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{{Short description|English musician and lead vocalist of the Who (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| honorific_prefix   = [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]
| name              = Roger Daltrey
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CBE}}
| image             = Roger_Daltrey_-_May_2016.jpg
| caption           = Daltrey performing in 2016
| birth_name        = Roger Harry Daltrey
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|3|1}}
| birth_place       = [[East Acton|East Acton, London]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[art rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[soft rock]]|[[power pop]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|actor|film producer}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|harmonica}}<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed or removed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
| discography       = {{hlist|[[Roger Daltrey discography|Solo]]|[[The Who discography|with the Who]]}}
| years_active      = 1959–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Track Records|Track]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]|[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Who]]|[[No Plan B (band)|No Plan B]]}}
| past_member_of    = The RD Crusaders
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jaquelin Rickman|1964|1968|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Heather Taylor|1971}}
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| website           = {{URL|thewho.com}}
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'''Sir Roger Harry Daltrey''' (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Who]], known for his powerful voice and charismatic stage presence.<ref name="Susan">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-tommy-20100521,0,372573.story |title=Pete Townshend discusses filming 'Tommy' |first=Susan |last=King |access-date=21 May 2010 |date=21 May 2010 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Franklin, Gregory">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/10/still_singing_the_young_mans_b.php |author=Franklin, Gregory |title=Last Night: Still Singing The Young Man Blues: Roger Daltrey (+Eddie Vedder) @ Showbox Sodo |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=13 October 2009 |work=[[Seattle Weekly]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216141723/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/10/still_singing_the_young_mans_b.php |archive-date=16 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who|last=Marsh|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Marsh|publisher=[[Information Today|Plexus Publishing]] Ltd|year=1983|isbn=978-0-85965-083-0 |pages=388, 496}}</ref> His stage persona earned him a position as one of the "gods of rock and roll".<ref name="Franklin, Gregory"/>

Daltrey's hit songs with the Who include "[[My Generation]]", "[[Pinball Wizard]]", "[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]", "[[Baba O'Riley]]", "[[Who Are You (The Who song)|Who Are You]]" and "[[You Better You Bet]]". He began a solo career in 1973 while still a member of the Who, and has released ten solo studio albums, five compilation albums and one live album. His solo hits include "[[Giving It All Away]]", "[[Free Me (Roger Daltrey song)|Free Me]]", "[[Without Your Love (Roger Daltrey song)|Without Your Love]]" and "[[Under a Raging Moon (song)|Under a Raging Moon]]".

The Who are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. As a member of the band, Daltrey received a [[List of lifetime achievement awards|Lifetime achievement award]] from the [[British Phonographic Industry]] in 1988,<ref name="BPI">{{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/awardbrit.html |title=BRIT Awards |publisher=Everyhit.com |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001.<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards |title=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |date=8 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826002047/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Lifetime_Awards/|access-date=25 November 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2010}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1990, and the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref name="MTV Montgomery">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1556171/artists-that-never-had-1.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124113/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1556171/artists-that-never-had-1.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2011 |title=Always Second Place? David Bowie, Public Enemy, Kiss Never Topped Charts |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=3 April 2007 |access-date=3 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-who |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |publisher=Rockhall.com |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/halloffame.html |title=UK Music Hall of Fame |publisher=Everyhit.com |date=11 November 2004 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> He and [[Pete Townshend]] received [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 2008, and [[UCLA Spring Sing#The George and Ira Gershwin Award|The George and Ira Gershwin Award]] for Lifetime Musical Achievement at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] on 21 May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Who to receive lifetime achievement award at Spring Sing 2016 |url=https://dailybruin.com/2016/05/10/the-who-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-spring-sing-2016/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Daily Bruin}}</ref> 

Daltrey was ranked number 61 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of the 100 greatest singers of all time in 2008;<ref>{{cite magazine |date=3 December 2010 |title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019/roger-daltrey-45286/ |access-date=16 June 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]] listeners voted him rock's fifth-greatest voice in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343 |title=Robert Plant voted rock's greatest voice |work=[[MusicRadar]] |first=Michael |last=Leonard |date=4 January 2009 |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> Daltrey has also been an actor and film producer, with roles in films, theatre, and television. In June 2025 Daltrey was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2025 Birthday Honours|Birthday Honours]] for services to charity and music.

== Early life ==
Daltrey was born on 1 March 1944 at [[Hammersmith Hospital]] in [[East Acton]], London, during a [[World War II]] bombing raid.<ref name="NeillKent2011"/> He is the eldest of three children of Harry and Irene Daltrey, and has two younger sisters.<ref name="NeillKent2011"/> His father, an insurance clerk, was called up to fight in the Second World War, and three-month-old Roger and his mother were evacuated to a farm in Scotland.<ref name="NeillKent2011">{{cite book |first1=Andy |last1=Neill |first2=Matt |last2=Kent |title=Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RwOaA1GTjQC&pg=PA10 |access-date=6 March 2016 |date=26 August 2011 |publisher=[[Ebury Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-7535-4797-7 |page=10}}</ref>

Daltrey attended Victoria Primary School and [[Ark Acton Academy|Acton County Grammar School]] in west London,<ref name="NeillKent2011"/> the same school [[Pete Townshend]] and [[John Entwistle]] attended.<ref name="NeillKent2011"/> He showed academic promise in the English state school system and was top of his class in the [[eleven-plus]] examination, after which he went to Grammar School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Roger-Daltrey/biography |title=Biography |website=monstersandcritics.com |access-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810001321/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Roger-Daltrey/biography/ |archive-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>

Daltrey made his first guitar, a cherry red [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] replica, himself in 1957.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2005-01-28 |title=Who's back |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/28/petetownshend.popandrock |access-date=2025-06-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He joined a [[skiffle]] group called the Detours who needed a lead vocalist, and produced it when they told him to bring a guitar. His father bought him an [[Epiphone]] guitar in 1959 and he became the band's lead guitarist.<ref name="NeillKent2011"/>

He also became the band's leader, and gained a reputation for using his fists to impose discipline. According to Townshend, Daltrey "ran things the way he wanted. If you argued with him, you usually got a bunch of fives,<ref name="fives">{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/a-bunch-of-fives |title=A BUNCH OF FIVES {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary |website=dictionary.cambridge.org |access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> [a hard punch]".<ref>{{cite book |title=Behind Blue Eyes |url=https://archive.org/details/behindblueeyesli00giul |url-access=registration |last=Giuliano |first=Geoffrey |year=1996 |publisher=J. P. Dutton |page=[https://archive.org/details/behindblueeyesli00giul/page/26 26]|isbn=9780525940524 }}</ref> Daltrey explained, later in life, that this harsh approach came from the tough neighbourhood in which he had grown up, where arguments were resolved by fighting. He was expelled from school, and Townshend wrote in his autobiography, "until he was expelled, Roger had been a good pupil."<ref "memoir">{{cite book |last=Townshend |first=Pete |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ckrw61EVuJ0C&pg=PT38 |title=Who I Am: A Memoir |date=9 October 2012 |publisher= [[HarperCollins]] |isbn=9781443418201 |page=38}}</ref>

They discovered in 1964 that another band was performing as the Detours, and discussed changing their name. Townshend suggested "the Hair" and Townshend's room-mate Richard Barnes suggested "The Who". The next morning, Daltrey made the decision for the band, saying "It's the Who, innit?"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Neill |first1=Andy |last2=Kent |first2=Matt |title=Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978|page=35 |date=2007 |publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]] |isbn=978-1586635916 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RwOaA1GTjQC}}</ref>

