He took that role to heart, on record, on tour, and in Ken Russell controversial movie that earned Daltrey a Golden Globe nomination in 1975. When songwriting itself grew more ambitious, Roger Daltrey became Tommyplay and player were one bare-chested sexy bundle of charisma and curls, with a distinctive voice rivaled by few in the history of popular music. But Townshend became the leader, early on, The Who great songwriter. Daltrey was the front man, and his unstoppable energy then as often through the years drove the band elegant resolve. Was it simply rock and roll? It was obvious to a young man as intelligent as Roger that there was no future in conforming any more." Daltrey was a teenage dropout and sheet-metal worker when he brought together Entwistle and Townshend in the Shepherd Bush Youth Club in 1961, in effect forming the band that would become The Who. Then he heard Elvis and transmogrified into a Teddy Boy with an electric guitar and a dress-sneer. Pete Townshend recalled of his friend that "Roger has been a good pupil. He got his first electric guitar in 1959, got in trouble in school, and was expelled. A born rebel, Daltrey found a home in music and made his first guitar from a block of wood, forming a skiffle band called The Detours. He attended Victoria Primary School and then Acton Grammar School foR&Boys, alongside Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. Roger Daltrey (Musician, singer, composer and actor born Main London, England) Roger Harry Daltrey was born in 1944 in Hammersmith and grew up in the working class London suburb of Acton.