Ranking Roger

Ranking Roger
Roger performing at the Godiva Festival in Coventry, 2015
Background information
Birth name	Roger Charlery
Born	(1963-02-22)22 February 1963 Birmingham, England
Died	26 March 2019(2019-03-26) (aged 56) Birmingham, England
Genres	New wave ska two-tone post-punk
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Vocals toasting
Years active	1978–2019
Labels	IRS Paras

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.^[1]