Editing Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (section)

===1977–present: Solo career===
Taylor has had a productive solo career, releasing six albums. His first single was "I Wanna Testify" in 1977, recorded during Queen's sessions for the ''[[News of the World (album)|News of the World]]'' album. The A-side, although a cover of the Parliaments song of the same name, was completely different from the original. The B-side was a self-penned song "Turn on the TV".

[[File:Roger Taylor live @ Palermo - 1995 (32468802986).jpg|thumb|left|Taylor onstage in Palermo, Italy, January 1995]]
[[File:Queen News Of The World (1977 Press Kit Photo 06) Roger Taylor.jpg|thumb|Taylor in 1977]]
Taylor's first solo album, released in 1981, was ''[[Fun in Space]]'', on which he performed all vocals and played all instruments aside from about half of the keyboards, which were contributed by engineer [[David Richards (record producer)|David Richards]]. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, Taylor was unable to promote the album to its fullest extent, only appearing on some European TV shows to promote the single, "Future Management", including ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. A second single from the album was titled "My Country". The only US single released from the album was "Let's Get Crazy".

Taylor's next solo venture, ''[[Strange Frontier]]'', came in June 1984. The three singles from the album were the title track, "Beautiful Dreams" (in Portugal only) and "Man on Fire", the latter becoming a live favourite for him in later years. No attempts to promote the singles were made since Queen was touring to promote ''[[The Works (Queen album)|The Works]]'', with Taylor not even performing on any TV shows. ''Strange Frontier'' included guest appearances by bandmates Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Mercury sang backing vocals on "Killing Time", Deacon remixed the B-side "I Cry For You" and [[Rick Parfitt]] co-wrote and played on "It's An Illusion". David Richards, Queen's engineer and producer at the time, also co-wrote two of the tracks. The album includes covers of [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "[[Racing in the Street]]" and [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Masters of War]]".

[[File:Roger Taylor Jeff Beck and Jamie Moses 2.jpg|thumb|right|Taylor (left) in concert with [[Jeff Beck]] in May 2013]]
In 1986, Taylor co-produced ''[[Vigilante (Magnum album)|Vigilante]]'', the sixth studio album by rock band [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Patrick Lemieux | author2=Adam Unger |title=The Queen Chronology: The Recording & Release History of the Band|year=2013|page=54|publisher=Across the Board Books|isbn=978-0991984046}}</ref> After Queen finished their 1986 [[A Kind of Magic|Magic Tour]], Taylor started a new band, [[The Cross (band)|the Cross]], which released three albums over their six years of existence. In 1993, the band split up, after performing one final gig at the [[Wickham Festival#History|Gosport Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/roger-taylor-21213223|title=Roger Taylor|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225752/https://www.biography.com/people/roger-taylor-21213223|archive-date=1 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1994, Taylor worked with [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]], drummer and pianist of [[X Japan]] and released the song "Foreign Sand" and a reworking of the Cross's "Final Destination". The album ''Happiness?'' was "Dedicated to the tasmanian tiger – thylacinus cynocephalus, but most especially... for Freddie". "Nazis 1994" from this album became Taylor's first hit single in England and was followed by two other top 40 UK hits, "Happiness" and "Foreign Sand".

In 1998, Taylor released his fourth solo album ''[[Electric Fire]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&q=In+1998%2C+Taylor+released+his+fourth+solo+album+Electric+Fire.&pg=PA499|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|last=Gregory|first=Andy|date=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857431612|language=en}}</ref> Taylor also performed one of the first Internet-gigs – for which he got a mention in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]].<ref>[http://www.queencollector.com/Articles/Solo10/roger.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930042840/http://www.queencollector.com/Articles/Solo10/roger.html|date=30 September 2007}}</ref> On 11 November 2013, Taylor released the album ''[[Fun on Earth]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/roger-taylor-to-release-solo-album/ |title=Roger Taylor To Release Solo Album &#124; Rock News &#124; News |publisher=Planet Rock |date=22 November 2012 |access-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507113752/http://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/roger-taylor-to-release-solo-album/ |archive-date=7 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, Taylor released his compilation album ''[[The Lot (album)|The Lot]]'', which includes all of his work outside of Queen.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Queen's Roger Taylor Talks Solo Work, Hopes Band Will Record With Adam Lambert|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6296827/queen-roger-taylor-solo-record-adam-lambert|url-status=live|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519072351/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6296827/queen-roger-taylor-solo-record-adam-lambert|archive-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor released a new single "Isolation" on 21 June 2020.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/bB4t0I6nO28 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200622050403/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4t0I6nO28&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4t0I6nO28|title=Isolation|date=21 June 2020 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=19 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song debuted on the top of the UK iTunes Rock chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CBxX63-p6XK/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/rogertaylorofficial/2337754882488378826_2337754767295831815 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=@rogertaylorofficial on Instagram: "Wow! #isolation #number1 #rockchart Link in bio"|website=Instagram.com|access-date=19 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 7 May 2021, Taylor announced his new solo album, ''[[Outsider (Roger Taylor album)|Outsider]]'', which was released on 1 October 2021, and debuted at number three on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20211008/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fz8vWfWU0Uk4QBqrxd1sg|title=Episode 24 (feat. Queen)|date=7 May 2021|website=Open.spotify.com}}</ref>