== The Who ==
=== Overview ===
[[File:The Who circa 1967.jpg|thumb|Daltrey (far left) with the Who {{circa|1967}}]]
Townshend began writing original material for the band, and after their first hit single ("[[I Can't Explain]]") and [[recording contract]] in early 1965, Daltrey's dominance of the band diminished.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lerner |first1=Murray |title=Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who |date=2007 |publisher=[[Universal Studios, Inc.]]}}</ref> The other members of the Who fired him from the band in late 1965 after he beat up their drummer, [[Keith Moon]], for supplying illegal drugs to Townshend and Entwistle, but he was re-admitted to the band a week later on probation after he promised not to do it again. He recalled, "I thought if I lost the band, I was dead. If I didn't stick with the Who, I would be a [[sheet metal]] worker for the rest of my life."<ref>{{cite book |last=Cawthorne |first=Nigel |title=The Who and the Making of Tommy |publisher=Unanimous |year=2005 |page=45 |isbn=978-1903318768 |volume=5 |series=Vinyl Frontier}}</ref>

The band's second single, "[[Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere]]", was a collaboration between Daltrey and Townshend.<ref>{{cite web|website=Songfacts.com|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=79|title=ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE by THE WHO |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> While Townshend was developing into an accomplished composer, Daltrey was gaining a reputation as a singer and front-man. The Who's stage act was energetic, and Daltrey's habit of swinging the microphone around by its cord on stage became a signature move. His Townshend-inspired stuttering expression of youthful anger, frustration and arrogance in the band's breakthrough single, "[[My Generation]]", captured the revolutionary feeling of the 1960s for young people around the world and became a trademark sound. His scream near the end of "[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]" was a defining moment in rock and roll.<ref>{{cite web|website=Songfacts.com |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1532 |title=WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN by THE WHO |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Rog and Pete.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Daltrey onstage with [[Pete Townshend]], 1976]]
By 1973, Daltrey was experiencing success with his solo projects and acting roles. While the other members of the band were recording the music for their sixth studio album ''[[Quadrophenia]]'', he took the opportunity to examine the Who's financial books and found they had fallen into disarray under the management of [[Kit Lambert]] and [[Chris Stamp]]. Lambert was Pete Townshend's artistic mentor, and challenging him led to renewed tension within the band. During a filming session, in an incident that Daltrey later claimed was overblown, Townshend and Daltrey argued over the schedule, Townshend hit Daltrey over the head with his guitar, and Daltrey responded by knocking Townshend unconscious with a single blow.<ref>Giuliano, p. 103</ref>

In the Who's milestone achievements, ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]'' (1969), ''[[Who's Next]]'' (1971), and ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' (1973), Daltrey became the face and voice of the band as they defined themselves as rebels in a generation of change. When [[Ken Russell]]'s adaptation of ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' appeared as a feature film in 1975, Daltrey played the lead role. He was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for "[[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor|Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture]]", and appeared on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine on 10 April 1975. He worked with Russell again, starring as [[Franz Liszt]] in ''[[Lisztomania (film)|Lisztomania]],'' and collaborated with [[Rick Wakeman]] on the [[Lisztomania (album)|soundtrack of the film]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Roger-Daltrey-Rick-Wakeman-Lisztomania/release/3577748 |title=Roger Daltrey & Rick Wakeman – Lisztomania |date=February 1976 |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey 1.JPG|thumb|Daltrey (right) with Pete Townshend, 2004]]
The Who's drummer, Keith Moon, died in 1978. The band continued working after his death, but Daltrey thought that new drummer [[Kenney Jones]] had been the wrong choice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-who/roger-daltreys-track-by-track-guide-to-the-whos-hits-feature |title=Roger Daltrey's track-by-track guide to The Who's greatest hits |website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023135310/http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-who/roger-daltreys-track-by-track-guide-to-the-whos-hits-feature |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Who broke up in 1983 when Townshend felt that he could no longer write for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pete-townshend/320553 |title=Pete Townshend |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

The band reformed in 1989 for a 25th Anniversary Tour, which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of their rock opera ''Tommy''. The tour featured a large backing band, with guest appearances by [[Steve Winwood]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Elton John]], and [[Billy Idol]]. Daltrey managed to complete the tour in spite of an abdominal ailment, for which he later received surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Who This Month! 1989 |url=http://thewhothismonth.com/1989.html |website=Thewhothismonth.com}}</ref>

In 1996, Pete Townshend was approached to produce ''Quadrophenia'' for the [[King's Trust|Prince's Trust]] concert at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London. Daltrey agreed to help to produce a one-off performance, and the opera was to be performed with a large backing band. On the night before the show, Daltrey was struck in the face by a microphone stand swung by [[Gary Glitter]] and the accident fractured his [[Orbit (anatomy)|eye socket]]. There was concern that he might not be able to perform, but Daltrey covered the bruises with an eye patch and completed the show as scheduled. Townshend took the production on tour in 1996–97 as the Who.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilkerson |first1=Mark |title=Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend |date=2009 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]}}</ref>

After the success of the ''Quadrophenia'' tour, the band returned as the Who with a five-piece line-up for tours in 1999–2000, and they made a major impact at [[the Concert for New York City]] in 2002. After Entwistle's death in June 2002, Daltrey and Townshend decided to continue with an already planned tour, with bassist [[Pino Palladino]] taking Entwistle's place. They also completed a brief tour in 2004. In 2006, they released the Who's first studio album of new material in twenty-four years, ''[[Endless Wire (The Who album)|Endless Wire]]'', which led to suggestions that the much-discussed artistic tension in the Who lay between Daltrey and Townshend. The band undertook a world tour in 2006–07 in support of the album.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Endless Wire |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/endless-wire-200339/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>

In February 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, headlining as the Who, performed the half-time show at [[Super Bowl XLIV]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida]], and were seen by 105.97 million viewers across the world. In March 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, with an extensive backing band, performed ''Quadrophenia'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London as a tenth-anniversary charity benefit for the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].  [[Eddie Vedder]] of [[Pearl Jam]] sang the part of the Godfather and [[Tom Meighan]] of [[Kasabian]] sang the part of Aceface.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/958782/eddie-vedder-guests-at-who-london-show |title=Eddie Vedder Guests at Who London Show |access-date=28 April 2010 |author=Smirke, Richard |date=31 March 2010 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

=== Songwriting ===
Daltrey wrote several songs in the band's catalogue during their early years:
* "[[Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere]]" (1965) – the Who's second single, co-written with Townshend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/music/anyway-anyhow-anywhere/|title=Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere|website=Thewho.com|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>
* "See My Way" (1966) – Daltrey's contribution to ''[[A Quick One]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewholive.net/songs/info.php?id=212|title=See My Way – The Who Concert Guide|website=Thewholive.net}}</ref>
* "Early Morning Cold Taxi" (1967) – Outtake from ''[[The Who Sell Out]]'' (later appearing as a bonus track on deluxe editions and on the 1994 box set ''[[Thirty Years of Maximum R&B]]''), co-written with David "Cyrano" Langston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/dave-cy-langston/|title=Dave 'Cy' Langston|website=Thewho.com|date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
* "Here for More" (1970) – B-side to "[[The Seeker (The Who song)|The Seeker]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/music/the-seeker/|title=The Seeker|website=Thewho.com|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>

