Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, OBE (born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London) is a British musician best known for being a co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. "Quo-lite", perhaps, but Francis Rossi is a truly great songwriter and his talents go far beyond the Quo sound. Expect highly melodic adult rock, laced with infectious boogie rock back-beats and some ballads. Not easy to put into a box - Francis doesn't really sound like anyone else, except on his songs that are a bit Quo-ish! Discogs: King of the Doghouse (1996) One Step at a Time (2010) We Talk Too Much (2019) - released under Francis Rossi ⋆ Hannah Rickard. The Way We Were Vol. 1 (2025) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Francis+Rossi">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.