The singer inspired a whole generation of musicians that would become successful in the following decades. He is recalled as one of the most important cultural icons of the 20th century. But again, his voice was wonderful, he did had a fabulous voice,” Roger Daltrey said.Ĭalled the “King of Rock and Roll”, Elvis Presley was born in Januand died August 16, 1977. Of course we thought we could look like Elvis but non of us did. We all immediately rushed out and got a bar of soap to to slip our hair back because we couldn’t afford a cream (laughs). But Elvis was again, the one of the firsts that kind of turned our heads and we all wanted to be Elvis. I mean, he played much, you always hear the early ones, he did ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and all those things but there is something about ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ that I really like. “I’ve chosen this one from Elvis because is one you don’t hear him play much. He died too soon at the age of 52 back in 1994 when he was working on his last album, later released in 2019 named “ Losst and Founnd“. Harry was one of the best songwriters out there, the production on this record is extraordinary, such a great sound,” Roger Daltrey said.īorn in Brooklyn, New York back in 1941, Harry Nilson achieved the height of his success in the early 70s with songs like “Everybody’s Talkin'”, “Without You”, “Coconut” and “Gotta Get Up”. There is something about this song that really melts me. A beautiful voice and he was a very funny man. There is something about this record, he’s got something going on in his voice that really gets me. Harry Nillson was such a great talent and I knew Harry, a very funny guy. February 3, the day of their death is still known as “the day that the music died”. The American musician born in Lubbock, Texas in 1936 died too soon at the age of 22 in 1959, in a plane crash with two other famous musicians: Richie Valens and The Big Bopper. To go from ‘That’ll Be The Day’ to ‘Raining in My Heart’, what a progression as a musician,” Roger Daltrey said.īuddy Holly not only influenced Roger Daltrey but many other important musicians like Paul McCartney. “He spoke for the youth of the time, his lyrics were so simple but then so astute and considering his career, that was only like two years and an amazing amount of really, really great songs. “When I first heard this song, that sound that Buddy Holly got on guitar, that really drag my ear into ‘I got to make an electric guitar’, because prior to this track is was mocking around on a Spanish acoustic guitar and it was the sound of this record, I never forget it, that opening”. The 10 songs that The Who’s Roger Daltrey listed as some of his favorites Buddy Holly and The Crickets “That’ll Be The Day” Roger Daltrey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Who back in 1990 by U2’s Bono, who said in his speech: “More than any other group that ever was, The Who were our role models”.
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