Hour", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" |
Smile
| Year of release | Record | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Earth/Step on Me (single, USA only) | "Earth", "Step on Me" |
| 1982 | Gettin' Smile (LP, Japan only) | "Doing Alright", "Blag", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Earth", "Step on Me" [all songs recorded 1969] |
| 1997 | Ghost of a Smile (CD, Netherlands only) | incl. "Earth", "Step on Me", "Doing Alright", "April Lady", "Polar Bear", "Blag" [all songs recorded 1969] |
Larry Lurex
| Year of release | Record | Songs | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | I Can Hear Music (single) | "I Can Hear Music I Can Hear Music "I Can Hear Music" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. It was originally performed by the Ronettes in 1966, and later covered by the Beach Boys in 1969, by Larry Lurex in 1973, by José Hoebee in 1983, and by She & Him in 2010.-Beach Boys version:"I Can Hear Music"... ", "Goin' Back" |
drums by Taylor, vocals by Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range... , guitar by Brian May Brian May Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen... |
Both songs are also part of the box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection
The Solo Collection
The Solo Collection is a box set detailing the solo career of Freddie Mercury; it includes the material Mercury recorded before joining up with Queen, up through the 1993 No More Brothers remixes. Mercury's singles and two studio albums are included, as well as a disc of instrumentals, numerous...
(2000) and the compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo
Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
Lover of Life, Singer of Songs is a compilation album of Freddie Mercury's solo songs. It was released on September 4, 2006, the day before the 60th anniversary of Mercury's birth. It was released on November 21, 2006 in the U.S, three days before the 15th anniversary of Mercury's death...
(2006).
Collaborations and guest appearances
| Year of release | Song | Record | Taylor's contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Al Stewart Al Stewart Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is... |
Past, Present and Future Past, Present and Future Past, Present and Future is Al Stewart's fifth studio album, released in October 1973 in the UK and in May 1974 in the US. This album is considered Stewart's first "major album" and it reached #133 on the Billboard Rock Album chart in 1974. He had taken on a different approach from his previous,... (album) |
drums | |
| 1975 | Fox Fox (band) Fox was a British-based pop band popular in the mid 1970s. Led by American songwriter and record producer Kenny Young, the band was perhaps best known for its charismatic Australian lead singer Susan Traynor, who performed under the name Noosha Fox.... |
"Survival" | Tails of Illusion (album) | backing vocals |
| 1975 | Eugene Wallace | Dangerous (album) | drums | |
| 1976 | Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (singer) Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and... |
"You Nearly Did Me In" | All-American Alien Boy (album) | backing vocals by Taylor, Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range... , Brian May Brian May Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen... |
| 1980 | Hilary Hilary | "How Come You're So Dumb?", "Rich Kid Blues" | How Come You're So Dumb? (single) | songwriting, arrangement, production, guitar, drums, keyboard, bass, backing vocals |
| 1981 | Mel Smith Mel Smith Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith is an English comedian, writer, film director, producer, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones.- Early life :Smith's father, Kenneth, was born... |
"Mel Smith's Greatest Hits", "Richard and Joey" | Mel Smith's Greatest Hits (single) | production, all instrumentation, backing vocals |
| 1981 | Gary Numan Gary Numan Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music... |
"Crash", "You Are, You Are", "Moral" | Dance Dance (Gary Numan album) Dance is the fifth studio album, the third under his own name, by the British musician Gary Numan, released in 1981. It is his first release after announcing his retirement from touring in April 1981... (album) |
drums, percussion |
| 1982 | Kansas Kansas (band) Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on Album-Oriented Rock charts, and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"... |
"Right Away", "Diamonds & Pearls", "Play the Game Tonight" | Vinyl Confessions Vinyl Confessions Vinyl Confessions is the eighth studio album, and ninth album overall, by American rock band Kansas, released in 1982 . The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2011.-Background:... (album) |
backing vocals |
| 1982 | Billy Squier Billy Squier William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No... |
"Emotions in Motion" | Emotions in Motion Emotions In Motion Emotions in Motion is the third album by rock musician Billy Squier. It was released on July 23, 1982, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It contains the hit song "Everybody Wants You", which peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and held at #1 on the Mainstream Rock... (album) |
backing vocals by Taylor and Freddie Mercury |
| 1983 | Brian May Brian May Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen... & Friends |
"Star Fleet" | Star Fleet Project Star Fleet Project Star Fleet Project is a project of Brian May, most famous as the guitarist from Queen, which resulted in an album with the same name. The project was released as the work of "Brian May + Friends", consisting of May, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer , Phil Chen , and Fred Mandel Star... (mini album); Star Fleet (single) |
backing vocals |
| 1985 | Jimmy Nail Jimmy Nail James Bradford "Jimmy" Nail is an English singer-songwriter, actor, musician, film producer, film score composer and television writer.... |