Daltrey also wrote a song titled "Crossroads Now" for the Who, which grew from an onstage jam in 1999.<ref>Soeder, J. (May 2002) The Plain Dealer</ref> Another Daltrey song, "Certified Rose", was rehearsed by the Who shortly before the death of John Entwistle. The band had intended to play it, as well as Townshend's "[[Real Good Looking Boy]]", during their 2002 tour, but it was dropped after Entwistle's death.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.image-link.com/who/Pt-bill.htm
 |title=Townshend on Revisiting 'Who's Next'
 |access-date=20 May 2010 |author=Egan, Sean
 |date=1 July 2003 |publisher=Image-link.com
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713012059/http://www.image-link.com/who/Pt-bill.htm
 |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> It was rumoured that a studio version had been recorded during the ''[[Endless Wire (The Who album)|Endless Wire]]'' sessions which may have featured Entwistle's basslines from 2002, but Townshend later stated that no such recording had been made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,873549,906143 |title=Pete Townshend interview from TheWho.com |publisher=Iorr.org |date=15 February 2008 |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> A more recent recording of "Certified Rose" was released on Daltrey's tenth solo studio album, ''[[As Long as I Have You (album)|As Long As I Have You]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Review: Roger Daltrey's 'As Long as I Have You' Gets Back to His Roots |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-roger-daltreys-as-long-as-i-have-you-gets-back-to-his-roots-629091/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

== Solo career ==
=== Overview ===
[[File:Roger Daltrey with The Who.JPG|thumb|left|Daltrey with the Who at the [[Manchester Arena]], 2014]]
Daltrey has released ten solo studio albums. His debut, ''[[Daltrey (album)|Daltrey]]'' (1973), was recorded during a hiatus in the Who's touring schedule. The best-selling single from the album, "[[Giving It All Away]]", peaked at No. 5 in the UK and the album, which introduced [[Leo Sayer]] and [[David Courtney]] as songwriters, made the Top 50 in the United States. The inner sleeve photography showed a ''[[trompe-l'œil]]'' which referred to the [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]] myth, as Daltrey's reflection in the water differed from his actual appearance. He also released a single in 1973, "[[Thinking (song)|Thinking]]", with "There Is Love" on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] featuring [[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] on guitar. The British release, with considerable airplay of "Giving It All Away" (first lines "I paid all my dues so I picked up my shoes, I got up and walked away") coincided with news reports of the Who being sued for unpaid damage to their hotel on a recent tour, which included a TV set thrown out of a window.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovguide.com/daltrey-9202a8c04000641f80000000031f8107# |title=Daltrey |website=ovguide.com |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818052346/http://www.ovguide.com/daltrey-9202a8c04000641f80000000031f8107 |archive-date=18 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Daltrey's second solo studio album, ''[[Ride a Rock Horse]],'' was released in July 1975. It was his second most commercially successful solo album.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} 

When Leo Sayer launched his own career as a singer, Daltrey called on a widening group of friends to write for and perform on his albums. [[Paul McCartney]] contributed the new song "Giddy" to ''[[One of the Boys (Roger Daltrey album)|One of the Boys]]'' (1977), where the band included [[Hank Marvin]] of [[the Shadows]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Alvin Lee]] and [[Mick Ronson]], as well as calling on a member of the Who, John Entwistle.

''[[McVicar (album)|McVicar]]'' (1980) was a soundtrack album from the [[McVicar (film)|film of the same name]], in which Daltrey starred and also co-produced; it featured all the other members of the Who at that time (Townshend, Entwistle, and [[Kenney Jones]]). ''McVicar'' included two hit singles, "[[Free Me (Roger Daltrey song)|Free Me]]", and "[[Without Your Love (Roger Daltrey song)|Without Your Love]]", Daltrey's best-selling solo recording.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=iTunes Store |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mcvicar-original-sound-track/id271800893 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822122451/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mcvicar-original-sound-track/id271800893 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2014 |title=McVicar original soundtrack |date=June 1980 |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

His fifth solo studio album, ''[[Parting Should Be Painless]]'' (1984), received negative reviews and was his poorest-selling studio album up to that point. In it, Daltrey had vented his frustrations after the break-up of the Who by assembling a set of roughly autobiographical songs. They included a track contributed by [[Bryan Ferry]] ("Going Strong"), and a cover version of the [[Eurythmics]] ("Somebody Told Me"). Daltrey said the album covered musical areas that he had wanted the Who to pursue.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-the-whos-breakup-shatters-roger-daltreys-illusions-about-the-power-of-rock-19840524 |title=How The Who's breakup shatters Roger Daltrey's illusions about the power of rock |date=25 May 1984 |access-date=18 September 2014}}</ref> The [[Under a Raging Moon (song)|title track]] of the next studio album, ''[[Under a Raging Moon (album)|Under a Raging Moon]]'' (1985) was a tribute to the Who's drummer, [[Keith Moon]], who had died in 1978 at the age of 32. 

Daltrey's final studio album of the 1980s, ''[[Can't Wait to See the Movie]]'' (1987), featured the track "The Price of Love", co-written by [[David Foster]] which was also featured in the 1987 movie ''[[The Secret of My Success (1987 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'', starring [[Michael J. Fox]].

On his only studio of the 1990s, ''[[Rocks in the Head]]'' (1992), Daltrey's voice ranged from a powerful bluesy growl in the style of [[Howlin' Wolf]], to tender vocals shared with his daughter Willow on the ballad "Everything a Heart Could Ever Want".

Daltrey appeared in [[the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] in 1992, singing the hard rock [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song "[[I Want It All (Queen song)|I Want It All]]", in homage to his friend [[Freddie Mercury]] who had died the previous year one day after a public announcement that he had [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]].<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Mental Floss]]|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/30500/freddie-mercury-tribute-concert-was-20-years-ago-today |title=Freddie Mercury tribute concert was 20 years ago today |date=20 April 2012 |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Queenonline.com |url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/press-release-the-freddie-mercury-tribute-concert-the-definitive-edition |title=The Freddie Mercury tribute concert: The definitive edition |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

To celebrate his 50th birthday in 1994, Daltrey performed two shows at [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]]. A recording of the concerts was later issued on CD and video, entitled ''[[A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who]]'', and is sometimes called ''Daltrey Sings Townshend''. The success of these shows led to a US tour under the same name, featuring Pete Townshend's brother [[Simon Townshend|Simon]] on lead guitar. [[Phil Spalding]] played bass in the first half of each show and John Entwistle played bass in the second half. An Australian leg was considered but eventually scrapped.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

A fan of the [[Premier League]] football club [[Arsenal F.C.]], Daltrey wrote and performed a specially commissioned song, "Highbury Highs", for the 2006 Highbury Farewell ceremony after the final football match was played at the [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] ground.<ref>[http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/rock-legend-to-pay-tribute-to-highbury "Rock legend to pay tribute to Highbury"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045707/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/rock-legend-to-pay-tribute-to-highbury |date=24 September 2015}}. [[Arsenal F.C.]]. Retrieved 8 August 2015</ref> Daltrey's performance was part of Arsenal's celebration of the club's 93 years at Highbury as it prepared to move to a new stadium.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features49.html |author=Hunt, Chris |title=Sing When You're Winning: Roger Daltrey |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=June 2009 |magazine=[[FourFourTwo]]}}</ref>

Daltrey embarked on a solo tour of the US and Canada on 10 October 2009, the "Use It or Lose It" tour, with a new touring band he called "[[No Plan B (band)|No Plan B]]" on ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]''.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Daltrey |first=Roger |title=Roger Daltrey on The Alan Titchmarsh Show |date=24 March 2010 |publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]}}</ref> The band included [[Simon Townshend]] on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, [[Frank Simes]] on lead guitar, [[Jon Button]] on bass guitar, [[Loren Gold]] on keyboards, and [[Scott Devours]] on drums.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267863/roger-daltrey-plots-north-american-tour |last=Graff |first=Gary |title=Roger Daltrey Plots North American Tour |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=30 August 2009 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> [[Eddie Vedder]] made a guest appearance at the [[Seattle]] show on 12 October.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearljamtour.org/eddie-vedder-joins-roger-daltrey-on-stage |author=Bryant, Janice |title=Eddie Vedder Joins Roger Daltrey on Stage |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=13 October 2009 |publisher=Pearljamtour.org |archive-date=7 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207185244/http://www.pearljamtour.org/eddie-vedder-joins-roger-daltrey-on-stage |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, Daltrey and No Plan B appeared for several dates with [[Eric Clapton]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-tour-121 |author=Hall, Russell |title=Eric Clapton Taps Roger Daltrey To Open Upcoming Tour |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=11 December 2009 |publisher=Gibson.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622071540/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-tour-121 |archive-date=22 June 2011 }}</ref> including [[Summerfest]] held in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20100331/OSH0503/303310057/Summerfest-update--Eric-Clapton-to-headline-with-Roger-Daltrey |title=Summerfest update: Eric Clapton to headline with Roger Daltrey |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=31 March 2010 |publisher=Gannett Wisconsin Media}} {{dead link |date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

