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Ranking Roger
Birmingham, United Kingdom • 1963-02-21 – 2019-03-26
Ranking Roger is credited on 363 releases across 87 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
363
Pressings credited
87
Albums
5
Decades active
181
In collections
Biography
Roger Charlery (22 February 1963 – 26 March 2019), known professionally as Ranking Roger, was an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s ska band the Beat (known in North America as the English Beat) and later new wave band General Public. He subsequently was the frontman for a reformed Beat lineup. The "Ranking" moniker is short for "top-ranking" or "high-ranking", and was a titular boast common amongst reggae music MCs.
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Credited work
363 releases · 87 albums · active 1980–2025
- Performance · 458
- Production · 87
- Other credits · 72
- Engineering · 17
Studios: Roundhouse Studios · Genetic Studios · Air Studios · The Abattoir
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
I Just Can't Stop It
1980
Special Beat Service
1982
Wha'ppen?
1981
...All The Rage
1984
What Is Beat?
1983
Singles
1991
In The Studio
1984
Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band
2009
Hand To Mouth
1986
Nelson Mandela c/w Break Down The Door!
1984
Planet Bad: Greatest Hits
1995
Radical Departure
1988
Tenderness
1984
Dead Elvis
1997
Never Give In
1987
Save It For Later
1982
Burning London: The Clash Tribute
1999
Free Nelson Mandela (Special 70th Birthday Remake)
1988
The Complete Beat
2012
Direct Action
2010
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- General Public
- The Beat (2)
- The Beat (6)
- Sting
- Pato Banton
- The Special AKA
- Death In Vegas
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