Francis Rossi
Actor
Born May 29, 1949 in Forest Hill, London, England, UK
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 television at a young age, after which he asked his parents to buy him a guitar for Christmas.
Filmography
Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet
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Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport
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The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World
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The Kemps: All Gold
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The Kemps: All True
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Status Quo - Live at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019
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Status Quo – Down Down & Dirty at Wacken
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Status Quo - The Last Night of the Electrics
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Status Quo - Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2016
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Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse
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Status Quo: Accept No Substitute! - The Definitive Hits & More!
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Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena
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Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion
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Bula Quo!
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Hello Quo
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
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Francis Rossi: Live at St Lukes London
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Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
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Status Quo - Live at the BBC
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Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
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Concert for Diana
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Status Quo - Just Doin' It!
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Status Quo – The One And Only
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John Peel's Record Box
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Status Quo - Avo Session 2005
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Live Aid Against All Odds
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Live Aid
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Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits
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Status Quo - Live Legends
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Status Quo – Live In Mexico Neza 2003
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When Rock Ruled the World
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Top of the Pops: The True Story
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Queen: Champions of the World
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Status Quo – Live Alive Quo
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Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz (A Celebration Of 25 Rockin' Years)
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Les Nuls, l'émission
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Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989
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Going Live!
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Sacrée soirée
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ZDF-Fernsehgarten
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
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An Audience with Billy Connolly
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Live Aid
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The Best of Cannon & Ball
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Status Quo - End Of The Road '84
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Surprise, Surprise
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Champs-Elysées
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An Audience with...
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The BRIT Awards
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Top of the Pops
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