On 15 March 2018, Daltrey announced the forthcoming release on 1 June of a new solo studio album, ''[[As Long as I Have You (album)|As Long as I Have You]]''.<ref name="thewho.com Roger Daltrey As Long As I Have You">{{cite web |url=https://www.thewho.com/roger-daltrey-announces-new-solo-studio-album/ |title=Roger Daltrey announces fantastic new solo studio album |date= 15 March 2018 |website=Thewho.com |access-date= 15 March 2018}}</ref> He appeared on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]'' on 13 April 2018 to promote the single taken from the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-whos-roger-daltrey-i-survived-meningitis-and-was-given-a-second-chance-36802950.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: 'I survived meningitis and was given a second chance' |website=[[Irish Independent]]|date=13 April 2018 |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>

In May 2021, Daltrey announced a return to touring, with the solo Live and Kicking Tour, starting in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 April 2021|title=Roger Daltrey Talks His Mic-Swinging Trick, Keith Moon's Exploding Drum Kit, More On 'Fallon' [Watch]|url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/roger-daltrey-mic-swinging-trick-keith-moon-exploding-drum-kit-fallon/|access-date=18 May 2021|website=L4LM}}</ref> The tour was rescheduled and carried out during the summer of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger reschedules autumn UK tour dates due to UK Covid situation |url=https://www.thewho.com/roger-reschedules-autumn-uk-tour-dates/ |website=TheWho.com |publisher=Bravado |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>

== Collaborations ==
In 1998, Daltrey performed two songs with the [[Jim Byrnes (actor)|Jim Byrnes]] Blues Band at the Los Angeles ''[[Highlander: The Series|Highlander]]'' Convention.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewholive.de/details/index.php?id=1435&Jahr=1998&GroupID=2&psn_itemsa=3 |title=Concert Detail: Anaheim, CA, Sat. 11 April 1998 |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=14 June 2005 |publisher=thewholive.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095410/http://www.thewholive.de/details/index.php?id=1435&Jahr=1998&GroupID=2&psn_itemsa=3 |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>

On 12 January 2009, he headlined a one-off concert with [[Babyshambles]] at the [[O2 Academy Bristol]] for [[Teenage Cancer Trust]]. On 5 July 2009, he joined [[the Jam]]'s lead vocalist, [[Paul Weller]], on stage at [[Hop Farm Festival]] in [[Paddock Wood]], [[Kent]] for an encore of "[[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2009/july/6/daltrey_guests_at_festival.aspx |title=The Who singer is surprise festival guest during Weller set |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=6 July 2009 |publisher=[[KM Media Group|Kent Online]]}}</ref> In 2011, Daltrey recorded a duet on the song "Ma seule amour" with French singer and composer [[Laurent Voulzy]] for his seventh studio album ''Lys and Love''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Laurent-Voulzy/news-76660.html|title=Un duo avec Roger Daltrey (The Who) sur le prochain Voulzy|date=15 November 2011|access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>

In November 2014, while staying at the Mar Hall Hotel in [[Bishopton, Renfrewshire]], ahead of the Who's gig at the [[OVO Hydro|SSE Hydro]] in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, Daltrey joined local band Milestone for an impromptu rendition of "I Can't Explain". The band were playing at a wedding reception in the hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-roger-daltry-gatecrashes-scots-4723096 |title=Roger Daltrey gatecrashes Scots couple's wedding |access-date=30 November 2014 |date=30 November 2014 |work=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Roger-Daltrey in Hamburg.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Daltrey singing with the Who in [[Hamburg]], Germany, 1972]]
Pete Townshend said Daltrey had "almost invented the pseudo-messianic role taken up later by [[Jim Morrison]] [of [[the Doors]]] and [[Robert Plant]] [of Led Zeppelin]".<ref name="Susan"/> His stage persona earned him a position as one of the "gods of rock and roll".<ref name="Franklin, Gregory"/> He developed a trademark move of swinging and throwing his microphone through a complex sequence, matching these sequences with the tempo of the song that was being played, although Daltrey reduced the athleticism of his performances in later years. According to a review of the Who's performance at the [[Quart Festival]] in 2007:

<blockquote>Suddenly each and everyone stopped caring about the down-pouring rain. When the Who took the stage we couldn't do anything but to reach for the sky and howl. Anyone who has ever thought of calling these gods old men and dinosaurs should be deeply ashamed. The reports we've heard from around the world were true: Live rock doesn't get any better.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quart.no/-/image_album/show/1270_the-who-4-juli-2007 |title=quart.no |publisher=Quart.no |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
</blockquote>

== Equipment ==
{{See also|The Who's musical equipment}}
[[File:Roger Daltrey dancing.jpg|thumb|left|Daltrey performing onstage at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, 1976]]
Daltrey hand-built his first guitar from a piece of [[plywood]], and he also built guitars for the band in the early days when they had little money to buy equipment.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-daltrey-says-who-reunion-not-nostalgia-but-magic-20000607 |last=Skanse |first=Richard |title=Roger Daltrey says who reunion not nostalgia but magic |access-date=15 October 2012 |date=16 June 2000 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> As lead guitarist for the Detours, Daltrey played a 1961 [[Epiphone]] Wilshire solid-body electric guitar, which he later sold to Pete Townshend on an easy payment plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment.htm |title=Pete Townshend's Guitar Gear History – An Equipment Overview |access-date=30 April 2010 |date=3 April 2010 |publisher=thewho.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |title=Daltrey playing Epiphone with the Detours |access-date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031947/http://www.didatticadelbassoelettrico.it/bassisti/alec_entwistle/image003.jpg |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After he took over as the band's vocalist in the 1960s, and during the 1970s, Daltrey rarely played guitar on stage, except for a [[C. F. Martin & Company|Martin]] acoustic guitar he used while promoting his debut solo studio album ''Daltrey'' (1973).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |title=Roger with Martin guitar |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003181404/http://s.bebo.com/app-image/8046787031/5411656627/PROFILE/i.quizzaz.com/img/q/u/08/04/13 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> He began playing guitar with the Who again during the band's tours in the 1980s, and used a [[Fender Esquire]] to play a second guitar part for the song "[[Eminence Front]]" on the Who's 1982, 1989 and later tours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |title=Daltrey playing Fender Esquire |work=[[VH1]] |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021022748/http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1159&pid=3025927&dyn=artist |archive-date=21 October 2012}}</ref> During the 1989 tour, Daltrey played a [[Gibson Chet Atkins SST]] guitar for the song "[[Hey Joe]]". During the Who's 1996–97 Quadrophenia tour, he played a [[Gibson J-200]] acoustic guitar.<ref>{{cite web |last=Black |first=Mike |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblackphotos/2734553580 |title=Daltrey playing Gibson J-200 |date=28 December 2006 |publisher=[[Flickr]] |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>

