Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s as vocalist of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has more recently toured and recorded with Queen. Rodgers has been dubbed "The Voice" by his fans due to his powerful and bluesy voice. A poll in Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 55 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In 2011 Rodgers received the British Academy\'s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.\n', '

Rodgers has been cited as a significant influence on a number of notable rock singers, including Chris Cornell, David Coverdale, Sammy Hagar, John Waite, Steve Overland, Lou Gramm, Jimi Jamison, Paul Young, Bruce Dickinson, Robin McA…