Ranking Roger
Roger Charlery, who used the name Ranking Roger, was an English singer and
musician of West Indian descent best known as a member of the popular ska band
The Beat. He died on 26th March 2019, after battling terminal illness.
Born in Birmingham, he began as a DJ and then played drums in a band called the
Dum Dum Boys. In 1978, he joined Morton and Steele, vocalist Dave Wakeling,
guitarist Andy Cox, saxophonist Lionel Augustus Martin (Saxa) in The Beat, known
in America as The English Beat. They released three studio albums in the 1980s
including 'I Just Can't Stop It', before d...
Too Nice to Talk ToThe English Beat, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger
Wha'ppen
You Are My Number OneSmash Mouth and Ranking Roger
Get the Picture?
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Bubbling HotPato Banton and Ranking Roger
Universal Love
Being for the Benefit of Mr. KiteEasy Star All-Stars and Ranking Roger
Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
2:34
So ExcitedRanking Roger
Radical Departure