After 1999, it became common for Daltrey to play guitar during both the Who and solo shows. He played a Versoul Buxom 6 handmade acoustic guitar on the Who's 2002 tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |title=Roger Daltrey |access-date=29 April 2010 |publisher=Versoul.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194309/http://www.versoul.com/artists.php?sid=00011 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Daltrey owns a [[Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop]] acoustic guitar which he played on the Who and solo tours in the late first decade of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |title=Daltrey playing his Everly Brothers Flattop at Cannes |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812172936/http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/cannes/files/2009/06/roger-daltrey-179.jpg |archive-date=12 August 2011}}</ref> On his 2009 tour, he played Pete Townshend's "Blue, Red and Grey" on an Ashbury cutaway tenor EQ [[ukulele]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/roger-daltrey-rocks-horseshoe-casino |title=Daltrey with ukulele |publisher=Sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>

Daltrey is among those who brought the harmonica into British popular music.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/noisepollution/archives/2009/08/mouth_music.html?page=fullpage |title=Mouth Music |last=Walker |first=Stephen |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=31 August 2009 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> Harmonica brands he has used include [[Hohner]] and [[Lee Oskar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |title=Hands-On Review: Lee Oskar Harmonica System |author=Day, Dan |access-date=29 April 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=Musician's Friend |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225193038/http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document/lee_oskar/harmonica?doc_id=103646 |archive-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Daltrey uses [[Shure]] microphones. Their cords are taped to strengthen the connection to the microphone and to avoid cutting his hands when he swings and catches it. He commonly uses a standard [[Shure SM58]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |title=Legendary Rockers Daltrey, Townsend Reveal The "Reason Why" They Use Shure Microphones |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=15 January 2009 |publisher=[[Sure (company)|Sure]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416052444/http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/PressRoom/PressReleaseArchive/2009PressReleases/us_pro_pr_2009_reason_why |archive-date=16 April 2009}}</ref> but has also used Shure SM78 (in 1981), Shure model 565D Unisphere 1, and Shure model 548 Unidyne IV.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/equip-pa.htm |title=PA and Foldback |access-date=29 April 2010 |date=1 March 2009 |publisher=thewho.net}}</ref> Daltrey also uses a hybrid monitoring system, with one in-ear monitor supplemented by floor wedges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smurphco.com/articles-par-thewho.pdf |title=The Who 2002 North American Tour |author=Murphy, Stephen |access-date=20 May 2010 |date=September 2002 |publisher=Smurphco.com}}</ref>

== Published writing ==
Daltrey contributed to a collection of childhood fishing stories published in 1996 entitled ''I Remember: Reflections on Fishing in Childhood''.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Frederick |last1=Forsyth |first2=Roger |last2=Daltrey |first3=Bernard |last3=Cribbins |first4=George |last4=Melly |title=I Remember: Reflections on Fishing in Childhood |publisher=[[Summersdale Publishers]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-873475-43-0 }}</ref> In 2009, he contributed a foreword to ''Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of the Who 1958–1978'' by Andrew Neill and Matt Kent.<ref>{{cite book |title=Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of the Who 1958–1978|first1=Andrew|last1=Neill|first2=Matthew|last2=Kent|year=2009}}</ref> In 2011, he wrote a tribute article in honour of the late [[Ken Russell]] which was published in Britain's ''[[Daily Express]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/roger-daltrey-considered-re-teaming-with-russell-before-his-death_1266212|date=29 November 2011|title=Roger Daltrey Considered Re-Teaming With Russell Before His Death|access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref>

In October 2018, Daltrey published his memoir, ''Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Book excerpt: Roger Daltrey's "Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-roger-daltrey-thanks-a-lot-mr-kibblewhite-my-generation/ |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=9 November 2018}}</ref> The title is a reference to the man who threw him out of grammar school, enabling him to go into a successful music career.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Kyle |title=Who's Grateful? |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/review-roger-daltry-biography-delightful-conservative-gratitude/ |work=[[National Review]] |date=14 November 2018}}</ref>

== Awards and achievements ==
In 1976 Daltrey was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for "Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture" for his starring role in the film version of the Who's rock opera ''Tommy''. He also performed as a guest on the Chieftains' recording of ''[[An Irish Evening|Irish Evening: Live at the Grand Opera House]]'' which won a [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album]] in 1993. With the Who, Daltrey received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2001 for outstanding artistic significance in music.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Who |url=https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/guests/the-who/c42d00eb865cdfb404b2707f37e624e3d69d63be |website=nbc.com |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

In 1990 Daltrey was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] as a member of the Who.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-who
|title= The Who
|access-date= 12 January 2008
|publisher= [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]
|archive-date= 22 March 2010
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100322225828/http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-who
|url-status= dead
}}</ref> The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also included three songs that Daltrey recorded with the Who on the list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, including: "[[My Generation]]", "[[Go to the Mirror!]]", and "[[Baba O'Riley]]".<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://rockhall.com/exhibits/500-songs-that-shaped-rock-and/
|title= The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
|access-date=12 January 2008
|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317150057/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/500-songs-that-shaped-rock-and/
|archive-date=17 March 2010}}</ref> In 2005, Daltrey received a [[The Ivors Academy|British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] Gold Badge Award for special and lasting contributions to the British entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/10259/songwriters-daltrey-christie-and-bailey
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060223003603/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/10259/songwriters-daltrey-christie-and-bailey
|url-status= dead
|archive-date= 23 February 2006
|title=Songwriters Daltrey, Christie and Bailey celebrate Gold Badges
|last=Calvi |first=Nuala
|access-date=12 May 2010
|date=1 November 2005
|publisher=The Stage News
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldbadgeawards.com/legacy2005.htm |title=Gold Badge 2005 recipients |publisher=Goldbadgeawards.com |date=26 October 2005 |access-date=15 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073323/http://www.goldbadgeawards.com/legacy2005.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

In 2003 Daltrey was honoured by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as a European Hero for his work with the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]] and other charities.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/daltrey.html/
|title= The Kids Are Alright
|access-date=12 January 2008
|last=Porter |first=Hugh
|date= 20 April 2003
|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]
|url-status= dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208132307/http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/daltrey.html
|archive-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> In the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|New Year's Honours List]] published on 31 December 2004, he was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for services to Music, the Entertainment Industry and Charity.<ref>{{cite magazine
|url= http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/daltrey-becomes-commander-of-the-british-empire
|title= Daltrey Becomes Commander of the Order of the British Empire
|access-date=29 April 2010
|date= 31 December 2004
|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/you-can-call-me-sir-musicians-that-have-received-honours-from-the-queen-1404480|title=You can call me sir – musicians that have received honours from the Queen|website=[[NME]]|date=25 November 2011|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>

As a member of the Who, Daltrey was inducted in 2005 into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4441786.stm
|title= Legends turn out for Hall of Fame
|author=Youngs, Ian
|access-date=29 April 2010
|date=17 November 2005
|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> In December 2008, he and Pete Townshend were honoured with America's most prestigious cultural awards as recipients of the 31st annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], by the then-president of the United States, [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/07/bushes-host-kennedy-center-honors
|title= Bushes Host Kennedy Center Honors
|last=Torrance |first=Kelly Jane
|access-date=29 April 2010
|date= 7 December 2008
|work=[[The Washington Times]]
}}</ref> On 4 March 2009, three days after his 65th birthday, Daltrey accepted the [[James Joyce Award]] from the [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|Literary and Historical Society]] of [[University College Dublin]] for outstanding success in the music field.<ref>{{cite news
|title=UCD award for lead singer with The Who
|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0305/1224242305792.html
|date=5 March 2009
|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]
|access-date=5 March 2009
|issn=1649-6701
|archive-date=20 October 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020214741/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0305/1224242305792.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