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | Take It or Leave It (album); Love Don't Live Here Anymore (single) | drums, synthesizer; produced by Taylor and David Richards David Richards (record producer) David Richards is an English-born Swiss-based record producer, engineer and musician. In the Mountain Studios in Montreux, owned by the rock band Queen, and in Attalens he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen, David Bowie and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records... |
| 1985 | Camy Todorow | "Bursting at the Seams" | Bursting at the Seams (single) | drums; produced by Taylor and David Richards |
| 1985 | Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... |
"Too Young" | Ice on Fire Ice on Fire Ice on Fire is the nineteenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, recorded at Sol Studios and released in 1985. It was the first album since Blue Moves produced by John's original longtime producer, Gus Dudgeon. But it was met with little praise, and only reached number 48 on the... (album) |
drums (bass by John Deacon John Deacon John Richard Deacon is a retired English multi-instrumentalist and song writer, best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band... ) |
| 1985 | Feargal Sharkey Feargal Sharkey Feargal Sharkey is a singer from Northern Ireland who first found fame as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones... |
"Loving You" | Loving You (7"/12" single) | additional drums and synths; produced by Taylor and David Richards |
| 1985 | Debbie Byrne | "Fools Rush In" | Persuader (album) | drums |
| 1986 | Virginia Wolf Virginia Wolf Virginia Wolf was a British rock band of the 1970s and 1980s. Their albums included Virginia Wolf and Push . The band existed from 1977 until 1988, and featured Nick Bold on lead guitar throughout. Chris Ousey was the vocalist for most of this time and Jason Bonham was the drummer on both their... |
Virginia Wolf (album) | produced by Taylor and David Richards | |
| 1986 | Roger Daltrey Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also... |
"Under a Raging Moon" | Under a Raging Moon (album) | drums |
| 1986 | Elton John | "Angeline" | Leather Jackets Leather Jackets (album) Leather Jackets is the twentieth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, recorded at Sol Studios in England and Wisseloord Studios in The Netherlands. and released in 1986. It was his first album to not create any top 40 singles in either the US or the UK since 1970's Tumbleweed... (album) |
drums (bass by John Deacon) |
| 1986 | Magnum Magnum (band) Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham... |
"When the World Comes Down", "Sometime Love" | Vigilante (album) | producer; backing vocals on two tracks |
| 1987 | Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range... |
"The Great Pretender The Great Pretender "The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by The Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single on November 3, 1955. The words and music were created by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successful songwriter before moving into producing and... " |
The Great Pretender (single) | backing vocals |
| 1989 | Sigue Sigue Sputnik Sigue Sigue Sputnik Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:... |
"Dancerama" | remix production | |
| 1989 | Rock Aid Armenia Rock Aid Armenia Rock Aid Armenia was a humanitarian effort by the British music industry to raise money to help those affected by the Leninakan Earthquake of 1988 that struck Armenia.... |
"Smoke on the Water Smoke on the Water "Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. In 2004, the song was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Smoke on the Water"... " |
Smoke on the Water (single) | drums (guitar by Brian May) |
| 1989 | Ian & Belinda | "Who Wants to Live Forever Who Wants to Live Forever "Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy... " (various versions) |
Who Wants to Live Forever (7"/12" singles; for the British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal) | drums (production and guitar by Brian May, bass by John Deacon) |
| 1991 | Hale and Pace Hale and Pace Hale and Pace are an English comedy duo who have starred in several TV sketch series.-Early career:Gareth Hale and Norman Pace met at Avery Hill teacher training college in Eltham South East London. They discovered much in common, particularly humour, and began playing clubs in a comedy band. One... and the Stonkers |
"The Stonk" | The Stonk (single; for Comic Relief; reached No. 1 in the UK chart) | drums (production and guitar by Brian May) |
| 1992 | Shakin' Stevens Shakin' Stevens Shakin' Stevens, also known as "Shaky" is a platinum selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who holds the distinction of being the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s . His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw... |
"Radio" | The Epic Years (album) | drums |
| 1997 | SAS Band | "That's the Way God Planned It" | SAS Band (album) | drums, vocals (bass by John Deacon) |
| 2001 | Bob Geldof Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his... |
Sex, Age & Death (album) | drums & background vocals | |
| 2004 | Queen Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor... /David A. Stewart David A. Stewart David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,... |
"Say It's Not True" | 46664 Part 1 African Prayer (album) | vocals |
| 2004 | Cherie Cherie Cherie is a French pop and dance music singer whose 2004 hit "I'm Ready" hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.- Singles :*I'm Ready*Older Than My Years *Betcha Never-See also:... |
"Say You Love Me" | Cherie Cherie (album) Cherie is the 2004 debut album by the French pop and dance music artist Cherie. The single "Betcha Never" was featured in the 2003 film Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.-Track listing:#"I'm Ready"#"Say You Love Me"#"Older Than My Years"... (album) |
drums |