Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Tuesday, May 12 on Sky Arts (350)
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The Who - Who's Next
Season 1, Episode 17
The story behind the recording of the Who's 1971 album Who's Next, featuring archive footage of the group and interviews with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
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Education/Science/Factual Topics
General
Music/Ballet/Dance
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Did You Know..
Pete Townshend
(Contributor)
Roger Daltrey
(Contributor)
Born:
March 01, 1944
in
London
Best Known For:
Being the Who's frontman.
Early-life:
Roger Harry Daltrey was born in Hammersmith, London, on March 1, 1944. He has two sisters. He showed lots of academic promise as a child, enrolling at the Acton County Grammar School for Boys. His parents hoped he would continue to university. Instead, he formed a band - the Detours - using a guitar he made from a block of wood. He worked in a sheet-metal factory by day and performed in pubs and clubs at night.
Career:
After a couple of years playing the circuit in a band which included Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, Keith Moon was recruited on drums, completing the legendary Who line-up. Their first single, double A-side I'm the Face/Zoot Suit, was released in 1964 but flopped. However, hits soon followed. Daltrey went on to be regarded as one of the finest rock vocalists of all time, and he and lead guitarist Townshend are still touring and recording together. He's also recorded solo albums and appeared in more than 30 films, including Tommy (1975), McVicar (1980) and Buddy's Song (1991), and numerous TV dramas, such as The Bill and Highlander.
Quote:
'To me all that's left is the music you play, and in that sense the Who are as powerful now as we ever were.'
Trivia:
He was awarded the CBE in 2004.
John Entwistle
(Contributor)
