Francis Rossi
Biography
Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London. His father's side of the family were Italian ice cream merchants and had an ice cream business in South London, and his mother was a Northern Irish Roman Catholic from Liverpool. He grew up in a household with his parents, grandmother, and "lots of aunts and uncles" and was given a Roman Catholic upbringing, having been named after Saint Francis of Assisi. He spent his summer holidays as a child with an aunt in Waterloo, Merseyside. He attended Our Lady and St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Primary School in Sydenham, and then Sedgehill Comprehensive School, from which he was expelled on his last day for having allowed his classmates to deface his school uniform. His desire to become a musician began after seeing The Everly Brothers live on t...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Live Aid
1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
Live Aid
2004
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
The Kemps: All True
2020
The Kemps: All Gold
2023
John Peel's Record Box
2005
Concert for Diana
2007
Bula Quo!
2013
Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion
2013
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
2011
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
Status Quo - Just Doin' It!
2006
Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz (A Celebration Of 25 Rockin' Years)
1991
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
Status Quo - Avo Session 2005
2005
Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet
N/A
Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits
2004
Hello Quo
2012
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
2011
Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009
2009
Status Quo - Live Legends
2004
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014
When Rock Ruled the World
2002
The Best of Cannon & Ball
1985
Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport
2024
Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
2008
Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena
2014
Status Quo - Live at the BBC
2010
Status Quo – The One And Only
2006
Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World
2024
Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse
2015
Francis Rossi: Live at St Lukes London
2011
Status Quo - End Of The Road '84
1984
Status Quo - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016
2016
Status Quo – Live Alive Quo
1992
Status Quo - Live at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019
2019