These Musicians Are Giving Back In Surprising Ways

Roger Daltrey Was Named European Hero

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Roger Daltrey gained popularity in the 1960s as the founder and frontman for the British rock group The Who. While still playing with The Who, he also set off on a successful solo career and has been named number 61 on Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest singers of all time. Throughout Daltrey’s career, he has been heavily involved in various charities and benefit concerts both with The Who and by himself. He was incredibly crucial in starting the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series in 2000. Here, he organized nine yearly benefit concerts to help British teens afflicted with the disease and raised $2 million at the first show. Since then, he has continued to play countless benefit shows and was evened named Time Magazine’s “European Hero” in 2003 and was appointed the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004.