Roger Meddows Taylor is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Queen, but has also served as an occasional songwriter and lead vocalist. As a drummer, he is renowned for his unique sound and is considered one of the most influential rock drummers of the 1970s and 1980s. As a songwriter, Taylor contributed songs to the band's albums from the very beginning, composing at least one track on every album, and usually singing lead vocals on his own compositions. He also wrote six of the band's hits, "Radio Ga Ga", "A Kind of Magic","Heaven For Everyone", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", and "These Are the Days of Our Lives". as well as co-writing the UK number 1's 'Under Pressure' and 'Innuendo', a track for which he wrote the lyrics and guided the overall formulation. He is also commonly known to have been the main writer on the international Top Ten hit 'One Vision', although the track is credited to the whole band. 

July 26th, 1949 in Dersingham (Age 74)