The Beat's Ranking Roger – a life in pictures

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Roger Charlery, the vocalist of the Beat and General Public better known as Ranking Roger, has died aged 56. Charlery founded the Beat in Birmingham in 1978. The band fused traditional ska music with elements of pop, new wave, punk rock and Latin, and became a pioneer in the 2-tone music genre

Main image: Ranking Roger on stage in Herenthout in Belgium in 1980. Photograph: Gie Knaeps/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Andre Csillag/Rex/Shutterstock.

 

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My favourite Two Toner; then Hall, then Dammers. Incredible. RankingRoger

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