Clash, The & Ranking Roger Vinyl Records
Best-known as the singer/toaster and co-frontman of the English Beat and General Public, Ranking Roger was born Roger Charlery in Birmingham, England, on February 21, 1961, and became a punk rock fan as a teenager. Two-tone was a pivotal movement during the late 70s and 80s in the UK. A fusion of Ska and punk attitudes the scene grew beyond a music genre and looked to encapsulate a generation who had grown tired of division. A similar act who championed this unity was The Clash, who by 1981 was a global sensation, and so the latter invited The Beat to join them on tour.