Paul Rodgers (I) Discography

Paul Bernard Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949) is an English rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s. Before establishing a career as a solo artist, he was also a member of The Firm and The Law. He has recently toured and recorded with Queen. Rodgers goes by the nickname "The Voice". Rodgers formed Bad Company, with Mick Ralphs, former guitarist of Mott the Hoople. Rodgers said: "Mick and I were trying to come up with names for the band. When I called him and said `Bad Company`, he dropped the phone." Bad Company toured successfully from 1973 to 1982, and had several hits such as "Feel Like Making Love", "Can`t Get Enough", "Shooting Star", "Bad Company", and "Run With The Pack". Rodgers also showcased his instrumental talents on several tracks: "Bad Company" and "Run With The Pack" featured him on piano; "Rock And Roll Fantasy" on guitar; and on the ballad "Seagull" Rodgers played all of the instruments. Bad Company earned six platinum albums until Rodgers left in 1982 at the height of their fame to spend time with his young family.

Paul Rodgers married Machiko Wada in 1971, and has two children by that marriage, Steve and Jasmine. The two children are also musicians and singers who formed a band, Bôa, in the 1990s. Paul and Machiko divorced in 1996. On 26 September 2007, Paul married former Miss Canada, exercise physiologist and artist Cynthia Kereluk in a surprise outdoor wedding ceremony on their 10th anniversary in Canada`s Okanagan Valley.