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Who Is Francis Rossi Wife?: Meet Eileen Rossi: Francis Rossi, officially known as Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi is an English singer, musician, and songwriter.

He developed a love for music at a younger age and has been consistent throughout his career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after acts.

Francis Rossi is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist, and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo.

In 1962, while attending Sedgehill Comprehensive School, Rossi became close friends with future Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster while playing trumpet in the school orchestra.

The two (Rossi and Lancaster), along with other classmates Alan Key (drums) and Jess Jaworski (keyboards), formed a band called the Scorpions.

Alan Key was later replaced by Air Cadets drummer and future Quo member John Coghlan, and the band was renamed the Spectres.

In 1966, the Spectres signed a five-year deal with Piccadilly Records, releasing three singles that failed to chart. The group again changed its name, this time to Traffic Jam.

A year later (1967), Traffic Jam changed its name to The Status Quo and after some years of minor success, the band reached #5 on the album charts in 1972 with Piledriver

Status Quo continued to enjoy major success in the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand through the 1970s and 1980s.

They were the opening act of 1985’s Live Aid, and Rossi wrote and co-wrote some of their biggest hits, including “Caroline” and the band’s only number-one single, “Down Down”.

In 1984, the year before Quo opened Live Aid, Rossi and Parfitt appeared on the Band-Aid charity single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

Rossi has also pursued solo projects outside Status Quo. In 1985 when the band was on hold, he recorded two singles with his longtime writing partner Bernie Frost.

May 3, 2010, saw the release of his second solo album, One Step at a Time, including a re-recording of Quo’s 1973 single “Caroline”.

In 2013, Rossi starred as himself alongside Quo bandmate Parfitt in the adventure comedy film Bula Quo!, which followed the duo on an adventure in Fiji, getting involved in local Mafia operations on the island.

In 2019, Rossi released a joint album with UK singer and violinist Hannah Rickard, entitled We Talk Too Much on the earMusic label.

The same year (2019), he released his autobiography; I Talk Too Much as well as announced a spoken word tour of the UK of the same name.

Rossi’s guitar of choice is the Fender Telecaster, and he has used several over the years including his trademark green 1957 model with a maple fretboard, which he purchased in 1968. It was originally sunburst but was painted green in 1970.

In December 2014, Rossi was said to be “heartbroken” when his green 1957 Telecaster, after 46 years of use, became worn beyond use—the wood having become too soft to be able to properly tune the instrument. The guitar was sold at auction in 2019 for £118,813