On 12 March 2011, he received the [[Steiger Award]] (Germany) for excellence in music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.der-steiger-award.de/Preistraeger/Preistraeger.html|title=Steiger Awards 2011|access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref> In November 2011, Daltrey and Pete Townshend received the Classic Album Award for ''Quadrophenia'' from the [[Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards]] at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] in [[Chalk Farm]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/168857/9|title=Pete Townshend Plays Rare Intimate Acoustic Gig To Celebrate Quadrophenia Re-release – Stereoboard|first=Elliott|last=Batte|website=Stereoboard.com}}</ref>

In July 2012 Daltrey received an honorary degree from [[Middlesex University]] in recognition of his contributions to music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9823271.The_Who_star_given_honorary_degree|author=Innes, Emma|title=The Who star Roger Daltrey given honorary degree by Middlesex University|date=18 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2012}}</ref>

Daltrey has received numerous awards for his music, including Best Blues Album in the [[British Blues Awards]] 2015 alongside [[Wilko Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbluesawards.com/winners-2015/4590545571|title=Winners 2015 – British Blues Awards|website=Britishbluesawards.com|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

In 2019 Daltrey was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]. He received his Golden Plate along with [[Pete Townshend]] and presented by Awards Council member [[Peter Gabriel]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= 2019 International Achievement Summit|publisher= [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://achievement.org/summit/2019/}}</ref>

In June 2025 Daltrey was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2025 Birthday Honours|Birthday Honours]] for services to charity and music.<ref>{{cite web | last=O'Connor | first=Roisin | title=Sir Roger Daltrey once thought he was 'too political' for a knighthood | website=[[The Independent]] | date=13 June 2025 | url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-daltrey-knighthood-kings-birthday-honours-the-who-b2769483.html | access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>

== Charities ==
[[File:Roger Daltrey 2.jpg|thumb|left|Daltrey at the [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] [[Live 8]] concert in 2005]]
All of the Who's [[Encore Series]] profits go to young people's charities. Daltrey was instrumental in starting the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]] concert series in 2000, with the Who playing in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2010, and Daltrey playing solo in 2011 and in 2015 as the Who. The annual concerts have raised over £20&nbsp;million. He has endorsed [[the Whodlums]], a Who tribute band which raise money for the trust.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roger Daltrey backs Newcastle tribute band |date=1 September 2010 |first=Katie |last=Davies |work=[[Evening Chronicle]]
|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/09/01/roger-daltrey-backs-newcastle-tribute-band-72703-27178948|location=[[Newcastle upon Tyne]] |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref>

Daltrey performed at the first [[ChildLine Concert|ChildLine Rocks]] concert at London's [[the O2]] on 13 March 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childlinerocks.co.uk/about-childline-rocks.php |title=About ChildLine Rocks |access-date=20 May 2010 |year=2008 |publisher=Childlinerocks.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326125703/http://www.childlinerocks.co.uk/about-childline-rocks.php |archive-date=26 March 2010 }}</ref> In 2009, Daltrey was a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.prlog.org/10244858-bostons-own-debbie-and-friends-among-the-8th-annual-independent-music-awards-vox-populi-winners.html
|title= Boston's Own Debbie And Friends Among The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards Vox Populi Winners |access-date=29 April 2010|date= 27 May 2009|publisher=PRLog.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp|title=8th Annual IMA Artist Judges|access-date=29 April 2010|year= 2009|publisher=Independent Music Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412044034/http://independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2009.asp|archive-date=12 April 2009}}</ref> In the same year, he appeared on stage with [[Michael J. Fox]] for the "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" benefit. In April 2010, he headlined the Imagine A Cure II show honouring the legacy of [[the Beatles]]' [[John Lennon]], which raised money for the Puget Sound Affiliate of [[Susan G. Komen for the Cure]] breast cancer charity. In 2011, Daltrey became a patron of the Children's Respite Trust for children with disabilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://childrensrespitetrust.org.uk/pages/posts/new-patron-13.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118013654/http://childrensrespitetrust.org.uk/pages/posts/new-patron-13.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2012 |title=New Patron |access-date=26 October 2011 }}</ref>

In 2011, Daltrey, [[Aerosmith]]'s [[Steven Tyler]], and [[Julie Andrews]] provided funding for [[Robert S. Langer]]'s research at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] into vocal cord repair for victims of cancer and other disorders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/vibrating-gel-may-give-new-voice-to-throat-cancer-patients.html|title=Vibrating Gel May Give New Voice to Aging Rockers, Throat-Cancer Patients|author=Lopatto, Elizabeth|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=1 November 2011|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> On 4 November 2011, Daltrey and Pete Townshend launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Programme at the [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] in Los Angeles, to be funded by the Who's charity ''Teen Cancer America''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswise.com/articles/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-townshend-teen-and-young-adult-cancer-program-at-ucla-first-of-its-kind-in-america?ret=/articles/list&category=life&page=1&search%5Bstatus%5D=3&search%5Bsort%5D=date+desc&search%5Bsection%5D=30&search%5Bhas_multimedia%5D=|title=The Who Rock Icons Launch Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA, First of Its Kind in America|date=3 November 2011|access-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091402/http://www.newswise.com/articles/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-townshend-teen-and-young-adult-cancer-program-at-ucla-first-of-its-kind-in-america?ret=%2Farticles%2Flist&category=life&page=1&search%5Bstatus%5D=3&search%5Bsort%5D=date+desc&search%5Bsection%5D=30&search%5Bhas_multimedia%5D=|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The launch, followed on 5 November by a fund-raising event, was also attended by [[Robert Plant]], and the [[Foo Fighters]]' [[Dave Grohl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/04/4031201/the-who-launch-teen-cancer-program.html |title=The Who launch teen cancer programme at LA hospital |date=4 November 2011 |access-date=4 November 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Daltrey also announced that a portion of ticket sales from his solo tours would go to fund the teen cancer centres. In 2012, he offered his support to a project helping unemployed young people in [[Heathfield, East Sussex|Heathfield]], East Sussex, run by Tomorrow's People Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/s-coming-visit/story-16468825-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505093205/http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/s-coming-visit/story-16468825-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Who's coming to visit us?|work=[[Kent and Sussex Courier]]|date=29 June 2012|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

== Political views ==
In 1970, Daltrey publicly supported The [[Campaign for Freedom of Information|National Campaign for Freedom of Information]], saying: "I come from a [[Working class|working-class]] background and I am proud of it, and I intend to fight for the workers' right to know. We all need to know what goes on behind the scenes that is causing this country's economic mess. When we have a Freedom of Information Act in this country we shall have restored our Right to Know the Truth and that will bring sanity to our tax laws."<ref name="argus2013" /> A [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information Act]] became law in 2000.

Daltrey was previously a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]], but he withdrew his endorsement, citing his opposition to the "mass immigration" policies put in place under the [[Premiership of Tony Blair|Blair government]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10455384/Roger-Daltrey-I-will-never-forgive-Labour-for-their-immigration-policies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10455384/Roger-Daltrey-I-will-never-forgive-Labour-for-their-immigration-policies.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=I will never forgive Labour for their immigration policies|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|access-date=18 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2018, he criticised Labour leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]], describing him as a "[[communism|communist]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-daltrey-jeremy-corbyn-socialist-communist-the-who-a8360036.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: 'Jeremy Corbyn is not a socialist. He's a communist.|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref>

Daltrey supported Britain [[Brexit|leaving]] the [[European Union]] (EU).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/whos-roger-daltrey-slams-donald-trump-discusses-brexti-2029845|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey discusses Donald Trump and says 'Brexit is the right thing for the country to do'|first=Andrew|last=Trendell|date=29 March 2017|work=[[NME]]}}</ref> He wrote in ''[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]'': "Whatever happens, our country should never fear the consequences of leaving. We went into the [[European Economic Community|Common Market]] in 1973. Do you know what was going on before we went in? It was the 1960s. The most exciting time ever – Britain was [[Swinging Sixties|Swinging]]. Films, Theatre, Fashion, Art and Music.... Britain was the centre of the world. You got that because Britain was doing its own thing. It was independent. Not sure we'll ever get that again when we're ruled by [[Bureaucracy|bureaucrats]] in the European Union."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain)|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref> He again criticised the EU in 2019, saying, "If you want to be signed up to be ruled by a fucking mafia, you do it. Like being governed by [[FIFA]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-whos-roger-daltry-says-brexit-wont-affect-british-musicians-as-if-we-didnt-tour-europe-before-the-f-eu-2462954|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey says Brexit won't affect British musicians: "As if we didn't tour Europe before the f****** EU"|first=Samantha|last=Maine|website=[[NME]]|date=17 March 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, Daltrey opined that a "dead dog" could have defeated [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/politics/7744296/the-who-roger-daltrey-hillary-clinton-us-presidential-election|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey: A 'Dead Dog' Would Have Beaten Hillary Clinton in U.S. Presidential Election|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In 2018, he denounced the [[MeToo movement]], saying: "I find this whole thing so obnoxious. It's always allegations and it's just salacious crap."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-daltrey-criticizes-metoo-movement/|title=Roger Daltrey Criticizes #MeToo Movement|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=20 May 2018 }}</ref>

In 2021, Daltrey criticised "the ''[[woke]]'' generation" in an interview with [[Zane Lowe]]'s ''Apple Music 1'' podcast, arguing that younger generations are limiting themselves by stifling and undoing [[freedom of speech|creative freedoms]] that had emerged through the artistic revolutions of the 1960s. He elaborated by saying "It's terrifying, the miserable world they're going to create for themselves. I mean, anyone who's lived a life and you see what they're doing, you just know that it's a route to nowhere."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/roger-daltrey-pop-woke-generation-141459417.html|title = Roger Daltrey: 'Woke generation' is creating a 'miserable world'| date=30 April 2021 |publisher=[[Yahoo News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmjnow.com/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-schools-the-woke-generation/|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey Schools the 'Woke' Generation|website=Kmjnow.com|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523205326/https://www.kmjnow.com/news/the-whos-roger-daltrey-schools-the-woke-generation/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Daltrey has been married twice. In 1964, he married Jacqueline "Jackie" Rickman. Later that year, their son, Simon, was born. They divorced in 1968. In 1967, Daltrey's son Mathias was born as a result of Daltrey's affair with Swedish model Elisabeth Aronsson. In 1968, Daltrey met Heather Taylor, a UK-born model living with her grandmother at the time, who supposedly was the subject of the 1967 [[Jimi Hendrix]] song "[[Foxy Lady]]".<ref name=3NewKids>{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4556082/roger-daltrey-kids/ |title=Roger Daltrey of The Who reveals 3 secret children he never knew about |first1=Adam |last1=Wallis |work=[[Global News]] |date=16 October 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018 }}</ref> Daltrey and Taylor have been married since 1971. They have three children: Daughters Rosie Lea (born 1972) and Willow Amber (born 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brandy_and.tripod.com/oo/roghea.html |title=Pure And Easy – The Who |publisher=Brandy_and.tripod.com |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> and son Jamie (born 1981).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1854721/jamie-daltrey-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419182241/https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1854721/jamie-daltrey-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people | archive-date=19 April 2023 | title=Jamie Daltrey - Biographical Summaries of Notable People - MyHeritage }}</ref>

On 1 March 1994, his 50th birthday, Daltrey received a letter from a woman who stated that she was his daughter. Her birth resulted from a brief relationship that occurred during the interval between Daltrey's marriages. Daltrey later met two more daughters who were born during this period in the late 1960s.<ref name=BirthdaySurprise>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/roger-daltrey-discovered-father-three-13417217 |title=Roger Daltrey discovers he is father of three more children he knew nothing about |first=Julie |last=McCaffrey |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=14 October 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref> All three had been adopted, and had grown to adulthood before meeting their biological father.<ref name=3NewKids/> Daltrey stated that Heather had joined him in welcoming them to their extended family.<ref name=3NewKids/> In 2021, Daltrey said, "'When three daughters arrived on my doorstep [unexpectedly in the '90s, the products of relationships with women in the '60s], I accepted them and I love them very much'".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/music/roger-daltrey-talks-three-adult-daughters-fathered-in-60s/|title=Roger Daltrey: Three Adult Daughters Suddenly Turned Up on My Doorstep — and I Love Them All|website=People.com|last=McCaffrey |first=Julie |date=14 October 2018}}</ref> As of 2018, Daltrey had eight children and fifteen grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/sex-and-no-drugs-and-rocknroll-typical-honesty-in-roger-daltreys-memoir-882666.html|title=Sex and (no) drugs and rock'n'roll: Typical honesty in Roger Daltrey's memoir|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=2 November 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>

In 1971, Daltrey bought a farm at [[Holmshurst Manor]], a [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] country house near [[Burwash]] in [[East Sussex]].<ref name="argus2013"/> In 1981 he opened a [[Aquaculture of salmonids|trout farm]], Lakedown Trout Fishery, designing its four spring-fed lakes himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/roger-daltrey-trout-fishing-retreat/|title=Visiting Roger Daltrey's trout fishing retreat|date=1 March 2022|work=Far Out|access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> The business is now run by his son Jamie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19229563.roger-daltrey-gets-permission-open-taproom-trout-farm/|title=Roger Daltrey from The Who gets permission to open brewery taproom at trout farm|website=The Argus |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

Daltrey announced onstage in 2018 that he had suffered [[hearing loss]] as a result of exposure to loud noise levels during performances and was now "very, very deaf". He urged audience members to use earplugs.

In 1978, during the recording of the Who's eighth studio album ''[[Who Are You]]'', Daltrey had throat surgery to remove nodules.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may05/articles/classictracks.htm|title='Who Are You' title track|author=Buskin, Richard|access-date=7 December 2011}}</ref> During a solo tour in 2009 he began finding it harder to reach the high notes. In December 2010 he was diagnosed with vocal cord [[dysplasia]] and consulted [[Steven M. Zeitels]], director of the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] Voice Center and professor at [[Harvard Medical School]]. Zeitels performed laser surgery to remove a possibly pre-cancerous growth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_whos_roger_daltrey_reveals_cancer_scare.html|title=The Who's Roger Daltrey Reveals Cancer Scare|access-date=7 December 2011}}</ref> Both surgeries were considered successful, and Daltrey has regular checks to monitor his condition.<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Colapinto | first = John | author-link= John Colapinto | title = Giving Voice : A Surgeon Pioneers Methods to Help Singers Sing Again | magazine = [[The New Yorker]] | pages = 48 to 57 |date = 4 March 2013 | url =https://www.newyorker.com}}</ref>

Daltrey has an allergy to [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] that affects his singing voice. When second-hand marijuana smoke from an audience has affected his performance, he has occasionally interrupted the concert to request that people not smoke it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/roger-daltrey-the-who-no-smoking-video/|title=The Who -- Puff, Puff ... Shove That Weed Up Your Ass! (VIDEO)|website=[[TMZ]]|date=21 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gamboa|first1=Glenn|title=The Who Hits 50 at Nassau Coliseum: Smoke Impacts Roger Daltrey's Voice|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/the-who-hits-50-at-nassau-coliseum-smoke-impacts-roger-daltrey-s-voice-1.10457387|work=[[Newsday]]|access-date=23 April 2017|date=21 May 2015|quote=Daltrey has a well-known allergy to marijuana smoke that affects his throat and singing voice, a condition the band even emphasized during the informational slides it projected before its set.}}</ref> Daltrey has stated that he has never taken hard drugs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 October 2018|title=Roger Daltrey says Keith Moon attacked him with a tambourine after he flushed The Who drummer's pills down the toilet|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-daltrey-keith-moon-the-who-drummer-drugs-pete-townsend-pills-toilet-a8584801.html|access-date=7 May 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001gvj | title = Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s | date = 9 December 2018 | publisher= [[BBC Radio 2]] | access-date = 9 December 2018}}</ref>

Daltrey is a supporter of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal F.C]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/community-news/daltrey-wows-the-crowd-at-youth-ball-launch|title=Daltrey wows the crowd at Youth Ball launch|access-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017171106/http://www.arsenal.com/news/community-news/daltrey-wows-the-crowd-at-youth-ball-launch|archive-date=17 October 2012}}</ref>

In a 2019 interview with ''[[The Times]]'', bandmate Townshend revealed that Daltrey is an [[Atheism|atheist]], stating, "I believe in God, he doesn't."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |date=2019-09-13 |title=The Who on a new album, ageing and artistic differences |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/the-who-new-album-pete-townshend-roger-daltrey-interview-6wh7gzltz |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{Main|Roger Daltrey discography}}

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'''Solo'''
* ''[[Daltrey (album)|Daltrey]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Ride a Rock Horse]]'' (1975)
* ''[[One of the Boys (Roger Daltrey album)|One of the Boys]]'' (1977)
* ''[[McVicar (album)|McVicar]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Parting Should Be Painless]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Under a Raging Moon (album)|Under a Raging Moon]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Can't Wait to See the Movie]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Rocks in the Head]]'' (1992)
* ''[[As Long as I Have You (album)|As Long as I Have You]]'' (2018)

'''Collaborations with other artists'''
* ''An Irish Evening'' by [[the Chieftains]] (1992) 
* ''Lys And Love'' by [[Laurent Voulzy]] (2011) – Vocals on ''Ma seule amour''
* ''[[Going Back Home]]'' (2014) (with former [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] guitarist [[Wilko Johnson]])

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'''Other recordings'''
* ''[[Tommy (London Symphony Orchestra album)|Tommy]]'' (1972) (LSO version)
* ''[[Tommy (soundtrack)|Tommy]]'' (1975) (soundtrack)
* ''[[Lisztomania (album)|Lisztomania]]'' (1975) (soundtrack)
* ''[[The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend]]'' by Pete Townshend (1989)

'''The RD Crusaders'''
* ''At Ronnie Scott's On Sunday October 19, 2003'' – DVD 
* ''The Concert Monday 18th October 2004'' – DVD
* ''Old Billingsgate 09.05.06''
* ''Old Billingsgate 08.05.08''	
(Formed by [[Richard Desmond]] and Daltrey in 2003 to raise money for charitable causes. Featured performers were [[Gary Brooker]], [[Gary Moore]], [[Greg Lake]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]], [[Margo Buchanan]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Russ Ballard]], [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], [[Simon Townshend]], [[Steve Balsamo]], [[Steve Smith (American singer)|Steve Smith]], and [[Zoot Money]])<ref>{{cite web | title=The RD Crusaders | website=[[Discogs]] | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/12350440-The-RD-Crusaders }}</ref>
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== Acting career ==
[[File:Roger Daltrey interview2008.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Daltrey prior to a screening of ''[[The Who at Kilburn: 1977]]'' at the [[ArcLight Cinemas|ArcLight Cinema]] in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles]], 2008]]

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of acting performances in film and television
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1975
| Tommy Walker
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lisztomania (film)|Lisztomania]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1975
| [[Franz Liszt]]
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Legacy (1978 film)|The Legacy]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1978
| Clive
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[McVicar (film)|McVicar]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1980
| [[John McVicar]]
| also producer
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1983
| [[Captain Macheath]]
| BBC musical production
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1983
| The Dromios
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | ''Bitter Cherry''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1983
|
| short
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1984
| Roger Cunningham
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pop Pirates]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1984
| Producer
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Buddy (TV series)|Buddy]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986
| Terry Clark
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Little Match Girl]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986
| Jeb Macklin
| musical film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| The Barrister
| concert appearance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Crossbow (TV series)|Crossbow]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| Francois Arconciel/François Arconciel
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''Gentry''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| Colin
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[How to Be Cool#Television adaptation|How to Be Cool]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1988
| Himself
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mack the Knife (1989 film)|Mack the Knife]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| Street singer
| musical film
|-
! scope="row" | ''Cold Justice''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| Keith Gibson
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1990
| Howard
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Buddy's Song (film)|Buddy's Song]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991
| Terry Clark
| film, also music score composer, producer
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Midnight Caller]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991
| Danny Bingham
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[If Looks Could Kill (film)|If Looks Could Kill]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991
| Blade
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| Himself
| concert performance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| Barnaby (voice)
| short
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993
| Dalton Scott
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Highlander: The Series|Highlander]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993–98
| Hugh Fitzcairn
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lightning Jack]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1994
| John T. Coles
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1994
| Himself
| concert performance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| Tin Man
| concert performance
|-
! scope="row" | ''Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
|
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Vampirella (film)|Vampirella]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| Vlad
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| Tez
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997
| Col. Angus Rickman
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''Pirate Tales''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997
| William Dampier
| TV mini-series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Like It Is (film)|Like It Is]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| Kelvin
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| King Boric
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" |  ''[[The Bill]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| Larry Moore
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rude Awakening (TV series)|Rude Awakening]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999–2000
| Nobby Clegg
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| King Janos
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Best (film)|Best]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| Rodney Marsh
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Young Messiah (musical)|The Young Messiah]] – Messiah XXI''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| Himself
| concert performance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (episode "[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]")
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| Himself, as the Who
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''Strange Frequency 2''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| Host/devil
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''Chasing Destiny''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| Nehemiah Peoples
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Witchblade]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| Father Del Toro/Madame Sesostris
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[.com for Murder]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| Ben
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[That '70s Show]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| Mr. Wilkinson
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Wheels on the Bus (video series)|The Wheels on the Bus]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| Argon the Dragon
| children's DVD
|-
! scope="row" | ''Trafalgar Battle Surgeon''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| Loblolly Boy
| TV film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| Himself
| TV series, Series 2 episode 2 'The Priest and the Beast'
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Johnny Was]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| Jimmy Nolan
| film
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| Mickey Dunn
| TV series (episode: "Living Legend", [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 7|season 7]], episode 9)
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Last Detective]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007
| Mick Keating
| TV series
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| [[Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Caterpillar]]
| TV series (uncredited)
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pawn Stars]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| Himself
| 1 Episode
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist| refs=
<ref name="argus2013">{{cite web| url= http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10688924.print/ | title= Looking back: A frontman who has always led by example | date= 20 September 2013 | publisher= [[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] | location = [[Brighton]] | access-date= 8 April 2014}}</ref>
}}

== Further reading ==
* Roger Daltrey, 2018. ''Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story'', [[Bonnier Group|Blink Publishing]]; [[Henry Holt and Company]] {{ISBN|978-1-788700-28-3}}

== External links ==
* Steve Huey, ''Roger Daltrey – Biography'', [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4018/biography|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic.com]
* David M. Barling, ''Biography of Roger Daltrey'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20100611222550/http://thewho.net/Content/Biographies/Roger_Daltrey.html Archived extract] at [[Wayback Machine]]<nowiki/>geExternal links
{{commons category|Roger Daltrey}}
* [https://texasarchive.org/2010_02329 Roger Daltrey interview in Dallas in 1975] from [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
* {{Official website|http://www.thewho.com/|Official website of The Who}}
* {{AllMusic |id= mn0000296487}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0002032}}

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